Dan Cappello Jr.’s Signal Hill Katie (Make It Hot) sprung the upset at odds of 17-1 in the $20,000 Star Spangled Trot Final on Tuesday, July 3 at Saratoga Casino Hotel, as the mare shook loose late in the mile before powering past her rivals to win in a career-best 1:58.
Signal Hill Katie just squeaked into the Final as she finished fourth in the lone series race leading up to the series’ conclusion. The $37.60 win price was the lone upset as favourites took the other three Finals.
Star Of Terror, the shortest price of the winners at 1/9, toughed out a first-over victory in the $20,000 final of the Freedom Pace. Jimmy Devaux piloted the Jim Nickerson trainee who romped by more than six lengths in his victory leading up to the final that he wound up winning in a lifetime best 1:53.3.
The Scott Mongeon-trained Michaels Boy, driven by Brian Cross, and Gary Levine’s KZ Crazee, piloted by Billy Dobson, secured convincing wins in the Stars and Stripes Pace and Independence Trot Finals, respectively. Michaels Boy’s score came in 1:53.4 while KZ Crazee put in career-best performance as she romped in 1:57.4 at odds of 1-5.
With no live racing on Thursday afternoon this week, action returns to the Spa on Friday, July 7 night with a first post time set for 6:45 p.m.
(With files from Saratoga Casino Hotel)