Jolie I Am (Prayer I Am) went back to back on Thursday afternoon at the harness racing meeting at Saratoga Casino and Raceway.
After breaking his maiden in his third career start last week, the Andrew Byler-trained three year old was the public's 1-2 betting favorite as he repeated in Thursday's $7,750 trot for non-winners of 1 race or $5,000 lifetime.
Leading driver Bruce Aldrich Jr. sat patiently in fifth in the early going with Jolie I Am before unleashing him approaching the half mile pole.
The young trotter had no trouble clearing frontrunning Congo King before drawing off to win in 2:00.2 by more than three lengths.
Last week, the Byler trainee raced parked out to the half before imposing his will and prevailing by better than four lengths.
Congo King (Austin Siegelman) held second on Thursday while Prince C Hall (Stephane Bouchard) earned the show spot.
Jolie I Am returned $3.00 to win and led an exacta and triple that paid $18.20 and $103.00, respectively.
Aldrich piloted three winners on the card to pad his already healthy lead in the driver standings.
Live racing continues at Saratoga on Friday night with a first post time set for 6:45pm.
Melissa Simser