HAMBURG, N.Y. --- Heaven Rocks got to an early lead and stoned the field the rest of the way in capturing Buffalo Raceway's featured $9,600 pace on Saturday night (April 7) in a seasonal best 1:56.3 over the fast track.

 

Photo by Steve Roth
Heaven Rocks (#2) takes Saturday's feature in 1:56.3.

Driven by John Cummings Jr., Heaven Rocks ($4.10) started from the two post and managed to grab the top by registering a :28.0 opening panel. With middle splits of :57.3 and 1:27.2, Heaven Rocks was ready and waiting for challengers in the home stretch.

 

Focus Power (Drew Monti) and China Dream (Billy Davis Jr.), who finished second and third respectively, made valiant attempts to collar the pace-setter late but their efforts came up short as Heaven Rocks posted the 3/4-length victory.

 

Owned by Tessa Roland and trained by JD Perrin, it was the third win in nine tries this year for Heaven Rocks (Rock N Roll Heaven-Cheerful Outlook). The 6-year-old gelding has now earned $21,430 in 2018 and $149,656 lifetime. 

 

Monti finished the evening with four victories in the bike, Ray Fisher Jr. tripled while Shawn Gray and David McNeight III each had doubles. Perrin conditioned four winners with Mihajlo Zdjelar Jr. and James Clouser Jr. each scoring a pair.

 

Racing will resume on Wednesday night at 5 p.m. with a nine-race program set.