Prairie Rocknroll (A Rocknroll Dance) took advantage of his inside post to take the field coast-to-coast in Saturday’s feature at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Kyle Spagnola trains the four year old who came up a head short and a length short of winning the Open in his previous two tries but would not be denied in Saturday’s installment of the $18,500 feature. Phil Fluet sat behind Prairie Rocknroll who sizzled through a first quarter in 26.4 before getting a bit of a breather and reaching the half in 56.4. The youngster had plenty left for the final half as he completed a wire-to-wire win in 1:53 for his first ever score in the local feature. Talking Tom (Leon Bailey) got the pocket trip and wound up as the runner-up while Ahi Sunshine (Jimmy Devaux) earned the show spot. Prairie Rocknroll, who is owned by Laurie Poulin, was one of two winners out of the Spagnola stable on Saturday night as the conditioner’s Rock Solid Express prevailed on the front-end for the second consecutive week in a $15,000 conditional race for pacers. Billy Dobson piloted Rock Solid Express to his back-to-back jacks. Prairie Rocknroll paid $5.80 as the 9-5 betting favorite in the Open.
Mike Sardella | Saratoga Casino Hotel | Saratoga Springs, NY
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