by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway

Hamburg, NY — There are 37 horses entered in five divisions of the $109,800 New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old filly trotters on Wednesday night (June 29) at Buffalo Raceway and only four have had a pari-mutuel start.

So to say that experience is at a premium is an understatement, but there’s still plenty of hope and optimism as most of the young ladies get their race careers started.

There could be some proud fathers by the end of the night with Deweycheatumnhowe leading the way with nine offspring going to the starting gate, RC Royalty has seven while Conway Hall and Chapter Seven each have five.

The first division will feature Creditover (Credit Winner-Andover The Top) who was a $95,000 purchase at the 2015 Lexington Selected Sale. Trond Smedshammer is the driver-trainer of Creditover for owner Purple Haze Stable.

A couple of high-priced trotters collide in the second division as Heels On Wheels (Conway Hall-Go Go Dancer), a $75,000 buy at Lexington, will go against Chapter Too (Chapter Seven-Wood Blue Chip) who was a $50,000 purchase at the Standardbred Horse Sale in Harrisburg.

The most competitive leg looks to be the third division as Royal Pinot (RC Royalty-Graduation Party), a $55,000 selection at the Morrisville Sale, will have to contend with the likes of Chapter Heaven (Chapter Seven-Southwind Angel) and Blurred (Chapter Seven-Blur) who were each $42,000 choices at the Harrisburg and Lexington sales, respectively.

There have been six track standards lowered at Buffalo Raceway this season and with ideal conditions expected, the 2-year-old filly trotting mark of 2:00.2 set by Munis Blue Chip back in 2009 could definitely be in jeopardy.

There is a non-betting $6,200 Excelsior Series B race that will go off at 4:30 p.m. while the regular card that features 12 races, including a pair of $15,000 Excelsior A Series events, will begin at 5 p.m.

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