Wednesday night (June 8) may have been unseasonably cool at Buffalo Raceway, but Who Says That ($5.40) continued her red-hot streak with an decisive three-length victory in the $9,500 Open Pace for the mares.
The win was the second straight for recent newcomer Who Says That (Drew Monti) and the fifth in her last six outings.
Ugly Betty (Kevin Cummings) took the lead and notched splits of :28.3, :58.2 and 1:28. While things looked like they might go Ugly Betty's way the entire mile, Who Says That emerged three-wide in the turn and gobbled up plenty of ground in the stretch to bury the field in 1:57. Ugly Betty finished in second with Vla Faire (Wade Tomaszewski) taking third.
The victory was the eighth in 20 starts this season for Who Says That (Badlands Hanover-Powercorp), now a winner of $32,570 in 2016 and $65,209 lifetime. The five-year-old mare is trained by Maria Rice and is co-owned by Vogel & Wags Nags Stable, Chris Shambo and Jack Rice.
Todd Cummings had a five-bagger in the sulky, Monti tripled while Jim Morrill Jr. and David McNeight III all doubled. JD Perrin had a training 'hat-trick' and Richard Roth and Maria Rice added two apiece.
(With files from Buffalo Raceway)