Send It In Hanover wins Open debut

Send It In Hanover (Greenshoe) made his debut in the $16,000 Open Trot at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Monday afternoon.

Wally Hennessey trains and drives the harness racing 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 favor 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.

SEND IT IN HANOVER REPLAY

The winner paid $15 in the upset and led an exacta and triple that returned $102.50 and $440.50, respectively. Send It In Hanover, who gave Hennessey one of his three driving winners on the card, is owned by Paul O’Neil of Saratoga Springs. 

Live racing continues on Tuesday with a first post time of 12pm.    

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Mike Sardella, for Saratoga Raceway