Daily Digest: Horse racing fans enjoy opening day at Saratoga Race Course

Also: ValleyCats dominate nightcap, split twinbill with Brockton • RITTNER: Hey, Big Boy, Coming to Visit?

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Saturday, July 4, 2026

Happy Saturday! Happy Fourth of July! Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend. Before you head out or enjoy that morning cup of iced coffee or tea, check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Nicholas Buonanno, Assistant Senior Editor e-edition                            obituaries Horse racing fans enjoy opening day at Saratoga Race Course Horse racing is once again underway at the Saratoga Race Course, as fans braved the heat to enjoy a sunny opening day for the summer meet and the July 4th Racing Festival on Friday. Read more → ValleyCats dominate nightcap, split twinbill with Brockton TROY, N.Y. — The Tri-City ValleyCats dominated the second game of a doubleheader with 12 runs in the first two innings and won, 14-5, over Brockton, entertaining 3,018 fans with fireworks at the plate, man-made, and from Mother Nature as the game was shortened to five innings due to thunderstorms on Friday. The ValleyCats, wearing […] Read more → RITTNER: Hey, Big Boy, Coming to Visit? If you were on social media a week or so ago, there were lots of videos of the “Big Boy,” No. 4014, steam locomotive chugging East. It never made it to Schenectady. When people think of Schenectady, they usually think of General Electric, “The Electric City.” Yet another industrial giant helped shape both Schenectady and the nation: the American Locomotive Company (ALCO). Among the thousands of locomotives built in its sprawling works along the Mohawk River, none has captured the imagination quite like the legendary Big Boy. Schenectady was the “City that lights AND hauls the world.” The Big Boy […] Read more → HORSE RACING: Saratoga Race Course Opening Day (PHOTO GALLERY) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Opening Day at Saratoga Race Course, Friday, July 3, 2026, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Read more → FROM OFF THE PACE: Belmont Derby, Suburban Stakes put Saratoga’s stars in the spotlight SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Saratoga Saturday features rising turf stars, and veteran dirt standouts, between the Belmont Derby and the Suburban Stakes. BELMONT DERBY (G1) It hasn’t taken the Belmont Derby long to establish its importance on the U.S. turf scene. Winners of the now 1 1/8-mile race for three-year-olds between 2017-2025 have averaged more than $1.8 million in career earnings, with all nine topping the $1 million mark. Oscar Performance started the streak in 2017 when he followed up his win in the Belmont Derby by winning the Secretariat Stakes and Woodbine Mile. Since his retirement, the son of […] Read more → HORSE RACING: Andrew Champagne’s Saratoga bankroll, selections, analysis, Day 2 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — BANKROLL: $973 You might not know of Robin Howlett, but he’s done much, much more to try to grow the game than some who are paid to do so. A few years ago, he created a free program called Handycapper that Equibase shut down with a tactless cease-and-desist. He’s back with a game called 14-0. It’s similar to recent games that have popped up for basketball and baseball where you spin for teams and eras and pick the best players to fit certain positions. Here, you go through four decades of Breeders’ Cup winners and attempt […] Read more →

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Daily Digest: New Knickerbacker Aquatic Center opens in Troy

Also: New food and beverage offerings highlighted ahead of Saratoga Race Course summer meet • READER’S VIEW: 250 Years of Freedom

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Friday, July 3, 2026

Happy Friday! Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend. Before you head out or enjoy that morning cup of iced coffee or tea, check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Nicholas Buonanno, Assistant Senior Editor e-edition                            obituaries New Knickerbacker Aquatic Center opens in Troy The Knickerbacker Aquatic Center officially opened on Thursday after years of planning and construction, offering an 8-lane Olympic-size swimming pool, splash pads, and a modern pool house. Read more → New food and beverage offerings highlighted ahead of Saratoga Race Course summer meet Ahead of Opening Day on Friday, the Saratoga Race Course, in partnership with Levy Restaurants, unveiled a variety of new food and beverage offerings for the 2026 summer meet. These included a new collectible cup series, new food vendors, a… Read more → READER’S VIEW: 250 Years of Freedom Two hundred and fifty years ago, brave men placed their names, their fortunes and their lives behind a declaration that changed the course of human history. They did not merely announce the birth of a nation. They proclaimed an enduring… Read more → HORSE RACING: Andrew Champagne’s Saratoga bankroll, selections and analysis, Day 1 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — BANKROLL BANKROLL: $1,200 A lot’s changed in the last few weeks. Aqueduct is no more, Hawthorne and Emerald Downs are in trouble, and FanDuel TV has laid off most of its workforce. Relish what you have, everybody, b… Read more → ValleyCats rally with seven unanswered to upend Ottawa OTTAWA — The Tri-City ValleyCats rallied from a five-run deficit and took the lead in the top of eighth with a four-run rally as they picked up a series win with a 7-5 victory against the Ottawa Titans. RJ Stinson, Dylan Broderick, Amani Larry, David Glancy, and Brayden Jobert, all had runs batted in for […] Read more → Get early access to 2027 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival tickets The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) announced early opportunities for fans to secure tickets to the 2027 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, which will mark the highly anticipated return of the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets to Belmont Park. 2027 Belmont Stakes Hospitality Deposits Fans interested in premium hospitality packages and preferred seating at the 2027 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival can make deposits beginning today. Following a three year project to transform Belmont Park into a world-class sports and entertainment destination, a new and re-imagined Belmont Park will open for live racing on September 18. Centered around a five-story grandstand featuring […] Read more →

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