Saratoga Springs, NY — The Thursday (March 28) feature at Saratoga Casino Hotel was comprised of five pacing mares in the Open on what was a pleasant spring afternoon in the Spa City.

January A wound up hitting the wire first in 1:55 with Jay Randall in the sulky. Melissa Simser-Iovino photo.

January A (Cammibest) hadn’t made much of an impression locally in her first three local starts but was the public’s 6-5 betting favorite in Thursday’s Fillies and Mares Open.

Starting from post three in the five-horse feature, the Patti Harmon-trained January A sat patiently in the early going and wound up first over approaching the half-mile pole. Grinding her way alongside the leader at the three-quarter pole, January A wound up hitting the wire first in 1:55 with Jay Randall in the sulky. Happy Heart (Mark Beckwith) came on to finish second while Betabcool N (Bruce Aldrich Jr.) earned the show spot in the $15,000 feature for distaffers.

The win time for January A matched her lifetime mark which was set by the Australian invader at Yonkers earlier this year.

The exacta with the favorite on top returned $16.80.

Live racing resumes on Saturday evening with a first post time set for 6:45 p.m.