Slugfest (Conway Hall) made his return to the winner's circle at the harness racing meeting at Saratoga on Sunday afternoon.
The track's top trotter, Slugfest is following up his award winning 2014 campaign with another big season.
The Maureen Salino-trained trotter had been first or second in six straight Opens heading into Sunday afternoon's tilt but was coming off of a sound defeat as the 1-5 favorite in last week's $18,000 feature.
Slugfest was up to the task on the beautiful Sunday afternoon at the Spa as the five year old went coast to coast in 1:56.4 to record his fifth Open win of the '15 season.
Bentley Karan (Stephane Bouchard) closed for second while Increditable (Bruce Aldrich Jr) came on for third.
Jay Randall piloted the even money favorite Slugfest to the Sunday score.
It was one of two training wins on Sunday for Salino whose Ideal Delight (Billy Dobson) prevailed in 1:57.2.
Live racing resumes on Thursday at Saratoga with a 4:00pm first post.
Melissa Simser