Dispatches From a Day at the Races – The Triangle Blog
Dispatches From a Day at the Races – The Triangle Blog. Don’t miss this lovely write-up of an afternoon at Saratoga! I especially love the moments spent with the placing…
ReadmoreI give in, I love Saratoga
I visited Saratoga last year as a groom – you can read about that here – The Saratoga Schlep - but this year, we got to go as fans. At some…
ReadmoreSaratoga Schlep: The Backstretch and Its Delights
Before I moved to New York, I’d only experienced a few racetracks: the venerable arched windows of the grande dame, Belmont Park, the nouveau riche Italianate fantasy of the new…
ReadmoreRunning a Horse – First, You Have to Get There
I never had any idea what was entailed in actually racing a horse. It looked like a dramatic version of a horse show – maybe even easier than a horse…
ReadmoreFirst Impressions of Saratoga
If Walt Disney had ever built a racetrack, it would have been Saratoga. A Magic Kingdom of horses, a slave to tradition, where one feels that every lick of paint…
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