{"id":36007,"date":"2021-03-16T18:36:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T22:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=36007"},"modified":"2021-03-16T18:45:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T22:45:31","slug":"saratoga-harness-track-is-in-its-80th-season-no-fans-allowed-due-to-covid-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2021\/03\/saratoga-harness-track-is-in-its-80th-season-no-fans-allowed-due-to-covid-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Saratoga Harness Track Is In Its 80th Season; No Fans Allowed Due To COVID Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36008\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/03\/harness-racing-hc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/03\/harness-racing-hc.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/03\/harness-racing-hc-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/03\/harness-racing-hc-768x602.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saratoga Harness runs racing on every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but thus far this year no fans are allowed because of COVID restrictions.<br \/>Courtesy Saratoga Casino Hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Saratoga Harness kicked off its 80th season of live harness racing on<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>March 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Races will run three days a week, every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, with a first post at noon through the first four months of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Track officials said the 2021 season will feature a full slate of New York Sire Stakes action, along with new betting options. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition to the Pick 5 with a guaranteed pool, Saratoga will be introducing two new bets geared toward building jackpot-type payoffs, the Jackpot Super High Five and the Pick Six Jackpot. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Due to state COVID-19 guidelines, no spectators are allowed at the track. However, fans can wager remotely on the races through Saratoga Casino Hotel\u2019s online wagering platform, saratogabets.com, or on any other state-approved online wagering platform. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><!--more-->For more information on the raceway\u2019s safety procedures, visit saratogacasino.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The track is part opf the Saratoga Casino Hotel facility, located on Crescent Avenue. The casino<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>features slots, a 117-room luxury hotel, electronic table games, Vapor, Morton\u2019s The Steakhouse, casual dining restaurant, three full-service bars including a sports bar, deli and a variety of guest services including valet parking and coat check.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saratoga Harness kicked off its 80th season of live harness racing on\u00a0 March 1. Races will run three days a week, every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, with a first post at noon through the first four months of the season. Track officials said the 2021 season will feature a full slate of New York Sire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":36008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Saratoga Harness Track Is In Its 80th Season; No Fans Allowed Due To COVID Restrictions - Saratoga Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2021\/03\/saratoga-harness-track-is-in-its-80th-season-no-fans-allowed-due-to-covid-restrictions\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saratoga Harness Track Is In Its 80th Season; No Fans Allowed Due To COVID Restrictions - Saratoga Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Saratoga Harness kicked off its 80th season of live harness racing on\u00a0 March 1. 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