Hamburg, NY — It took a three-way photo to determine the winner in Buffalo Raceway’s featured $13,000 pace for fillies and mares on Wednesday afternoon (March 26), in which Legal Jeopardy ($9.80) prevailed by a head over over Get Answers while Do Me Over was a tough-luck third.
Do Me Better, starting from post seven, fired off from the starting car and controlled splits of :28, :57.1 and 1:27.1 over a good track. But down the stretch, Do Me Better (Joseph Chindano Jr.) was attacked on the inside by Legal Jeopardy (David McNeight III) and on the outside by Get Answers (Drew Monti). The trio battled right until the final strides, where the photo showed Legal Jeopardy sneaking in front.
Trained by co-owner Maria Rice and Jack Rice, the 5-year-old Legal Jeopardy (Stay Hungry-Legal Wish) has collected two victories in six appearances in 2025. Her bankroll improved to $20,035 for the season and $110,681 in her career.
In the top event on the undercard, a $10,500 pace for the ladies, Bolt Of Beauty ($4.50) made it two straight victories by topping McVera by a length in 1:57.2.
Rightfully Mine carved out early fractions of :28.4 and :58.3, but things looked different with a panel to go as Bolt Of Beauty (McNeight) made steady progress with a first-over move down the backstretch and reached the top with a quarter mile to pace.
Through the stretch, Bolt Of Beauty had no challengers as McVera made a subtle attempt but came up a non-threatening three-quarters of a length behind. Atlantic Star (Chindano) rolled in for third.
Owned by Going On Drive LLC and conditioned by David Russo, the 8-year-old Bolt Of Beauty (Bolt The Duer-Natural Luck) scored her second victory in eight starts this season. The triumph pushed her seasonal earnings to $20,870 and $408,784 lifetime.
Monti and Kevin Cummings finished the afternoon’s festivities with three victories each; McNeight, Kyle Cummings and Shawn McDonough all notched doubles. McDonough and David Russo had two training wins apiece.
Racing at Buffalo will resume on Saturday afternoon (March 29) at 2:30 p.m. with a 13-race program scheduled.
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