Del Mar racetrack
Pleasant Stage began her racing career at Del Mar racetrack in the late summer of 1991. On August 18 she started a 33.5/1 outsider for a six furlong maiden race and finished strongly to take third place behind Captivant and Praslin. Moved up in distance for a maiden over one mile in September she started favorite but was beaten two lengths into second place by Queens Court Queen. Despite her two defeats, the filly was stepped up in class for the Oak Leaf Stakes at Santa Anita Park on October 14 and started the 6.5/1 third choice in the betting behind the Sorrento Stakes winner Soviet Sojourn and the Del Mar Debutante Stakes winner La Spia. Ridden as in her previous start by the future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Delahoussaye, she was restrained in the early stages before taking the lead in the straight and winning by two lengths from Soviet Sojourn, with La Spia three lengths back in third.