On Sunday afternoon (Dec. 16), Cash Me Out, by Cash Hall, overcame Post 8 to prevail in what was the final feature of the season at Saratoga Casino Hotel.
The $16,050 Winners Over for trotters was the feature on the matinee card, and the Kyle Spagnola-trained Cash Me Out was one of a few participants that were dropping out of the Open Trot.
Driver Phil Fluet forwardly placed the classy seven-year-old. He wound up mid-pack in the early going before moving first over on the race’s favourite, Wings Of Royalty (who was driven by Shawn Gray).
Cash Me Out grinded his way alongside the leader. The pair did battle throughout the final half mile before Cash Me Out got the better of his foe to spring the mild upset in 1:57.2 at odds of 5-1. Wings Of Royalty was the runner-up while Karets (Bruce Aldrich Jr.) earned the show spot.
Cash Me Out (8), pictured victorious at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Sunday, December 16, 2018
Cash Me Out’s victory was his sixth of the season. He has also recorded a dozen second-place finishes and eight thirds this season en route to over $142,000 in earnings.
Cash Me Out has now earned more than $975,000 in purses over the course of his career. The feature winner paid $12.20 to win on Sunday and led an exacta and triple that returned $34.20 and $194, respectively.
The 2018 racing season has come to an end at Saratoga with action set to resume in 2019 on Sunday February 17.
(With files from Saratoga Casino Hotel)