Chapercraz destroys Buffalo Raceway record
At 0h13, on July 20, 2023 • By BUFFALO
Hopefully Buffalo Raceway officials have fast drying ink for the record book. After Deswanslittlelorie set the all-aged trotting record at Buffalo Raceway this past Saturday night with a 1:55.3 time, Wild Bill Kelso came to town on Wednesday afternoon (July 19) and tied that mark with a length victory in a New York Sire Stakes event for the 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters.
As impressive as that was, Chapercraz (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) wasn’t going to be outdone. Within 90 minutes of Wild Bill Kelso’s etching of his name into the record book, Chapercraz came along with a huge eraser and posted an eye-popping 1:54.2 time in his $57,000 division of the New York Sire Stakes for the sophomore male trotters to take the all-aged trotting mark.
The clocking by Chapercraz obliterated Wild Bill Kelso’s newly minted all-aged time of 1:55.3 by over a second. It also set the Buffalo Raceway standard for the 3-year-old gelding trotters of 1:56.1 set by Gural Hanover back on June 29, 2014
It was only the second career victory for the gelded Chapercraz (Crazy Wow-Chaperess). The victory pushed his seasonal earnings to an astounding $238,152 in 10 outings in 2023 after just making $4,772 in one start in 2022.
Owned by the Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi and Phillip Collura, Chapercraz is trained by Ron Burke.
