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Trainer Melissa Beckwith added four wins to her bulky total for the 2026 harness racing season when on Monday afternoon, the meet’s leading conditioner recorded a grand slam at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Beckwith and driver Aaron Byron went back-to-back on the Monday card when young trotters RT Watch Me (Fordham Road) and Meadowbrook Ashley (You […]
Jackie Greene scored a harness racing training triple on the Monday card at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The two-time Spa training champion won the feature with Spaaaazano (Coraggioso) among her trio of trotters to prevail on the matinee program. Spaaaazano was piloted by leading driver Kyle Swift when he drew post position four for his try […]
Whilemena Rita A (Heston Blue Chip) was a decisive, first-over winner in the Sunday feature at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The Melissa Beckwith trainee had one victory in the Fillies and Mares Open to her credit when she came into Sunday’s tilt as the morning line favorite. Whilemena Rita A wound up as the odds-on favorite […]
Two Year Old pacing fillies took center stage on Tuesday afternoon at Saratoga Casino Hotel as New York Sire Stakes action was featured on the matinee harness racing card. The favorites dominated with both divisions of the $74,500 Sire Stakes races going the way of 1-9 betting favorites. Cowboy Candy (So Surreal) rattled off her […]
Mocha Java (Creatine) has become a presence this month in the Open Trot at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The Rob Harmon trainee prevailed in his harness racing debut in the featured race for trotters at the start of August. The six year old gelding followed up his first local score with a third and second-place finish, […]
Spaaaanzano (Coraggioso) reached a few milestones on the Monday afternoon harness racing card at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The Jackie Greene trainee won the local Open Trot for the second time this season after going coast-to-coast in 1:55.1 in the $18,000 feature. Making his debut out of the Greene stable this year, Spaaaanzano has split his […]
Send It In Hanover (Greenshoe) scored his fourth Open Trot harness racing victory of the year on Monday afternoon at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Leading driver Kyle Swift is the regular driver for Send It In Hanover who came into his try in the $18,000 Open as a three-time winner of the feature this season for trainer Jaymes […]
Wolfpack Zach (E L Platinum) continues to dazzle at Saratoga Casino Hotel as on Monday, the Joel Flanders harness racing trainee already won for the thirteenth time in the 2026 season. The four year old trotter who began his year competing against younger horses in lower classifications has stepped up into Open company in recent […]
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 […]
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 […]
Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Casino Hotel and the Saratoga Harness Horsepersons Association are providing an update regarding the barn fire that occurred at approximately 2:30 a.m. this morning in the backstretch area of the harness racetrack. Officials have confirmed that 17 horses perished in the fire. The barn housed a total of 18 horses and […]
Jackie Greene is no stranger to winning the Open Pace Saratoga Casino Hotel. No harness racing 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Prairie Rocknroll (A Rockneoll Dance) was the runner-up in back-to-back installments of the Open Pace at Saratoga Casino Hotel heading into Saturday’s try in the feature. The Kyle Spagnola-trained pacer was once again the betting favorite in the $18,000 this week and flashed early speed in the Open before yielding for a two-hole journey behind last week’s winner […]
Dustbin Spy (Chapter Seven) sprung the harness racing upset in the $16,100 feature on Tuesday afternoon at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Competing in a “Pop Up Final” for young trotters. Dustbin Spy was dismissed at odds of 16-1 despite finishing second in his seasonal debut last week. Claude Huckabone III drove the Dylan Huckabone-Miller trainee to […]
Trainer Jaymes McAssey is seeking his first career training title at Saratoga Casino Hotel and on Tuesday afternoon, the meet’s leading harness racing conditioner added three wins to his bulky 2026 tally. McAssey started out the day strong when Many Moons Ago (Tall Dark Stranger) prevailed in his Spa debut. McAssey acquired the young pacer […]
Help Us Help You (Helpisontheway) has been a winning machine at Saratoga Casino Hotel of late and on Tuesday, the Dan Gill trainee scored his fifth harness racing victory in his last six starts. Help Us Help You won three in a row before stepping up in company for a week. Last Tuesday (May 5), […]
Ordained (Father Patrick) won the final Open Trot of the 2025 season at Saratoga Casino Hotel in his third local harness racing start. Coming to town for trainer Larry Stalbaum late in the year, Ordained enjoyed a monster campaign in which he earned more than $200,000 in ’25. Coming out as a five year old […]
Humble A (American Ideal) scored an Open Pace victory on Saturday afternoon in just his second harness racing start competing at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The six year old pacer made his debut out of the stable of trainer Melissa Beckwith last week (May 2) and sat the pocket before finishing second. On Saturday, Humble A […]
But Why (Crazy Wow) is showing that his award-winning 2025 harness racing campaign at Saratoga Casino Hotel was no fluke. The Scott Mongeon trainee was named Trotter of the Year and Horse of the Year in ’25 and has come out strong to begin his five year old campaign. On Monday, But Why drew post […]
Driver Aaron Byron recorded a natural hat trick on the Tuesday harness racing card at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The 41 year old reinsman called Saratoga home for the first time last year and following a top ten finish in the local driver standings in 2025, Byron has come back with a strong campaign in ’26. […]
Fringed made his return to the track a winning one in Monday’s feature at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Dan Daley trains and drives the five year old trotter who made his 2026 debut in the $16,500 Open Trot and Fringed flashed early speed to take an immediate lead after the start. Trotting unopposed in a first […]
