Phil Fluet has thrived in Wednesday co-features in the early part of the 2019 season at Saratoga Casino Hotel.
The veteran trainer-driver has piloted a host of his trainees to victories in the $9,000 races for New York sired trotters that have become the regular features on Wednesday matinees in the early stages of the ’19 campaign.
With horses such as Lady Macbeth and Notmeitsyou prevailing in multiple tries at that level this year, Fluet had another of his trainees add his name to the list of Wednesday feature winners this week, as Kapow, by Conway Hall, sprung the upset.
Kapow, pictured victorious at Saratoga Casino Hotel on April 3, 2019
Dismissed at odds of 41-1, Kapow picked up cover heading to three quarters, surged past his rivals in the stretch, and stopped the timer in 1:59.1 to be the fastest winner among the pair of co-features.
Kapow, who paid $84.50 to win, already had a second and third-place finish to his credit this season, but Wednesday’s victory was the first of his campaign.
Amazing Sevens (who was driven by Frank Coppola Jr.) went coast-to-coast in the other co-feature on the matinee card. The Margaret Spagnola trainee also recorded his first win of the year, which was a 2:00.2 score. Fluet’s Lady Macbeth came into the race off of consecutive wins – prior to taking a month off following an injury – and finished third to Amazing Sevens.
Live racing will continue at Saratoga on Thursday afternoon with action starting at 12:00 p.m.
(With files from Saratoga Casino Hotel)