Join The Saratoga Special Readers Club for exclusive access to news, swag, discounts, special events and more
Tom Law 
ST Publishing Inc.’s brother duo of Joe and Sean Clancy earned Eclipse Award honorable mention recognition for their coverage of major racing events in 2025. Both honors came in the News/Enterprise Writing Award category. Joe earned his recognition for his story titled “Journalism Writes a Masterpiece in Preakness Thriller” about the Preakness Stakes that appeared … Read more
By Shea Brown Before I had personal experience with an off-the-track Thoroughbred, I was part of a large group of people that stereotypically consider some of these horses to be wild and high strung. Growing up in the hunter/jumper world, this was a common perception. And while some OTTBs do have these characteristics, that doesn’t … Read more
Sunday we’ll lace up the running shoes, toe a makeshift line on a loop at the Saratoga Spa State Park and remember a man who defined making a difference. We’ll run, or walk, and undoubtedly won’t be able to do it without hearing those three magical words that became Art Kranick’s signature. “Pick it up.” … Read more
The New York Racing Association unveiled its plans Thursday for 51 days of racing in 2026 at Saratoga Race Course, including an extended one-year-only 46-day proper summer meeting. Racing in Saratoga will open with the five-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival Wednesday, June 3 through Sunday, Sunday 7. The $2 million Belmont Stakes will be run … Read more
By Catherine Curtin The day I met Terry Hill, he was instantly memorable: dressed in his signature suit jacket, bow tie, and hat, notepad in hand, and armed with a willingness to step outside his comfort zone unlike anyone I had ever known. We soon became good friends. Having just graduated college, I didn’t realize … Read more
The letter arrived with a small notepaper from The Yale Club dated 31 X 18 – naturally – in early November and set off what turned into an amazing relationship. Terry Hill, then well into retirement after a career in advertising, wrote to the three of us applying for an internship at The Saratoga Special … Read more
Terry Hill, the self-anointed “World’s Oldest Intern,” crossed paths with several classes of interns during his time at The Saratoga Special. He started in 2019 and stayed with us, even from afar, until this past summer. Terry passed away last week at the age of 81 and we wanted to hear from his former co-workers … Read more
There are 246 days between March 22 and Nov. 23. If the horses on the National Steeplechase Association circuit were counting all this time, they haven’t let on but they’ll be happy to learn that the season ends in South Carolina this weekend with Aiken Saturday and Colonial Cup Sunday. Somebody tell them this is … Read more
The main event. Officially the Breeders’ Cup kicked off Friday with the 2-year-olds in the spotlight, but the O.G. of North America’s biggest weekend comes Saturday. Dubbed Championship Saturday, the nine-race extravaganza figures to go a long way toward crowning the champions of 2025. Sovereignty is absent of course, knocked out of the $7 million … Read more
The Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour introduces readers of The Saratoga Special – and quite often our writers and editors, too – to a bevvy of top-tier horses. A select group make to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships and 2025 proves no exception. The 42nd Breeders’ Cup will feature plenty of horses that appeared on the pages … Read more
