{"id":50916,"date":"2024-02-22T23:06:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T04:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=50916"},"modified":"2024-02-22T23:06:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T04:06:30","slug":"genesee-county-flyhawk-el-fuerte-wins-20000-final-at-batavia-downs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/02\/22\/genesee-county-flyhawk-el-fuerte-wins-20000-final-at-batavia-downs\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Flyhawk El Fuerte wins $20,000 final at\u00a0Batavia Downs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Tim Bojarski for Batavia Downs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo of Flyhawk El Fuerte courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Batavia, NY \u2014 The finals of the Western New York Trackmaster Series for trotters were held at Batavia Downs on Thursday (Feb. 22) and in the main event, Flyhawk El Fuerte pulled off the upset in the $20,000 TM79 division. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

P C Foreign Affair (Jim Morrill Jr.) grabbed the lead from post eight and maintained a gapped advantage through quarters of :28.4, :58.4 and 1:28.4 while Flyhawk El Fuerte (John Cummings Jr.) kept close in the pocket. With no serious threat coming from behind, the top two trotters traversed the last turn, where Cummings tipped Flyhawk El Fuerte and went on the attack. As they entered the stretch, Flyhawk El Fuerte had a full head of steam and blew past P C Foreign Affair to win by 2-\u00bd lengths in a season’s best 1:58.3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flyhawk El Fuerte ($12.20) is owned by Kathleen Pratt and Andrea Lehmann and is trained by Joe Skowyra, who sent two winners postward on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were also two division finals for the TM74 class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $15,000 group was bested by Classic Sunny (2:00.1, $3.70), who was one of two winning drives for Kevin Cummings. Classic Sunny is owned by Anthony Alessi and Fred Yellen and trained Scott Bompczyk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $8,000 split was won by Finnick Odair (2:01.4, $3.70) who was driven by Brett Beckwith for owner\/trainer Rose Russo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was also a trio of Open events on Thursday\u2019s card that highlighted the best horses on the grounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the $15,000 Handicap for fillies and mares, Shecouldbegood N (Kyle Swift) made a first over move at three-quarters trying to reel in the frontrunning Ball Diamond (Keith Kash Jr.). Still trailing by 1-\u00bd lengths at the head of the stretch, Shecouldbegood N paced furiously to the wire and won by one-quarter length in 1:56.3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the 40th career win for Shecouldbegood N ($9.60) who is owned by Michael Milazzo and trained by Candace Bandstatter, who also had two winners on Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $14,000 Handicap for male pacers went to Primo Uomo (Brett Beckwith) who led at every station before holding off a late-closing Optical Illusion N (Jim McNeight Jr.) to win by one-half length in 1:54.2, which was a new seasonal mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The heavily backed Primo Uomo ($2.60) is owned by Chris and Dale Lawton and trained by David Dewhurst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beckwith had a driving hat trick during the card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally in the $15,000 Handicap trot, E Street (Jim Morrill Jr.) was never challenged as he led from gate to wire to score an easy 1-\u00bc length upset victory in 1:58, which was also a new seasonal mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the second straight win for E Street ($20.80) and owner Elite Harness Racing. Rachelle Mungillo trains the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morrill ended the day with two driving wins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Driver Dave McNeight III tied Beckwith with three wins on the day, however all three of his provided huge payoffs. \u201cTriple Sticks\u201d won with Magical Mistress (1:55.4, $24.40), Mayweather Hanover (1:56.2, $37.40) and VJ Panderosa (1:56.4, $47.60). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was also an instant jackpot in the day\u2019s final event when the 1-2-9-3-4 pentafecta combination returned $5,524.10 for a 20-cent wager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Monday (Feb. 26), which is the last day of live racing for the winter meet. Post time will be at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free full past performance programs for every live card of racing at Batavia can always be downloaded at the Downs\u2019 website (bataviadownsgaming.com<\/a>) under the \u201cLive Racing\u201d tab and all the racing action can be viewed as it happens for free at the Batavia Downs Live Facebook page. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Tim Bojarski for Batavia Downs (Photo of Flyhawk El Fuerte courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery) Batavia, NY \u2014 The finals of the Western New York Trackmaster Series for trotters were held at Batavia Downs on Thursday (Feb. 22) and in the main event, Flyhawk El Fuerte pulled off the \u2026<\/p>\n

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