Hamburg, NY — Weekend Atnannies made a step up in class at Buffalo Raceway but that didn’t bother him one bit as he registered a solid three-quarters of a length win over Allstar Energy in the featured Class A-AA Handicapped Pace on Saturday night (March 6).

Weekend Atnannies rolls to victory at Buffalo Raceway. Bill Burke photo.

The move up the ladder was warranted as Weekend Atnannies won on Feb. 13 by taking a Class B event by a neck in 1:56.3 in his last outing.

After relinquishing the lead for a brief moment early stage of the race to Allstar Energy, Weekend Atnannies (Kevin Cummings) retook the lead before the opening stanza and never looked back from there.

Setting splits of :28.2, :58.4 and 1:28.3 over the fast track, Weekend Atnannies didn’t face any pressure down the stretch and easily strolled to the victory in 1:57. Allstar Energy (Ron Beback Jr.) settled for second while Falcon’s Luke (Shawn McDonough) took the show position.

Owned by Rocco Stebbins and trained by Joe Skowyra, Weekend Atnannies (Western Paradise-Lacoste Gal) is a 6-year-old gelding that has now won two of three starts this season. The win upped his seasonal earnings to $8,572 and $113,611 lifetime.

Drew Monti finished the evening with three driving wins while Cummings and Shawn McDonough had two apiece. Gerry Sarama had a training double.

Racing will resume on Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. with 11 races on tap. There will be a $4,000 guaranteed pool in the Pick-5 starting in the second race.

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