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Tag: Saratoga Race Course

Drew FitzGerald Knows How to Change the World

Glens Falls native Drew FitzGerald has a running joke with a friend who’s the former head of the material science department at MIT. “If I call him and say, ‘Hey, Jeff, what are you working on this week in the lab?’ he’ll tell me that he’s fabricating nanoscale desalinating graphene meshes,” FitzGerald says. “And I’ll say, ‘No you’re not—you’re reducing gender-based violence in the developing...

Capital Region Gives Back: Diane Nazzaro, Executive Director, VCHC

In America, 35,574 veterans are homeless, 1.25 million receive food stamps, and 1.7 million lack proper health care. “The words homeless and veteran should never be used in the same sentence,” says Diane Nazzaro, the new executive director of the Ballston Spa–based Veterans & Community Housing Coalition. “People want to help veterans, but there aren’t as many services out there as you’d think.” Nazzaro, whose father...
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Track Star: Saratoga Race Course Superintendent Anne Clare

From an early age, Anne Clare was used to being the only girl in a man’s world. Born in New York City in 1892,...

#TBT: A Winning Couple

During the sticky summer of 1960, the smell of success must have permeated the air around Cornelius Vanderbilt “Sonny” Whitney, who was in the...

Scenes From Morning Workouts at Saratoga Race Course

Don't want to wake up early enough to see the horses train at the track? Photographer Tom Killips has got you. Check out his...

Who Knew Blue Canoe: The Story Behind Saratoga Race Course’s Infield Oddity

It’s the question asked by most Saratoga Race Course first-timers who peer past the horses thundering down the stretch: Why is there a canoe...

Bocage Unveils To-go Caviar Kits in Time for Track Season

Elevating your day at the track—or any summertime gathering—is now possible via one tidy to-go package. The centerpiece of these five-star picnic kits? A...

Tom Killips: Scenes From Morning Workouts at Saratoga Race Course

While the excitement of a day at the races surely comes in the afternoon hours, some of the most peaceful times to view the...