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Ugly Betty Dominates In Buffalo Raceway Feature
We thought you would want to know Ugly Betty is becoming the dominate damsel once again as she blew away her rivals in the featured $9,000 pace for the mares Wednesday night (March 23) at Buffalo Raceway.
After four so-so efforts to start the season, Ugly Betty is starting to regain her old form. She made it two straight victories by beating Mach This Way by 2-1/2 lengths in 1:57.4 over the fast track.
Retaking the lead just past the quarter-mile marker from Mach This Way (Ron Beback Jr.), Ugly Betty and driver Billy Davis Jr. toured the Hamburg half-mile oval worry-free the rest of the way home. A 29.3 last panel was more than enough to hold off any threats and allowed Ugly Betty to post the popular $3.20 victory.
Mach This Way held on for second place with Fashion Katie (Drew Monti) finishing third.
Ugly Betty (Camluck-Red Road Rage), a winner of over $70,000 in 2015 thanks to 11 wins, has $11,084 in earnings this season and $255,312 lifetime. The 8-year-old mare is co-owned by trainer Jennifer Falcone and Margaret Payne.
Todd Cummings and Davis Jr. each posted three victories while Beback Jr. doubled on the night. Trainer Kirk Desmond conditioned two winners.
The harness racing action will continue on Friday evening when an 11-race card goes off at 5 p.m.
by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway
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IdaBet Players Note: HER EMMYNENCY & UPSTART NANCY FROM NAIROBI BOTH PROMINENT IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SANTA ANA STAKES
IdaBet players, we thought you would want to know that Multiple stakes winning Her Emmynency and upstart Nancy From Nairobi both figure prominently among a field of six older fillies and mares in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 Santa Ana Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on turf.
HER EMMYNENCY: A winner of the Grade I, 1 1/8 miles turf Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes at Keeneland two starts back on Oct. 10, Her Emmynency, in her first start for trainer Kristin Mulhall, was an even fourth here as the 3-1 favorite in the Grade II, one mile turf Buena Vista Stakes on Feb. 20. A one mile turf minor stakes winner at Santa Anita in October, 2014, this 4-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Successful Appeal was a close second in the Grade I Del Mar Oaks three starts back on Aug. 15 and has four wins from eight overall starts. Owned by Ike and Dawn Thrash, she has career earnings of $552,250.
NANCY FROM NAIROBI: A dazzling one mile turf allowance winner here on March 4, this 5-year-old English-bred mare showed an impressive turn of foot, rallying wide from off the pace with the inner rail set at 30 feet. Trained by John Sadler and ridden in all four of her stateside starts by Abel Lezcano, Nancy From Nairobi, who was off the board in a pair of Group starts as a three year old in England, will be seeking her third consecutive win in her first North American graded stakes assignment. A 1 1/8 miles turf allowance winner two starts back on Feb. 5, “Nancy” has a win and a second from two tries at the Santa Ana distance and is 21-4-6-0 overall, with earnings of $151,456.
GLORY: Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, this 4-year-old filly by Tapit pressed the pace and was overwhelmed by Nancy From Nairobi late when second in a one mile turf allowance here on March 4. Quick early, Glory showed the way in both the Grade III, one mile turf Megahertz Stakes Jan....
MULTIPLE STAKES WINNER SINGING KITTY, SHARP FILLIES KISS AT MIDNIGHT & SHEER PLEASURE PROMINENT IN $100,000 DREAM OF SUMMER STAKES
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Three-time stakes winner Singing Kitty, along with sharp fillies Kiss At Midnight and Sheer Pleasure, head a field of nine California-bred or sired older fillies and mares going a flat mile on the main track Sunday at Santa Anita.
SINGING KITTY: A three-time stakes winner on turf, this 4-year-old filly by Ministers Wild Cat comes off a close eighth place finish in the Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf Sprint, but retains the services of Gary Stevens. Trained by Matt Chew, Singing Kitty was never a factor when ninth two starts back in the Grade II Monrovia Stakes down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course Jan. 3, but was a close third three races back in the Grade III Autumn Miss down the hill Oct. 17. A storybook claim for just $32,000 in December, 2014, she banked $267,800 for owners Chris Aulds and Peter Jeong last year. Although she’s never tried one mile on dirt, she has two wins from four lifetime starts over the surface. She is 15-5-1-1 overall, with earnings of $333,488.
KISS AT MIDNIGHT: Claimed 10 starts back for $25,000 on April 11, 2015, Kiss At Midnight has proven an astute purchase for trainer Richard Baltas and owners Marasa, Messineo, Robershaw and partners. A close second in a one mile turf allowance here on Feb. 27, this 4-year-old filly by Decarchy has four lifetime wins, all of them coming from 11 starts on the main track. Second three starts back to the highly regarded Sunday Rules in the 6 ½ furlong Kalookan Queen Stakes on Dec. 30, Kiss At Midnight would be well served by a fast pace in her second try at the distance. She sports an overall mark of 13-4-6-2, with earnings of $292,260.
SHEER PLEASURE: A two-time stakes winner versus statebreds, this 4-year-old daughter of Birdonthewire comes off a sharp second at 1 1/16 miles in open company here...
HER EMMYNENCY & UPSTART NANCY FROM NAIROBI BOTH PROMINENT IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SANTA ANA STAKES
We wanted our IdaBet.com players to know that: Multiple stakes winning Her Emmynency and upstart Nancy From Nairobi both figure prominently among a field of six older fillies and mares in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 Santa Ana Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on turf.
HER EMMYNENCY: A winner of the Grade I, 1 1/8 miles turf Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes at Keeneland two starts back on Oct. 10, Her Emmynency, in her first start for trainer Kristin Mulhall, was an even fourth here as the 3-1 favorite in the Grade II, one mile turf Buena Vista Stakes on Feb. 20. A one mile turf minor stakes winner at Santa Anita in October, 2014, this 4-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Successful Appeal was a close second in the Grade I Del Mar Oaks three starts back on Aug. 15 and has four wins from eight overall starts. Owned by Ike and Dawn Thrash, she has career earnings of $552,250.
NANCY FROM NAIROBI: A dazzling one mile turf allowance winner here on March 4, this 5-year-old English-bred mare showed an impressive turn of foot, rallying wide from off the pace with the inner rail set at 30 feet. Trained by John Sadler and ridden in all four of her stateside starts by Abel Lezcano, Nancy From Nairobi, who was off the board in a pair of Group starts as a three year old in England, will be seeking her third consecutive win in her first North American graded stakes assignment. A 1 1/8 miles turf allowance winner two starts back on Feb. 5, “Nancy” has a win and a second from two tries at the Santa Ana distance and is 21-4-6-0 overall, with earnings of $151,456.
GLORY: Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, this 4-year-old filly by Tapit pressed the pace and was overwhelmed by Nancy From Nairobi late when second in a one mile turf allowance here on March 4. Quick early, Glory showed the way in both the Grade III, one mile turf Megahertz Stakes Jan. 18 and...
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