Saratoga Race Course kicks off its premier summer meeting this afternoon in Saratoga Springs, New York, the racing world descending on the small upstate city for seven weeks of high-class racing. Opening weekend will see four graded stakes races, among them the Sanford Stakes, being run for the 100th time. The race is named for…
A year after his first experience with the intense scrutiny that comes with the opening of the Saratoga Racecourse meet, a more confident, knowledgeable, and experienced Chris Kay once again invited members of the media to discuss the racing season and the future of the New York Racing Association. Kay took over as NYRA president and CEO…
It’s here: the week so many of us wait for beginning in September, the end of the countdown that begins with the last race on Labor Day. And as in previous years, I’ll post weekly updates about various events—racing, philanthropic, historical—taking place in Saratoga Springs, right through to closing day. Opening day is officially this…
Growing up in Saratoga Springs, New York and working summers at the town’s historic Thoroughbred track, Hans Theisen saw first-hand the nightmare that parking can be when tens of thousands of visitors descend on the small upstate city, all intent on getting a prime parking spot to attend the day’s racing. Thirty years later, he…
Brooklyn Backstretch 