Hamburg, NY — Summer Slash took advantage of a perfect setup en route to a 1:56 score in Buffalo Raceway’s $12,200 featured distaff pace on a drizzly Wednesday afternoon (April 24).

As the early speedsters literally did the dirty work, Summer Slash bided her time and then cleaned up in the lane to take the $27.40 shocker over Shecouldbegood N.

Summer Slash (Ray Fisher Jr.) watched the early action from seventh and last as Shecouldbegood N and Shooting Brooke battled for the lead. Clearing just past the opening half in :56.1, Shecouldbegood N was in command but the closers started to salivate with Hurrikane Msrodine and Summer Sash making their moves on the outside. There was no contest down the stretch as Summer Slash flew past Shecouldbegood N (Jim Morrill Jr.) while Hurrikane Msrodine (Kevin Cummings) settled for third.

Summer Slash swept to a 12-1 upset in Wednesday’s top distaff pace at Buffalo Raceway. Barnstormer Images.

Owned by Ilovemyharnesshorsesummer and trained by Ryan Swift, Summer Slash notched her first score of the season. The victory upped the 5-year-old Downbytheseaside-Before The Poison mare’s bankroll to $14,830 and $110,239 lifetime.

In the sub-featured $10,400 pace for the ladies, the heavily favored Arco N ($3.20) didn’t disappoint in notching her second consecutive victory, a four-length drubbing of Louie The Lilac in 1:55.3.

Scoring from the five post, Arco N (Billy Davis Jr.) grabbed the top in a snappy :27.4. With Louie The Lilac (Cummings) drafting behind in second, Arco N was on a mission and used splits of :56.3 and 1:25.3. Rounding into the home stretch, those ambitious fractions proved to be more than enough as Louie The Lilac had absolutely no answers for Arco N and took second. McNatural N (David McNeight III) rolled in for the show position.

Co-owned by Vogel & Wags Nags LLC and Team Rice Racing LLC, Arco N earned her second win in seven starts in 2024. The 8-year-old Shadow Play-Special Harmony mare trained by Maria Rice has now produced $13,730 in earnings on the year and $28,270 in her lifetime.

McNeight and Cummings each tripled on the program with Davis and Morrill each grabbing two. Samuel Smith and Tammy Cummings each had training doubles.

Racing returns on Friday afternoon (April 26) at 2:30 p.m. with a 10-race program set.

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