Freshman Bucchero gets 7th winner

Oh Donna gave Bucchero his seventh winner in his first crop with a professional performance in a $40,000 maiden special under Jorge Vargas Jr. at Meadowlands. The stallion by Kantharos is tied for first among Florida’s active freshman sires.

The 2-year-old filly bred by Edward R. Schuster was off alertly in the race at five furlongs over the turf course, and tracked the pacesetter in second until the top of the stretch. In the lane, Oh Donna out-gamed three challengers and won by a neck in 1:00.29. Her initial victory in three starts was worth $24,000 and raised her total to $37,620. A $35,000 OBS June 2-yeaar-old, she paid $8.60.

At Delaware Park, R Averie Lynn made her 12th start of the season a winning one, and raised her record to 6-11-2 in 28 starts. The consistent 4-year-old Gone Astray filly, 2-1-0 in her last three tries, collected $26,400 of the $44,000 allowance purse while getting her third victory this year. She has banked $102,383 since Jan. 1 and $154,802 overall.

Under high weight of 125 pounds, R Averie Lynn was away quickest from the rail under Daniel Centeno, sprinting to the quarter in :21.84 with just one challenger in hailing distance. She opened up on the turn, won by 1 1/2 lengths and paid $4.; it was another seven lengths back to third.