Saturday: By the Numbers
Saturday Preview. Whew, what a day of racing. Big cards at Laurel, Charles Town and Parx and other big horses and big races around the country. By the Numbers.
Sean Clancy
Jumping to Belmont
Some races look like the local bar on Friday night. Same faces, same arguments. Pull up the stools for Thursday’s Lonesome Glory at Belmont Park and start where you left off.
Cup of Coffee: Wrap Up
You know it’s time to go when you pick up your dry cleaning without dropping any off. You know it’s time to go when you see NYRA crates stacked at the doorways. You know it’s time to go when your brother buys the half-priced donuts from Stewart’s. You know it’s time to go when the … Read more
Horse For Course
Trish McLaughlin leapt at the screen like she was spiking volleyballs. Kiaran McLaughlin snapped his fingers like he had a firecracker in his sleeve. Neal McLaughlin screamed like he had missed the last bus. Tom Ward ricocheted off of them like the floor was on fire.
Cup of Coffee: Show and Hide
I played tour guide more often this year. I’m not sure why. Did I miss the meeting? Just seemed like I got volunteered more this year than in past years. You always get calls when you’re in Saratoga for the summer. I’ve provided floors and couches to kings and queens, tours to friends and fools. … Read more
Cup of Coffee: It’s Time
It started out as a lark, and has grown into a tradition. Time for the annual I’ll miss it, I won’t miss it… I’ll miss turf works. I won’t miss the sirens. I’ll miss the Morning Line Kitchen girls. I won’t miss the Morning Line Kitchen bees. I’ll miss the jumpers. I won’t miss the … Read more
Cup of Coffee: The Ramsey Way
Ken Ramsey set the record for most wins at a Saratoga meet when Granny Mc’s Kitten won the P.G. Johnson Wednesday. After the stakes, Ramsey signed autographs, posed for photos, handed out buttons and shook hands like a politician on Election Day. Ramsey wins owner’s titles like a kid collects scrapes. He breeds, claims and … Read more
Record Breaker
Richard Migliore stopped Ken Ramsey at the step of the winner’s circle after the P.G. Johnson.
“Can I meet you for an interview?” Migliore said.
“That broke the record, you know?” Ramsey said in response.
Yes, Ken, we know.
Cup of Coffee: More Moments
It’s the moments that make the meet. All together, when put together, they complete another endless summer. Good and bad, harrowing and fulfilling, depressing and elating, they come at you, hard and fast. I wrote that paragraph Aug. 3 and followed it with moments that stood out after 14 days of racing. It was desperation, … Read more
Cup of Coffee: Horse Dancer
Susan Wantz couldn’t stay for the Travers. Owner of Ballerina winner Dance To Bristol, Wantz and her husband Dave, drove through the night Thursday, slept for five hours, went to the races Friday. Dance To Bristol, purchased for $42,000 as a 2-year-old, won her seventh consecutive race, holding off favorite Book Review in the final strides of the Grade I stakes. The 4-year-old filly is approaching $1 million in earnings.
