HAMBURG, N.Y. --- Lenny Mac ($3.50) may have been the lone mare in the field in Buffalo Raceway's $9,500 Open Trot on Friday night (Feb. 23) but it didn't matter to her as she roughed up the boys in taking a solid 2-1/2 length victory over Noble Legend in 2:00.0 on the sloppy track.

Photo by Steve Roth
Lenny Mac takes Friday night's Open Trot.

 

It was a battle to the front end early with Osprey Vision taking command over Empire Earl N in 29.3. Lenny Mac, sitting third past the half, put her head down and went to work up the backstretch the final time, taking the lead with a quarter mile to trot.

 

In the stretch, Lenny Mac (Shawn Gray) found little competition as Noble Legend (Billy Davis Jr.) and Empire Earl N (Drew Monti) scrambled for second and third place respectively.

 

Owned by William Emmons and trained by James Clouser Jr., it was the second win in four tries in 2018 for Lenny Mac (Kadabra-Lend A Hand). The victory pushed the 7-year-old mare's seasonal earnings to $12,635 and $250,425 lifetime.

 

Davis Jr. led the way on the night with four wins in the sulky, Monti finished the program with a  triple while Shawn Gray and John Cummings Jr. each had doubles. Trainers J.D. Perrin, Jerry Nugent Jr. and David Russo had two victories apiece.

 

Racing will resume on Saturday night with a 12-race card scheduled to go to the post at 6 p.m.