Harrah's Philadelphia: Majorca N makes major statement in Betsy Ross

Michael Casalino Jr. and Dylan Davis' Majorca N ($18.60) surged home off second-over cover to register a 1:49 3/5 win in Sunday's (May 29) $100,000 Betsy Ross, for distaff pacers, at Harrah's Philadelphia - her fastest mile and most prestigious win to date in North America.

Corey Callahan floated the 7-year-old daughter of Art Major into midfield, and the pair contently stalked a measured 55 second opening half-mile set by lukewarm 5-2 favorite Amazing Dream N (Todd McCarthy) before commencing their attack with three-eighths to go. And for the well-proven stalker-closer - she won her first four races on American soil from off-the-pace, after all - the trip couldn’t have worked out any better.

"She's not really a big leaver, so I was going to be first-, second-, or maybe third-over, depending on what happened," Callahan said. "I was waiting to see what Yannick (Gingras) was going to do (with Drama Act), and luckily he came and (Majorca N) got a good cover trip. When I moved her, she paced home hard."

Unsatisfied with the slow pace, Gingras moved Drama Act first-over with three-eighths to go, forcing Amazing Dream N to accelerate to three-quarters in 1:22 1/5 - but also towing Majorca N into striking range.

Off the home turn, Callahan switched Majorca N three-wide, and she surged at once, using 53 4/5 back-half speed to engulf the top pair and win by a widening three-quarters of a length. Racine Bell (Jason Bartlett) rallied up the open stretch to save second; Easy To Please (Jordan Stratton) improved from third-over to just collar Amazing Dream N and the flattened Drama Act for third.

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"Never did I think she was better than any of these mares, but so far, she's showed me she's pretty close to them," Davis said. "Every time she's flipped off a helmet, she's put her head down and dug in. She fires off a helmet, and she's going to last longer for me that way."

Majorca N, who now has won five of eight races and $118,130 in America, has amassed 19 wins and $198,358 thus far in her career.