By Michael Carter, for Buffalo Raceway
Hamburg, NY – On a night where the track was lightning fast all
night there were some very big winners on the program.
Fireyourguns (American Ideal-Villa Hanover) returned to
pari-mutual action this week after a valiant qualifying effort last week with
Michael Caprio driving. When the gates swung open tonight Fireyourguns
went right to the lead and never looked back. At the ½ Bahama Bay
(Drew Monti) tried to make his presence felt and was joined by Mach Stockn Barrel
(Kevin Cummings) on the outside. When they reached the back stretch it
was obvious that the field was too tough for Mach Stockn Barrel never
advanced.
Fireyourguns set some wicked fractions early in the race and
continued that strong effort when they passed ¾ in 1:25 3/5. Turning for
home it looked like Lucky Nadotremblay might pull off the shocker from the
perfect pocket ride, but Fireyourguns dropped and hit another gear stopping the
clock in 1:53 3/5 just missing the track record by 1/5 of a second.
Bahama Bay closed strongly to finish a game 3rd.
Fireyourguns is trained by Terrance McClory and owned by Terence
P McClory and Jennifer and Robert Lowe.
In the co-featured Open II pace Youwillwishyouhad (Kevin
Cummings) continued his dominance after being parked the mile last week and
finishing 5th. He left and cleared before the ¼ and had no
issue getting to the top spot. At the ½ Salazar made his move and was
followed by Bakken who never advanced. Going up the back stretch Unicorn
Hanover challenged, but stalled and tried to come back on in the stretch to no
avail.
Youwillwishyouhad is trained by James Clouser Jr. and owned by
Leonard Segall of Clearwater, FL.
Racing resumes on Wednesday with a first post of 5:00 PM
featuring $3.00 food specials at the Clubhouse Sports Bar.
