Volare cruised to a wire-to-wire victory score as the fastest of the winners of three co-features for New York-sired trotters on a chilly Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 21) at Saratoga Casino Hotel.
Trainer Rene Allard brought Volare to town, as the trotter looked to improve off a string of second- and third-place finishes over the past couple of months. Leading driver Billy Dobson wasted little time moving the race’s favourite out to the early lead, and once the four-year-old son of Conway Hall got there, he had no trouble coasting to victory in 1:57.3. Volare’s win came in one of the three $11,000 co-features and was the fastest among them on the matinee card.
Allard’s second training victory on the card came with Haveitalltogether, who toughed it out first-over in a $9,000 event for young trotters.
Volare was the by far the fastest of the three winners of the Wednesday co-features, but John Stark Jr.’s Miss Muscle and Notmeitsyou also secured victories in the $11,000 trio of features on the matinee card.
Miss Muscle went coast-to-coast for Stark as the three-year-old filly continued her solid sophomore campaign with her fourth victory of the 2018 season. Miss Muscle stopped the timer in 2:00.1 as her race’s 2-1 favourite. The third co-feature went the way of Notmeitsyou, who lived up to the hype as a 1-5 favourite. The three-year-old drew away late to prevail in 1:58. It was the second win for Notmeitsyou in as many weeks in the $11,000 co-feature, as the sophomore continues what has been a terrific run since coming to Saratoga in September for trainer-driver Phil Fluet.
Live racing resumes on Friday evening (Nov. 23), with first post time set for 6:45 p.m.
(Saratoga Casino Hotel)