Sharp Lady was just that, a sharp lady, as she trounced the field of six by seven and three-quarter lengths in the featured $7,200 Fillies & Mares Open Trot at Batavia Downs on Friday night.
Leaving from the five post, Sharp Lady (Ray Fisher Jr.) easily took the lead right out the starting gate and never looked back in posting fractions of :29, :59.2, 1:28.1 en route to a 1:57.4 mile. Emily Rose Hanover (Shawn Gray) finished a distant second and Cabo (Jamie Dunlap) managed third.
The victory was the fifth of the season for the nine-year-old Sharp Lady and moved her earnings to $39,637 in 2012 for owner R. Lewis Hauber of Jewett, Ohio. It was also Sharp Lady's seventh finish in the money in her last eight starts. Jim Graham did the training.
The New York Sire stakes season continues on Saturday night at Batavia Downs when the glamour division, the three-year-old colt and gelding pacers, roll into town, to compete for $129,520 to be split into two divisions. First post is 6:25 p.m.
Headlining the card is the Cane Pace winner Dynamic Youth. He'll be driven by Stephane Bouchard and ships to Western New York fresh off a 1:48.4 victory in $322,716 Cane Pace at Tioga Downs on Monday. The race is scheduled as the sixth.
One race later, the second Sire Stakes will be contested with Major Bombay leading the way in the field of six. Major Bombay has earned $163,903 this season in 12 starts. Jim Morrill Jr. will be in the sulky.
There will be three divisions of the Excelsior Series as well along with the Open Trot and Pace.
(Batavia Downs)