Plenty of magic left in Magical Mistress

HAMBURG, N.Y. — The ‘magical’ streak continued on Wednesday afternoon (March 27) for Magical Mistress (Camystic-Meridian Magic) as she posted her fourth consecutive harness racing victory by taking the $14,000 Open Pace for the fillies and mares at Buffalo Raceway.

The well-traveled Magical Mistress arrived off a victory at Monticello Raceway on March 11 after collecting back-to-back victories at Batavia Downs in February. This was her first tour around the Buffalo Raceway oval and that suited her just fine.

Assigned to the eight post, the outside didn’t faze Magical Mistress and driver Jim Morrill, Jr. one bit as she used a first over trip and eventually wore down the pace setting McNatural N in the stretch drive.

McNatural N (David McNeight III) was able to take the top spot in the early going and posted fractions of :29.2, :58.2 and 1:28.0 over the fast track. But those splits weren’t enough in the end as Magical Mistress began her trek from the fourth spot down the backstretch the final time.

Now on almost even terms turning for home, Magical Mistress slowly cut into the snarrow lead by McNatural N and eventually cruised away for the 1-1/4 length victory in 1:56.4. McNatural N held onto the second-place position while Arco N (Drew Monti) captured the show spot.

Owned by Michael Mlazzo and trained by Candace Brandstatter, it was the fourth win in six tries in 2024 for the 8-year-old mare Magical Mistress. The victory upped her seasonal bankroll to $20,430 and $338,453 lifetime. She paid $9.90 to win.

Kevin Cummings and Morrill Jr. had three driving wins with Joe Chindano Jr. and James McNeight Jr. each notching a pair of victories on the matinee program. Angelo Nappo had two training scores.

Buffalo Raceway will return to action on Friday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. with a 10-race program slated.

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by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway