Ryan Martin

The latest episode of Across the Board with Andy Serling features an interview with trainer Brendan Walsh, who will saddle likely favorite Maxfield in the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney on August 7 at Saratoga Race Course. The podcast is available to stream at https://soundcloud.com/acrosstheboardwithandyserling

Ryan Martin

Dan Zanatta and Vince Roth launched NY Final Furlong Racing Stable syndicate in early 2012 with a focus on buying, racing and breeding New York-bred fillies and mares. Nearly a decade later, their innovative thinking has paid significant dividends.

Eleanor Poppe

​With its two annual fund-raising events in Saratoga Springs, NY cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York Race Track Chaplaincy will instead host "Champions Talk", featuring five prominent personalities from the world of sports and horse racing, which will premiere on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 7 p.m. EDT.

Jim Reisler

As a 2-year-old, Arts and Letters was good but not outstanding, winning two of his six starts. It was as a 3-year-old in 1969-50 years ago this summer-that the chestnut colt bred and raced by Hall of Famer Paul Mellon, trained by Hall of Famer Elliott Burch and ridden by another Hall of Famer in Braulio Baeza, Sr., became as a star.

Steve Cauthen, Laffit Pincay, Jr. and Jorge Velasquez with Tom Pedulla

The New York Racing Association is presenting a series of diaries to help celebrate the 150th Runhappy Travers on August 24 at Saratoga Race Course. "In Their Own Words" will feature prominent owners, trainers and jockeys as they re-live some of the most stirring moments in the rich history of the "Mid-Summer Derby."

Jim Reisler

“We were in the betting rings year in, year out through world wars and the Depression,” recalls NYRA’s former Senior Vice President, Mutuels Pat Mahony, of his family. “That is something to be proud of.”