Nine fillies to dash six furlongs in Cicada

McLaughlin also entered Sustainable in the Cicada. Sustainable broke her

maiden by a nose in her third start, a 5 1/2-furlong race on December 31 at

Aqueduct, and enters the Cicada off a second, beaten 10 1/4 lengths by Gracer,

in the Dearly Precious.

"Sustainable broke her maiden and then ran well (when second to Gracer),"

Maguson said. "This is a nice spot for her."

Miss Behaviour is set to return to New York from Maryland after making a pair

of starts at Belmont Park in the fall. She remained unbeaten in three starts

when she took the Matron by one length in September before suffering her first

loss when second by three-quarters of a length in the Sharp Cat overnight stakes

in October. After finishing fifth in the one-mile Delta Downs Princess in

November, she was shut down for the remainder of the year with the intention of

focusing on sprint races in 2013. The Cicada will be her three-year-old debut.

"We turned her out (after the Delta Downs Princess) because she had some nagging

problems," trainer Phil Schoenthal said. "We think six furlongs is her ideal

distance, and we're trying to find the right spots for her. We're Maryland guys,

so the Miss Preakness (in May at Pimlico) is our first main goal, and we want to

get two races in her before then, with races like the Prioress and the Test

possible later in the year."

Schoenthal said he and the owners tried to change Miss Behaviour's running

style in the Sharp Cat and Delta Princess, which he admits was a mistake. She'll

return to her front-running ways in the Cicada, Schoenthal said.

"We want her to show the speed she has (in the Cicada)," Schoenthal said. "In

her last race in New York and in the Delta Princess we tried rating her from

just off the pace, but it proved to not be a good idea. It was a case of an

owner and a trainer trying to change nature."

The third choice on the morning line is Jonesin for Jerry, who comes in off a

triumph in an allowance at Laurel. After opening her 2013 campaign with a third

in the Marshua and a fifth in the Wide Country, she drew off by 5 3/4 lengths

when dropped into an allowance on February 28. As a two-year-old, she won the

restricted Maryland Million Lassie.

The field also includes Inspired Say Eye, Go West Marie, Red Minx, Alpaca

Fina, and Rock Me Mama.

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