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Games for Saratoga Racing Fans

Editor | Dec 27, 2022

It's the holiday season and it's cold outside--the perfect time of year to break out the indoor games! We’re sharing three games for lovers of Saratoga Springs racing and history, all of which are available for purchase online or in person at local Saratoga shops. City of …

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Saratoga Springs: It’s John Morrissey’s Town, We’re Just Living In It

Editor | Aug 11, 2022

In our previous post about Saratoga summer reading, we highlighted several book options for learning about John Morrissey, the Irish-born pugilist from nearby Troy who founded the Saratoga track. Aside from the race course, we recently visited other sites around town that …

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Countdown to Saratoga–Spa Summer Reading

Editor | Jul 6, 2022

Opening Day at Saratoga Race Course is just one week away on Thursday, July 14! If you can't be there in person, be there in spirit by reading up on the history of this special sporting venue and summer resort town--we've compiled a list of our favorite reads: Edward …

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Ode to Baltimore–Looking back at the Preakness Stakes and Pimlico

Editor | May 15, 2022

It's Preakness Week in Baltimore! We've got two historic stories about Pimlico Race Course and the Preakness Stakes as we shift focus from the Derby to the second leg of the Triple Crown at Old Hilltop. Our Preakness Stakes story is about the race's 1946 winner Assault, the …

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When a horse drank like a man during Derby Week

Editor | Apr 25, 2022

We love this Kentucky Derby story so much, we're running it again! How was the first Derby upstaged by another race held during the six-day spring meet? The first Kentucky Derby was held on Opening Day of the Louisville Jockey Club and Driving Park Association’s inaugural …

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The Times brings its readers a five-part series on the inaugural New Orleans Jockey Club races over the Eclipse Course in 1837, beginning with Part I, "Captain Oliver's Triumph."

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