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.

For the fifth time this year, But Why secured a win in the Open Trot at Saratoga Casino Hotel when on Monday afternoon, the young high stepper scored in the $18,500 feature. Jimmy Devaux has been the regular driver for But Why who has become an Open force this season and on Monday recorded his twelfth win of the season. Devaux marched out early with But Why who was parked in the early going but didn’t stop until he reached the top and cleared rival Ikon Vang DK (Jacob Cutting) after an opening quarter that went in 28 seconds. The Scott Mongeon-trained But Why rolled along on the engine and clicked off a half in 57.2 before reaching three quarters in 1:26.4 and getting tested in the stretch by Ikon Vang DK. The chase proved to be futile and But Why was a decisive victor in 156.2 to prevail as the race’s 3-5 betting favorite. But Why, who is owned by Steve and Laura Stewart, is in the midst of a six-figure campaign as he attempts to become the second consecutive trotter out of the Mongeon stable to be named Trotter of the Year at Saratoga. Ikon Vang DK was the runner-up while last week’s Open winner Immigrant Am S (Leon Bailey) came on to finish third.

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

For the second consecutive week, trainer Larry Stalbaum and driver Leon Bailey teamed up for a win in the Open Trot at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Last week (Sept 22), Big Box Hanover scored a wire-to-wire victory in the $18,500 trotting feature at odds of 6-1. Immigrant Am S made his debut out of the Stalbaum stable in Monday’s installment of the Open for trotters and drew post three for his try. The favored Ikon Vang DK (Jacob Cutting) set ordinary fractions on the front-end in the feature cruising unopposed in a first half in 59.1 before Bailey pulled Immigrant Am S to the outside to challenge the 4-5 betting favorite. Ikon Vang Dk checked in at three quarters in 1:28.2 while maintaining a length lead on a tenacious Immigrant Am S who would not be denied and prevailed in his local debut in 1:56.4 at odds of 5-2. Stalbaum co-owns Immigrant Am S with Walter Jurek. Ikon Vang DK was the runner-up while Send It In Hanover (Wally Hennessey) earned the show spot.

Live racing continues on Tuesday at Saratoga with a matinee that kicks off at 12pm.

Big Box Hanover (Uncle Peter) has been one of the top forces in the Open Trot at Saratoga Casino Hotel for the past few seasons. On Monday, the Larry Stalbaum trainee was at it again and went coast-to-coast to record his fourth victory in the local Open in 2025 and eighth win of the season overall. Flashing early speed in the $18,500 feature, Big Box Hanover cruised to the top and tapped the brakes early on. After moving to the front in 28 seconds, the eight year old slowed things down to reach the half in 58.4 while travelling unopposed. The favored But Why (Jimmy Devaux) powered up on the outside to give the leader his first test after checking in at three quarters in 1:27.4. That pair brought its battle into the stretch where they were joined by Up Helly AA (Chris Long) who got the two-hole trip behind Big Box Hanover who held off the pocket-sitter to score in 1:56.2. Up Helly AA was the runner-up while But Why earned the show spot for the third consecutive week in the Open. Leon Bailey piloted the winner for owner/trainer Larry Stalbaum who saw his Big Box Hanover win for the 60^th time in his career en route to more than $890,000 in earnings. The winner went off at odds of 6-1.

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

Rose Run Xtra (Cash Hall) came from off the pace to win the Monday feature for the second consecutive week at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Monica Krist trains the six-year-old who recently returned from a layoff before landing in the Open Trot at the Spa. Following a second-place finish in his debut in the $18,500 feature, Rose Run Xtra prevailed last week (Sept 8) for the first time in the Open before drawing post seven for Monday’s try against the track’s top high-steppers. Driver Billy Dobson sat patiently in the early going with the 4-5 betting favorite while almost ten lengths off the lead at the opening quarter. Longshot Duke Lavictoire (Jordan Derue) cut the mile and travelled unopposed through a first half of 57.2 before checking in at three-quarters in 1:26.1. Rose Run Xtra steadily gained ground but was caught three-wide for the final quarter of a mile before surging late to prevail in 1:56.1 to complete his back-to-back jacks. Duke Lavictoire was the runner-up at odds of 16-1 while But Why (Jimmy Devaux) came on to be third despite drawing post eight for his try in the Open. Rose Run Xtra’s win was one of four on the day for Dobson who guided a pair of winners for Monica Krist and owner Rick Dobson whose Tiktok Roy just missed a new lifetime mark when he parlayed a pocket ride to a 1:57 score to upset the big favorite in his $9,200 race for trotters.