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Good Saturday morning!Here are some of the top stories on our website. Have a great day and a great weekend! — Ivan Lajara, Regional Managing Editor.
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The Regional Food Bank has faced “unprecedented” challenges in recent months due to federal cuts, the agency’s leader said during its annual State of Hunger report presentation this week at the Roarke Center on 4th Street.
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University at Albany researchers have received $7.3 million in new federally funded grants to lead the way in exploring the toxic effects of woodsmoke on firefighters and how DNA damage that accumulates over time contributes to cancer and…
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Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the award of nearly $6 million in opioid settlement funding to 12 Recovery Community and Outreach Centers across New York state, including funding to the Prevention Council of Saratoga County.
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Recent graduates of the Building Trades program at Capital Region BOCES had a unique project to complete in their final days on the campus – construction of a mobile chicken coop. Kaleb Dickenson and Jordan Bloodgood, both from Schoharie, a…
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Saratoga Race Course entries for Saturday, August 1, 2026
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Spendthrift Farm’s Local Knowledge was the least experienced horse in the field, but proved best when edging Solitude Dude narrowly in Friday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Amsterdam, a 6 1/2-furlong sprint for sophomores, at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, the Yaupon bay entered the Amsterdam just 1-for-2, winning his six-furlong debut last October at Keeneland ahead of a 1 1/4-length third versus allowance elders sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs on June 6 Belmont Stakes Day here. Pletcher, who now has 5,992 career wins, earned his fifth Amsterdam score, following victories with Quality Road […]
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A group of three well-meant juveniles will make their career bows on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course for dual-Eclipse Award-winning conditioner Brad Cox, with Lot of Loon, Cybersteel and Wyna each looking to make a good first impression from post 6 in their respective races under Irad Ortiz, Jr. First up on the afternoon will be the New York-bred Lot of Loon, who contests Race 2, a six-furlong main track sprint for state-bred juvenile fillies. Campaigned by Michael Dubb and The Elkstone Group, the daughter of former Cox pupil Mandaloun was a $225,000 purchase at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Preferred New […]
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — D.J. Stable’s Kentucky homebred Nitrogen worked a half-mile in 49.01 seconds Friday over the Saratoga Race Course main track in preparation for her start against males in the local Grade 1, $1 million Whitney on Aug. 8. Trained by dual Hall of Famer Mark Casse, the 4-year-old Medaglia d’Oro filly is slated to take on a formidable field in the nine-furlong route for older horses with the likes of Antiquarian, Baeza, Magnitude, Phileas Fogg, Sovereignty, and White Abarrio expected to compete in 99th renewal of the Whitney which offers a “Win and You’re In” berth to […]
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — BANKROLL: $1,152.63 Renegade and Commandment are getting most of the headlines going into Saturday’s Saratoga card, but to me, it’s 2-year-olds that take center stage. Five of the first six races on the card are baby races, including the Grade 2 Saratoga Special. If you like diving into pedigrees and getting excited about prospects for the future, this is as exciting a program as any. Churchill Downs has “Stars of Tomorrow” programs a few times each year. Most of Saratoga would be too early for such a program, but I wouldn’t mind if NYRA exclusively focused […]
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Since 2000, 24 of 26 winners of the G2 Jim Dandy have gone on to run in the Travers. The only exceptions were Graeme Hall in 2000 and Mystic Guide in 2020. Ten of those Jim Dandy winners also won the Travers, including recent three-year-old champs Sovereignty, Epicenter and Essential Quality. Other dual winners earlier this century include Street Sense, Bernardini and Medaglia d’Oro. Only five horses have signed up for this year’s Jim Dandy. Four of the five were prominent on the Triple Crown trail – especially Renegade and Commandment, two sons of leading sire […]
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University at Albany researchers have received $7.3 million in new federally funded grants to lead the way in exploring the toxic effects of woodsmoke on firefighters and how DNA damage that accumulates over time contributes to cancer and other aging-related diseases.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Grade 1-winners Commandment and Renegade will square off on Saturday in a compact but competitive renewal of the Grade 2, $500,000 Jim Dandy presented by Mohegan Sun, a nine-furlong route for sophomores that serves as Saratoga Race Course’s local prep race for the Grade 1, $1.25 million DraftKings Travers on August 29. Commandment and Renegade will face each other for the third consecutive time as they both exit the Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on June 6 here, with the former in second and the latter in third behind the victorious […]
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Jackpot Farm, Alvin Fults, Jason Itkin and Michael Smith’s Booked looks to double up on graded wins in Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Saratoga Special, a 6 1/2-furlong sprint for juveniles, at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, the Yaupon dark bay enters from a six-length wiring of the six-furlong Grade 3 Sanford in a final time of 1:11.24 on July 4 here. The frontrunning victory under returning rider Ricardo Santana, Jr. earned a career and field-best 85 Beyer Speed Figure. Booked previously graduated second-out sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs on June 7 here […]
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