For the second week in a row, Dontgetinskyway won the $11,000 Open Pace for the Limerick Racing stables at Buffalo Raceway.
The Saturday night win was the second this year for Dontgetinskyway, a seven-year-old gelding out of Dontgetinmyway, who now has 15 lifetime wins in 146 attempts.
Dontgetinskyway ($5), the second choice in the betting, settled in fourth with reinsman Dave McNeight III in the sulky as eventual second-place finisher and race favourite Cam Patch (Dan Noble) cut all the fractions in the race (:29.1, :58.3, and 1:28.1).
As the field was going down the backstretch for the second time, McNeight had Dontgetinskyway perfectly positioned to engage the leader at the top of the stretch. A great battle developed, which saw Dontgetinskyway prevail by three-quarters of a length in 1:57.4. Deuces And Jacks (Jim McNeight) came in third.
Trained by David McNeight Jr., the $5,500 share of the winning purse put Dontgetinskyway’s seasonal earnings at $19,830 and lifetime bankroll at $195,557.
(With files from Buffalo Raceway)