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Thursday’s (July 16) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Harrah’s Philadelphia and Buffalo Raceway.

Arch Madness dominates in Harrah’s Philly feature

Chester, PA — A Winner’s Over $25,000 Lifetime Trot was the featured event on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia. The heavy favorite was the classy Arch Madness, who has won over $4 million in his career. As the gate swung open, it was Money On My Mind leaving quickly for the lead, but was collared by Arch Madness just shy of the quarter. The 10-year-old by Balanced Image faced mild pressure from Opening Night near three-quarters, but sprinted away to win by a wrapped up three lengths in 1:52.2. Money On My Mind finished second, while Traverse Seelster rallied for show. Arch Madness is owned by Marc Goldberg and Willow Pond LLC, trained by Trond Smedshammer, and was driven by George Brennan, who had two wins on the day.

— Mike Bozich

Buffalo Raceway
It’s been close but no cigar for V’La Faire in 2014. But Wednesday night (July 16), she finally broke her camera shyness with a gutsy nose victory over Case Solved in the featured $10,500 Fillies and Mares Open Pace at Buffalo Raceway. V’La Faire has been very competitive in her nine previous starts this year, finishing in the money six times, but couldn’t break her way into the win column. It looked like another heart-breaking night for V’La Faire as Case Solved set the pace with times of 28.4, 57.4 and 1:27.3. In the stretch, Case Solved (Ray Fisher Jr.) tried to hang on but a determined V’La Faire ($14.40) and driver Drew Monti showed plenty of heart and were able to get a nose in front at the wire in 1:56.1 over the fast track. The favored Ugly Betty (Jack Flanigen) finished in third. Owned by the Oakhurst Farm and trained by Richard Tomaszewski, V’La Faire has now earned $18,020 this season and $204,436 lifetime. It was the 23rd career win in 102 lifetime starts for the 7-year-old mare. The final week of racing continues on Friday night at Buffalo Raceway with an 11-race card set for 6:40 p.m. There are just three live programs remaining with the season wrapping up on Sunday afternoon.