Embarrassed to enter the hat contest, an elegantly dressed owner from Louisville got to hold her head up high when Maybesomaybenot won the Sanford....
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Frat boys and sorority sisters played games in the Saratoga backyard on College Day, as working men and women got around to the serious business of figuring out a very big Pick Six....
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Longshots carry the big Pick Six pot over to another day, as people and horses of the feminine sex take center stage again....
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Females dominate the first day of racing in the last week of the season, as NYRA salutes the armed forces and excitement for the filly builds....
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Unusual occurrences in at least four races highlighted the first post-Travers day of racing, as Saratoga learns that it's about to lose a favorite food stand....
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A commodity trader that's the area's best handicapper disagrees with a future Hall of Fame trainer about post position on the eve of the Travers Stakes....
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Trainers were in a stupor from staying out late, but they still found the energy to school their stakes runners in the paddock prior to the season's top steeplechase. ...
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A filly from Canada makes like Rachel Alexandra in the Alabama, after a six-horse photo lights up the crowd on Breast Cancer Research Day....
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Bunbury's Pub is the racecourse's attempt to bring a British sensibility to upstate New York. But for the time being, it's steeplechase racing that makes the connection.
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Chip Woolley, Jr. is a spell-binding presence at Guests in the Gallery, overshadowing a day of racing that accommodated a Woman's Day Expo....
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Topics relating to the frustrations of horseplayers, the future of Rachel Alexandra, Chip Woolley, Jr. and the Posh Palazzo Pups emerged at the meet's midway point....
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The speeches at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony varied from short to long and sweet to questionable, but most of the speakers had something in common....
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With a celebrity-packed session of the yearling sales starting at 6 pm, the day's best races were moved to the front of the card.
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From cowboys to sheikhs to multi-millionaire horse buyers, Saratoga is hosting a who's who of interesting visitors....
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Saratoga says goodbye to another tradition as the morning handicapping seminars at Siro's move to a new location and lose the engaging Harvey Pack....
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Racing from dawn to dusk engaged people of all interests, including cross country runners, horseplayers and a one-year-old toddler, as Steve Asmussen saddles stakes winners within minutes of each other....
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In the quiet of early morning, the most famous of the 1800 horses stabled at Saratoga exits the premises undetected. Later, one of the least predictable wins the Lake George. ...
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The talk turns to food as cheap horses run fast times, Linda Rice wins another turf sprint and jockey Miguel Mena takes a 95-year-old stakes in his first Saratoga summer....
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The Hopeful Stakes fell apart when Munnings stumbled at the gate and Cribnote swung way wide on the final turn. Saratoga ended its 36-day meet with Alan Garcia the number one jockey and Kiaran McLaughlin top trainer....
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Racing Secretary P.J. Campo wrote a good card on the second-to-last day of Saratoga, as a Canadian invader wins the Saranac, a filly that raced only 18 days ago beat better-rested horses in the Spinaway, and a new jockey - a woman - makes her famous father proud....
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All week long, NYRA officials and Saratoga fans looked forward to seeing Curlin race in the Woodward. In one sense, at least, the Horse of the Year got the job done....
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Saratoga had its second Sunset Racing card of the meet, featuring a winner's circle wedding, a key to the city presentation, and two stakes races....
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Guys make a living at the racetrack from redeeming empty cans for a nickel apiece. The guys picking winners for the newspapers aren't as assured of the same success, as the "First Lady of the Steeplechase" and D. Wayne Lukas score with hunch bets. ...
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"Proud to be an American" day featured a red, white and blue-clad musical group and the 9-year-old Belmont Stakes singer of "New York, New York," as Saratoga unveiled another promising Darley Stable juvenile. ...
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Big plans are being made to end the Saratoga meet, as Curlin's anticipated appearance in Saturday's Woodward spurs on a wide-reaching marketing push that includes commemorative posters and banners on Broadway....
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