Godolphin’s homebred Pretty Mischievous took charge at the top of the stretch and held off the late surge from Gambling Girl to prevail in Friday’s 149th Kentucky Oaks (G1). Trained by Brendan Walsh and ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, the 10-1 chance finished 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.77 and paid $22.74.
Gambling Girl proved the only danger as she uncorked a furious rally, but Pretty Mischievous was all determination in the headgear.
The Alys Look took third in a photo from favored Wet Paint, her stablemate from the Brad Cox barn. Wet Paint, herself a Godolphin homebred, gave Sheikh Mohammed’s global operation the bookends of the Oaks superfecta.
Out of the Grade 1-winning Tapit mare Pretty City Dancer, Pretty Mischievous improved her record to 7-5-1-1. She won her first two career starts beneath the Twin Spires last fall and placed third in the Golden Rod (G2), and wintering at Fair Grounds, which once again has furnished the Kentucky Oaks winner.