Saratoga Springs, NY – Pammy Jo (Roll With Joe) sprung the big time upset in Wednesday’s (Sept 8) feature at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The Melissa Beckwith-trained distaffer drew the rail for her try in the $15,000 Fillies and Mares Open and Brett Beckwith piloted the longshot.

Pammy Jo scores the upset in the Saratoga feature today for Brett Beckwith. Simser-Iovino photo. 

With the favorite carving out first-half fractions of :27 and :56 seconds, Pammy Jo sat patiently in fourth throughout the majority of the mile before swinging to the outside past three-quarters. With the favorite tiring, a host of challengers swarmed in. Pammy Jo emerged from out of a crowd in the stretch to hit the wire first in 1:53.4 to record her third win of the year and her first in the local Open.

Thats Incredible (Shawn Gray) came from off the pace to be the runner-up, hitting the board for the third straight try in the local feature for the ladies, while Bontz N (Wally Hennessey) earned the show spot. Pammy Jo sprung the big upset while dismissed at odds of 24-1 paying $50.00 to win in the biggest upset the Open has seen this season. She led an exacta and triple that returned $185.00 and $512.00, respectively. Pammy Jo is owned by Jeff Epstein of Framingham, MA.

The victory behind Pammy Jo was the second Open win at the Spa in the young career of 18-year-old Brett Beckwith and the first for him in the Fillies and Mares Open. Beckwith also piloted Beauty Is Blind (Betterthancheddar) to a score in a $10,500 race for fillies and mares on Wednesday as the strong rookie campaign continues for the young reinsman.

Live racing resumes on Sunday (Sept.12) afternoon with a matinee beginning at noon.