Northfield, OH — Northfield Park’s tote-board might need some new lightbulbs after the longest shot on the board, Golden Genes (Big Stick Lindy), came from “Euclid Avenue” to score a 34 to 1 upset win in the Great Lakes Amateur Driving Series (GLADA) on Sunday night.

With 19-year-old Jacob Baird in the sulky, the eight-year-old gelding, starting from post seven, was relegated off of the hot early panels of :28 and :57.2 on a track labeled sloppy with a two second allowance on this chilly evening.

Still seventh at the third station clocked in 1:28, the leaders began to feel the strain of those fractions and Baird was able to surge four wide around the final bend and closed fastest of all in the lane to score by two lengths in 1:59.3.

Stones Ridgeton, driven by John Konesky III, close up the entire way, did finish second followed by So Wishfull, teamed with Larry Ferrari, next, just another nose away.

Black Hawk Down, with Eric Miller in the sulky, went a tough first over journey on the off track, stuck his nose in front briefly in the lane and wound up fourth. Baby Yoda pick up the nickel for Edward Miller.

Trained by Jimmy Smith, Golden Genes is owned by Kiesha Ferrari and the win—fifth of the year in 23 starts—vaulted his earnings to $31,423 this semester and $143,764 lifetime.

In a post race interview, driver Jacob Baird related, “Well, it’s been raining for a long time—and it’s still raining—and the early pace kind of helped our cause because I felt that the speed would come back to the field sometime. I had no other choice but to take back early as they were hustling pretty good when the gate opened.

“I got some room around the final turn, went four wide and kind of swooped the field.”

For Jacob Baird, whose career began at the age of 17, it was his 17th career win and his 12th success this year and he’s also vaulted, for the first time, over the $100,000 in purse earnings.

The winner paid $70.40 to win.

GLADA is one of several amateur driving clubs throughout the United States with their members donating 100% of their driving earnings for charitable purposes ranging from aftercare for retired horses to training standardbreds in new careers as therapeutic horses assisting those that have suffered traumatic circumstances.