Davey Day Trader continued to pile up the victories in Western New York with a solid 1-1/2-length triumph in the $21,233 Open Pace over a sloppy track at Buffalo Raceway on Saturday, March 7, highlighting a five-win day for driver Kevin Cummings.
Flag Party (Joseph Chindano Jr.) wanted the front, and Cummings happily accepted the pocket with Davey Day Trader ($6.30). With fractions of :28.3, :58.1 and 1:27.2 in the books, Davey Day Trader took dead aim on Flag Party from the outside in the stretch and had little trouble in rolling on by. Flag Party held on for second with Lanjo Lee (Kyle Cummings) third.
Co-owned by James Costa of Clarence Center, N.Y. and Pete Kibler of West Seneca, N.Y., the six-year-old Davey Day Trader is conditioned by David McNeight Jr. Last season, the Huntsville-Gigi Deo gelding won 11 times on the Buffalo/Batavia Downs circuit, and he is two-for-three in the region this year after a Batavia win last out and Saturday's Buffalo score. He has earned $259,596 in his career and won 25 times in 97 outings.
In addition to his feature win, Cummings scored with Wild Bill Kelso ($3.88), Dogfight ($4.16), Egomania ($3.64) and Chapter Twelve ($5.96). The reinsman leads the standings in the young meet with nine victories, five ahead of Brett MacDonald, who had a grand slam on Saturday, and Drew Monti.
Dealin With Dewey, a stalwart in the top trotting class last season at Buffalo , returned to the track for the first time this year and went right down the road to a 2-1/4-length victory in the $21,233 Open Handicap Trot.
In 2025, Dealin With Dewey had eight starts over the Buffalo half-mile oval and notched four Open victories, a second, and three shows, putting $55,064 in the bank. On Saturday, the eight-year-old gelded son of Wheeling N Dealin-Rockin With Dewey showed that he's going to be a force to be reckoned with again this season.
Right off the gate, Dealin With Dewey flexed his muscle for driver Brett MacDonald, easily racing to the front and posting fractions of :29.3, :59.1 and 1:29. Beacon Beach (Drew Monti) was the only one able to keep up Dealin With Dewey with a quarter-mile to go. In the two-horse breakaway, Dealin With Dewey widened his margin down the stretch as he cruised home to win in 1:57.4. Beacon Beach could only savour the second-place cheque. Dougadougadew (Kyle Cummings) took third.
Owned and trained by Sara Baillargeon of Guelph, Ont., Dealin With Dewey scored his first win in five attempts on the campaign after making his first four appearances at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The victory upped his lifetime totals to 29 wins in 143 starts and $488,882 in earnings. He paid $2.40 to win.
Samuel Smith, seeking his fourth straight training title at Buffalo, won four races on the 13-race card. In addition to the Cummings-driven Wild Bill Kelso, Dogfight and Chapter Twelve, Smith sent out the victorious Rock Me Always ($9.02). The conditioner is 18-for-83 across all tracks this campaign.
Racing will resume at Buffalo on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. with another 13-race card scheduled.
(With files from Buffalo Raceway)