Who Says That skimmed the pylons and that ground-saving journey proved to be the difference in the $10,000 Open Pace for the mares at Buffalo Raceway on a snowy Wednesday night (February 15).

Using the passing lane, Who Says That (Shawn Gray) held back the late-charging Wanna Rock N Roll (Drew Monti) by a half-length while Looney Dune (Ben McNeil) finished in third.

At the start, Looney Dune set the pace by posting times of :29, :58.2 and 1:28.4. Turning for the wire, the first-over Honor Roll got the lead, but started to falter. Who Says That, in the meantime, dipped into the passing lane and rallied to victory in 1:58.4.

Co-owned by Vogel and Wags Nags Stable, Christopher Shambo and Jack Rice, the six-year-old Who Says That (Badlands Hanover-Powercorp) is trained by Maria Rice. The victory was the first in six tries this season for Who Says That, now a winner of $9,350 in 2017 and $113,979 lifetime.

McNeil helped throw a monkey wrench in the Pick-5 as he registered a double by driving Aritzia ($13.80) and Get The Look ($40.80) to victories. Larry Stalbaum helped out as well as he took Power Off to a $37.80 decision to kick off the sequence.

With the big prices, Buffalo Raceway will have a $3,359 carryover in the Pick-5 heading into Friday night’s 12-race card that begins at 5 p.m. The Pick-5 starts in the second race.

Truman Gale had the largest win price of the night as he drove Paltrow Blue Chip to the $105 victory.

Gray finished the evening with a driving triple while Stalbaum and Ray Fisher Jr. doubled. Gerry Sarama and Jeff Amann each recorded two training victories.

(Standardbred Canada with files from Buffalo Raceway)