HAMBURG, N.Y. --- Dont Say Goodby said 'hello' to the
winner's circle once again after registering a three-quarters of a length
victory over Stonebridge Rocket in the $10,500 Open Pace at a blustery Buffalo
Raceway Saturday night (Jan. 25) in 1:59.1 over the good track.
The victory was the fourth straight in Open competition in
Western New York for Dont Say Goodby ($3.30) since arriving from Indiana in
late November.
The start was delayed by nearly 45 minutes after a power
failure occurred during the stretch run of the seventh race. The wait didn't
have any affect on Dont Say Goodby (Peter Wrenn) as he had plenty of energy in
the passing lane to run down Stonebridge Rocket (Shawn McDonough).
Sand Summerfield (Dan Rawlings), who went on a brief break
around the opening turn, regrouped and had the lead at one point, but had to
settle for third place.
The win was the second in as many starts in 2014 for the
6-year-old Dont Say Goodby (Dontgetinmyway-Good By Albatross). It was his 15th
career win and jacked his career earnings to $172,077.
Saturday night's card completed a stellar week in the handle
department at Buffalo Raceway. The track took in well over $900,000 during the
four-day race week.
Chief Operating Officer Jim Mango said, "We haven't
seen a handle like this week in Western New York in over 10 years. There were
three reasons for the big handles I believe. There were some cancellations
during the week at other tracks, we have some good drivers here competing and
we've had some well-balanced and wide open fields which leads to increased
handles."
Buffalo Raceway will continue racing on Wednesday night with
a 12-race program set to get underway at 5 p.m.
For more information including the latest news, promotions,
race replays and statistics, go to www.buffaloraceway.com
by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway
