Driver Jimmy Devaux continued his terrific 2019 campaign at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Wednesday afternoon as the veteran reinsman won three out of the ten races on the matinee card. Devaux swept the early pick-three while piloting pacer Pantheon Hanover (Somebeachsomewhere) to victory after scoring wins with trotters The Magic Number and Entranced. Pantheon Hanover, a Spa veteran pacer, dropped down to the bottom level condition on Wednesday after enduring a bit of a cold streak. The seven year old went coast-to-coast for a pretty decisive win in 1:55.1 on Wednesday in what was his sixth victory of the season for trainer Dave Dewhurst. The Magic Number set a lifetime mark on Wednesday afternoon when he parlayed his pocket trip to a career-best 1:58.3 score for Devaux who was driving for trainer Vern Beachy. Entranced also went start to finish on the engine as the Amanda Kelley trainee made good at odds of 9-5 for one of the three consecutive victories for Devaux who is entrenched in the second spot in the local driver standings for 2019, well behind leading driver Billy Dobson but comfortably ahead of his next closest pursuer Jay Randall.
Live racing continues on Thursday afternoon starting at 12 Noon. There is a $5,000 guaranteed Pick Five pool with the Pick Five starting in the matinee’s first race.
Mike Sardella
Photo: Melissa Simser- Iovino
