The 161st edition of the Saratoga summer meet is set to kickoff on Thursday, July 11th. So here are seven furlongs of knowledge in regard to America’s Racetrack. 1. Saratoga Race Course Is The Oldest Sports Venue In The United States. The track opened for business in 1863, making it the oldest sporting venue in the entire United States. If you love horses and/or history, Saratoga is a bucket-list … Continue reading A Saratoga Primer
The one-mile Tapeta track currently under construction at Belmont Park will become the exclusive winter racing surface on the New York Racing Association circuit when the Long Island facility reopens in 2026, NYRA has announced. The change will result in approximately three months of racing exclusively on an all-weather surface with the shift from dirt to the all-weather in the winter months. This is expected … Continue reading NYRA Improving Surfaces
Saratoga Springs has long been a summer playground for horse racing fans around the globe. The upstate New York town is home to Saratoga Race Course, one of the most storied racetracks in the world. It’s been mecca for horse players for hundreds of years. If you’re planning a trip to the Spa this summer, here’s a quick guide on everything the town and track have to offer: WHO: Elite … Continue reading Know Before You Go
You folks remember RICH STRIKE ? Of course you do- he was the 80-1 longshot Winner of the 2022 Kentucky Derby. That Victory captured the attention of race fans and gave the colt a strong following during the remainder of his 3-year-old campaign. His trainer back then was Eric Reed, but Mr. Reed is no longer in the picture. RICH STRIKE has joined the barn … Continue reading Can RICH STRIKE Again?
FOX Sports and the New York Racing Association first established a partnership in 2016 with the launch of Saratoga Live. Saratoga Live continues to be a critically acclaimed and award-winning television show which provides daily coverage of the 40-day summer meet at Saratoga. FOX Sports has continually expanded its coverage of racing’s most important events each year since 2016, most recently broadcasting the 156th Belmont Stakes from Saratoga. … Continue reading Saratoga On TV
There will always be thoroughbreds that battle back. Ones that dig in down the home stretch, and find a reserve of power that propels them across the finish line. These animals remind us of the exhilaration that one gets from giving everything, and pushing to, and possibly beyond ones limit. These beautiful stallions sate our hunger for something that was once perhaps grand and noble … Continue reading Three Weeks Away
“From New York City you drive north for about 175 miles, turn left on Union Avenue and go back 100 years.” That quote is attributed to legendary NYC sports scribe Red Smith when he wrote on how to get to Saratoga Race Course. The town of Saratoga resides in a vacuum as it relates to horse racing. Some might consider a lack of change to be a negative, but for Saratoga, as … Continue reading The Charm Of Saratoga
Saratoga Race Course opens for its regular summer meet in four weeks. Thoroughbred racing has no finer setting than Saratoga, named one of the world’s greatest sporting venues by Sports Illustrated. At the Spa, the past comes alive in the historic grandstand as fans experience not only the best in racing, but the unmatched ambience and charm of historic Saratoga Springs. Already famous for its mineral baths, Saratoga … Continue reading The Summer Place To Be
The four-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga had over 120,000 racing fans pass through the turnstiles for the unprecedented event. Thursday’s opening day of the Festival featured a pair of $150,000 Stakes for the 2-year-old males and females and the first of the weekend’s 14 Graded Stakes races- the Grade 2 Belmont Gold Cup. In front of an announced crowd of 22,227, THE GREY … Continue reading Saratoga Rocks
It’s still the Belmont Stakes. It’s still the third and final jewel in the Triple Crown. But the setting, that’s what makes the 2024 Belmont Stakes so special. For the first time ever, the Triple Crown will merge with the magic of Saratoga Race Course, at Saturday’s Belmont at the Spa. It is was with this noteworthy horseracing moment in mind, that the Saratoga Cool Beans coffee … Continue reading The Belmont Brew
