Omaha Beach’s Meilani rides rail to victory in Majorette S.

Meilani overcame a very rough start to win Saturday’s $125,000 Majorette S. at Woodbine by a half-length over pacesetter Bells of Paradise, giving the 3-year-old Omaha Beach filly her second career stakes win.

Meilani’s prospects looked slim after she was bumped by foes on either side coming out of the gate, leaving her last in the field of eight. She settled down afterwards, moving to the inside and getting in a comfortable stride down the backstretch. She began to make up ground going around the turn and was fourth, about three lengths from the front, turning for home.

Bells of Paradise, who led from the start, drifted off the rail slightly with a furlong to go, allowing Meilani to slip through with a relentless drive and finishing the six furlongs on the synthetic surface in 1:10.57.

“Obviously on paper, there looked like a lot of speed and she likes to play early herself,” said winning trainer Kevin Attard. “Sometimes, when you miss the break like that, sometimes it works out in your favor. In this particular case today, it might have helped.” ​

Owned by X-Men Racing V LLC and Madaket Stables LLC, Meilani is 3-2-3 in 11 starts and has earned $176,042. She was bred in Kentucky by Jayne Johnson & Fergus Galvin.

Omaha Beach, whose 2027 fee was recently announced at $75,000 S&N, leads this year’s Fourth-Crop Sire list by a wide margin with over $12.5 million in progeny earnings.