Custard Dolce, Alberta's 2025 Horse of the Year, moved her record at Saratoga Casino Hotel to two-for-two on Sunday, March 15 as the Jackie Greene trainee went back-to-back in the $22,603 Fillies & Mares Winners Over/Open Handicap Pace.
Custard Dolce was the even-money favourite in the feature, and driver Jacob Cutting was content to sit back in the early going with her. After fairly soft first-half fractions of :28.3 and :58.1, Custard Dolce made her move. With an impressive backstretch blitz, she surged past the leader at three-quarters in 1:26.3 and opened up on the final turn en route to a 1-1/4-length score in 1:54.1. Soft Shot (Kyle Swift) came from last in the five-horse dash to finish second, highlighted by a final quarter in :27.2. Go Now (Brett Beckwith) earned the show spot.
Custard Dolce, an O'Brien Award finalist last season, made her Spa debut last Sunday in the Mares Open and put in a late surge to score for her new owner, Kellogg Racing Stables of Queensbury, New York. The daughter of Custard The Dragon-Blue Star West is now 18-for-23 lifetime with $404,527 in earnings. She paid $4.16 to win.
Custard Dolce was the first half of a double for Kellogg Racing Stables and Greene as their Mrs Cheese ($2.58) made good as a heavy favourite in a $14,726 optional-claiming race for fillies and mares. Cutting guided both Greene trainees to the Sunday scores and piloted four winners on the 13-race card. Cutting has avoided a “sophomore slump” in 2026 as the track’s winner of the awards for up-and-coming driver and up-and-coming trainer in 2025 has gotten his campaign off to a big start.
Live harness racing continues at Saratoga on Monday with a matinee that begins at noon.
(With files from Saratoga Casino Hotel)