HAMBURG, N.Y. --- Mother Nature definitely was a major
factor in Sunday afternoon's New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old filly pacers
but the heavy rains didn't stop Our Hot Majorette, Bin N Heaven and Bossers Joy
from registering victories over the sloppy track.
Bin N Heaven posted the fastest time of the three $36,566
divisions with a 1:59.4 time. Our Hot Majorette and Bossers Joy each lit up the
tote board in the other two legs. Mike Saftic managed to hang on at the wire to
score a $23.60 win while Bossers Joy and Brent Holland took the final division
and returned $80.00 for the victory.
The heavy rain made the track a sloppy mess but Bin N
Heaven, entering her race a perfect 2-for-2 in qualifiers including 1:56.3 at
Mohawk, found the wet going to her liking. Taking over the lead just before the
three-quarter marker, Bin N Heaven (Rock N Roll Heaven-Binions) paced away from
the field and beat Mosquito Blue Chip (Jim Morrill Jr.) by 2-1/4 lengths while
Fan Mail (Mark MacDonald) finished in third.
"There we no problems at all," McNail said of Bin
N Heaven's trip. "She was push button. She went when we needed to go.
Those were great fractions considering the weather."
Owned by Frank Bellino and trained by Tony O-Sullivan, it
was the first pari-mutuel win in Bin N Heaven's first start.
Our Hot Majorette (Art Major-She's So Hot) showed plenty of
heart in the lane and took the opening leg with a head victory over Amertime
(MacDonald) in what can only be described as a monsoon rainstorm. Ameritime cut
the mile with 31., 1:03 and 1:34.3 but stop Our Hot Majorette in a ding-dong
battle down the lane. The heavily-favored Sheeztoughenough (Morrill Jr.) took
the show position.
"Wow," was the first comment of driver Mike Saftic
when he returned to the winner's circle. "That was a great trip for her in
here. I really couldn't see too much though. That was sure an adventurous
trip."
Our Hot Majorette is owned Miller Farms and is trained by
Eric Adams.
Bossers Joy (Art Major-Esther's Joy) enjoyed the frolic in
the wet going and rallied for an impressive head victory over Crucial Moment
(Jimmy Whittemore) in the final division. Mydelight Bluechip (Chris Lems)
rounded out the top three.
Hitting the half-mile 11-1/4 lengths behind the leaders,
Bossers Joy used a slow and steady journey on the outside to snatch the win,
getting up in the shadow of the wire for the upset victory.
"She really whipped around the track," Holland
said of the last half mile by Bossers Joy. "There were no issues. She
raced well." Holland, who tripled on the card, added with a laugh,
"We finally got the lead when we wanted it...at the wire."
Bossers Joy is owned by Francis Azur and is conditioned by
Kevin McDermott.
In the $12,700 Excelsior A Series, Holland took two
divisions with by steering Bugatti Beauty ($24.00) to a 2:03.2 decision and Jag
Out ($3.00) to a 2:02.3 win. Hey Kobe ($6.50) won the other leg for driver John
Plutino in 2:02.3.
The Excelsior B Series, worth $6,600, went to Delightful
Plan ($4.80) with Jeff Gregory in the sulky. They covered the mile in 2:05.2.
The final week of racing for the 2014 season begins on
Wednesday night with a 10-race card program set for 5 p.m.
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by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway
