For the second straight day, trainer/driver Larry Stalbaum won the featured race at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Stalbaum’s Rocknroll Runa A secured his second consecutive Open Pace victory on Sunday’s matinee when the classy veteran scored from well off the pace. In Monday’s feature, Stalbaum’s Ordained (Father Patrick) came from the back of the pack before scoring the mild upset in the $18,500 Open Trot. Ordained was the even-money favorite in last week’s Open try when he wound up as the runner-up but on Monday, the four-year-old would not be denied stopping the timer in 1:57.1. Dealin With Dewey (Shawn Gray) came up second-best while last week’s winner Memorynimagination (Leon Bailey) earned the show spot. Ordained moved his seasonal earnings to over the $200,000 mark with the win which was his seventh in 2025. The winner paid $15.48 in the mild Monday upset. Ordained is owned by Gary and Tracey Smith.

Memorynimagination (Father Patrick) put the swoop to the group on Monday in his debut in the local feature at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Jimmy Nickerson trains the four-year-old who is in the midst of his second consecutive six-figure campaign and made his Spa debut in the $18,500 Open Trot. Getting away towards the back of the pack, Memorynimagination sat patiently back in a lap that was trotted in 57.1. The fractions were set by the favorite Ordained (Larry Stalbaum) who made just his second local start in Monday’s feature. Ordained turned back the first-over bid from longshot Up Helly Aa (Chris Long) before Memorynimagination came charging hard in the stretch. The Nickerson trainee stormed by the favorite in the final strides to score by a half length in a mile clocked in 1:57. Ordained was second-best while Up Helly Aa finished third. Memorynimagination’s win was his eighth in the 2025 season. Matt Athearn piloted the Open for owner Joseph Trice. Memorynimagination paid $11.98 to win. Nickerson scored a training double on the Monday card when his Cruising Tom prevailed in the finale despite getting a first-over journey. The five year old invader was driven to victory by Jacob Cutting.

Live racing continues on Tuesday with a matinee that starts at 12pm.

Platinum As (E L Titan) came from a long way back to score in the Monday feature at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Melissa Beckwith will win the training title by a large margin and added another couple of winners to her tally on the Monday card highlighted by the victory in the Open Trot. Brett Beckwith piloted Platinum As in the $18,500 feature and got away second to last in the eight-horse Open. The seven year old trotter recently moved over the half million dollar mark in lifetime earnings and on Monday won for the tenth time of the year. Platinum As remained sixth at the three-quarter pole in a race that saw Up Helly Aa (Chris Long) lead through a half in 58.2 and three quarters in 1:26.3. Platinum As continued to pick off his rivals one by one before dropping into the passing lane in the stretch. Longshot Up Helly Aa held strong but wound up second-best to Platinum As while the favorite Morning Edition (Shawn Gray) earned the show spot. Platinum As paid $10.56 to win in what was his tenth victory in a 2025 campaign that has seen him earn over $175,000. The score was one of two on the day for the Beckwith stable and for Brett Beckwith as co-owner as his Ikon Vang DK also secured a Monday win. Brett Beckwith made three trips to the winner’s circle all together on the matinee card.

Live racing is set to continue on Tuesday with a first post time of 12pm.

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Duke Lavictoire (Royalty For Life) pulled off the upset in Monday’s Open Trot at Saratoga Casino Hotel. After prevailing off a class drop last week, the Brett Derue-trained trotter moved back into the $18,500 feature and drew post two. Jay Randall picked up the catch-drive behind Duke Lavictoire who showed early speed to wind up in the pocket behind Up Helly AA (Chris Long). That one set first-half fractions of 27.4 and 57.3 while bracing for Duke Lavictoire who wound up popping the pocket in the stretch and coming on to win in 1:56.2. Last week’s Open winner Dealin With Dewey (Aaron Byron) closed up the rail to be second while Morning Edition (Shawn Gray) earned the show spot. Duke Lavictoire was dismissed at odds of 15-1 in what was his second Open Trot win of the year and his first since June. It was start number one hundred in the career of Duke Lavictoire whose Monday win was his 30^th lifetime. The Open score was one of two on the card for owners Steve Picarazzi and Brett Derue (who co-own Duke Lavictoire with Donnie Bullard), for Derue as trainer and Jay Randall as driver as that crew teamed up for a victory with Cantab My Party in the afternoon’s opener.

Live racing continues on Tuesday with a matinee that begins at 12pm.

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Dealin With Dewey (Wheeling N Dealin) sprung a mild upset in the Monday feature at Saratoga Casino Hotel when the Sara Baillargeon trainee went coast-to-coast to win the Open Trot. Aaron Byron sat behind the seven year old who has Open experience at the Spa and doled out early speed in his try in the $18,500 feature. Dealin With Dewey cruised through a first half in 58.1 on a cold Monday afternoon in the Spa City before being confronted by the race’s favorite Immigrant Am S (Leon Bailey) who wound up toughing it out first-over. Dealin With Dewey rebuffed the challenge from Immigrant Am S around the final turn and when Byron asked the leader to crank up the speed, the response was instant. Dealin With Dewey trotted away to win by a commanding four lengths on the wire in a mile clocked in 1:57. Immigrant Am S wound up as the runner-up for the fourth straight week in the Open while But Why (Jimmy Devaux) closed from last to finish third. Dealin With Dewey went off at odds of 6-1 in his first local Open score of the season which was his eleventh win overall on the campaign.

