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The weekend is almost here. Check that, Friday kicks off the weekend and Day 12 of the 2023 Saratoga Race Course meeting. The Grade 2, $200,000 Amsterdam Stakes for 3-year-old speedsters highlights the 11-race card and looks like a competitive affair on paper. Drew’s Gold, runner-up to Arabian Lion in the Grade 1 Woody Stephens, … Read more

Past the quarter and headed to the half. That’s how Week 3 started, with Day 10 of the meet marking the quarter-way point and now Thursday’s card sets us on course toward the halfway mark. Fear not racing fans, that’s still a long way off. We’re not even to August, the Whitney or Sales Week … Read more

Week 3 of the Saratoga Race Course meeting kicks into gear Wednesday and Issue 5 (wow, 5!) sets the stage for another stellar stretch. The Grade 2 Honorable Miss featuring Echo Zulu and Frank’s Rockette headlines Wednesday’s card and we preview all the action, along with a look ahead to Thursday’s Birdstone and Friday’s Amsterdam. … Read more

Week 2 of the 2023 Saratoga Race Course meeting comes to a close Sunday with a 10-race card that features a showdown between champion Nest and multiple Grade 1 winner Clairiere in the Grade 2 Shuvee Stakes. The Shuvee goes early on the card – the fourth race at 3 p.m. ET – and only … Read more

Ready for the weekend? How about seeing some of racing’s marquee stars? You’re in luck because they’ll be out at Saratoga Race Course Saturday and Sunday and we preview all the action in Issue 4 of The Saratoga Special. A small but select field looms in Saturday’s Coaching Club American Oaks and a seismic clash … Read more

The second Friday card of the season and a pair of competitive stakes for horseplayers and fans on tap. The restricted $135,000 Curlin for 3-year-olds gives a trio of competitors from the spring classics a chance to possibly punch their tickets to the Travers Stakes later in the meet. Blazing Sevens, just beaten in the … 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

The 2023 Saratoga Race Course meeting rolls on Thursday with a 10-race card topped by the second of two divisions of the New York Stallion Series. The Cab Calloway for 3-year-olds on the grass goes as the featured 10th race of the day at 6:18 p.m. ET. The handicappers’ picks appear in the print edition … Read more

Ready for Week 2? Wow, we’re already into the second week of the 2023 Saratoga Race Course meeting and Issue 3 sets the stage for more big days of racing. The jump racing slate kicks things off with Wednesday’s Grade 1, $150,000 A.P. Smithwick. We recap all the action from a busy opening weekend, including … Read more

Opening weekend at Saratoga Race Course comes to a close with a 10-race card Sunday the features the Grade 3, $175,000 Quick Call Stakes presented by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation. A field of 12 was entered for the 5 1/2-furlong turf sprint stakes features, including a pair of main track only runners that could come … Read more