Mythical returns to Saratoga for Jersey Girl Stakes test
Mythical ran third in the Jersey Girl Stakes, where Goodall stopped the clock in 1:08.78 and the Florida homebred again flashed Saratoga class. Her return kept the sprint picture interesting.
Mythical did not leave Saratoga with another stakes win, but her third-place finish in the $175,000 Jersey Girl Stakes still confirmed why she has become one of the most watched 3-year-old sprint fillies in the game. Goodall won the six-furlong race in 1:08.78 on Thursday, June 4, 2026, with Carmel Coast second and Mythical next, in a finish that kept the Spa’s sophomore filly sprint picture from becoming a one-horse story.
The Jersey Girl was Race 2 on an 11-race Belmont Stakes Racing Festival card that also included the Grade 2 Belmont Gold Cup in Race 10, the Grade 2 Intercontinental in Race 8 and the Grade 3 Pennine Ridge in Race 3. NYRA listed first post at 12:35 p.m. Eastern and gates opening at 11 a.m., but the day’s early buzz centered on Mythical, the Arindel homebred who came back to the same track where she made her reputation.
Mythical entered with seven wins from nine starts, and her Saratoga form had already separated her from the usual sophomore sprint crowd. Last summer she won the Tremont by 3 1/2 lengths after Arindel supplemented her to face males, then came back to take the Adirondack by 3 1/4 lengths in her first start against fillies. Those two Spa victories came by a combined 6 3/4 lengths, and the Adirondack was her third win in as many starts, all by open lengths. She has shown she can do more than just blast away, too, which is part of what made the Jersey Girl such a meaningful test.
Brian Cohen has said the filly is especially well suited to shorter distances, and Mythical had already reinforced that view with back-to-back wins at Gulfstream Park. She won four of five there during the Championship Meet, with the only setback coming in the Forward Gal, and Jorge Delgado has suggested that if her progression continues she could eventually stretch back to seven furlongs and maybe even the Breeders’ Cup. For now, the six-furlong setup remains the right place to measure her speed and control.
The Florida-bred angle also carried a real number. Arindel would have received a $4,000 FTBOA Export Incentive check as breeder if Mythical had won the Jersey Girl, a modest prize that still underlines how much the filly’s reputation has grown beyond Hallandale Beach. Saratoga got another reminder that Mythical is no routine sophomore-filly preview, but a live threat with a résumé that already travels well.
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