Batavia, NY — On an evening when the weather conditions could only be described as unpleasant, Face The Shadows (Shadow play) made her one move count when she won the recommended $9,000 Class A-AA pace for harness racing mares and fillies at Batavia Downs on Wednesday evening (Nov. 5).
When the gate released the girls across the track that was judged “sloppy”, the field moved forward single file with Major Megan (Jim McNeight Jr.) leading the way while Face The Shadows (Kevin Cummings) came in third. After the group reached the quarter in:29 and the half in:59.2, Face The Shadows was put into play first on turn three and ended up three-quarters behind Major Megan. As they rounded the final corner, Face The Shadows slowly moved forward and at the top of the track she was safely in the lead. Face The Shadows then headed to the line holding off both Major Megan and Rightfully Mine by 2-¼ lengths to win in 1:58.
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Face The Shadows ($6.10) is owned by El Dorado Stables and Mike Torcello and trained by Sam Smith.
Drivers Kevin Cummings, Joe Chindano Jr. and Denny Bucceri and trainer Dave Weston all had two wins on Wednesday.
The 12th and final race of the evening was canceled due to a power outage.
Live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Friday (Nov. 7) with post time at 6 p.m.
Free full card history performance programs for every live card of racing in Batavia can always be downloaded from The Downs website (bataviadownsgaming.com) under the ‘Live Racing’ tab. Then you can watch all the races live for free as they happen on the Batavia Downs YouTube page.
For full race results, click here: American trotting results.
Through Tim Boyarskifor Batavia Downs
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