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Tom Law 
The countdowns are on in earnest as we rolled past the midpoint of February and enjoyed a slightly concerning stretch of extremely mild weather here in the Northeast. Which countdowns you ask? How about the start of the American steeplechase season, just five weeks from Saturday. What about the Kentucky Derby? That’s only 11 weeks … Read more
The weekend of the big game, as everyone seems either scared or obligated to call it. The Super Bowl comes Sunday but there’s plenty of top racing on the docket to fill the time before the Eagles and Chiefs take the field in Arizona. A couple key preps – two for the Kentucky Derby and … Read more
Weekends like this are made for sojourns to all points south, fireplaces or at the very lease hunkering down on the couch with a warm beverage and an even warmer blanket. Welcome to the deep freeze edition of The Saturday Special, a week removed from the Pegasus Day edition when temps were in the mid-70s … Read more
Editor’s note: Reprinted from the New York Thoroughbred Breeders’ Inc.’s website. Tom Egan and Chad Stewart strategized a plan late last year to give Red Knight a break after the Grade 1, $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf in advance of a 9-year-old campaign in 2023. “How long should we turn him out here?” Egan asked … Read more
Bill Mott sauntered down the steps at the end of Gulfstream Park’s truncated grandstand, to the ground level from the box seats after turning the seventh Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes into a showcase of his skills. Binoculars in one hand and a program in the other, Mott walked past fellow horsemen and horseplayers, so-called … Read more
The first big racing day of the year comes Saturday in South Florida – Pegasus World Cup Day replete with a stakes-laden card at Gulfstream Park. The Grade 1, $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational tops the day with a field that lacks a true superstar but features plenty of depth. Gone are the days … Read more
Dave Lynett’s name appeared many times through the years on this website and in the pages of The Saratoga Special. Retired from the Saratoga County Department of Social Services, Lynett later embarked on a second career as a clocker with the New York Racing Association at the Oklahoma Training Track in his native Saratoga Springs. … Read more
(Editor’s Note: We’re still thinking Saratoga and are happy to (belatedly) roll out another piece from the almost archives of The Saratoga Special in 2022. Special thanks to Kim Weir and Tyler Frame for the visit with our own Timothy Littau back in August, before the latter headed back for his senior year at Marquette … Read more
Happy New Year and welcome back to The Special for 2023. We took a bit of a hiatus for the holiday season, with spotty appearances here and there but we’re back with another big weekend of racing. We’ll kick things off with some of the favorites, and catch up one some news from 2022. Here’s … Read more
(Editor’s Note: Who’s ready for Saratoga now that we’ve moved into the New Year? We feel it too, and figured we’d kick off the season with a piece that unfortunately never made the pages of The Saratoga Special in 2022. Special thanks to John Weber for the visit with our own Timothy Littau back in … Read more
