Hamburg, NY — Gia’s Surreal is quickly becoming the dominant damsel at Buffalo Raceway as she collected her second straight win in the $11,500 Open Pace for fillies and mares with a solid half-length victory over Hey Kobe in 1:54.2 on Wednesday night (July 1).

Gia’s Surreal (John Cummings Jr.) was just too powerful for Hey Kobe and Lady London. Bill Burke photo.

Just making the third start of her 4-year-old campaign, the favored Gia’s Surreal ($4.60) had little problem rallying to get the victory.

Lady London (Ray Fisher Jr.) set the splits with times of :28, :57 and 1:25.2. Midway down the backstretch the final time, Gia’s Surreal was stuck behind dull cover and had to tip three wide with a panel to go.

In the stretch, Gia’s Surreal (John Cummings Jr.) was just too powerful for Hey Kobe (Drew Monti) and Lady London who had to settle for second and third, respectively.

Co-owned by trainer Jim Graham, Ed Peron, Tom Mariano and Lee Winters, the victory moved Gia’s Surreal’s (So Surreal-Nancy Irene) seasonal earnings to $12,380 and $163,941 in her career.

The heavily-favored Victoria Swan ($2.90) played ‘catch me if you can’ in the $10,000 Class A-AA Handicap Trot and no one was up to the task.

Scoring from the rail, Victoria Swan had little trouble in turning back Empire Earl N (Jim Morrill Jr.) by a half-length in 1:58.4. Call My Broker (Dan Yetman) took the show spot.

After relinquishing the lead early on to Empire Earl N, Victoria Swan used a big backside brush to take command and never looked back. A :58.1 last half was enough to dash the hopes of the remaining six participants.

Co-owned by R.B.H. Ventures Inc. and Spagnola Racing, it was the third triumph in 10 season’s tries for Victoria Swan (Swan For All-Victoria Sahbra). Trained by Sabrina Shaw, the 5-year-old mare now has $16,854 in winnings in 2020 and $113,889 lifetime.

Monti and Fisher finished the evening with triples while Morrill and Billy Davis Jr. doubled. Rich Mays, Darrin Monti and Gerry Sarama each conditioned two winners.

Racing will continue on Saturday evening beginning at 6 p.m. with a 13-race program slated. For more information including the latest news, race replays, entries and results, go to www.buffaloraceway.com.