Perfect in a pair of starts at Saratoga last summer, 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Tommy Jo (Into Mischief) makes her much-anticipated 3-year-old debut in Friday's GIII Victory Ride Stakes at the Spa.Having defeated next-out 'Rising Star' Tennessee Belle (Yaupon) to graduate on her six-furlong debut last July 26, the homebred filly added an eighth of a mile and ran-out a very easy winner of the GI Spinaway Stakes over seven panels at the end of August. Promoted to the victory in the GI Darley Alcibiades Stakes in October, the bay was a wide-trip fifth in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Oct. 31 and sprinting may just prove to be her sweet spot.“I think [trainer] Todd [Pletcher] was still not 100% convinced she's not a two-turn filly, but I think she has to learn to relax a little bit more,” Toffey said. “She's a high-energy filly and that seems to work well for her [in sprints]. She's grown up and developed into a bigger and stronger filly than she was last year and we're pleased with what we're seeing from her. We're looking forward to it.”The commonly owned Goodall (Yaupon) could prove the biggest fly in the ointment for Tommy Jo, as the $525,000 OBS April grad atoned for a fifth in the GII Eight Belles Stakes on May 1 to easily defeat the re-opposing Carmel Coast (Omaha Beach) and Mythical (St Patrick's Day) in the course-and-distance Jersey Girl Stakes July 4.“Goodall has been running, and certainly you would think would have a fitness edge in there,” Toffey said. “She's a classy filly, and she's not quite a homebred, but it feels like that when she's by our own sire. She's very professional, and we're looking forward to good things from her.”Mythical has won seven of her 10 career trips to the post, including last year's Listed Tremont Stakes and GIII Adirondack Stakes ahead of a distant fifth at skinny odds in the Spinaway.New York-bred Iron Orchard (Authentic) ran the table in her first three career starts, including a nose success in the GI Frizette Stakes, but was a distant last of nine in the Juvenile Fillies after being acquired by Larry and Karen Doyle's KatieRich Stables for $2.5 million in a flash sale on the Fasig-Tipton Digital platform. She makes her first start for the Steve Asmussen barn in this spot.The post Tommy Jo Faces Tall Task In Victory Ride appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.