Heaven's Gait (colt) and Obvious Blue Chip (filly) were the winners of the Empire Breeders Classic finals for 3-year-old pacers that were staged on Sunday afternoon at Tioga Downs. The colts raced for a purse of $263,100, and it would be In A Single Bound (Billy Dobson) scooting through from the pole position to put the 27 4/5 opening panel on the board.  He briefly released 91-1 shot Outkast Blue Chip (Jim Morrill Jr.) past that point, but was right back out to retake the lead.  Funknwaffles (Corey Callahan) was able to get away third from post nine, then came first-over before In A Single Bound clicked off a half in 55 4/5, and Heaven's Gait (David Miller) was able to find a second-over trip behind Funknwaffles. In A Single Bound and Funknwaffles hooked up in a big duel up the backstretch, pacing a 26 second third quarter to reach three-quarters in 1:21 4/5.  Funknwaffles got an advantage on the outside, but he couldn't clear in the straight or on the turn, and Heaven's Gait, after gapping a bit when the pace quickened before three-quarters, caught back up before tipping three-deep.  In the lane Heaven's Gait would overhaul the top two, then held off a closing Miso Fast (Matt Kakaley) to prevail by a length in 1:49 2/5.  Music Is Art (Tim Tetrick) brushed from seventh at three-quarters to third at the wire. "They were racing pretty hard," said Miller about In A Single Bound and Funknwaffles.  "They probably went 26 up the backstretch, and my horse could have kept up if I had made him, but at the time I was just kind of biding my time.  He felt real strong around the last turn and was just waiting for me to give him the word go.  I moved him, and he got the job done." A Rock N Roll Heaven colt, Heaven's Gait is trained by Nicholas Devita for owner/breeder John Cummins.  This was the colt's tenth victory in his career, and he has now put away $278,209.  He paid $4.50 to win as the 6-5 favorite. While the public choice delivered in the colt race, that was not the case in the $257,850 tilt for the ladies.  Roaring To Go (Brett Miller) zipped away quickly to get early command, but 1-2 favorite Tequila Monday (Brian Sears) took over on the outside at the 26 3/5 first quarter.  Tequila Monday would go on to hit the half in 54 4/5 and the three-quarters in 1:22 3/5, with Clear Idea (Mark MacDonald), the 7-2 second choice, challenging first-over and 27-1 Obvious Blue Chip (Scott Zeron) positioned second-over.Fred J. BrownObvious Blue Chip lowered her lifetime mark by three seconds In the lane Clear Idea overtook Tequila Monday, but Obvious Blue Chip rallied to Clear Idea's outside, and she would be up to prevail by a length in 1:50 2/5.  Clear Idea saw her seven-race win streak come to an end with her second-place finish, and Ameraway (Callahan) came in third at 135-1. "I just was hoping my horse would fire when I moved her up three-wide," relayed Zeron.  "We were going a pretty fast tempo the whole way, and we started the flow out really early.  Brian didn't want to give up the lead, so it was a battle of those two horses the whole race.  She started the year out really well, and then she had a little bit of tie-up issues in some of her recent starts.  Last week was the first week they told me she was going to be a lot better, but we were buried.  I didn't get to pull the plugs last week, so I felt like she was coming into this great." A filly by Roll With Joe, Obvious Blue Chip is trained by Mark Steacy for owners Nlg Racing Stable and Stephen Klunowski.  Obvious Blue Chip is now a five-time winner in her life to go with a bankroll of $239,130.  Obvious Blue Chip returned $57.50 to win.