Once the Saratoga summer season opens on Thursday (July 13), those fortunate enough to pass through the iconic entranceway to the historic track will straightaway encounter not only cool breezeways, d...
Preakness Profile: Excession In the days leading up to Saturday’s 145th Preakness, usracing.com will be publishing profiles of the 11 horses entered in 2020’s final leg of the Triple Crown. By Ed ...
By Ed McNamara If you’re cashing tickets, playing the horses is a joy. If you aren’t, it’s misery. During an extended slump, it feels as if the universe is conspiring against you. Everything goe...
By Noel Michaels If you are a serious horseplayer and you are not already looking forward to the Saratoga meet, it might be time to check your pulse because Saratoga is the summer place to be for hand...
By Ed McNamara They’ve been racing at Saratoga since 1863, and thanks to COVID-19, there’s never been a stranger vibe surrounding the world’s best extended meeting. They’ll be running the 6-fu...
By Richard Rosenblatt This has not been the greatest Saratoga summer season for Todd Pletcher, although you have to remember the high standards he expects from his string of thoroughbreds. A 13-time l...
by John Furgele Thoroughbred racing’s Summer Swing is on: it’s opening day on Thursday at Saratoga Race Course in historic Saratoga Springs, New York, and six days later the gates spring open at D...
by US Racing Team There’s an old joke about a horseplayer who made it to heaven, where he was greeted at the pearly gates by St. Peter and given a tour of paradise. “Well, what do you think?” as...
There’s an old joke about a horseplayer who made it to heaven, where he was greeted at the pearly gates by St. Peter and given a tour of paradise. “Well, what do you think?” asked St. Peter “I...
‘Tis the season in New York’s Capital Region — specifically, Saratoga Springs — which uses the phrase “Health, History and Horses” to describe itself. If you love summer, horses and being ...
