Saratoga Springs, NY — With no Open Trot on the docket at Saratoga Casino Hotel, the $15,525 Winners Over for trotters served as the feature on Sunday afternoon (June 25).

Chapheart stopped the timer in 1:56 to record his fourth win in six local tries. Jessica Hallett photo.

Melissa and Brett Beckwith have teamed up for five Open wins this season with their Angel Nation who won the most recently contested Open last Sunday. This weekend saw the Beckwiths’ Chapheart (Chapter Seven) go off as the favorite in the feature for high-steppers.

Being the public’s top choice in the wagering is nothing different for the 4-year-old Chapheart who was the odds-on favorite in each of his first five Saratoga starts, three of which saw him prevail.

On Sunday, Brett Beckwith left a bit with Chapheart before winding up pulling the even money favorite first-over on leader Makadushin N Cheez (Jimmy Devaux). Those two did battle for a half-mile before Chapheart began to impose his will and grind the leader into submission before stopping the timer in 1:56 to record his fourth win in six local tries. Makadushin N Cheez held strong to be second while Gigfy (Alek Chartrand) earned the show spot.

Chapheart paid $4.20 to win while going off at the biggest odds he’s been in any of his local tries. He led an exacta and triple that returned $8.20 and $30.80, respectively.

The victory, which came in 1:56, was one of three consecutive on the card for young reinsman Brett Beckwith who sits in second among local drivers in the 2023 campaign. Chapheart is owned in partnership by Yannick Gingras and Fac Racing.

Live racing continues on Monday afternoon with a matinee that begins at noon.