Platinum As broke a tie with three other top trotters at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Monday, Sept. 14 when the Melissa Beckwith trainee won the $25,000 Open Handicap Trot for the fifth time in 2026. 

A pair of Platinum As’s Monday rivals, Send It In Hanover and defending Saratoga Horse of the Year But Why, each own four Open victories in 2026, along with Wolfpack Zach, the winningest horse of the meet at the Spa this year. 

Platinum As was aggressively piloted on Monday by Chris Long, who made a quarter-move with the race’s 5-2 second choice in the wagering. The Beckwith-trained trotter cruised unopposed in a first half that went in :57.2 before being met with the challenge of Makeorbreakzaz S (Larry Stalbaum), who was making his debut in the Open Trot. Platinum As rattled off three-quarters in 1:26 while feeling just mild pressure from the favourite before drawing away to win by 3-3/4 lengths in a mile clocked in 1:55.1. Makeorbreakzaz S finished second while But Why (Jimmy Devaux) earned the show spot.

Platinum As owns $727,758 in career earnings and 36 lifetime victories following his sixth win this year in 26 starts. The eight-year-old E L Titan-Jarette As gelding is owned by Brett Beckwith of Wilton, New York, Yannick Gingras of Allentown, New Jersey and Fac Racing of Scarsdale, New York.

Live harness racing resumes on Saturday, Sept. 19 at Saratoga with a matinee that begins at 12 p.m.  

(With files from Saratoga Casino Hotel)