The Saratoga racing season is upon us. While I'm not as excited about this particular meet as I am, say, the Laurel summer meet in August (11% blended takeout - yummy) or the Hambo coming up at the Meadowlands (okay, that's a lie), the Spa usually brings enough to the table to make it worth following. Our favorite moment last year, of course, was a delicious little score on Christophe Clement's Meribel on top of Darley's Calla Lily in an x1 allowance race on the turf. That's Kate showing off her winning tickets after the race, which was the last on the day and a nice way to start off some proper, bubbly, celebration in the parking lot.
One can find the standard coverage of the meet at bloodhorse.com and drf.com. I like to check out Steve Crist's writings at DRF during the course of the season. He's starting a blog this year (I officially caused blogging to "jump the shark"), but he's worth scanning to see what's up on the scene. His touts I can take or leave, but he's usually spot on as it relates to the business of racing. You can link to his site here.
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