Pretty Mischievous back galloping

Pretty Mischievous managed a third-place finish making her 4-year-old bow in the La Troienne, but she was beaten more than five lengths, earned just an 86 Beyer Speed Figure, and did not run to her best form.

“I thought she ran well, but I don’t know that she’s in love with the slop,” trainer Brendan Walsh said. “That, and she’ll probably improve from the run. She might have gotten a little tired at the end. It looked at the quarter pole like she was going to be competitive. She at least showed us she’s trained on.”

Pretty Mischievous, who won the Kentucky Oaks and two more Grade 1s last year, has returned to galloping, Walsh said, but no plans have been set for her next start.

Walsh also said that the 3-year-old filly Intricate, a distant fifth as the 2-1 second choice in the Fair Grounds Oaks, has returned to training. Intricate came out of her disappointing run March 23 with “heavy mucus,” Walsh said, and should have her first breeze since March in the next week or 10 days.

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