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Saturday’s (February 16) edition of Racing Roundup features a results stories from Buffalo Raceway and Dover Downs.

Machman wins open pace at Buffalo with perfect trip

Hamburg, NY — Machman, a 4-year-old gelding out of Mach Three won the $11,000 Open Pace in 1:56 for owners Arrhythmic LLC of West Seneca, NY, here at Buffalo Raceway Saturday night (February 16). It was the fourth win in five attempts this year for Machman, whose winning time establishes a new season’s best.

Paul White photo

Machman won Saturday’s Open Pace at Buffalo Raceway in 1:56 for driver Billy Dobson.

Machman ($6.80), driven by Billy Dobson, settled in second as the favorite and eventual third place finisher Cam Patch (Dan Noble) cut all the fractions in the race, :28.1, :58.1, and 1:27. Getting a perfect pocket trip for most of the race Machman unleashed a :28.4 last quarter-mile, which put him 1-1/2 lengths ahead of second place finisher Gooch’s Bad Boy (John Cummings, Jr.) at the finish line.

Trained by John Mungillo, the $5,500 share of the winning purse put Machman’s season’s earnings at $15,284, and $68,927 lifetime.

— Sam Pendolino

Dover Downs
Shark On Board overtook race favorite Kenzie’s Beach Boy in the stretch to score a 1:53.3 triumph in the Saturday afternoon $10,000 3,4&5-year-old feature pace during occasional snow-flurries at Dover Downs on Feb. 16. After two straight front-pacing second place finishes losing by a neck each time, trainer-driver Frank Milby elected to race Shark On Board from-off-the-pace and it worked out successfully for his first win of 2013. Milby sat second behind the popular-choice Kenzie’s Beach Boy (Ross Wolfenden) and then pulled to the outside at the top of the stretch to rush past the leader by mid-stretch on the way to victory. Irwin Samelman, a long-time Milby family patron, owns the 4-year-old altered son of Cam’s Card Shark-Cannae Peach. Avanza (Brad Hanners) was the third finisher.