Send It In Hanover leads another big day for Swift

For the second consecutive afternoon at Saratoga Casino Hotel, driver Kyle Swift recorded a hat trick on Monday including a win in the feature with a Jaymes McAssey trainee.

Swift sat behind distaffer Soft Shot as she recorded a first-over victory in Sunday’s Fillies and Mares Open and on Monday, it was Soft Shot’s stablemate Send It In Hanover (Greenshoe) who prevailed in the $16,500 feature.

Send It In Hanover won the local Open Trot for the first time earlier this month and on Monday went off at odds of 5-2 when he started from post four. Swift took the five year old back in the early going as upset-minded Ordained (Larry Stalbaum) cruised out to an easy lead. Posting first half fractions of 28.3 and 58.4, Ordained held firm on the front-end but Send It In Hanover persevered on the outside before grinding the leader into submission in the stretch and overcame his first-over journey to record a 1:56.4 victory.

Ordained held second at odds of 11-1 while defending Horse of the Year But Why (Jimmy Devaux) made his 2026 debut and earned the show spot in his return. Send It In Hanover paid $7.12 to win.

SEND IT IN HANOVER REPLAY

Both he and Sunday’s Open winner Soft Shot are owned by Paul O’Neil of Saratoga Springs. 

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

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

by Mike Sardella, for Saratoga Raceway