After winning his spa debut against conditioned company before finishing third in last week's feature, Send It In Hanover won the Open Trot at Saratoga Casino Hotel for the first time on Monday (March 2) afternoon. 

Kyle Swift piloted the young trotter for trainer Jaymes McAssey and drew the rail for his try in the $22,603 feature. Swift took no prisoners in Monday’s feature for high-steppers. cutting the mile with Send It In Hanover who posted a :27.4 opening quarter before taking them to the half in :58. The race’s favourite, Platinum As (Brett Beckwith), took dead aim on the leader through three-quarters in 1:27.2, but the McAssey trainee didn’t want to give an inch and turned back the bid from Platinum As around the final turn before drawing clear to win the Open in 1:57.1. Platinum As came up second-best while Ordained (Larry Stalbaum) earned the show spot.

Swift and McAssey teamed up for a trio of wins on the trotting-heavy Monday card as their Secret Or Not rattled off his third consecutive victory while National Love As completed the hat trick for his connections by grinding out a first-over score. Paul O’Neil of Saratoga Springs, NY owns the Open winner in addition to National Love As. Send It In Hanover paid $7.68 to win in his Monday score.

Live racing continues on Tuesday (March 3) at Saratoga with a first post time of 12 p.m. 

(With files from Saratoga Raceway)