At the paddock rail, a woman to her young daughter: “No, sweetie, most of the jockeys are boys. Channing Hill is the only jockey that’s a girl.” When told that Channing is in fact a boy, she says, “No! Have you seen those eyelashes?”
Puddles and raindrops, lots of them…
…and a variety of Saratoga umbrellas…
And one radical non-conformist…
On Thursday, the New York Stallion Series Statue of Liberty Stakes. Raffie’s Treasure breaking badly (she’s the six)…
…and finishing beautifully…
Sunday morning on the backstretch, following the first night of the New York-bred sales, a trainer on a pony, chatting on his cell phone: “Yeah, the rats sold for ten or twelve thousand…”
Haven’t seen this before, and still don’t know why it was there…
The Gentlemen’s Day exhibit—check out the guy getting a shave—
–and the bourbon tasting–so where, exactly, are the gentlemen? Only folks I saw tasting were women…
The day after his by-a-whisker loss, Early Response, munching carrots in his stall…
History at the Oklahoma training track…
And in an appearance rarer than a Baffert horse on a synthetic track, the sun shines on Saratoga…
Brooklyn Backstretch 
Maybe the truck was there to check in on Early Response.
I don’t see a picture of you with the Habana girls??? My donation is waiting……
You’re right about the eyelashes. Channing’s ridden for us, and every time he does, one of the partners will ask if he’s a girl. But the kid can definitely ride.
Winston: brilliant.Linda: maybe the rain scared away the Habana girls…didn’t see ONE!