No tip jar at the racetrack beats the one with the sign that two questionable teenagers put up. The sign reads, “For the collage fund.” Uh-huh. Is that “collage fund” as in “college fund?” And, if so,...
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Lawn jockeys are stolen on the weekend, when tourists are over-served on Caroline Street or college kids are bored by living within the law. This was the case of the valuable bronze statue that was taken...
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It was bruited on the backstretch this morning that the “real Colonel” was coming. A few Winstar Farm folks and trainer Eoin Harty were waiting for Colonel John the horse to return from his leg-stretcher...
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Saratoga Racecourse isn’t the site of the world’s best Thoroughbred racing anymore – in fact, it’s far from it. Today marked the beginning of a four-day Travers Stakes push and five races, the conditions...
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For some unknown reason, the racecourse vendors stop selling Daily Racing Forms early on Mondays. Patrons leaving the racetrack after the fifth race are unable to buy a Form for Wednesday. It can be frustrating...
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Racetrack representatives are passing out rainbow-arced lapel pins to people who register in NYRA Nation, the new data-based marketing initiative aimed to co-op fans in the struggle to make horse racing...
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The day began with a race – more specifically, a 5K through the streets of Saratoga Springs to raise money for the Healthy Transportation Network. And like so many of the races at the thoroughbred track...
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Too bad that Steve Byk’s many fans aren’t able to see him. The daily radio voice of horse racing is one of the best dressed men at Saratoga Race Course. He’s on the Beau Brummell list with Cot Campbell...
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Bernadette Bachman of Hauppauge, Long Island has seen every race at Saratoga Race Course in the last 15 years. You would call her the super-fan, if you measured her value to NYRA by attendance. But there...
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