Saratoga Race Track 2008 Schedule Begins July 20th

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Saratoga Race Course 2008 Schedule

Use this events calendar to plan your trip to the Saratoga Race Course in 2008! Schedule your Saratoga vacation on the week of the ever-popular Travers Festival or plan a daytrip to the track during the festive Hats Off To Saratoga Festival. No matter when you come, enjoy the thrill of cheering on your equine favorites as they race to the finish at the historic Saratoga Race Track! Saratoga Race Course is full of excitement and special events all season long, so get in on the action! Use this Saratoga Race Course 2008 schedule to plan your visit. Saratoga Race Course 2008 Events Calendar July 20, 2008 Annual Open House Many activites such as equine demonstrations, non-wagering races, handicapping seminars, backstretch tours and family activities can be expected. July 23, 2008 Opening Day The races begin at the Saratoga Race Course in late July each year. The gates open at 11:00 am and first race post time is 1:00 pm. July 25 - 27, 2008 Hats Off to Saratoga Festival On Friday and Satuday take part in a downtown Broadway music festival and the return of sunset racing to Saratoga. On Saturday watch the Breeder's Cup Challenge which includes the Whitney Handicap, the Diana, Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap and the Go for Wand Handicap. On Sunday, don't forget your hat because it is the 17th Annual Saratoga Hat Contest. August 11, 2008 NFL Alumni Day Meet and collect autographs from NFL alumni to benefit charity Aug 16 - 24, 2008 Travers Festival A week long festival of equine-oriented events as well as many fun family inlcuding a Chili Cook-Off, the Stewart’s Ice Cream Eating Bonanza and Battle of the Brews. August 23, 2008 Travers Day Also nicknamed the Midsummer Derby, the Travers Stakes is the oldest major thoroughbred race in the nation, and the most highly anticipated event of the Saratoga meet. Aug 29 - Sept 1 Final Stretch Weekend On Friday visit the track for sunset racing. A downtown music festival will take place on Satuday and Sunday. The Annual Family Fun fest will take place on Sunday and Monday. Sept 1, 2008 Closing Day The meet concludes with a traditonal Labor Day barbeque on Monday.

Comments

[bernard mark]

I AM A BOG RACING FAN FOR OVER 40 YEARS. i AM PRESENTLY RETIRED AND PLAY THE HORSES EVERY DAY AT OTB, AND ATLANTIC CITY.

I LIKE MOST HORSE PLAYERS HAVE HAD HORSES TAKEN DOWN AND PUT UP THROUGHOUT MY LIFE TIME.

lAST SATURDAY, ( AUGUST 2ND) I WATCHED THE LAST RACE AT THE BALLYS CASINO IN ATLANTIC CITY, AND WITNESSED ONE OF THE WORST NONE CALLS OF A RACE BY YOU THE STEWARDS AND THE JOCKEY MIKE LUZZI ON THE HORSE THAT CAME SECOND.
aRTYTHEONEMANPARTY WAS BROADSIDED SHORTLY AFTER THE HORSES TURNED FOR HOME. MIKE LUZZI WAS LUCKY HE STAYED ON THE HORSE AND FINISHED SECOND.

ALL THE HORSE PLAYERS AROUND ME WERE ASTONISHED THAT THERE WASN'T A JOCKEY AND STEWARDS OBJECTION.

EVENTHOUGH THE WINNER (CHIEF TALKEETNA) WON GOING AWAY, IT DOESN'T EXCUSE THE FOUL THAT HE COMMITTED.

WHETHER THE SECOND PLACE HORSE WOULD HAVE BEEN PLACED FIRST (WHICH IN MANY OPINIONS IT SHOULD HAVE) AN OBJECTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN RAISED. THE JOCKEY ON THE WINNING HORSE IN ANY EVENT SHOULD BE FINED FOR HIS RECKLESS RIDE.

PLEASE LOOK AT THE REPLAY AND GET BACK TO ME SOME REASONABLE EXPLINATION ON THIS NO CALL.

AS I PREVIOUSLY, STATED I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD WITNESS A RACE IN MY LIFETIME WITH SUCH A FLAGRANT FOUL NOT EVEN LOOKED AT.

I FEEL MIKEW LUZZI THE JOCKEY SHOULD ALSO BE FINED FOR HIS NONE OBJECTION TO ALL THE RACING FANS THAT BET ON HIS HORSE.

IN SUMMATION, ALL OF YOU SO CALLED STEWARDS SHOULD BE MORE RESPONSIBLE TO THE BETTING PUBLIC, WHO PUT THERE TRUST IN YOU.

AS ARNOLD DIAZ WOULD SAY SHAME SHAME ON YOU.

I AM ANXIOUSLY AWAITED A RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER.