Aaron Byron piloted four winners on the Tuesday card at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The 41-year-old Byron became a local regular last season and has been a force in the sulky. On Tuesday, Byron guided Numero Dix (Muscle Mass) to victory in the $17,000 “Pop Up Final”. Jared Bothwell owns and trains the four-year-old trotter who came in off a win and a pair of seconds in his previous three starts when he moved aggressively to the lead on Tuesday for Byron. One of a trio of 5-2 shots in the race, Numero Dix cruised through a first half of 59.1 before being met with the challenge of co-favorite Gold Dealer (Wally Hennessey) in the stretch and holding him off to score in a career-best 1:58.1. Byron piloted a trio of winners for trainer Melissa Beckwith on the card as Poppa Joe prevailed early on the matinee program while local first-timers Starfish and Twin B Cabo each scored victories in their Spa debuts. Byron sits among the top five in the driver standings this season.

Live racing resumes on Saturday with a matinee that begins at 12pm.

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Wolfpack Zach continues to pile up the accolades in what has been his breakout season at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Joel Flanders trains the four year old trotter who climbed the class ranks all the way to the top after an early season barrage of victories at the Spa. Wolfpack Zach made his debut in the Open Trot in late May winning in his first try against the track’s top high-steppers just one start removed from posting 1:54.1 score, the fastest mile for any trotter in the 2026 campaign at the Spa. Jacob Cutting has been the regular driver for Wolfpack Zach who came into Monday afternoon’s feature with eleven wins on the year. Despite drawing the outside post for his try in the $18,000 Open, Wolfpack Zach went off as the 8-5 betting favorite. The up-and-coming star left just a bit at the start of the mile but was relegated to a closer’s role in a race that saw first-half fractions of 27.1 and 57.1 be posted by veteran Big Box Hanover (Billy Dobson). No stranger to the local Open, Big Box Hanover tried to finish the job but was confronted in the stretch by pocket-sitter Dealin With Dewey (Wally Hennessey) and Wolfpack Zach who wound up getting the best of the Open group trotting past to win in 1:55.2 over a track labeled ‘sloppy.’ Now a winner of twelve races in sixteen seasonal tries, Wolfpack Zach is the winningest horse in ’26 at Saratoga in addition to being the owner of the fastest time posted this year by a trotter. Dealin With Dewey was the runner-up on Monday while Big Box Hanover had to settle for third.

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Trainer Kyle Spagnola enjoyed his best day of the season on Saturday at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The veteran Spa conditioner won the Saturday feature with Prairie Rocknroll and went on to record a hat trick on the card. Prairie Rocknroll won the $18,000 Open Pace for the third time this season when he completed a wire-to-wire score in 1:54.2. After being used hard to make it to the top in a first quarter of 26.4, Prairie Rocknroll had to hold off a late charge from rival Mr McLaren N (Larry Stalbum) to score his fourth win of the season and third in the Open. Billy Dobson sat behind Prairie Rocknroll during his Saturday score. Dobson also guided Spagnola trainees Rock Solid Express and Jimmy Jets to victories on the matinee card. Claiming pacer Jimmy Jets set a new lifetime mark when he parlayed his pocket ride to a 1:55.3 win. Spagnola’s Rock Solid Express went coast-to-coast in a $13,000 conditional race for pacers when the six-year-old registered his third win of the year stopping the timer in 1:53.2 in a mild upset. Spagnola, whose 2026 campaign got off to a bit of a slow start, has been in the midst of a hot streak in recent weeks led by his stable star Prairie Rocknroll.

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It was a big Monday afternoon at Saratoga Casino Hotel for trainer Gary Levine and driver Jimmy Devaux as that tandem teamed up for three victories on the trotting-filled card. Devaux has been the regular driver for the Levine Stable for several years now and on Monday that dynamic duo made three trips to the winner’s circle. Claiming trotter Jeffery J (Bar Hopping) has enjoyed a terrific 2026 season and recorded his fifth victory of the season on the Monday matinee when Devaux wasted no time moving the 6-5 betting favorite to the lead in a $13,000 race for trotters. Jeffery J got a bit tired in the stretch but proved best to complete the Levine/Devaux hat trick when he completed a 1:58.4 wire-to-wire score. Devaux and Levine scored wins earlier in the card with Phantom Tom and young trotter Willie Boy who moved his record to two-for-two since joining the Levine stable just a few weeks ago. The trio of Levine trotters added three more to the bulky win total registered by Levine in ’26 who sits third in the local trainer standings.

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Jackie Greene is no stranger to winning the Open Pace Saratoga Casino Hotel. No trainer has won the pacing feature more than Greene in the last decade and on Saturday, the veteran conditioner added another win to her tally. Ahi Sunshine (Sunshine Beach) stepped back up into Open company on Saturday following a sizzling 1:51.4 victory in the conditional ranks last week. Jimmy Devaux sat behind Ahi Sunshine in his return to the $18,000 Open. The veteran reinsman powered the Greene trainee out to the early lead in 27 seconds and reached the half in 55.4 while traveling unopposed. Ahi Sunshine felt only mild pressure cruising through three quarters in 1:24.1 before reporting home a winner by a length and three-quarters in 1:52.1. Pocket-sitting Pickup Man Hanover (Matt Athearn) finished second while longshot Primo Uomo (Chris Long) earned the show spot. Ahi Sunshine went off at odds of 3-1 in what was his first Open win of the season and the sixth already this year in the Open Pace for the Greene stable. Greene has had three different pacers prevail in the top race for pacers in the 2026 campaign.

