by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway
HAMBURG, N.Y. --- Shady City ($2.60) finally broke the
second place blues by capturing the $10,000 Open Pace at Buffalo Raceway on
Saturday night (May 20). Shady City had finished a heart-breaking second in
four consecutive starts in Open competition.
It wasn't easy for Shady City (Larry Stalbaum) to get
re-acquainted with track photographer Steve Roth as he needed a seasonal best
of 1:54.3 over the fast track to get the first place check. He beat Gallant
Seelster (David McNeight III) by 1-1/4 lengths while Pan Street USA (Ray Fisher
Jr.) took the show spot.
It was a mad dash to the opening quarter as Fireyourguns
(Mike Caprio) went three-wide to wrestle the top from Shady City and Pan Street
USA in a 27.3 first panel. Settling in and putting up the next two fractions of
55.3 and 1:25.0, Fireyourguns ran out of ammunition in the stretch.
Shady City, enjoying the pocket trip, slipped down into the
passing lane and was the strongest of all in getting to the finish line first
while a hard-charging Gallant Seelster was second best.
Owned by Stalbaum and trained by Kim Asher, the 7-year-old
gelded Shady City (Metropolitan-Maid In Shade) has four wins in 17 starts. The
win increased his 2017 earnings to $36,536 and $267,113 lifetime.
Stalbaum finished the night with four victories while Fisher
Jr., Jim Morrill Jr. and Drew Monti produced doubles. Asher had three training
wins.
Racing will resume on Wednesday night with an 11-race
program set for 5 p.m.
For more information including the latest news, upcoming
promotions, race replays and results, go to www.buffaloraceway.com
Photo:
Shady City breaks the blues with Buffalo Raceway Open
Pace win.
