16 Aug 2008 1:06 AM
Everyone has a way of picking winners, and watching the odds-board is one of them. Some horses figured, and others didn't.
10 Aug 2008 7:11 AM
It may have been the first Saturday in nearly a century that a significant stakes didn't grace the program. But 31,497 fans jammed the track's hallowed grounds to bet a whopping $5.2 million.
09 Aug 2008 7:30 AM
Carol Homersham and Joan Proctor of Barrie, Ontario were the most stunning women at breakfast in their custom-made hats. It was Homersham's first visit to a racetrack, but she looked like a Kentucky Oaks fashionista in her black mesh chapeau with a big bow.
03 Aug 2008 6:00 AM
The trusting souls, who didn't let the threat of inclement weather keep them away from the racetrack, were treated to a grand day of Thoroughbred sport.
02 Aug 2008 7:06 AM
There's been an uptick in sales of ear plugs at the CVS drug store. The yearlings have returned to the Fasig-Tipton grounds on Madison and East, and sleep-deprived residents of nearby Fifth Avenue are being awakened by their whinnying at 4 a.m.
24 Jul 2008 7:28 AM
Nothing ruins a day at the races more than rain, and at Saratoga, where people huddle under the trees in the backyard to picnic, the effect can be worse than ants in the potato salad.
