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Saratoga Special Editions

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.

Belmont Stakes web editions presented by Breeders' Cup.

August 2, 2024

Hall of Fame Day. The only Friday edition of the meet showcases the 2024 class of inductees, takes a look at two stakes, covers Wednesday and Thursday and takes a Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour with Tonja Terranova.

July 31, 2024

Week 4. Crank it up. Fierceness shows up and shows off in the Jim Dandy. Nakatomi wins the Vanderbilt and Silver Knott keeps on rolling. We preview Wednesday and Thursday, take a Fasig-Tipton stable tour with Al Stall and more.

July 27, 2024

The third Saturday of the meet features a showdown between top 3-year-olds Sierra Leone, Fierceness and Seize The Grey in the Jim Dandy plus the Vanderbilt Grade 1 sprint. Plus we cover three days of racing highlighted by a return to Saratoga by jockey Mike Smith and more.

July 24, 2024

We cover another blast-off by Thorpedo Anna, as the 3-year-old filly superstar wins her third consecutive Grade 1 in Saturday's Coaching Club American Oaks. Plus, Pounce wins the Lake George; Ziggle Pops gets a Grade 1 over jumps and more.

July 20, 2024

The best 3-year-old filly in the land, Thorpedo Anna, graces Saratoga (again) in the Coaching Club American Oaks. Saturday's headliner drew a field of five, and shares top billing with the Lake George for 3-year-old fillies on the turf. Chad Brown has a Travers contender in Curlin winner Unmatched Wisdom, and we recap three days of racing at the Spa.

July 17, 2024

Week 2. The Special recaps a big weekend of racing including Whitebeam's Diana repeat, Mo Plex's Sanford win and much more, plus takes a look at stakes this week including the Grade 1 A.P. Smithwick Memorial Grade 1 jump race (weather permitting).

July 13, 2024

Diana Day = Didia Day. Star turf mare makes the cover while looking for back-to-back Grade 1 wins. We feature Moira in the preview, check in Maryland-bred Studlydoright for the Sanford and cover the first two days of the meet. Plus a Jeremiah Englehart Stable Tour and loads more.

July 11, 2024

Opening Day 2024. The Special lands running with 48 pages of stakes previews, a "Why Saratoga?" feature, entries, handicapping, more Wayne Lukas, etc.

June 9, 2024

How about Dornoch? He pulls the upset in the Belmont Stakes to highlight a banner Day 3 at the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. The stakes-filled card included a Met Mile win by National Treasure, Randomized outdueling Idiomatic in the Phipps and loads more. And there's one more day of racing so we preview Sunday's action.

June 8, 2024

It's here. Belmont Stakes Day at Saratoga arrives with a 14-race card – topped by the Belmont Stakes. We preview everything, cover a banner Friday highlighted by Thorpedo Anna's romp in the Acorn and lots more packed into 48 pages.