'TDN Rising Star' Wonder Gadot (Medaglia d'Oro) could provide a good gauge for the relative quality of this year's sophomore fillies based at Oaklawn and Fair Grounds as she ships from the latter to contest the GIII Fantasy S. Friday. A convincing winner of the GII Demoiselle S. in December, the Gary Barber pupil has come up a bit short in each subsequent try, and was most recently third beaten 3/4 of a length in the GII Fair Grounds Oaks Mar. 24. The fleet-footed Amy's Challenge (Artie Schiller) earned huge figures for a pair of Canterbury Park wins last term, and defeated talented 'Rising Star' Mia Mischief (Into Mischief) in the local Dixie Belle S. Jan. 20. Mia Mischief came back to air by 8 1/4 lengths in the Purple Martin S., while Amy's Challenge stretched out for the Mar. 10 GIII Honeybee S., and settled for second in between Cosmic Burst (Violence) and Sassy Siena (Midshipman) after setting extremely swift splits. Harbor Lights (Shackleford) might be worth a long look. A debut winner at Ellis in August, she was off the board in her next two attempts, but resurfaced to score impressively over track and trip in a Mar. 15 optional claimer.
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