Saratoga Springs, NY – Send It In Hanover scored his fourth Open Trot victory of the year on Monday (July 13) at Saratoga Casino Hotel.
Leading driver Kyle Swift is the regular driver for Send It In Hanover, who came into his try in the $18,000 Open as a three-time winner of the feature this season for trainer Jaymes McAssey. Send It In Hanover went off at odds of 6-1 in Monday’s try in which he fired off the gate early to cut the mile in the feature for high-steppers. Pocketing the race’s favorite But Why (driven by Jimmy Devaux), the McAssey trainee went a first half in :57.2 while relatively unopposed.
While taking part in his first Open in close to two months, Send It In Hanover was asked to crank up the speed and the response was instant when confronted in the stretch by the track’s defending Horse of the Year But Why, who charged hard in the final strides before losing a photo by a nose. Big Box Hanover (Billy Dobson) earned the show spot for the third consecutive week in the Open.
Send It In Hanover’s final time of 1:55.2 marked a new lifetime-best clocking for the 5-year-old Greenshoe gelding. It was the seventh victory of the season overall for the McAssey stable’s trotting star.
Swift and McAssey each tallied three winners on the Monday card.
Live racing continues on Tuesday (July 14) with a matinee that begins at noon. The first race will feature a Pick-Five carryover of $3,231 while race 2 will feature a Pick-Four carryover of $1,404.