Saratoga native Tiffany Vaught, who currently lives in Virginia Beach, VA, had trained hard to run the Yuengling Shamrock Marathon this past Sunday, March...
The New York Racing Association (NYRA) has been largely silent about its plans for the upcoming Saratoga Race Course season in Saratoga Springs—for obvious...
Don't set aside those cigars and fancy hats away just yet. Churchill Downs Incorporated has announced that the 2020 Kentucky Derby, which was originally...
saratoga living is counting that Capital Region hockey fans still believe in miracles, as they’re throwing a celebration event commemorating the 40th anniversary of...
I recently jumped into a time machine—you know, the wondrously entertaining world of YouTube—and traveled back to February 1980, landing at the Winter Olympic...
“Do you believe in miracles? Yes!” On February 22, 1980 in Lake Placid, NY, sportscaster Al Michaels—along with the rest of the world—was witnessing,...
This guy's career has literally been built almost entirely out of Rubik's Cubes. As you might remember, one-time Saratoga Springs street magician, Steven Brundage, who...
What a year it's been! In 2019, saratoga living set out to produce even more engaging and insightful magazine features than ever before. It required...
Besides all of its immortal horses, legendary jockeys and masterful trainers, what makes Saratoga Race Course a one-of-a-kind horse racing venue is the countless...
As someone who’s traveled all over the country writing about horse racing—I’ve covered every Triple Crown race since 1998—I occasionally consider stepping outside of...
This past summer, Saratoga Springs lost its brightest star and greatest champion, Marylou Whitney. And even though I’ve only lived here for two years,...
Attention pro hockey fanatics: The New York Rangers are coming to town—and they're putting their best skate forward for Saratoga Springs youth hockey. saratoga...
Talk about a winning bet. When Saratoga Springs-based author Brien Bouyea, who's also saratoga living's sports editor and the director of communications at the National...
While summer in Saratoga Springs is all about elegant galas benefitting worthy causes, the giving season doesn’t end when Saratoga Race Course closes its...
As you've learned in the pages of saratoga living magazine, history is what primes the sport of horse racing's pump. Without its shocking victories,...
Apparently, this year, would-be rock stars and classic car collectors showed up to the 2019 Saratoga Auto Auction. At the September 20-21 event, which once...
A different kind of horsepower will be making its way to Saratoga Springs next weekend, when the Saratoga Automobile Museum's 2019 Saratoga Auto Auction rolls...
These days, breaking the Internet is the fame-equivalent to earning an Olympic medal. Earlier this year, a video of then-UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi, scoring...
Saratoga Springs is definitely a horse town—but you could easily add "football" to that now. Fantasy football, that is. The New York Racing Association's...
Apparently, this is the summer of the baseball card. At the tail-end of May, Cooperstown's National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum launched a standalone...
On Saturday, August 3, the Saratoga Springs community remembered the late Marylou Whitney and honored her legacy at the Whitney Stakes, the 92nd running...
With Saratoga Race Course's eight-week summer meet already in full swing—this weekend marks the running of the $1 million Whitney—it's entirely possible that track-goers and non-Saratogian...
It's not every day that you get personally escorted by New York Racing Association officials to Saratoga Race Course's Paddock, then follow the jockey-mounted...
Despite oppressive temperatures all weekend in Saratoga Springs—and the preemptive cancellation of Saratoga Race Course's Saturday card by the New York State Racing Association, due...
Saratoga Springs' collective heart is broken. Marylou Whitney, the "Queen of Saratoga," has died at the age of 93.
The New York Racing Association broke...
saratoga living asked five incredible female professionals in the horse racing industry how they feel about working in a predominantly male sport, and how...
If Candyman could talk, his story would make you cry. I got all teary-eyed when Jennifer Stevens, national director of development and communications at...
I faced a quandary in profiling Terence Collier, Fasig-Tipton’s director of marketing and primary auction announcer, not to mention its longest-tenured employee: Even though...
Occasionally, when I’m researching horse racing history, I come across conflicting accounts of famous events. Separating fact from fiction can often prove difficult, because...
Even the greats need a little coaching and motivation from time to time. That's what former Major League Baseball player (and saratoga living contributor) Jonah Bayliss realized during...
Historically, the trainers, owners and jockeys that have gotten the most ink—and to that end, been the centerpiece of the majority of museum exhibits...
Who said Stratton Mountain was only a winter weather destination? This past weekend (June 20-23), the Wanderlust Festival rolled in, spreading its powerful message of...
Just a few months after legendary New York Yankees manager Joe Torre ventured to Saratoga Springs to give one of Skidmore College's commencement speeches,...
Everybody take a second and do the double-point-up-to-the-sky for David "Big Papi" Ortiz. According to ESPN, the Boston Red Sox legend and one-time saratoga living...
This weekend, get ready to max out. Saratoga Springs' newest fitness and training facility, Max Level Fitness & Athletics, will be celebrating its grand opening...
This Saturday, May 4, at 6:50pm, the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby—i.e. "the most exciting two minutes in sports"—will run at Churchill Downs....
Attention Saratoga drivers: prepare for more start-y, stop-y traffic on Union, Fifth and East Avenue, thanks to the presence of those mammoth Sallee trucks—and their...
Only three years ago, Kevin Huerter’s opponents on the basketball court were high- schoolers from Saratoga Springs, Colonie and Bethlehem. These days, he’s facing...
