Chester, PA — Test Of Faith, the fastest 2-year-old of 2020, showed she’s ready for whatever her opponents may throw at her with a sensational qualifying victory in 1:53.1 at Harrah’s Philadelphia Tuesday (May 25) morning.

The Art Major filly, trained by Brett Pelling for Melvin Segal, Kentuckiana Racing Stable, and Eddie Gran, was reserved off early fractions of :28.2 and :58.2 by driver David Miller, sitting third, four lengths off at the half. Test Of Faith moved up to second, still six lengths off the lead, by the 1:26 three-quarters, but she roared her individual last quarter in :26 to be a 1-1/2 length winner.

Test Of Faith now has two winning qualifiers in preparation for 2021, a year after her 1:48.4 win at Lexington was quicker than even the boys among freshmen.

Forbidden Trade, the 2019 Hambletonian winner who would draw post four for this Sunday’s $100,000 Maxie Lee Trot at Philadelphia an hour later, got a good workout in another qualifier, winning in 1:58.1 with back fractions of :57.3-:28.1. Bob McClure drove the son of Kadabra for trainer Luc Blais and owner Determination.

Shnitzledosomethin qualified in 1:53.3 for driver David Miller, trainer Dylan Davis, and owners Howard Taylor, Edwin Gold, Abraham Basen, and Richard Lombardo. The son of Fred And Ginger will not be in the $100,000 Commodore Barry Pace, but he may be on a strong undercard on Sunday.