ABC Muscles Boy (Abc Garland) pulled off an upset in the Open Trot at Saratoga Casino and Raceway on Tuesday night.
The four year old trotter finished fourth in his lone local try in the trotting feature back in June and returned to the Spa to compete in Tuesday's $18,000 Open.
Leading driver Bruce Aldrich Jr. piloted for trainer David Russo and sat patiently on the rail with the 11-1 outsider before finding late life in the passing lane. ABC Muscles Boy surged up the pylons and scored in 1:55.1 getting by fellow longshot Lucid Thoughts (John Macdonald) who finished second while Slugfest (Jay Randall) came on for third.
It was the sixth victory of the season for the young trotter who returned $24.20 to win and led an exacta and triple that paid $173 and $534, respectively.
Aldrich, who owns a big lead in the local driver standings this year, piloted four winners on the card.
Live racing continues on Wednesday night at Saratoga with a first post time set for 7:05pm.
Mike Sardella