Pretty Mischievous

Pretty Mischievous won her 2-year-old career debut in a 6 1/2-furlong race at Churchill Downs on Sept. 18, 2022. She added another win in her second start, also at Churchill Downs, when she defeated allowance company by 1 3/4 lengths going seven furlongs on a sloppy track.

Pretty Mischievous suffered her first career debut when third in her first stretchout in the 1 1/16-mile Grade 2 Golden Rod Stakes at Churchill Downs on Nov. 26. She did, however, rebound late in 2022 when she squeezed in one more start and was victorious in the $100,000 Untapable Stakes at Fair Grounds on Dec. 26.

Pretty Mischievous made her 3-year-old debut at the Fair Grounds on Feb. 18, 2023 in the Grade 2 $300,000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes going 1 1/16. Facing a heavy 2-5 favorite that day against Hoosier Philly, Pretty Mischievous was sent off as the 8-1 third choice on the tote board in a six-horse field. She pressed the pace all the way and won a stretch battle to prevail by three-quarters of a length over Miracle in a time of 1:45.15 in a race considered to be a major prep for the Longines Kentucky Oaks. It was 8 1/2 lengths back to Hoosier Philly in third.

The bay Into Mischief filly perhaps lost some luster when she was caught in the stretch of the Grade 2 Fair Grounds Oaks Presented by Fasig-Tipton March 25, but she bounced back to earn a career-defining win May 5 at Churchill Downs. Pretty Mischievous tracked the pace from fourth, then seized command and shook free in the stretch run of the $1.25-million Longines Kentucky Oaks before holding off a determined late rally from Gambling Girl to prevail, completing the 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.77.

Pretty Mischievous returned five weeks later for the $500,000 Acorn Stakes Presented by Great Jones Distilling Co. June 9 at Belmont Park and overhauled pacesetter Munnys Gold in early stretch before fending off a challenge from Dorth Vader to prevail by a head. Pretty Mischievous shortened up to seven furlongs in her next start in the $500,000 Grade 1 Test Stakes. She appeared beaten steps from the wire but was officially the winner of the race marred by tragedy on Aug. 5 at Saratoga. She closed out her 3-year-old season with a runner-up finish to Ceiling Crusher, beaten by a half-length, in the $1 million Cotillion Stakes Sept. 23 at Parx Racing and subsequently was named champion 3-year-old filly at the 2023 Eclipse Awards.

Pretty Mischievous made her 4-year-old debut in the $1 million Fasig-Tipton La Troienne Stakes  May 3, 2024, at Churchill Downs. She finished third behind another champion, Idiomatic, in her first race in more than seven months.

Pretty Mischievous is trained by Brad Cox. She was bred in Kentucky out of Pretty City Dancer by Tapit.