Miss Imprint wins Saratoga Happy Halloween Trot

Trainer Gary Levine sent three winners to the harness racing track on Sunday (Oct. 22) afternoon at Saratoga Casino Hotel with Miss Imprint (Up Front Ben) topping his hat trick.

Amid a day filled with Halloween events as part of the inaugural Halloween Bash at the Spa, Miss Imprint won the $8,000 second race feature, credited as the Happy Halloween Trot.

Billy Dobson and the Levine student were parked to the quarter in :28.1 before assuming control along the pylons and the pair never looked back as they set two more panels in :58 and 1:27.3. Down the lane, Mommas A Diva (Wally Hennessey) posed the greatest threat to the three-year-old mare, but Miss Imprint dug in to win by a head at the wire in 1:59.1. Lotto Hill (Alek Chartrand) rounded out the top three.

Levine owns Miss Imprint as she earned her seventh career triumph. She returned a $9.40 win ticket from 4-1 odds.

MISS IMPRINT REPLAY

Dobson piloted Levine’s two other victories including a 1-1/2 length triumph in 1:56.4 with Yucatan Party Man (Credit Winner, $3.60) and a win by a head in 1:58.3 with Michelle Hanover (Donato Hanover, $17.20).

Bluffiner (Credit Winner, $17.00) and Jordan Derue took the $16,050 Winners Over/Open Handicap Trot by a length in 1:57.3. Derue trains the six-year-old gelding, who he co-owns with Fbp Racing Stable LLC.

With over 300 guests in attendance and $351,891 pushed through the windows, the first annual Halloween Bash that featured trick or treating, costume contests, and more was a success for the horsemen and women at the Saratoga Springs oval in partnership with the Saratoga Harness Horseperson’s Association and the Saratoga Casino Hotel.

Racing at Saratoga Casino Hotel resumes on Monday (Oct. 23) with a 12 p.m. first post.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Jessica Hallett, for Saratoga Raceway