HAMBURG, N.Y. --- Itsrollrocknroll A ($2.50) took advantage
of the luck of the draw in the $9,000 Preferred Pace at Buffalo Raceway on
Saturday night (July 1) and crushed the field in 1:54.2.
After getting strapped with the seven and eight posts the
past two weeks, Itsonlyrocknroll A (Larry Stalbaum) finally drew the pylons and
set sail from the rail in easily defeating Lucky King (Ron Beback Jr.) by a
throttled down 1-1/4 lengths. Show Stopping (Ray Fisher Jr.) took the show
position.
Lucky McTrucky took the early lead off the gate but once the
field straightened out down the back stretch the first time, Stalbaum stepped
on the gas with Itsonlyrocknroll A and powered to the top in 28.2. With the
half going in 58.0 and the three quarters in 1:26.2, Itsonlyrocknroll A opened
up a two length margin at the top of the stretch and cruised to the wire thanks
to a 28.0 final panel.
Owned by Stalbaum and trained by Kimberly Asher, it was the
eighth victory in 17 attempts in 2017 for Itsonlyrocknroll A (Million Dollar
Cam-Boldandbeautiful). The 6-year-old gelding has now earned $43,350 this
season and pushed his career bankroll to $213,520.
Stalbaum completed the evening with four wins, David
McNeight III had a triple while Kevin Cummings and Drew Monti got doubles.
Asher had three training victories with Rose Russo collecting two.
Racing will continue on Sunday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. with
a 10-race program set. There's a $791 carryover in the Pick-5 which begins in
the second race.
