Saratoga Springs, NY — In a year of Devauxs in the world of horse racing, veteran reinsman Jimmy Devaux recorded a milestone victory on Saturday night (July 18) at Saratoga Casino Hotel.
Devaux has won numerous driving titles at both Monticello and Saratoga Casino Hotel over the course of his career and on Saturday evening, the 59-year-old pilot made his 8,000th trip to the winner’s circle. Sitting behind Ahi Sunshine for trainer Jackie Greene in the one of the evening’s co-featured races, Devaux made a late surge with the talented pacer who just last week posted the fastest mile of the season at Saratoga, registering a 1:50.4 score in the first week of the Gerrity Invitational races.
Top pacers accumulate points towards the Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial Pace, to be contested in late August, and on Saturday Ahi Sunshine accumulated the winner’s share once again. After coming from off the pace and getting his cue from Devaux around the final turn, Ahi Sunshine came on to prevail in 1:53.2 to complete his back-to-back jacks in the $18,000 Gerrity “preps.” Devaux, who will be inducted into the Saratoga Hall of Fame later this year, currently sits second in the local driver standings behind only Kyle Swift, who is in the midst of his first full season at the Spa.
The evening’s other co-feature went the way of Prairie Rocknroll (Billy Dobson) who, like Ahi Sunshine, repeated in the Invitational races towards the Gerrity. Victorious on the front end last week, the Kyle Spagnola-trained Prairie Rocknroll again prevailed in front-running fashion on Saturday, stopping the timer in 1:52.1 to record his sixth score in the 2026 season.
Live racing resumes on Monday (July 20) with a matinee set to begin at 12 p.m.