ELMONT, N.Y. – It isn’t supposed to be tougher to run in an allowance race after winning a stakes, but recent New York-bred stakes winner Robin Sparkles finds herself in a salty third-level allowance scheduled for six furlongs on turf Thursday at Belmont Park. Robin Sparkles, a 4-year-old New York-bred daughter of Elusive Quality, won the off-the-turf Mount Vernon Stakes versus statebreds under Jose Ortiz on May 31. Thursday, she returns to turf, a surface on which she has four wins and a second in five starts. The multi-conditioned race carries a purse of $96,000 and includes stakes performers Jakarta, Karak, and Catch a Bid. Perhaps more importantly, the field includes others who possess the same early speed that has made Robin Sparkles successful. Two starts back, however, in the License Fee Stakes, Robin Sparkles was off a step slow and passed horses to finish second to She’s My Type. “She showed another dimension,” trainer Bruce Brown said. “I don’t know if it was her first race back and she fell asleep in the gate a little bit, but it’s good to know that she can pass horses. Jose seemed to think she definitely hasn’t lost any of her speed. Maybe she matured enough to where she can do whatever needs to be done.” Robin Sparkles went to the front in the Mount Vernon, run at a mile, opening up a three-length lead before holding on to win by less than a length. Ortiz rides Robin Sparkles from post 4 in what figures to be a seven-horse field following the scratch of main-track-only entrant True Castle. Jakarta, who finished eighth after pressing the pace in the License Fee, and Karak, who has been a pace factor for trainer Wesley Ward, look to be the other speed in this race. Jakarta was cross-entered in Tuesday’s $100,000 Power By Far Stakes at Parx Racing, where she drew the outside in a 12-horse field. Trainer Christophe Clement would like to see a pace duel Thursday because he believes that could set things up for Madeleine Must, who was third behind a soft pace in the Grade 3 Intercontinental Stakes on June 3. That also was Madeleine Must’s first race off a six-month layoff. “The good news for me is you got pace in the race,” Clement said. “The other day there was no pace whatsoever. I don’t have to be last, I just have to be settled behind a fast pace. That’s all I’m asking.” Joel Rosario rides Madeleine Must from the rail. Thursday’s allowance would seem to serve as a prep toward the Grade 3, $200,000 Caress Stakes at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf on July 24 at Saratoga. Catch a Bid and Unique Factor are other closers in this field who would benefit from pace. Call On Mischief completes the field on turf. First post Thursday is 3:05 p.m.