by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway
HAMBURG, N.Y. --- Adriano Hanover toyed with the field for the first three quarters of a mile in Buffalo Raceway's $12,300 featured pace on Saturday night (Jan. 29) but when it was time to go, boy did he go.
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| Photo by Bill Burke | ||
| Adriano Hanover romps to 6-3/4 length win in featured pace. |
Driver Drew Monti gave Adriano Hanover ($3.20) the green light just past the final pole and used a :28.2 final split to bury the field by a throttled down 6-3/4 lengths in 1:58.1 over the good track. Paprike Blue Chip (Shawn McDonough) took the place spot with Endeavors Pride (Kevin Cummings) finishing in third.
After a minor skirmish with Silver Beast in the battle for the lead, Adriano Hanover paced out fractions of :30.4, 1:00.4 and 1:29.4. But hitting the final marker, Adriano Hanover, enjoying just a length advantage, was off like a flash and had the remaining six participants soon in surrender mode.
Owned by Rocco Stebbins and trained by Joe Skowyra, Adriano Hanover (Western Ideal- A And G'sconfusion) is a 5-year-old horse that now has earned $201,582 lifetime.
In the sub-featured $10,600 Open III Trot, Schnickel Fritz (Kyle Cummings) was the second longest shot on the board in the compact field of five and his faithful followers were rewarded with a solid $29.00 win price. He beat Photo Bomber (Kevin Cummings) by 1-3/4 lengths in 2:01.4 while Warrawee Shipshape (Drew Monti) rolled in for third.
J-S Swanman took control of the top from the rail and produced an opening half of 1:01.2. Schnickel Fritz, who sat in fourth, went first over the backstretch the final time and took the lead with a quarter mile to trot. It was all over from there as Schnickel Fritz had no serious challengers and took the convincing victory.
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| Schnickel Fritz strolls to victory in trotting feature. |
Owned by Michael Ohol Jr. and Steven Gross, the 7-year-old gelded Schnickel
Fritz (Dontyouforgetit-The Power Of Magic) has earned $137,941 in his lifetime.
Kevin Cummings finished with a driving triple while Monti and Jim McNeight Jr. each had doubles. Gerry Sarama had three training victories while Jim McNeight notched two.
Racing will continue on Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. with an 8-race program slated. There will be a guaranteed pool of $3,000 in the Pick-5 which begins in the second race.
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