Think Of Galaxies finally finds winning post

HAMBURG, N.Y. — Think Of Galaxies ($6.88) has been traveling around looking for a winning spot the past two months and she finally found it at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday afternoon (April 22) as she posted a three-quarter length victory over Face The Shadows in the $15,500 Open Pace for the fillies and mares.

After making stops at Miami Valley, Northfield Park and The Meadows, Think Of Galaxies (Billy Davis Jr.) landed in a comfortable spot at Buffalo Raceway.

Elegant Woman A (Drew Monti), last week’s winner of this event, fired right to the lead with Think Of Galaxies drafting along in second. With fractions of :28.2, :57.0 and 1:26.3, action was about to heat up on the front end with a panel to pace.

Face The Shadows (Travis Henry) was first over and got on even terms with Elegant Woman A rounding the far turn while Think Of Galaxies was content in the pocket. Racing down the long home stretch, Elegant Woman A was engulfed as Think Of Galaxies was the quickest of all as the passing lane was the place to be. She was able to hold back Face The Shadows  in 1:54.3 while Elegant Woman A settled for third place honors.

Co-owned by Ameer Najor and Thunder Racing Stable, Inc., it was the second victory in 11 tries on the season for Think Of Galaxies (So Surreal-Lightning D Dube). Trained by Cory Kreiser, the 8-year-old mare has now collected $32,477 in earnings on the season and $511,118 in her career.

Monti completed the day with a driving triple with Ray Fisher Jr. and Davis Jr. getting two each. Ryan Swift and Christopher Petrelli had two training victories.

Racing will resume on Friday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. with a 13-race program slated. The last qualifying round of the April Reins Claiming Series will highlight the card as five divisions will battle for $12,500 each and valuable points in hopes of making the $30,000 final on Friday, May 1. The claiming price for the entrants this week will be $10,000.

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by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway