Hamburg, NY-- The rains
came, the track was fast and still it did not bother Lutetium and driver Kevin
Cummings at all.
Lutetium (5.60 5.50 4.40)
went right to the lead and never looked back once the gates opened. Driver
Kevin Cummings had to do battle with Big Baller (Ron Beback Jr.) and Armed
Dangerously around the opening turn but once they straightened away it was
smooth sailing. Big Baller Tracked intently from in 2nd, but the
times tonight were very quick considering the rain.
When the field hit the ½
Lutetium slowed down the pace to a 29.2 2nd panel after a blistering
28.4 opening ¼ mark. They all looked to bunch up after that when Shawn
McDonough and Mystical Escapade made the 1st move and Studio City
(Jack Flanigen) followed. By the time they hit the ¾ marker it was too late for
either of them and Big Baller who was 2nd at the time as Lutetium
had opened up by 5 lengths.
Lutetium is owned by Colleen
Girdlestone and trained by Mark Laidlaw. This is his 6th win of
2014, most of them coming over the Buffalo Raceway ½ mile track.
Racing continues on Saturday
night with a 13-race program with a first post of 6:40PM. We start racing on
Sundays in June with a 1st post of 1:05 PM. For more information,
results, race replays, and much more visit buffaloraceway.com
