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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,…

August 10, 2026 in Saratoga 2026.

Ray Handal: Jamaica to Virginia to Saratoga, And Finally to a First Saratoga Win

Before August 18, trainer Ray Handal was putting together an impressive string of accomplishments from the claim box…impressive, unfortunately, in all the wrong ways. “I’ve lost 13 shakes in a row,” he said, standing outside his barn on the grounds of Saratoga Raceway, the harness track across Nelson Avenue from Saratoga Race Course. “I haven’t…

August 26, 2016 in Saratoga 2016.

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