BZ Glide found it easy pickings in Friday’s featured $8,400 Open II Trot at Buffalo Raceway, strolling to a three-length win over Absolutely Certain in 1:58.4.
After finishing a solid second last week in the Open Trot, BZ Glide dropped to a softer level this time around and proved to be much the best against five foes.
The race set up perfectly for BZ Glide. Ramblin Rick, who hooked up with Keystone Bernard in a front-end speed duel, put up fractions of :28.3, :57.4 and 1:28.3. Those wicked fractions proved to be costly as BZ Glide, who started his first-over journey for driver Mike Caprio just before the half mile marker, took command just before the three-quarter pole and trotted away like a 1-5 shot should.
The lone battle in the stretch was for second place as Absolutely Certain (Ron Beback Jr.) finished three lengths behind the throttled down BZ Glide ($2.70). Armed Dangerously (Ray Fisher, Jr.) took third.
It was the first win of the season for BZ Glide, who is owned by Mike Caprio and is trained by Alana Caprio. It was the 11th career win in 39 starts for the five-year-old gelding.
(Buffalo Raceway)