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By Sean Clancy

Sue Lorimer, assistant trainer to Woodbine-based Roger Attfield, walked out of the winner’s circle after Perfect Shirl won the Grade II Lake George Wednesday and was greeted by a sole reporter.

There used to be National Steeplechase Day at Saratoga. Schooling at Oklahoma, fans lined up to watch. Two races, usually including the Lovely Night Handicap, made up the afternoon festivities. The steeplechase crowd mingled with the flat crowd. It was a special day, a day to celebrate THOROUGHBREDS racing over jumps and THOROUGHBREDS racing on the flat.

By Katie Bo Williams

Over Enough didn’t have anywhere to go. Suffering from EPM and stuck at a hot, sticky Florida racetrack, the state-bred bay needed the rehabilitation time that no one could give him.

It’s the mornings. The VIP room of Saratoga. Anybody can go racing in the afternoon, it’s the mornings that make Saratoga. The furthest waking moment from deadline, it’s the only time The Special laughs, talks or is allowed to drift for a moment. Afternoons and evenings are pressure. Morning is release. Yes, they hit quickly … Read more

We’re done. Finally. The first edition of 2010 went out the door – or through the cables – to the printer a little while ago. One down, 34 to go. Year 10 gets underway.

When I’m in Saratoga and she’s not, I send my wife an email with that subject line. I summarize my day, let her know her oldest two sons are OK, share a little about what we’re living up here and ground myself. I’m usually tired when I write it, I’ve learned not to even try … Read more

"I like it. This is good. I read it last night too." A dozen words that will be forever etched in Saratoga Special history. A paper boy – or maybe an editor (we can’t remember) handed a newspaper to New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in the boxes one day at Saratoga a few years … Read more

Dr. Wright (Bud), 95 of Chesapeake City, Md. passed away peacefully at home on July 10. He was a longtime Mid-Atlantic area equine veterinarian, trainer and owner. As a veterinarian, he developed and perfected several formulas of leg paint (202, 303, etc) and other treatments. As a trainer, he produced numerous standouts including the hard-hitting race mare T.V. Highlights, and was a force in point-to-point and NSA flat races with his Labadie Mill Farm runners (many of whom raced without shoes).

Steeplechase Times, ST Publishing’s original project launched in 1994, won its third consecutive General Excellence Award in American Horse Publications’ annual editorial contest for the publishing year 2009. The award was presented Saturday, June 19 in Lexington, Ky. as part of AHP’s 40th anniversary conference. Judges awarded the newspaper, published 12 times per year, first … Read more

From the July 2 Steeplechase Times.

Mike Brown reached across the row of newspapers and shook my hand. I didn’t mind the splotches of ink. Jerry Ross picked up a newspaper and signed his name on the cover, feeling awkward but doing it anyway. Willy Willis admired the color on the front page, handed the paper to me and shook his head.