Son of Here Comes Herbie wins again

Red Hot Herbie (Here Comes Herbie) scored his second Open Trot victory of the season at the harness racing meeeting at Saratoga Casino and Raceway on Sunday afternoon.

The Rene Allard trainee got reeled in late when finishing third in last week's feature but would not be denied in Sunday's installment of the $18,000 Open.

Billy Dobson sat patiently behind Red Hot Herbie at the back of the pack as the fractions in the feature were fast.

Making a big move in the third quarter, the five year old trotter surged late to score in 1:55.4.

Open stalwart Slugfest (Jay Randall) continued his sensational stretch of finishing first or second every week as he closed from last to be the runner up.

On The Podium (Bruce Aldrich Jr), who set the fast early fractions, held on to finish third.

Red Hot Herbie, who along with stablemate Mack's Gold Band (Band's Gold Chip) provided trainer Rene Allard and driver Billy Dobson with a pair of victories on the matinee card, paid $7.60 to win and led an exacta and triple that paid $33.00 and $89.00, respectively.

Live racing resumes on Thursday at Saratoga with a first post time set for 4:00pm.

Melissa Simser