HAMBURG, N.Y. --- It was a thing a beauty, especially if you
had a couple of bucks on the nose of Ugly Betty.
She may have been the longest shot on the board, but Ugly
Betty ($46.20) was first across the finish line in the featured $10,500 Fillies
and Mares Open Pace at Buffalo Raceway Wednesday night (June 25). She beat
Mondatta, sent off at 21-1, by 1-1/2 lengths in 1:57.4 as driver Jack Flanigen
drove Ugly Betty to the surprise victory.
The pair combined for a $1,248 exacta and topped a $4,660
trifecta with You're Too Funny (Ron Beback Jr.), who finished in third.
CS Kentucky (Shawn McDonough) posted the fractions of 29.1,
59.3 and 1:29.0 but called it a night after that. Heavenly Place (David
McNeight III) was first over and took over the lead at the top of the stretch.
She then tired and threw in the towel. That allowed the second over and
three-wide Ugly Betty (Camluck-Red Road Rage) to register a 28.2 final panel
and cruise to the solid 1-1/2 length win over a late-pacing Mondatta (Jim
McNeight).
Ugly Betty, a 6-year-old mare owned by Margaret Payne and
Jennifer Falcone, has now won six times in 19 starts this season, bankrolling
$42,648 in 2014 and $154,610 lifetime. Dennis Dylo handled the training duties.
Racing resumes on Friday night when two $60,200 divisions of
the New York Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colts and geldings highlight the
13-race program that is scheduled to start at 6:40 p.m.
For more information including race replays, results,
upcoming promotions and the latest news, go to www.buffaloraceway.com
by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway
