Quantum Miss holds for Cicada victory

Quantum Miss was the 9-5 favorite in the Cicada and paid $5.80, $3.60

and $2.60 for the win. Coax Liberty got the best of Dream (Malibu Moon)

by 2 3/4 lengths, with Roman Treasure finishing another half-length back

in fourth. Maiden winner In Step (Unbridled's Song), Wild About Sonny

(Officer) and Grade 3 scorer Full Moon Blues (Petionville) completed the

order under the wire.

"I was very impressed," trainer Tony Dutrow said over the phone. "She broke

right on top, took the worst of it along the backstretch, and held off what

looked like a very good field. Her performance kind of confirms what we thought

all long: she's a six-furlong filly.

"We're thinking about eventually running her in the (July 4) Prioress ([G1]

going six furlongs at Belmont Park), with something else in between."

Quantum Miss raced three times as a juvenile, finishing third at Parx Racing

in September before breaking her maiden on October 29 back at that venue by 5

1/2 lengths. She rounded out her two-year-old campaign by taking her stakes bow

in the Blue Mountain S. at Penn National. The gray miss was shipped south to

make her sophomore debut in the January 5 Old Hat S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park,

but stumbled and was bumped at the start of that contest, winding up fifth.

Given the past couple of months off, she returned ready to run in the Cicada and

now boasts a 5-3-0-1, $150,750, record.

The Pennsylvania-bred filly is out of multiple stakes-placed Quanah County

(Valid Expectations), who has since produced an unnamed juvenile filly by Stevie

Wonderboy and an unnamed yearling filly by Yes It's True). Quanah County is

herself a

half-sister to stakes-placed Lampsas County (Manzotti), and this is the same

family as 1990 Ohio Derby (G2) hero Private School (Bates Motel).