Opening Day Saratoga Card
 

PP's are out and it's a very nice card. Should be a great day of racing.

Looks like Borel, Mena, Solis will be riding at the Spa. Usually Borel is MIA unless a big race hits. Solis named on just one horse on opening day. Mena ran into trouble last year, right?

Keep an eye on apprentice Freddie Lenclud. Looked pretty good riding at Churchill in the spring. Should bring home some winners this meet.

Saratoga expanding/enhancing drug testing also
 

THEY SAY..
http://www.nyra.com/saratoga/stories/July142010b.shtml

The eighth race has quality, and looks tough to handicap.

Sounds good...but if they catch anyone doing a dirty deed...they need to kick his/her a$$ outta there!!

Entry box fills up for opening day at Spa

http://www.drf.com/news/article/114946.html

Excerpt:

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Judging by the entry box, horsemen are excited about the upcoming Saratoga meet.

A total of 127 horses were entered for Friday's 10-race opening-day card at Saratoga , which will run 40 days through Labor Day. The feature is the Grade 3, $100,000 Schuylerville Stakes for juvenile fillies, but the best race on the card may be the $75,000 James Marvin Stakes for sprinters, featuring the return to the races of Grade 1 winner Vineyard Haven.

Looks like a great day..hope the rain stays away for us!!

There's that nasty four letter word again! LOL

Here's the link for the card. Hope it doesn't rain as there's alot of turf races.

http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/insta...ate=2010-07-23

I checked the NWS forecast....40% chance of scattered T-Storms mainly in the afternoon. Let's hope the rrrrrrrr,......can't say it....Stays away.

here's the skinny.......
NORTHERN SARATOGA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARATOGA SPRINGS
919 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010
FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE
MID 80S. CHANCE OF (bleep) 50 PERCENT.
And for the weekend...
.SATURDAY...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. PARTLY SUNNY
WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. CHANCE OF(bleep)40 PERCENT.
SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...
THEN PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. CHANCE
OF (bleep) 30 PERCENT.

It really is unbelievably amazing.

Best time of the year....but I guess those that aren't here are hoping for rain.

That's really too bad. It's going to be another amazing summer regardless of what uncontrollable outside events occur. Looking forward to seeing everybody....sorry for those that can't make it.

Can you edit your post to bleep out the word "rrrrrrr..."...Sorry can't write it....You know what I mean...
As far as I am concerned there are Two Christmas Days. Dec 25th and opening day at Saratoga.

TLG have you tried the Big Red Springs water yet LOL. It's always been good luck for me as I run to it every year as I enter the track!

I haven't...But I am willing to try anything.
I've tasted it.. But never as a good luck thing....So it's a little effervescent....

I love that water.

I love everything about this town.