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Free Stuff and Giveaway Days at Saratoga Race Course
Racing season starts Thursday. Even though we've already had a taste of horseracing with the Belmont Stakes in Saratoga back in June, racing season doesn't 'officially' start until July 11th - and we're almost there. Tens of thousands plan out their summer to coincide with high-stakes thoroughbred racing at Saratoga....
Economic boom forecast for Saratoga Springs racing season
It is almost racing season again, but Saratoga has already held some races this year, particularly, The Belmont. This special racing festival in 2024 is having huge economic impacts on the area. This is creating a unique situation, with the Belmont races past, giving a preview of the regular racing...
Promising Juveniles Look to Build on Success in Sanford
Several up-and-coming 2-year-olds look to build off the perfect starts to their careers in the July 13 $175,000 Sanford Stakes (G3) at Saratoga Race Course. Of the eight juveniles entered in the six-furlong dirt race, five are undefeated. Two showed a desire to set the pace in their maiden victories.
Saratoga Race Course opening for regular season on Thursday
The summer racing season will go through Labor Day. You can enjoy live racing at the track on Wednesdays through Sundays throughout the summer. Fans can look forward to popular events such as the Whitney Stakes and Travers Stakes taking place in August. The Belmont Stakes was moved to Saratoga...
Union Rags's Power Squeeze Guts It Out In Delaware Oaks
Exiting a distant third to divisional leader Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) in the GI Acorn Stakes at Saratoga June 7, Power Squeeze called on her considerable class to hold off odds-on Sidamara to take out Monday's rescheduled GIII Delaware Oaks. One of the first away, the baldy-faced chestnut was fourth of the five runners turning up the backstretch and was trapped out five deep passing the half-mile. Asked to take closer order while deep on the turn, Power Squeeze was off the bridle as longtime leader Ringy Dingy (Dialed In) looked a real threat to take them all the way. But Power Squeeze found her second wind to gain a narrow advantage from between rivals just inside the eighth pole. Despite kicking back over to her left lead, she managed to get home for a nose success as the 13-10 second favorite. Regaled rallied for a piece at 71-1.
11 Fillies Contest Opening-Day Schuylerville Stakes
The first stakes race of the 2024 meeting at Saratoga Race Course, the $175,000 Schuylerville, attracted a field of 11 2-year-old fillies, with some of the meet's perennial successful connections squaring off July 11. First run in 1918, the Schuylerville was downgraded from a grade 3 to listed this year.
Rapids get wins over Saugerties and Glens Falls to keep win streak going
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (WWTI)- The Watertown Rapids picked up two more victories over the weekend run their winning streak to six games. Watertown rallied three times to overcome the Glens Falls Dragons, 9-7, in 10 innings Sunday night at East Field. This was the first game of a five-game, eight-day road trip due to the […]
Next to Stick to Marathons; Eyes Birdstone Repeat
Michael Foster's Next (Not This Time) has earned a host of fans with five straight wins in races 1 1/2 miles and over, most recently storming to a 9 3/4-length victory in the GII Brooklyn S. last Friday. Fans may be hoping to see the 6-year-old gelding cut back in distance for a chance to earn a spot in the Breeders' Cup in a race like the 'Win and You're In' GI Jockey Club Gold Cup, but trainer Doug Cowans plans to stick with what is working and will aim his charge at the 1 3/4-mile Birdstone Stakes at Saratoga Aug. 4. Next won that race by 11 3/4 lengths last year.
Saratoga Aftercare Day Aug. 15
The fourth annual New York Thoroughbred Aftercare Day, hosted by the New York Racing Association, New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, and New York Thoroughbred Breeders will be held Aug. 15 at Saratoga Race Course. New York Aftercare Day showcases retired racehorses demonstrating the skills they've learned in second careers, and...
Diana and Million Preview Picks as Saratoga, Colonial Open
The summer racing season is heating up on the East Coast. Saratoga and Colonial Downs are opening for business this Thursday, and both have stakes races on their Saturday agendas. The $500,000 Diana (G1) is the feature event at Saratoga, while the $125,000 Million Preview S. leads the Colonial Downs...
Wet Paint The Class of the Delaware Handicap
Godolphin's Wet Paint (Blame) ships in from trainer Brad Cox's Kentucky base at Churchill Downs as the favorite for Sunday's GII Delaware Handicap, the annual centerpiece of the racing calendar in the 'First State.' That fact notwithstanding, she'll need to bring her best if she is to put a halt to a four-race skid dating back to a narrow victory in last year's GI CCA Oaks at Saratoga.
Track Stars: James Rowe and James McLaughlin
In the rich history of the Belmont Stakes—the oldest of the American Triple Crown races—nobody has distinguished themselves in the legendary event quite like James Rowe and James McLaughlin, two Hall of Famers from the yesteryear days of the sport. Among the greatest in their respective disciplines, trainer...
Hall of Fame Celebrates Saratoga Opening With Events
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will present several events during July to coincide with the opening of the Saratoga Race Course meeting, which opens Thursday, July 11. For a complete list of Museum events and more details, please visit racingmuseum.org. Additionally, the Museum will present special...
Belmont at the Big A Picks | Port Washington Stakes 2024
Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Tango Uniform Racing and Steven Rocco’s Silver Skillet will look to repeat her recent stakes success in Sunday’s $125,000 Port Washington, a 1 1/16-mile inner turf test for older New York-bred fillies and mares, at the Belmont at the Big A meet. The Port Washington...
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