Saratoga Springs, NY — Jimmy Devaux swept the co-features at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 5), piloting Henceforth (Huntsville) and Facebook Official (Helpisontheway) to victories in their respective $9,500 co-featured races.
Devaux, who wound up driving four winners on the card, put the Andy Gardner-trained Henceforth on the front-end and never looked back in the pacing feature, winning in 1:53.3. Henceforth now has piled up 14 victories, the majority of which coming on this summer’s New York fair circuit, for owners Kevin Gale and Nicholas Mackey.
Facebook Official drew the rail and sat the pocket before making his move past the three-quarter pole. While at first the Jesse McAssey trainee didn’t look to be surging past the race’s leader, he kept grinding it out before getting the better of Tattooman (Wally Hennessey) in the final strides to score in 1:58 for his second win of the season. Facebook Official, who is owned by Adam Friedland, paid $8.00 to win.
Live racing at Saratoga resumes on Saturday evening (Nov. 9) with a first post time of 5 p.m.