by Brian Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway

Hamburg, NY — It was the perfect recipe for success on Friday night (April 14) for The Bronx Bumper in Buffalo Raceway’s featured $8,200 trot. Drawing the pylons in a six-horse field and mixing in the services of driver Jim Morrill Jr., The Bronx Bumper ($3.10) made it look easy in posting a 2-1/4 length win over Kahoku in a seasonal-best 1:57.2 on the fast race track.

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The Bronx Bumper collects his sixth victory of 2017 at Buffalo Raceway on Friday evening.

The Bronx Bumper and Kahoku were fortunate to head to the lead early as the remainder of the field was scattered thanks to breaks by City Kid and Lucky Pablo. It became a two-horse breakaway as The Bronx Bumper, using fractions of :28.4, :58.1 and 1:28.0, brought Kahoku along in second.

In the stretch, The Bronx Bumper faced no challengers and was able to trot away from Kahoku (Ron Beback Jr.) and third place finisher Ali De Vie (Ray Fisher Jr.).

Owned by Michael Torcello and trained by Gerry Sarama, it was the sixth victory in 14 starts this season for the 8-year-old gelded The Bronx Bumper (Ken Warkentin-Carolina Hall). The win pushed his 2017 earnings to $30,284 and $183,889 lifetime.

Morrill Jr. and Larry Stalbaum each finished the evening with three victories while Kevin Cummings had a pair. Trainers Kirk Desmond and Sarama each doubled.

Racing will continue on Saturday night (April 15) at 6 p.m. with a 12-race program scheduled. There is a $488 carryover in the Pick-5 which begins in the second race.

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