Saratoga Opens for Summer Horse Racing Meeting

Saratoga opens for summer horse racing meeting

Saratoga Race Course kicks off the summer meeting with a holiday weekend horse racing card that attracted some nice 3-year-olds from Europe.

HORSE RACING: Andrew Champagne’s Saratoga bankroll, selections and analysis, Day 1

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — BANKROLL BANKROLL: $1,200 A lot’s changed in the last few weeks. Aqueduct is no more, Hawthorne and Emerald Downs are in trouble, and FanDuel TV has laid off most of its workforce. Relish what you have, everybody, because a lot of things in this industry (and the world at large, to be fair) seem very, very fragile at the moment. For those new to my work, here’s an introduction: In addition to full-card Saratoga picks and…

Saratoga: Teddy's Rocket shoots for breakthrough in Saranac

Teddy’s Rocket will vie for a breakthrough performance in Friday’s Listed $150,000 Saranac, a 1 1/16-mile turf route for sophomores which have not won a stakes race, on Friday’s opening-day card at Saratoga. The Saranac is slated as Race 10 on Friday’s 11-race card to kick off the 46-day meet at Saratoga Race Course, and is part of a program that also includes the $200,000 Schuylerville as race 9 and the $150,000 Wild Applause as race 8. First p…