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Editors Note: We’re wrapping up the 23rd year of The Special with some moments from the meet. You can find the complete editions from 2023 here. Full Circle: Wet Paint lands Grade 1 for Godolphin, Cox. By Joe Clancy. July 26 edition.Overton Square. Trainer Brad Cox didn’t hesitate when asked about his first winner at … Read more
Editors Note: We’re wrapping up the 23rd year of The Special with some moments from the meet. You can find the complete editions from 2023 here. New Voice: Veteran race-caller Frank Mirahmadi takes spot as Saratoga announcer. By Tom Law. July 13 edition. Frank Mirahmadi gets Saratoga. He’s made the pilgrimage to the upstate New … Read more
Editors Note: We’re wrapping up the 23rd year of The Special with some moments from the meet. You can find the complete editions from 2023 here. Upset Jawn: Philly Shipper Yo Yo Candy delivers at 46-1 in juvenile Grade 3. By Tom Law. July 19 edition.Danny Velazquez stood in front of the large fan blowing … Read more
Editors Note: We’re looking back at the 23rd year of The Special with some moments from the meet. You can find the complete editions from 2023 here. Big Year: Cody’s Wish returns to Saratoga as favorite in two-turn Grade 1. By Paul Halloran. August 5 edition. Cody’s Wish entered the 2022 Forego Stakes as an … Read more
Editors Note: We’re wrapping up the 23rd year of The Special with some moments from the meet. You can find the complete editions from 2023 here. In Favor: Casa Creed improves to 4-for-7 at Saratoga. By Tom Law. July 19 edition. Casa Creed, like so many who turned out for Opening Weekend, loves Saratoga Race … Read more
Come on, join the club. The Saratoga Special is free to read, but for the fifth year we offer a membership option called The Saratoga Special Readers Club. The benefits are cool, so sign up today – and tell your friends. Membership is $40 and includes EARLY email notification of new editions, a Readers Club sticker and your choice from a list … Read more
Yo. Get somewhere comfortable because the first Saturday of the meet brings plenty to read. A Diana preview (In Italian “Star of the Grass” goes for a repeat in the Grade 1 turf stakes), a Kelso preview, a Sanford preview, coverage from the first two days of the meet. Oh, and a Belmont Stakes at … Read more
The Saratoga Special’s first edition of 2023 overcomes the logistical morass (Tom Law’s description minus an expletive) to make its way on the website and to the printer. It’s our 23rd season and while much has changed, the sheer enormity of roping it all together never ceases to be a challenge in the early days. … Read more
Twenty-three and us. The Saratoga Special enters its 23rd season as the can’t-miss racing newspaper at Saratoga Race Course this summer with a 20-edition publishing calendar starting on Opening Day, July 13. From there, The Special will be published on Saturdays and Wednesdays through the eight-week racing season with a six-day run of consecutive editions … Read more
Edited Press Release The New York Racing Association, Inc. announced the stakes schedule for the 2023 summer meet at historic Saratoga Race Course, which will include 71 stakes worth $20.8 million in total purses. Highlighted by the 154th renewal of the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers on August 26 and the Grade 1, $1 million … Read more
