Saratoga Harness: Billy Dobson drives 4,000th winner

Driver Billy Dobson reached the 4,000 win plateau on Friday night at Saratoga Casino Hotel. At just the age of 34, Dobson has piled up victories at an incredible rate since coming to Saratoga about a decade ago.

The Michigan native quickly became one of New York’s top catch-drivers when he moved east and found a home at Saratoga. Dobson won his first local driving title in 2010 and went on to be the top driver at the Spa for five consecutive seasons. Though 2014 was the last time he was the track’s leading driver, Dobson has continued to finish in the top-three every year since. Here in 2018, Dobson is not only back atop the driver standings at Saratoga but has been dominant throughout the first four months of the season.

Dobson, who is currently driving to the highest percentage of any year in his career to date, piloted young pacer Short Term to his third consecutive victory in the Friday opener to move his career total to 3,999. Dobson sat behind the Jim Nickerson-trained Osprey Blue Chip in the evening’s tenth race, and the track’s leading driver made history by guiding her to an open-length score in 1:54 4/5.

--press release (Saratoga Casino Hotel)--