Majorca looks to extend win streak in Parx allowance test

Majorca was the horse players had to sort out first in Parx’s Philly Big 5, because a three-race win streak is exactly the kind of profile that can turn a mandatory-payout ticket into a one-horse decision. The 4-year-old gelding brought that streak in from Laurel Park and went into Parx Race 9 as the Monday feature, making him either the cleanest single on the card or the favorite most capable of blowing up the sequence.

Race 9 was run June 8 at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, a $52,000 allowance optional claiming race at 1 1/16 miles on the dirt. Majorca was one of nine older males in the field, and he was listed at 5/1 on the morning line with Martin Chuan named to ride for trainer Daniel G. Eubanks. That combination kept him squarely in the center of the conversation without making him an overpowering short price.

The Philly Big 5 added the pressure. It is a 50-cent Pick 5 with a 15% takeout, and Parx’s structure sends the entire net pool to a single perfect ticket if there is one. If nobody hits the sequence cleanly, 70% goes to multiple winning tickets and 30% carries over to the jackpot pool. In practical terms, that makes Majorca the sort of runner that can define ticket construction: use him as an anchor and try to survive chaos in the other legs, or fade the streak horse and hope the jump in competition, venue, and public confidence creates leverage elsewhere.

Majorca’s appeal came from the form cycle itself. He had won three straight races at Laurel Park, and that kind of progression made him feel like a horse still climbing through allowance company rather than one who had already reached the ceiling. At the same time, Parx placed him on a higher-profile wagering day, where every opinion in the sequence carried more weight and the market was forced to decide whether the streak was genuine or vulnerable.

That tension is why the race mattered beyond the purse and the condition book. Parx mandatory-payout cards have already produced large pools, including a $472,821 carryover in December 2025 and another mandatory-payout day with a $145,979 carryover, showing how quickly the wager can become the main event. Majorca gave horseplayers a simple but costly question: lean on the streaking gelding, or use his rise through the ranks as the place to try to beat the ticket.