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We’re back and with a slight rebrand. The picks are still here but we’re adding some content – like we did this winter, spring and summer – with a scaled down version of The Special to keep you busy on days we don’t roll out a monster print edition. It’s Rick Violette Day – a … Read more
In Italian ripped through the Diana. Mo Strike rules the Sanford. And Down Royal ships north from South Carolina to take part in the A.P. Smithwick steeplechase. Week Two at the Spa kicks off and The Special is here for it. Read a Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour with Ian Wilkes, columns from two Clancys and loads … Read more
The slightly abbreviated Week 1 of the 2022 Saratoga Race Course meeting comes to a close Sunday with a 10-race card topped by the 15th edition of the $175,000 Quick Call Stakes presented by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation. The 5 1/2-furlong turf sprint stakes for 3-year-olds drew a field of eight and two main track … Read more
Seven. She’s won seven in a row and now she gets a Grade 1 test in Saratoga’s historic Diana – a $500,000 turf stakes going 1 1/8 miles. Bleecker Street, the only American-bred horse in the race, faces five rivals (three from her trainer Chad Brown) including world traveler Creative Flair. The first Saturday edition … Read more
The 2022 Saratoga Race Course meeting flashed from the gate Thursday and rolls ahead Friday with a 10-race card topped by a pair of stakes on the grass. The Grade 3 Forbidden Apple and Coronation Cup await horseplayers, along with the usual mix of maiden, claiming and allowance events on the dirt and turf for … Read more
We’re back. After fighting through the usual logistical spider webs built by the gremlins of the publishing/racing world (mechanical, technological, you name it, we’ve had it happen) Edition 1 of The Saratoga Special’s 2022 season is available now. Read it here. Highlights include a stakes preview of the Schuylerville – where Vedareo tries to fill the … Read more
We’re down to single digits. That’s the countdown to Opening Day at Saratoga and of course the first edition of The Saratoga Special for 2022. Fast and furious at our ST Publishing outposts, including Saratoga, where we’re settling into our usual office space and readying the team for another spectacular season. One last weekend and … Read more
Who’s ready for the holiday weekend? How about Saratoga? Or Del Mar? Like it or not they’re here, or almost here, as we turn the page to the second half of 2022. Whew, where did the first half of the year go? Remember the Dubai World Cup, Triple Crown and spring steeplechase season? Yeah, they … Read more
Now we’re getting serious. The clock ticked past three weeks to go until Opening Day of Saratoga this week and now we’re in the final stages of the biggest countdown of the year. Hard to believe by this time next week we’ll be halfway through 2022. How’s the year going for you so far? Better … Read more
Saratogians are tired of the jokes – just ask our Tom Law – but the snow melted months ago and people really are thinking about the racing season at Saratoga Race Course. Back in March, the New York Racing Association released its stakes schedule, and The Saratoga Special publishing calendar followed right along. Just as … Read more
