by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway
Hamburg, NY — Cherry Royal Ruby put in the fastest time ofthe five divisions ($109,800) of the New York Sire Stakes for the 2-year-oldfilly trotters at Buffalo Raceway Wednesday night (June 29) as she romped to aneasy 6-1/2 length victory in 2:02.1.
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Cherry Royal Ruby won the quickest division of NYSS Wednesday night at Buffalo Raceway.
Despite the eye-opening performance by Cherry Royal Ruby, itwas well off the track record for her classification of 2:00.2 set in 2009 byMunis Bluechip.
There was a dead heat in the fifth division as Scarey Karieand Run For Royalty couldn’t be separated by a photo in 2:04.0.
Maewegonow ($3.70) took her division with a win in 2:03.3,Mighty Surf got the perfect gate-to-wire journey from driver Kevin Cummings tonotch a $27.00 surprise in 2:04.4 while Heels On Wheels used a last panel of29.1 to dispose of the field in her bracket in 2:04.0.
It was a good night for the sires Conway Hall and RC Royaltyas each had offspring win two divisions with Prayer I Am and Deweycheatumnhowehaving one winner apiece.
The most impressive on the picture perfect night was CherryRoyal Ruby (RC Royalty-Nowerland Kristen). After putting up an opening halfmile of 1:03.1, driver Dan Daley stepped on the gas with her on the back half,going in 59.0 including a 28.2 final panel.
Nightflix Hanover (Ray Schnittker) finished in second withRoyal Pine (Matt Kakaley) taking the show spot.
Cherry Royal Ruby ($3.30) is co-owned by the Cherry HillFarm and Todd Van Alstyne and is trained by Daley.
Scarey Karie (Phil Fluet) and Run For Royalty (Kakaley) werefortunate to be involved in the win photo.
It first appeared that Barn Bella (Chuck Huckabone Jr.) wasgoing to catch the front-running Speedy Prayer but broke stride coming off thefinal turn. Speedy Prayer (Kevin Cummings) looked home free but jumped it offmidway down the lane.
Those miscues put Scarey Karie ($2.60) and Run For Royalty($3.30) on top but the they hit the wire deadlocked in 2:04.0. Mamora Bay tookthird for driver Sam Schillaci.
Scarey Karie (Conway Hall-Alabama Hotel) is owned by MichaelWoodward and is trained by Fluet.
Run For Royalty (Rc Royalty-Feegee) is owned by Simo Jalavaand is conditioned by Jenny Melander.
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Scarey Karie (#7) and Run For Royalty (#1) finished in a dead heat in the fifth division.
In the opening division, Mighty Surf ($27.00) zoomed to thelead and avoided trouble with the breakers on the opening turn to score thefront-running 2-3/4 length victory over Creditover in 2:04.4. Busy DoingNothing (Mark Etsell) took the show position.
Mighty Surf (Prayer I Am-Big Surfer) is owned by Roy Dobbinsand is trained by Dennis Laterza.
Heels On Wheels ($8.40) and Kakaley made a first-over movedown the backstretch and that proved to difference to dispose of Dazzlash(Trond Smedshammer) and Deweybelievenhowe (Ed Greeno Jr.) in 2:04.4.
Owned by the Burke Racing Stable, Crawford Farms, LawrenceKarr and Weaver Bruscemi, Heels On Wheels (Conway Hall-Go Go Dancer) isconditioned by Ron Burke.
A big brush heading to the three-quarter pole gaveMaewegonow (Charlie Norris) a commanding edge and never looked back inregistering a throttled down 1-1/4 length nod over Shecheatedondewey (Kakaley)in 2:03.3. Deli-Delight (Mike Simons) placed third.
Maewegonow (Deweycheatumnhowe-Mauresmo) is co-owned byCarrie Norris and Acadia Farms and trained by Charlie Norris.
In the $15,000 Excelsior A races, Onyx Blue Chip ($7.30)took the first division in 2:06.3 with Ray Schnittker on board while Jenny’sDew Drop went wire-to-wire and posted a $22.40 upset for John Cummings Jr. in2:04.4.
Ms McGillicuddys (Kevin Cummings) was victorious in thenon-betting $6,200 Excelsior B series as she covered the mile in 2:13.1.
Racing will resume on Friday evening with 10 races slated tobegin at 5 p.m.