Send It In Hanover made his debut in the $21,918 Open Trot a winning one at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Monday (July 28) afternoon.
Wally Hennessey trains and drives the four year old who drew the rail for his first start against the track’s top high-steppers and went off at odds of 6-1 in the six-horse Open.
Hennessey assumed the lead with Send It In Hanover who had hit the board in nine of ten starts in 2025 but was winless coming into his Monday try. Setting first-half fractions of 28.1 and 58.1 worked to the favour of Send It In Hanover before he was confronted. The youngster rebuffed his first and only legitimate challenge before holding strong in the stretch and reporting home a length winner in 1:56.4. Longshot Draco S (Jimmy Devaux) came on to finish second while Fringed (Dan Daley) earned the show spot.
The winner paid $15 in the upset and led an exacta and triple that returned $102.50 and $440.50 USD, respectively. Send It In Hanover gave Hennessey one of his three driving winners on the card. The four-year-old gelded son of Greenshoe-Southwind Percy is owned by Paul O’Neil of Saratoga Springs.
Live racing continues on Tuesday with a first post time of 12 p.m.
(With files from Saratoga Raceway)