HAMBURG, N.Y. --- Heavenly Place won the cavalry charge to
the wire and registered a determined head victory over Ugly Betty in the
$10,500 Fillies and Mares Open Pace in 1:59.1 over a sloppy track at rainy
Buffalo Raceway Wednesday evening (April 30).
It was a last-to-first place rally for Heavenly Place
($7.00) as the razor-sharp 6-year-old mare has now been in the money 11 of 12
races in 2014 including six victories.
The front-running St Lads Zena set the fractions to the
third-quarter marker with times of 29.1, 59.2 and 1:29.3. As heads turned for
home, the compact field of six all fanned out with a chance for the victory.
But it was Heavenly Place (David McNeight III), sitting
sixth and last at the three-quarter pole, who was the widest and fastest in the
race to the wire. The final panel of 29.0 was enough to edge out a
hard-charging Ugly Betty (Jack Flanigen). Dontch Remember (Ray Fisher Jr.)
finished in third place.
Owned by Chs Racing and Limerick Racing, Heavenly Place
(Riverboat King-Angel Place) is trained by David McNeight Jr. The win pushed
her winnings to $34,922 this year and $112,495 lifetime.
A busy weekend schedule at Buffalo Raceway kicks off on
Friday night with a 13-race card slated for 6:40 p.m.
For more information including race replays, results,
Kentucky Derby Day events at the track and more, go to www.buffaloraceway.com
by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway
