LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Watch the way she relaxes when she works in the morning and one might never guess that Break Even is one of the fastest 3-year-old fillies in the country - a statement few would argue following Break Even’s wire-to-wire, 5 1/2-length victory over Bell’s the One and seven other overmatched rivals in Friday’s $250,000 Eight Belles at Churchill Downs. The Grade 2 Eight Belles was the fourth one-sided victory in as many starts and first graded stakes tally for Break Even, a 3-year-old homebred daughter of Country Day, owned by Klein Racing and trained by Brad Cox. With Shaun Bridgmohan back in the saddle, Break Even broke like a shot and quickly opened a clear lead over the speedy Lyrical Lady.  Break Even set a very legitimate pace over a racetrack listed as “good,” posting splits of 22.08 and 44.14 for the opening quarter- and half-mile of the seven-furlong Eight Belles. She settled into the stretch with a comfortable advantage and increased her margin over runner-up Bell’s the One while kept under steady pressure to the wire. Bell’s the One slipped through on the rail to move into the attending position turning for home but proved no match for the winner while finishing 1 1/2 lengths clear of the late-running Queen of Beas, who was third. She was followed, in order, by Proud Emma, Bizwhacks, Mother Mother, Del Mar May, Lyrical Lady, and Take Charge Angel. Break Even completed the distance in 1:22.13 and paid $6.40. “I didn’t like to see the 44, but this filly is just very fast,” said Cox. “The most impressive thing about her is how laid back she is. Horses that go that fast tend to be keyed up, want to over-train in the mornings, to pull, pull, pull. But she’s one that’s kind of laid back, like Monomoy Girl to some degree. And for such a lightly raced filly, she’s very mature and handles everything extremely well from a mental standpoint.” Cox said he didn’t expect to see Break Even make the lead as easily as she did. “One thing about her is she’s so fast out of the gate,” said Cox. “It’s just natural. I don’t think you can even teach that. There was a little question with her coming into the race going seven-eighths. But when you’re in front by three and you’re in the bridle like she was, you wouldn’t trade spots with anybody.” Cox said both the Prioress and Acorn will be on his radar for Break Even’s next start. “After this race, the  Acorn is definitely a race we’ll at least nominate to and think about, with a lot depending on what happens later today in the Oaks and who might point to that race out of there,” said Cox. The one-mile, Grade 1 Acorn will be run on the Belmont Stakes undercard on June 8.