by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway
HAMBURG, N.Y. --- Driver Kevin Cummings made two perfect
moves with Beachy Dream in Buffalo Raceway's $11,000 Class A-AA pace on
Saturday night (Feb. 29) and it resulted in a length victory over Lucky
McTrucky in 1:58.2 over the good track.
Approaching the half mile station, Beachy Dream was sitting
third and felt the outer flow developing. Cummings just in the nick of time was
able to sneak out and start his first over trip.
Then with a quarter mile to pace, Beachy Dream ($3.90),
still on the rim, kicked it into high gear and was able to enjoy in what proved
to be an insurmountable lead in the stretch. Lucky McTrucky (David McNeight
III) took second with Hold The Gold (Denny Bucceri) rallying for third.
Owned by Mike Torcello and trained by Gerry Sarama, it was
the second win in five appearances for the 9-year-old gelded Beachy Dream (If I
Can Dream-Beachy Girl. The win increased his seasonal earnings to $15,950 and
$254,530 lifetime.
In the sub-featured $10,000 Class A pace, Andy's Ideal
($5.90) showed plenty of heart in beating Allstar Energy by 1-1/4 lengths in
1:57.3.
After relinquishing the lead to Blue On Black hitting the
third-quarter pole, driver Ray Fisher Jr. re-energized Andy's Ideal in the lane
and never looked back in topping Allstar Energy (McNeight III) while Blue On
Black (Shawn McDonough) had to settle for third.
Trained by Don Rothfuss and co-owned by Michael Ouriel,
Howard Ouriel and Stephen Vinik, it was the first trip to the winner's circle
in 2020 for the 6-year-old gelded Andy's Ideal (American Ideal-Slainte). The
victory pushed his seasonal bankroll to $9,180 snf $181,645 in his career.
Cummings and Billy Davis Jr. each registered driving triples
while Jim McNeight Jr. and Fisher Jr. doubled. Sarama had his second
consecutive training triple while Rothfuss and Maria Rice each collected two
wins.
Racing will continue on Wednesday evening at 5 p.m. with a
12-race program scheduled.
For more information including the latest news, race
replays, results, entries, upcoming promotions and simulcast schedule, go to www.buffaloraceway.com
