Saratoga Race Course

In that three-year span, the June revenue per available room, or RevPAR in Saratoga Springs was up 37.2 percent to $193. Countywide, that figure saw a 34% jump to 158 per available room.

(Airs 07/22/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Patrick Battuello, Founder and President of Horse Racing Wrongs, about what they feel is wrong with the horse racing industry in New York and across the country - including animal cruelty and the misuse of tax dollars.

(Airs 07/22/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Patrick Battuello, Founder and President of Horse Racing Wrongs, about what they feel is wrong with the horse racing industry in New York and across the country - including animal cruelty and the misuse of tax dollars.

After the Belmont Stakes and a July 4th weekend of racing, the historic Saratoga Race Course began its traditional summer meet today. The third opening day of sorts marks another milestone in a record-setting season.

At one point, Saratoga Springs was just known as “the August place to be,” though over the years that’s changed as Saratoga Race Course’s season has expanded.

Saratoga Springs-native Cherie DeVaux, after becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner, is the second in four years to do so at the Belmont Stakes, which were hosted in Saratoga Springs for the third and final time Saturday.

New York officials are highlighting ongoing efforts to combat problem gambling in the state.

City and racing officials in Saratoga Springs are celebrating a successful July 4th weekend that saw expanded activities in the city and, for the first time, a weekend of horse racing.

The 157th Belmont Stakes was run in Saratoga Springs Saturday. It marked the second year in a row that the third leg of the Triple Crown was run upstate. While thousands of fans descended upon the Spa City for a week of racing rains put a damper on the celebration.

Favorite and Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty beat out Preakness Stakes champion Journalism to clinch first at the second Belmont Stakes to be held at Saratoga Race Course.