Notatthetablcarlos (Muscle Mass) scored the biggest victory of his young career on Monday afternoon at Saratoga Casino Hotel, taking the $28,873 Pop-Up Final for non-winners of five trotters for trainer Jackie Green.
Leading driver Kyle Swift has been the regular driver for Notatthetablcarlos since the three year old trotter came to town early in the summertime. The 7-5 favourite sat the pocket to Iced (Jacob Cutting) who cruised through a first half in :58 seconds before being confronted by another winner from last week in Chapter Of Life (Leon Bailey). Those two slugged it out past three-quarters in 1:27 while Notatthetablcarlos awaited open road in the passing lane. That trio of trotters battled in the stretch before Notatthetablcarlos emerged victorious, parlaying the pocket ride to his seventh win of the year, a score that came in 1:56. Chapter Of Life finished second while Iced had to settle for third.
Notatthetablcarlos is owned by Janie Kellogg of Fort Ann, NY. The Muscle Mass-Meadowbranch Jill sophomore gelding has now banked $117,657 in his career.
Notatthetablcarlos accounted for one of the three driving victories on the card for 21-year-old Kyle Swift who recorded a hat trick at Saratoga for the second consecutive day. Swift holds a narrow lead in the driver standings ahead of Jimmy Devaux with about six weeks remaining in the 2026 racing season.
Live racing resumes at Saratoga on Saturday (Oct. 31) with a matinee that is set to begin at 12 p.m.
(With files from Saratoga Raceway)