Dealin With Dewey stout in victory

HAMBURG, N.Y. —- The harness racing field in Buffalo Raceway’s $14,500 Open Trot on Friday afternoon (May 2) found out they couldn’t ‘deal’ with Dealin With Dewey (Wheeling N Dealin) as he used a stout performance to hold back Big Baller Beane in 1:57.2 over the fast track.

Being assigned the seven post, the heavily favored Dealin With Dewey ($3.00) showed plenty of will power and heart in producing the victory.

Able to zip to the front end at the start, Dealin With Dewey (Brett MacDonald) put up splits of :29.2, :59.3 and 1:28.1. Things got interesting approaching the three quarter marker as El Toro Loco was on even terms with Dealin With Dewey while Big Baller Beane (Joseph Chindano Jr.) tagged along in the garden spot.

Heading around the final turn, El Toro Loco threw in the towel with Big Baller Beane trying to get into contention. While getting ever so close, Big Baller Beane just couldn’t get past the stubborn Dealin With Dewey who never wavered in scoring the hard fought neck win. Big Baller Beane had to settle for second with Makes Me Charlie (Mike Caprio) was third.

Owned and trained by Sara Baillargeon, Dealin With Dewey (Wheeling N Dealin-Rockin With Dewey) is a 7-year-old gelding that has taken four wins in nine tries in 2025. The victory improved his seasonal bankroll to $27,846 and to $275,856 in his career.

In the top event on the undercard, Skyway Professor ($3.10) kept his stellar performances going in 2025 with a length victory over E Street in the $11,000 trot. For Skyway Professor, he has hit the board in all six starts on the year, four of which were wins.

Johnny Boy cruised out of the gate and went to the top and produced fractions of :29.2, :59.1 and 1:29.1. Meanwhile, Skyway Professor (Drew Monti) waited patiently behind the leader and made his move on the outside as the field turned for home.

From there, Skyway Professor escaped some commotion with some minor breaks in the lane and held off the late charge of E Street (Chindano Jr.) while Mucho Macho (Kevin Cummings) hit the wire third.

Co-owned by Out In The Country Stable and Daniel Tybor Jr., the 6-year-old Skyway Professor (Swan For All-Trismatica) has produced $19845 in earnings thus far on the season and $208,561 lifetime.

Mike Baumeister, Chindano Jr. and Monti all had driving doubles on the program with Jacob Baumeister getting a pair of training wins.

Racing will return on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. with another 11-race card slated. There’s a $1,053 carryover in the Pick 5 which begins in the second race.

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by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway