Stable Tour update – July 29
We’re into Week 3 of the 2020 Saratoga Race Course meeting – and five issues of The Saratoga Special – and with it plenty of graduates of the Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour to keep tabs on heading toward the weekend.
Tom Law
75 & Sunny: Funny Guy
I don’t think I’ll get a lot of argument when I say the best place to watch racing in Saratoga is at the track. If you do want to argue though, I can back up my assertion with over a million counter arguments.
New Look: Dirt track overhaul changes Spa for the better
Notice anything different when you started watching the races from Saratoga this season?
No, no, no. Not the vacant stands, everyone expected that. What about the main track? The dirt, or more specific the color of the dirt. Surely that was noticed by those watching on TVs, laptops, tablets or phones.
Stable Tour update – July 25
Each edition of the Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour highlights the people and horses that make Saratoga special.
Sunday’s Saratoga picks – July 26
The second week of the 2020 Saratoga Race Course meeting comes to a close Sunday with a 10-race card topped by the Grade 2 Bernard Baruch for older horses on the grass.
Tough Guy
Laura Moquett and her star mount came almost face-to-face with an 18-wheeler walking out of the paddock back to the stakes barn on their first morning training at Saratoga Race Course this week.
Friday’s Saratoga picks – July 24
A big weekend at Saratoga Race Course looms but before that another strong weekday card Friday topped by the Grade 3 Quick Call for 3-year-old turf sprinters.
Thursday’s Saratoga picks – July 23
What’s that cliché, the more things change the more they stay the same?
Stable Tour update – July 22
For the past six years, the Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour has highlighted the people and horses who make Saratoga special. Here are some of the horses we featured in 2019 and 2020 who are entered to run to start the second week of the Saratoga meet. Wednesday Luna’s in Charge: Race 5, 5 ½-furlong New York-bred … Read more
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