Entering the Graveyard

On an obscure afternoon last August, I was exhausted and couldn’t have been happier. My family had made the annual early morning drive from Long Island to Saratoga Springs, New York. The drive upstate had brought me from a couch in Oceanside to the gleaming white fence surrounding the paddock at Saratoga Racecourse, and I considered it a significant improvement in scenery. As I watched the horses walk around in preparation for the fourth race that day, an old man walked up to me and struck up a conversation. read more

Saratoga Analysis: Thursday, July 16, 2020

I hope everyone made some money at Belmont. It’s that time of year again for bettors to roll those profits right into some impossible races upstate at Saratoga, the single most competitive track in the country. This is a lovely opening day with the Schuylerville (G3) and Peter Pan (G3) serving as a sort of double feature. No one will be able to make the pilgrimage upstate this year, but racing continues all the same.