Leg two of the Gary Kamal Memorial Pacing Series took place on Saturday, October 21 at Saratoga Casino Hotel, with three $10,000 divisions on the program.
Zac And Forth was the first of two back-to-back winners in the series on the night. In leg one of the series, the four-year-old went coast to coast to win in 1:53.2. On Saturday night, the John Podres trainee came from off the pace to win in 1:53.1. Fellow leg one-winner Carolina Beach, driven by Mark Beckwith, won the second division in his fourth start of the season. Carolina Beach moved out to the early lead on Saturday and never looked back. The three-year-old pacer stopped the timer in 1:53.1, a lifetime best.
Beyombo, driven by Frank Coppola Jr., closed in the final strides to pull off the mild upset in the evening’s third division, as the Jackie Greene trainee scored in a career-best 1:54.2. The final of the fourth annual Gary Kamal Memorial Pace will take place next Saturday October 28th and go for a purse of an estimated $35,000.
Live racing continues on Sunday, October 22 at Saratoga with a first post time of 12:15pm.
(With files from Saratoga Harness)