Former Tioga Downs regular No Where To Hide scored her second win since moving north to Batavia Downs in the $12,800 distaff Open II Handicap pacing feature on Wednesday Night (Nov. 17).
It was a simple game plan for driver Drew Monti and No Where To Hide, who took the front off the gate and dictated the race. With Queen Of Thrones (Kevin Cummings) sitting the pocket, No Where To Hide stepped off quarters of :28.3, :57.3 and 1:26.4 without any serious opposition from the trailing field. When the race spun off the final bend, Cummings pulled Queen Of Thrones and they took their best shot. But after closing some ground in the stretch, Queen Of Thrones still came up a half length short as No Where To Hide was not to be denied, winning a sharp 1:55 mile.
It was the eighth win of the year for No Where To Hide ($6.50), and it pushed her earnings to $51,552 for owner Rocco Stebbins. Joe Skowyra trains the four-year-old daughter of Bettors Delight and Albany Hanover.
In the co-featured $11,200 Open III pace for fillies and mares, Watchwhatmyfeetdo (Denny Bucceri) followed intently from second behind Faithful Desire (Drew Monti) until the top of the stretch, where she tipped and blew right by the leader down the lane to win easily by 2-3/4 lengths in 1:56.1.
It was the first win in three tries at Batavia Downs and the fifth win overall of the year for Watchwhatmyfeetdo ($4.90), who is owned by Jamie Daley and trainer Dale Gilmour.
Jim Morrill Jr. led all drivers with three wins on Wednesday while trainer Gerry Sarama finished the night with two.
When live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Nov. 20), the Jackpot Super Hi-5 carryover will stand at $19,916 after no single unique winning ticket was sold again on Wednesday.
Free full past performance program pages for all live Batavia Downs races can be downloaded at bataviadownsgaming.com.
Post time for the first race is 5 p.m.
(Batavia Downs)