Dalika battled with Candy Flower, with Sheldon Russell, through early fractions of :48.61 for the half mile and 1:13.18 for the three-quarters mile before covering the mile and three-eighths over a soft turf course in 2:16.35.

The German-bred conditioned by Albert Stall Jr, raised her career record to seven wins from 22 starts with earnings of $508,463.

Winning jockey Miguel Mena knows her well and he let her do her own thing.

“She is a very nice mare and I would like to thank her connections for the opportunity to ride her,” said winning rider Miguel Mena.  “She broke real good, but she has a little bit of a strong head, so we kind of let her just do her thing.  She likes to run free and I have learned not to fight her too much.  It was a nice smooth trip and I waited to ask her as long as I could.  At the quarter-pole she had enough, I asked her and she opened up.  She was much the best.”