OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Seven 3-year-old fillies with Kentucky Oaks aspirations get a litmus test in Saturday’s 121st running of the Gazelle Stakes, a Grade 2 race that offers 170 qualifying points (100-40-20-10) for the Oaks at Churchill Downs four weeks down the line. The 1 1/8-mile Gazelle was repositioned from fall to spring three years ago, when second-place finisher Princess of Sylmar went on to post a 38-1 upset in the Kentucky Oaks. The $300,000 race is the eighth of 12 races and the first leg of a $500,000 all-graded-stakes pick four that also includes the Bay Shore, Wood Memorial, and Carter Handicap. Post time for the Gazelle is 4:16 p.m. Eastern. The Gazelle drew a field of seven, with Clair de Lune and Lewis Bay breaking from the two inside posts for trainer Chad Brown. Clair de Lune has a “now horse” feel for the Gazelle, her stakes debut, after winning both of her two-turn starts on the inner track, capped by a preliminary allowance win that earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 87, the fastest figure among this group at a mile or longer. The next-best route figure of 85 was registered by Lewis Bay in her seasonal debut, when she finished second in the Grade 2 Davona Dale at Gulfstream to Cathryn Sophia, who is 4 for 4 going into Saturday’s Ashland at Keeneland. Three months earlier, Lewis Bay closed out a promising three-race juvenile campaign by winning the Grade 2 Demoiselle at even-money. As the only graded stakes winner in the lineup, she will carry 122 pounds under regular rider Irad Ortiz Jr. and spot her rivals two to eight pounds. Although Lewis Bay’s time of 1:53.41 was the slowest Demoiselle since 1997 and the fourth-slowest of 41 at 1 1/8 miles overall, Brown felt there was ample room for improvement. “The last sixteenth of a mile, she lost her competition, being in front and out in the center of the track,” he said. “[Irad] said she really lost focus but was just being green.” Like 2013 runner-up Princess of Sylmar, Mo d’Amour looks to punch her ticket to Louisville for Ed Stanco’s King of Prussia Stable and trainer Todd Pletcher. The daughter of last year’s top freshman sire, Uncle Mo, exits back-to-back wins in February. She earned 50 Oaks qualifying points with a two-length score in the Busher Stakes here in her last start. “She seems to be maturing with the added experience from every race,” said assistant trainer Byron Hughes. “I still think she got a little green when she got the lead [in the Busher], kind of waiting, but hopefully she can get better.” The early fractions promise to be legitimate due to the presence of Behrnik’s Bank, who stretches out past six furlongs for the first time. This is her first start since she ran second in a New York Stallion Series race at odds of 1-4 last December. Behrnik’s Bank will be reunited with Edwin Gonzalez, who was aboard for two sprint wins by a combined 31 1/2 lengths at Penn National last fall that earned Beyers of 88 and 94. A hot pace could help Flora Dora, who has already earned more than $400,000 thanks to late-rallying wins in a Florida Sire Stakes and the Busanda. “She closes very well,” said trainer Marialice Coffey. “The longer, the better.” Also entered are Dreams to Reality, second in the Busher, and Royal Obsession, fourth in the Rachel Alexandra at Fair Grounds last out.