The best reminder email I've gotten in ... well, a year.After fighting a few months of snow and rain, gray skies and the cold, an email in my inbox reminding me the Saratoga racing season is coming again.Sure, it may...
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Did you ever notice…?
It matters not the time of year, nor the reason why. But any mention of Saratoga and Horse Racing anytime outside the racing season always brings me a feeling of warmth and peace knowing I will return to her.It may...
Saratoga Dream Home
The Saratoga Builders Association will begin its 15th annual Showcase of Homes! For three consecutive weekends, the Saratoga Builders Association shows off the area's finest homes built by the Capital Region's best home builders and designers. I thought this might...
An Open Letter to Saratogians
Dear Saratogians,I don't want to be "that guy" anymore. That guy who feels all sorts of melancholy when the Saratoga meet ends. Year after year it hits me hard, and year after year I let it.I'm not gonna do it.You...
For Love of the Game
Runaway Jim ran a game second Saturday afternoon and to be frank, neither Stacy nor I would have known the difference had he won.It felt that good. We felt that proud. And by God I've never seen the woman look...
Go Jim, Go! (and this time we mean it)
Alright. Why the heck not. Let's try this again, shall we?The good news: Most of the nausea that came with the first two starts at Saratoga has dissipated. The bad news: This is Runaway Jim's last shot at The Spa...
Planning a New Saratoga Tradition
So, this is it. One last week of the 2010 Saratoga Race Course race meet and I can feel the dread of the finale on Monday as I write this.Man, I hate that feeling.As usual, it all went by so...
It’s a Movie in the Making
How can you not get a kick out of the Lisa's Booby Trap story?Who?Lisa's Booby Trap.You know who she is. She's the horse that got its name for her owner/trainer's now deceased wife and a popular trackside "gentleman's club" in...
The Wit of William R. Travers
When he died at the age of 67, the New York Times proclaimed William R. Travers "may have been the most popular man in New York."He was, in a word, adored.We know Travers as a founder and the first President...
Eddie Maple & The Travers
It's Travers Week at Saratoga and this week I'll take a look back at those - for various reasons - I find particularly memorable.My childhood heroes have always been my Mom and Dad. The list of reasons why could fill...