by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway
HAMBURG, N.Y. --- There are 37 horses entered in five
$22,000 (est.) divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old filly
trotters on Wednesday night (June 29) at Buffalo Raceway and only four have had
a pari-mutuel start.
So to say that experience is at a premium is an
understatement, but there's still plenty of hope and optimism as most of the
young ladies get their race careers started.
There could be some proud fathers by the end of the night
with Deweycheatumnhowe leading the way with nine off-spring going to the
starting gate, Rc Royalty has seven while Conway Hall and Chapter Seven each
have five.
The first division will feature Creditover (Credit
Winner-Andover The Top) who was a $95,000 purchase at the 2015 Lexington Sale.
Trond Smedshammer is the driver-trainer of Creditover for owner The Purple Haze
Stable.
A couple of high-priced trotters collide in the second
division as Heels On Wheels (Conway Hall-Go Go Dancer), a $75,000 buy at
Lexington, will go against Chapter Too (Chapter Seven-Wood Blue Chip) who was a
$50,000 purchase at Harrisburg Sale.
The most competitive leg looks to be the third division as
Royal Pinot (Rc Royalty-Graduation Party), a $55,000 selection at the
Morrisville Sale, will have to contend with the likes of Chapter Heaven
(Chapter Seven-Southwind Angel) and Blurred (Chapter Seven-Blur) who were each
$42,000 choices at the Harrisburg and Lexington Sales respectively.
There have been six track standards lowered at Buffalo
Raceway this season and with ideal conditions expected, the 2-year-old filly
trotting mark of 2:00.2 set by Munis Blue Chip back in 2009 could definitely be
in jeopardy.
There is a non-betting $6,200 Excelsior Series B race that
will go off at 4:30 p.m. while the regular card that features 12 races
including a pair of $15,000 Excelsior A Series events will begin at 5 p.m.
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