Series finales headline Saratoga weekend
At 2h17, on May 11, 2024 • By SARATOGA HARNESS
A trio of series finals are slated for the upcoming weekend at Saratoga Casino Hotel, with all of the action kicking off Saturday (May 11).
The Saturday evening card hosts 13 races at the half-mile track with a first post at 5 p.m. Headlining as the main event is the $30,200 Doc Frank Memorial Pace Final. The series for pacers 4 years old and younger honors the memory of longtime Saratoga veterinarian Dr. Richard A. Frank, who served the upstate New York area for over 50 years. He was inducted in the Saratoga Harness Racing Hall of Fame and Museum in 2015.
Eight pacers go to the gate in the feature, slated for race five. Current leading driver Brett Beckwith and leading trainer Mark Beckwith team up to send the morning-line favorite Youaremyrock to the gate in post two. Owned by Rick Berks and Mark Beckwith, the 4-year-old Boston Red Rocks-Ruffles Kiss gelding has swept the series and won his last seven straight races, banking $35,570 from 11 starts this year.
Bruces Vo N Coke (Huntsville-Bettor Chill Out) is the second choice from post three. Owned by breeder Joseph Meaney and trained by John Berger, the gelding won all three of his splits of the series.
On Sunday (May 12), the first of 14 races will go postward at 12 noon, and the main event is served up as the $31,400 John Mongeon Sr. Memorial Trot Final, carded as race five.
