Tag: Saratoga

Stars, Stripes, and Stakes: Schedule Announced for 2025 July 4th Racing Festival

This summer, in addition to playing host to the Belmont Stakes for the second year in a row, Saratoga Race Course will also welcome NYRA's July 4th Racing Festival for the first time. Get your red, white, and blue ready, because the stakes schedule has just been announced: Thursday, July 3 The festival begins with two stakes on tap: the Listed $150,000 Wild Applause for sophomore...

How Gideon Putnam Became Saratoga’s Founding Father

If a Mount Rushmore honoring the important figures in the history of Saratoga Springs were to be commissioned, Gideon Putnam would be the George Washington of the localized monument. Today, Putnam’s name is most commonly associated with the iconic hotel in the Spa State Park, but many generations ago the Massachusetts native played a lead role in the establishment and development of Saratoga Springs. 1763...
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Capital Region Gives Back: Humberto Chavez, Chaplain, New York Race Track Chaplaincy

The backstretch community—the stable workers who exercise, clean and care for the horses that race at Saratoga—are often called the backbone of the racing...

Sweet Mimi’s Celebrates 10 Years

Chef/owner Jeannette Liebers and her team at Sweet Mimi’s are celebrating their 10th anniversary with yummy favorites like lemon ricotta and cinnamon roll pancakes,...

Witt Construction Is Redefining Home Entertainment

Why go out when the entertainment’s already at home? That’s what Saratogians will find at 30 Old Stone Ridge Road, a new idyllic, hilltop...

The 5 Most Popular Dishes at 5 of Saratoga’s Most Popular Restaurants

The most popular dish at a restaurant is the most popular dish for a reason: People like it, and they keep coming back for...

MVP: RJ Burtt Is Saratoga’s Late-Shift Hero

If you’ve ever been hungry in Saratoga at 1am on a Saturday night (technically Sunday morning), you’ve likely found your way into Esperanto, which...

It’s Elementary: Back-to-School Fashion From GapKids

Saratoga summer was fun while it lasted, but now it’s time to get down to business and back to school. Set your kiddos up...

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...

Kim and Leigh McConchie: Saratoga Superstars

It’d be difficult to be an involved member of the Saratoga community and not know Leigh and Kim McConchie. That’s because, whatever the couple...