Chapheart delivered as the even-money favourite to take the $15,525 Winners-Over Trot at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Sunday (June 25).
Driver Brett Beckwith floated Chapheart forward and settled before pulling first over on leader Makadushin N Cheez. 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 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. T
he victory, which was timed 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 LLC.
Live harness racing continues on Monday afternoon with a matinee that begins at 12 p.m. (EDT).
(with files from Saratoga Casino Hotel)