Hamburg, NY — It was the first start of her career and Liberty Style ($3.10) started it in grand style by demolishing the field in the $112,100 New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday afternoon (June 18). She beat stablemate Bueckers by 5-3/4 widening lengths in an impressive 1:57.1 over the fast track.
With an early scuffle to the lead, Ev Does It took control as Liberty Style (American Ideal-Fly In Style) and Bueckers followed along through splits of :28.4 and :58.2.
Those wicked fractions proved to be the downfall for Ev Does It as driver Jason Bartlett tipped Liberty Style out just before the three-quarter station and took off from there, blitzing the field down the stretch, using a :28 final to celebrate her maiden victory. Stablemate Bueckers (Kevin Cummings) took second place honors with American Cheese (Colin Kelly) took third.
Co-owned by trainer Andrew Stafford and Bonnie Benson, Liberty Style (American Ideal-Fly In Style) earned a healthy $56.050 check in her racing debut.
In the lone $20,000 Excelsior Series race, Twenty Seven ($7.60) used the home track advantage and beat Delightful Happy Court held Diva by 1-1/4 lengths in 2:01.4.
Happy Court (Colin Kelly) showed the way through the first three panels with splits of :30.3, 1:00.4 and 1:31.2, Twenty Seven sat fourth and began her grind just past the half mile marker. Turning for home, the first over Twenty Seven cruised past Happy Court but had to turn back the late bid from Delightful Diva (Cory Stratton) who had to settle for second place honors. Happy Court took the third place check.
Owned by Faire Oaks Farm of nearby Lancaster, N.Y., Twenty Seven (So Surreal-Terrorcam) is trained by Richard Tomaszewski. It was the first victory for Twenty Seven who qualified at Buffalo Raceway on June 6 in 2:00.4. The victory was worth $10,000 in her maiden win.
Kevin Cummings and Drew Monti finished the afternoon with four victories each while Brett Beckwith collected two. Courtney Wright had a pair of training wins.
Racing will return on Friday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. with 13 races slated.
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