Saratoga Springs, NY — On Thursday afternoon (March 5), Robyn Camden made her Saratoga Casino Hotel return a winning one, taking top honors in the $15,000 Fillies and Mares Open.

Robyn Camden proved a strong winner in Thursday’s featured distaff pace at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Melissa Simser-Iovino photo.

Assigned post six in thee six-horse feature, the the daughter of Art Professor cruised out to the front end in a fast :27.1 first quarter. Miss Irish Rose A (Larry Stalbaum), who owned a win and a second in the two installments of the feature for distaffers in 2020 leading into Thursday’s card, had made the top before yielding to Robyn Camden in the early going. Those two drew off from the competition past three-quarters, and it appeared that the public’s top two choices in the wagering were poised for a good battle in the stretch.

Robyn Camden put those thoughts to bed pretty quickly, as reinsman Billy Dobson asked the 4-5 favorite to crank up the speed around the final turn. Robyn Camden paced away to win decisively in 1:54.2, while Miss Irish Rose A held off long shot Firstup (Shawn Gray) to earn the place spot.

Robyn Camden won her previous try at Saratoga, when she scored in the local Open during closing week of the 2019 meet, dominating the competition en route to victory by better than four lengths. On Thursday, the Rene Allard trainee paid $3.80 to win and led an exacta and triple that returned $7.80 and $29, respectively.

Robyn Camden is owned by Jason O’Sullivan of Dublin, Ireland.

Live racing resumes on Saturday evening (March 7), with a first post time set for 5 p.m.