A low-angle shot of the Saratoga Race Course starting gate on the turf course, with a moody, partly cloudy sky above

Genaro: Four-day race weeks getting high marks at Saratoga Race Course

The results are in. And, from my wholly unscientific, small-sample-size survey, the four-day racing week has a pretty high approval rating, at least from the people most directly involved in the sport. For many years, the New York Racing Association raced six days a week during the summer meet at Saratoga Race Course. Then, in 2019,…

Saratoga Solitude: Be Careful What You Wish For

For years, when I would come to Saratoga Springs, New York, a week or two before the summer meeting began, I would wander around the racecourse, marveling at its beauty, soaking in its silence. Saratoga is my hometown, and, for those few days, I felt like the track was all mine. Selfishly, I wondered what…

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Genaro: Four-day race weeks getting high marks at Saratoga Race Course

Saratoga Solitude: Be Careful What You Wish For