Obrigado (Boy Band) prevailed for the first time in the local Open Trot on Friday night at Saratoga Casino and Raceway.
After going thirteen-for-thirteen last season out of town, Obrigado made his local debut in April. The Paul Kelley-trained trotter once again got a pocket trip in Friday's $18,190 Open but this week surged by the front running favorite in the stretch.
Kim Crawford piloted Obrigado to his first local score, prevailing in 1:56 for a new lifetime mark. Dismissed at odds of 6-1, Obrigado won a photo with favored Political Desire (Billy Dobson) while last week's feature winner Count Speed (Wally Hennessey) closed for third. Obrigado now has recorded 22 wins in 28 career starts.
by Mike Saradella, for Saratoga Raceway
