Front-runners scampered home first in all but one of six races run on the sloppy track....
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An international cast of characters converges in the small New York town as the yearlings disappear from the auction grounds....
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Business was down but the good weather held steady as a son of Mineshaft burned up the track and The Sheikh took his treasure in horses....
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Fasig-Tipton opens its new sales pavilion....
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Impersonations by a guy playing Elvis and one dressed like Hulk Hogan belied the authenticity of the Saratoga experience. ...
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Lucky college students win scholarships at the racecourse and the ghost of Bernie Madoff lurks in the background of the season's priciest fund-raiser....
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A faulty free tee-shirt promotion caused a bit of a blemish on Bill Mott's birthday. He won a race, of course....
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Low attendance continued to plague the racetrack as the day's most interesting things happened away from it - a town hall meeting, a toast to an unsung hero and a basketball game....
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The end of the extra four days of Saratoga horse racing was marked by the morning workouts and rumors about a ringer on the jockeys' basketball team....
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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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The reigning Horse of the Year, although racing at Monmouth Park, became an attraction for fans that remained once the feature was done....
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Two French jockeys make the most of a dreadful weather day and a horse with a fondness for the course treats the smaller than desired crowd to an exhibition....
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Two popular New York City restaurants are getting their own building on the racecourse grounds, providing competition for Siro's and evidence that NYRA's daunting problems are only temporary....
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Females made the 2009 meet memorable, as women achieved in ways never before realized and a filly captured the soul of horse racing fans in a manner that will never be forgotten....
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Several ceremonies took place at the racetrack including a retirement, a wedding and two graded stakes trophy presentations....
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Rachel Alexandra sweeps through the turn, races down the stretch and crosses the finish line first by a head, as her adoring fans hail her triumphant performance....
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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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Part of the enjoyment of watching the races at Saratoga comes from listening to the announcer. Two horses needing no commentary work out in the morning....
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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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NYRA officials were hoping that the rainy weather would clear for the Travers. It didn't, but there was a lot for the fans to enjoy anyway....
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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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Post positions were drawn for the Travers and one man with a horse in and a horse out had something to say to the media....
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