HAMBURG, N.Y. --- Wow! That's about the best way to describe
the run that Lutetium is on at Buffalo Raceway.
Lutetium, already dominating the Open Trot competition at
Buffalo Raceway, stepped it up even more Friday night (May 30) when he tied the
all-aged track record for trotters on the half-mile oval with a 1-3/4 length
victory over BZ Glide in a sizzling 1:56.3 over the fast track in the featured
$10,500 event. The time tied the record set by Scorpion Moon (2007), Delano
(2012) and Crazy About Pat (2013).
It was the fifth straight win at Buffalo Raceway for
Lutetium, four of which have come in Open competition. And what makes this more
remarkable, in all of those starts, he's been in front at every marker.
Being assigned the outside seven post, Lutetium and driver
Kevin Cummings bullied their way right to the lead, putting up fractions of
28.4, 58.0 and 1:27.1. Not good news for the remaining six horses in the field.
BZ Glide (Mike Caprio), who was first over, had the only
real chance of chasing down Lutetium in the stretch but that proved to be
futile. Studio City (Ron Beback Jr.) finished third in the seven-horse event.
The win was the seventh in 14 appearances this year for
Lutetium (Credit Winner-Luby). The 7-year-old gelding is owned by Colleen
Girdlestone and is trained by Mark Laidlaw. The victory pushed his earnings to
$40,740 this season and $226,596 lifetime.
Racing continues this Saturday with a 13-race card set for
6:40 p.m. Sunday afternoon action will begin this week as well with 11 races
set to go to the post at 1:05 p.m.
For more information including the latest news, notes, race
replays and upcoming promotions, go to www.buffaloraceway.com
by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway
