HAMBURG, N.Y. --- A sloppy track and a race surface that
favored front runners.
That was the perfect recipe once again for Lutetium as he
scored his third straight convincing victory in winning the $10,500 Open Trot
at Buffalo Raceway Friday night (April 4).
The front-running and off-track loving Lutetium ($2.80)
bolted right to the top at the start of the race and played catch me if you can
with the rest of the field.
After posting fractions of 29, 1:01.1 and 1:31.2, the race
to the wire wasn't a matter of who was going to win but by how much. Lutetium
(Kevin Cummings) enjoyed a six-length edge at the top of the stretch as the
rest of the field threw in the towel. He was throttled down by mid-stretch as
Heartsaregonnaroll (Jim McNeight) was a distant second and Studio City (Aaron
Byron) third.
The margin of victory for Lutetium (Credit Winner-Luby) was
3-1/4 lengths after splashing and dashing to a winning time of 2:01.4.
It was the third win in eight appearances this season for
Lutetium, who is owned by Colleen Girdlestone and trained by Mark Laidlaw. The
win pushed the 7-year-old gelding's bank to $18,585 in 2014 and $204,291
lifetime.
A solid 13-race card is planned for Saturday night at
Buffalo Raceway with the call to post slated for 6:40 p.m. The rescheduled
$22,500 Michael Scores Knockout Claiming Series finals will go off as the sixth
race and the $10,500 Open Pace set as the eighth race.
For more information, including upcoming promotions, race
replays, results and the latest news, go to www.buffaloraceway.com
by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway
