Notatthetablcarlos (Muscle Mass) scored the biggest victory of his young career on Monday afternoon at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The Jackie Greene trainee was the betting favorite in the $20,500 “Pop Up Final” and drew post three. Leading driver Kyle Swift has been the regular driver for Notatthetablcarlos since the three-year-old trotter came to town early in the summertime. The 7-5 favorite sat the pocket to Iced (Jacob Cutting) who cruised through a first half in 58 seconds before being confronted by another winner from last week in Chapter Of Life (Leon Bailey). Those two slugged it out past three quarters in 1:27 while Notatthetablcarlos awaited open road in the passing lane. That trio of talented trotters battled in the stretch before Notatthetablcarlos emerged victorious, parlaying the pocket ride to his seventh win of the year, a score that came in 1:56. Chapter Of Life finished second while Iced had to settle for third. Notatthetablcarlos accounted for one of the three driving victories on the card for 21-year-old Kyle Swift who recorded a hat trick at Saratoga for the second consecutive day. Swift holds a fairly narrow lead in the driver standings ahead of Jimmy Devaux with about six weeks remaining in the 2026 racing season. Notatthetablcarlos is owned by Janie Kellogg of Fort Ann, NY. Greene completed a training double in the afternoon’s finale when her Greenarrow Hanover went coast-to-coast in an $11,750 trotting event with reinsman Aaron Byron at the controls.
Live racing resumes on Saturday with a matinee that is set to begin at 12pm.
Mike Sardella | Saratoga Casino Hotel | Saratoga Springs, NY
Jessica Hallett photo
