Tom Pedulla
Lucas Stritsman of Troy, New York, could hardly be described as a grizzled racing veteran. He is no corporate magnate, either. He and his brother, Evan, own Fire Hearth and Patio, a family business in Colonie, New York, that their father, Wayne, started in his garage more than four decades ago.
Heather Pettinger
Longtime track photographer Bob Coglianese looked back at his 50-plus-year career in horse racing photography. Founded by Bob in 1962, Coglianese Photos is the official track photographer at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course, as well as Gulfstream Park in South Florida. Bob resides in Florida, while his son Adam manages the family operation at NYRA’s three tracks and Gulfstream.
Tom Pedulla
Michael Dubb's path to thoroughbred ownership began in a most improbable way - with a night spent sleeping in his van near Saratoga Race Course because he lacked money for a hotel.
Bob Ehalt
For more than a century, Victorian Saratoga Race Course has been the stage for some of racing’s greatest upsets. It was actually Saratoga that made the term “upset” fashionable back in 1919 when the aptly named Upset handed Man o’ War his lone loss in 21 career starts, beating him in the Sanford Memorial.
Bob Ehalt
Baseball fans have Opening Day. That one, long-awaited moment, filled with the promise and excitement of a bright future that can bring out the giddy little kid in a crusty senior citizen.
