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A meeting at Saratoga bookended by Commentator winning the Whitney Handicap a second time and Curlin taking the Woodward saw the six weeks unfold with a magnificent effort by the best mare in training, Ginger Punch, another by three-year-old Proud Spell...
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Saratoga Springs, New York Regardless of what has transpired during the last six weeks, there is always a touch of melancholy on the last day of this meeting. The lemon has been more than squeezed dry this year. The lemon is dehydrated by long days on...
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Following the recommendation of the Thoroughbred Safety Committee of The Jockey Club, toe grabs with a height greater than two millimeters (.07874 inches) on front horseshoes will be banned from all horses racing at Saratoga Race Course, Belmont Park...
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From NYRA Louis Olah, who was the silks man for the New York Racing Association for more than 40 years, will be honored on Monday, August 11th at 10:30 a.m. when the Saratoga Race Course silks room is dedicated to his memory. Additionally, Monday’s first...
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Saratoga Springs, New York At the end of this meeting, we may look upon Saturday as a highlight, not because it was a Saturday without a graded stakes but because it was a day without rain, the only day of the meeting’s first 17 free of rain from dawn...
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Saratoga Springs, New York (treading water) Uncle. Enough already. What happens next? The Travers canoe sinks? NYRA announces a sponge giveaway? Mildew is designated the official flower of the Spa? An hour after racing was canceled on Friday, the sun...
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Interesting that a pamphlet – Guest Service Tool – distributed to employees of the New York Racing Association is written in both English and Spanish. Cultural diversity and political correctness aside, why would NYRA hire non-English speaking people...
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At first, it seemed that perhaps the voiceover that accompanied a local television spot touting participation in the NYRA Nation’s celebration of the 140th season of racing at Saratoga with “Historical fanfare.” Historical fanfare? It was late -- after...
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The New York Racing Association announced on Friday that John Passero has resigned as director of racing surfaces, effective September 1st at the conclusion of the Saratoga Race Course meeting, news widely applauded in almost every segment of the racing...
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After eight days of racing at Saratoga, the New York Racing Association and the intrepid legion known as NYRA Nation have yet to see a positive business day. The people who paid $15,000-a-chair for "preferred access" just aren't betting...
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Saratoga Springs, New York Race replays were restored to the New York Racing Association website on Friday after having been halted by a nonsensical edict from the State Racing and Wagering Board. The general assumption was that what was available before...
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Saratoga Springs, New York Two days of rain and a marketing misjudgment have put the New York Racing Association so far behind its early 2007 figures that the meeting is unlikely to recover over by Labor Day. The first two days of the 2007 meeting at...
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At the end of a prolonged period of abject stupidity during which the New York State Racing and Wagering Board ordered the New York Racing Association to deny Internet access to replays to its patrons, prohibition is over. Replays will, according to NYRA...
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With no air conditioning in the basement jockeys quarters -- there was no air operational conditioning in most of the building -- the final card of the spring-summer meeting was canceled on Sunday at Belmont Park. A transformer fire on Saturday, the latest...
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After having taken of few days off before the annual pilgrimage to the Spa, returned news of funeral plans for Luke Kruytbosch, who was not only an extreemely talented race caller but a genuinely nice man and disturbing reports of the dismissal of Larry...
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