Saratoga Race Course has seen the mighty fall, champions thwarted and punters sick to their stomachs.It's what she does, folks. It's who she is.Take her or leave her.It is often you will see longtime and novice racing fans go to...
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Jockey – A Short Story
I was the jockey in the family.I rode.I rode 'em all.Cheap claimers and allowance horses. Stakes race, black type and graded. Sprints or routes, turf or dirt. Necks and noses or the length of the stretch. None of it mattered. ...
Thoroughbred Racing in a Different Light
It all happened rather quickly.When we got word that yesterday's fifth race was taken off the turf, I had to call NYRA back and speak to someone else, just to get the information confirmed. It was confirmed.I bellowed to my...
Opening Day 1863, A Look Back
Opening Day, 2010.At last, she's returned.Opening Day 1863 ... just a little different.In May 1863 John Morrissey placed an advertisement in the papers calling for those who want to run their horses at a new race meet. The four-day meet...
Dust off your muskets and pack your ammo
The gates of Saratoga Race Course open for their 142nd time Friday and, following decade's worth of tradition, its first feature is the Schuylerville Stakes.A six-furlong event for two-year-old fillies on the dirt, Saratoga's racing history has proven itself to...
A Different Time, the Same Place
When my girlfriend, Stacy, asked me to name the one thing I loved most about Saratoga I took her question seriously, even though I seriously doubted I could come up with an answer.I was right. I couldn't.It wasn't because there...