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SPORTS / RACING

Breaking Trail: How Saratoga’s Very First Community Forest Came to be

When you walk—or run or snowshoe or mountain bike—through Saratoga County’s new Graphite Range Community Forest, it seems like the trail system has been there forever. That’s because Steve Ovitt designed it that way. Ovitt, a retired DEC forest ranger living in Warren County, is the owner of outdoor recreation development firm Wilderness Property Management (WPM), which plans, designs and constructs trail systems all across...

Track Star: Jockey Junior Alvarado

Junior Alvarado took his turn on the big stage in 2023 and thrived in the starring role. As the regular jockey for Horse of the Year contender and national sensation Cody’s Wish, Alvarado found himself in the brightest of spotlights—and he couldn’t have looked more at ease.     Alvarado astutely piloted Cody’s Wish to four graded stakes victories last year, including his second consecutive...
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Five 3-year-olds to Watch This Saratoga Season

1. Early Voting A Kentucky-bred son of hot sire Gun Runner, this Klaravich Stables–owned colt has won three of his four starts for Brown. After...

Ready for Battle: Saratoga’s Bartenders Gear up for Track Season

When a certain meme starts making the rounds of Saratoga’s hospitality workers’ group chats, the nightlife industry knows it’s time to get pumped for...

Johnny V’s Wild Saratoga Ride

John Velazquez warmheartedly remembers his humble beginnings learning to ride horses while growing up in Puerto Rico. He never envisioned those early learn-on-the-fly experiences...

Zed Run Takes Horse Racing Virtual

It’s off to the races, one click at a time. Introducing what could be the perfect opportunity for racetrack-loving Saratogians to get in on...

Who Was the Real Abner Doubleday?

Cooperstown is home to only 1,730 people, but more than 300,000 journey to the tiny Otsego County village’s world-famous cultural attraction each year. In...

Horse for the Course: An Amazing Discovery

The year was 1933, and Discovery—a golden chestnut bred by Walter Salmon, Sr. of Mereworth Farm near Lexington, KY—wasn’t necessarily a horse to write...

Kentucky Derby Contender Mo Donegal’s Saratoga Connections

It's always more fun to watch the Kentucky Derby when you can root for a hometown hero. That was certainly the case when Sackatoga...

Horse for the Course: Black Maria, Winner of the Kentucky Oaks and Whitney Stakes

Black Maria didn’t exactly set the racing world on fire when she made her career debut at Saratoga on August 5, 1925. In a...

Long Live the Leprechaun Pub

There are plenty of opportunities for outdoor winter recreation in Saratoga—ice skating at the Spa State Park, fat-tire mountain biking at Daniels Road State...

Horse for the Course: Ruthless, Winner of the 1867 Belmont and Travers Stakes

In every issue of 2022, we’ll be featuring a different “horse for the course,” a Thoroughbred from the annals of Saratoga racing that found...

When Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey Brought Boxing to Saratoga 

One hundred years ago, America’s sports scene was going through something of a golden era. “Roaring” in more ways than one, the ’20s began...

Remembering Alpine Meadows, Saratoga’s Long Lost Ski ‘Resort’

Saratoga’s a great place to live if you’re a skier. You can get to Gore Mountain in an hour and most mountains in the...