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Up Helly AA has put together a strong season at Saratoga Casino Hotel in 2025 and on Monday afternoon, the veteran trotter secured his fourth Open Trot victory of the year. Chris Long pilots Up Helly AA for trainer Jaymes McAssey, who had three winners on the matinee card. Long moved Up Helly AA out in the early going and landed him in the pocket behind the race’s co-favorite who cruised through a fast first half that went in 56.1. Heading to the three-quarter pole, Long was ready to roll and pulled the six-year-old gelding out of the two-hole before pouncing on the tiring leader and taking command just past three quarters that went in 1:25.3. Dismissed at odds of 9-1, Up Helly AA extended his lead around the final turn, and the chase was on. Rivals Immigrant Am S (Leon Bailey) and Platinum As (Jacob Cutting) closed quickly but they proved way too late to get to Up Helly AA who stopped the timer in 1:56 for his fourth Open Trot victory of the year and ninth win overall in ’25. Immigrant Am S was the runner-up in the feature for the third consecutive week while Platinum As rallied after making a break to finish third in the $18,500 Open for high-steppers. Up Helly AA gave his trainer one of his three winners on the day as McAssey’s Champain and Noble Wine each registered their third consecutive victories on the Monday card.

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But Why is strongly making his case to be the Horse of the Year at Saratoga Casino Hotel as the Scott Mongeon-trained trotter won for the fourteenth time in 2025 when on Monday afternoon, the four year old  scored in the Open Trot once again. But Why prevailed on the engine in Monday’s installment of the $18,500 Open when he moved out to the early lead and held strong en route to a 1:56 victory. The race’s 6-5 betting favorite cruised quickly through a first half in 56.2 and never faced an anxious moment before dealing with pocket-sitting rival Immigrant Am S (Leon Bailey). That one came up second-best to But Why while Up Helly AA (Chris Long) earned the show spot. But Why’s win was his seventh in the local Open this year and fourteenth in what will likely be an award-winning ’25 campaign for the Mongeon trainee. Jimmy Devaux piloted But Why to his second consecutive score in the Open for trotters.

Live racing continues on Tuesday afternoon with a matinee that starts at 12pm.

But Why won his sixth Open Trot of the season at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Monday afternoon. The Scott Mongeon trainee moved his career earnings to over the $200,000 mark with Monday’s score in the $18,500 Open. Jimmy Devaux piloted the four year old high-stepper who got away fifth in the eight-horse feature before coming first-over and surging in the backstretch approaching the three-quarter pole. But Why opened up what turned out to be an insurmountable lead around the final turn before reporting home a winner in 1:56 by a decisive two and a quarter lengths. Immigrant Am S (Leon Bailey) followed the winner and wound up as the runner-up in the Open while Platinum As (Jacob Cutting) came from post eight to finish third. But Why, the even-money betting favorite, won for the thirteenth time of the year and the twentieth time in just 55 lifetime starts. For Devaux, the win behind But Why was one of three on the day for the meet’s leading driver.

Live racing continues on Tuesday with a matinee that begins at 12pm. There is a $15,479 carryover in the Super High 5.

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Big Box Hanover returned to Saratoga Casino Hotel on Monday afternoon and returned to the winner’s circle. The veteran trotter moved his career earnings to over the $900,000 mark with the victory in the $18,500 Open Trot Monday when he came from off the pace to prevail as the race’s co-favorite at odds of 2-1. Leon Bailey piloted Big Box Hanover to his ninth win of 2025 and his fifth score in the local Open on the campaign. Over a track labeled “sloppy”, the eight year old trotter picked up cover in pursuit of leader Fringed (Dan Daley) who rattled off first-half fractions of 27.1 and 57.1. Big Box Hanover continued to grind, steadily gained ground throughout but remained third at the head of the stretch before he got up to win by a head in a 1:57.2 mile. Fringed was the runner-up while But Why (Billy Dobson) came from last to earn the show spot. Big Box Hanover is owned and trained by Larry Stalbaum.

Live racing continues on Tuesday with a matinee that starts at 12pm.

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Ramborain pulled off the upset in Monday’s feature at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Dan Daley trains and drives the four year old who flashed early speed while dismissed at odds of 15-1 in the Open Trot. Ramborain sat the pocket to Grateful (Aaron Byron) who was making his debut in the $18,500 feature for high-steppers and set honest fractions of 28 and 56.4 in lap one. Without any significant pressure from the race’s favorites, Grateful travelled mostly unopposed throughout but was met with the challenge of upset-minded Ramborain in the stretch and couldn’t hold off the late charge from the Daley trainee. It was Ramborain who recorded his first victory in the local Open when he came on to stop the timer in 1:56.3 to spring the upset. Grateful was a strong second while longshot Andover Contessa (Wally Hennessey) closed late to be third. Ramborain completed back-to-back jacks on the card for Dan Daley whose Fringed scored in a $15,000 trot in the race that led into the Monday feature. Ramborain paid $32.92 to win in the Open upset.