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In 2001, we launched The Saratoga Special newspaper to cover the peerless racing season at New York’s Saratoga Race Course. All these years later, we’re still doing it. All editions available as PDFs online. Click on the cover or publication date to access. The current archive goes back to 2007, but we’re working on adding the early years to complete the archive.
Diana Day. The Chad Brown stables goes four deep in the turf distaff Grade 1, which highlights Saturday's card. We preview that, and the Coronation Cup, plus cover Thursday and Friday action and take a stable tour with Jeremiah Englehart.
We're back. The Special jumps back into action with its first Saratoga race meet edition of the summer. Take a Todd Pletcher stable tour, catch up from the early days of the meet, read about Sanford winner Booked and more.
Double Up. Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo prevails in Belmont Stakes to cap banner day at Saratoga Race Course.
Belmont Day. Saturday's racing starts early and goes late with seven (7!) major stakes headlined by the $2 million Belmont Stakes. We preview all of it, and cover Friday's blockbuster day full of stakes too.
Kentucky Oaks winner Always A Runner, who survived a health scare in 2025, heads a standout field in the Acorn – part of a big Friday card at the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival.
The first edition of the 2026 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival previews Thursday's stakes, covers New York Showcase Day and sets the field for Saturday's Triple Crown finale.
And that's a wrap. The final edition of our 25th season hits hard at 56 pages of previews (Saturday's triple header and a look at Sunday's Jockey Club Gold Cup), recaps from the week and the traditional Bill Mott Stable tour to put a bow on the summer at Saratoga. See you next year.
Sovereignty. Add the Travers to the 3-year-old star's growing list of achievements. Big edition catching up from the season's biggest day with Thorpedo Anna, Book'em Danno and so on. Plus a stable tour with George Weaver and lots more as the meet starts its final week.
Travers Day. Sovereignty graces another cover of The Special as he seeks to further cement himself as the nation's top 3-year-old. Saturday previews galore, a stable tour with Cherie DeVaux, a Sovereignty foal photo, a potential Travers upsetter and his path and all the rest.
Nitrogen blasts way to Grade 1 dirt win in Alabama for Mark Casse. Bobrovsky wins the Skidmore to go 2-for-2. Jumpers tackle a Grade 1 (if the weather holds). Mike Trombetta stable tour.