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

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Wolfpack Zach is the winningest horse thus far this season at Saratoga Casino Hotel and on Wednesday afternoon, the rising star added another victory to his tally. Trained by Joel Flanders, the four year old Wolfpack Zach began his season competing against younger trotters at the Spa and after an early winning spree has climbed the ladder all the way up into the Open. Wolfpack Zach prevailed in his debut in the Open on May 25^th when he went coast-to-coast in 1:54.1, the fastest trotting mile of the year at Saratoga. Last week, the up-and-comer made a break as the favorite in the $18,000 Open Trot but avenged on Wednesday when he scored on the front-end in 1:54.2 with Jacob Cutting at the controls. Picture of consistency But Why (Jimmy Devaux) came from well off the pace to finish second in the feature while last week’s Open winner Spaaaanzano (Kyle Swift) finished third. But Why, last year’s Horse of the Year at the Spa, has now hit the board in nine of his ten starts in 2026. Wolfpack Zach’s Wednesday win was his eleventh on the season, more than any other horse in ‘26 at the Spa. He was the public’s 4-5 betting favorite in what was his second Open score of the campaign.

Live racing resumes on Saturday with a first post time set for 12pm.

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Soft Shot became the winningest distaffer in the Fillies and Mares Open this season at Saratoga Casino Hotel when on Tuesday, the top-flight lady pacer scored in the $18,000 feature for the fifth time in 2026. Soft Shot has been utilizing a mix of early speed and closing ability to put together the strong resume from her first season of racing at the Spa. On Tuesday, Soft Shot was co-favored at odds of 8-5 while starting from post four for her try in the ladies’ feature. Kyle Swift is the regular driver for Soft Shot and flashed speed with the top-flight five year old who made the lead in a speedy 26.4 first quarter before reaching the half in 55.4. The Jaymes McAssey-trained mare showed no signs of letting up, rattling off three quarters in 1:23.4 before scoring in 1:52.4 to set a new seasonal mark on Tuesday. The victory was the fifth in the Fillies and Mares Open this year for Soft Shot who has earned over $60,000 on the campaign. Longshot Macarena Wink (Billy Dobson) sat the pocket to the winner before finishing second while Vel Cinderella (Aaron Byron) earned the show spot in her local debut. The win was one of three on the day for the 20 year old Swift who sits atop the driver standings this season in his first year of piloting full-time at Saratoga. Soft Shot is owned by Paul Oneil of Saratoga Springs.

Live racing continues on Wednesday afternoon with a 14-race matinee that begins at 12pm.

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Frisco Bay N (Downbytheseaside) won his fourth Open Pace of the season at Saratoga Casino Hotel when on Monday afternoon the Jackie Greene trainee pulled off a bit of an upset. Frisco Bay N blasted off the gate to leave from post four and got to the front with relative ease in a first quarter clocked in 27.3. The 9-1 shot rattled off a half in 56.4 before standing tall in three quarters of 1:24.4. Pocket-sitter Mr Mclaren N (Larry Stalbaum) displayed a surge in the stretch but wound up second-best to Frisco Bay N who stopped the timer in 1:52.4 for his fifth seasonal score and fourth in the local Open Pace. The six year old was piloted to the win by Jimmy Devaux who also sat behind Ahi Sunshine when that former Spa award-winner posted a dazzling 1:51.4 win on Monday’s matinee. The card featured a six-pack in the bike for reinsman Aaron Byron who enjoyed his best day of the season piloting six winners on the fourteen-race program.

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

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He’s So Smart (American Ideal) scored a front-running win in one of the co-featured races on the Tuesday card at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The Melissa Beckwith trainee finished third in his local debut last week when participating in the New York Sire Stakes Excelsiors. The three-year-old pacer was the 4-5 betting favorite in his division of the $9,700 non-winners of two race lifetime pace contested on a beautiful afternoon in the Spa City. He’s So Smart surged out to the lead under the guidance of reinsman Aaron Byron and cruised through a first half in 58 seconds. The favorite never faced an anxious moment while rattling off three quarters in 1:27 and pacing away to win in 1:56.1. He’s So Smart bested pocket-sitting Always On Par (Chris Long) by a length and three-quarters. Prince Of Terror (Wally Hennessey) closed to finish third. It was the second win in four seasonal tries for the three year old pacer who is owned by Pollack Racing LLC.

Live racing resumes on Monday afternoon at Saratoga with a matinee scheduled to begin at 12pm.

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Trainers Gary Levine and Rob Harmon each recorded hat tricks on the Monday card at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Levine, a former training champ at the Spa, added three wins to his bulky 2026 tally when trotters Rina Labelle and Full Scale repeated to join Levine stable newbie Dojea Gingerale in recording Monday victories. Rob Harmon brought a quartet of invaders to town for the matinee and scored a trio of wins. Trotters Memento Mori and Uncle Rat overcame difficult journeys to secure Monday scores while young pacer Bee Perfect (Chris Long) registered her first career win breaking her maiden in 1:59 by the slimmest of margins after enduring a first-over trip. The Levine trio of winners was piloted to their scores by Jimmy Devaux who went wire-to-wire for each of the victories. Harmon utilized the driving services of Chris Long for his wins with Uncle Rat and Bee Perfect while current leading driver Kyle Swift sat behind Memento Mori who completed the hat trick on the day for Harmon. Swift piloted three winners on Monday including one in the $18,000 Open Trot with Spaaaazano for conditioner Jackie Greene.

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

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