A meeting at Saratoga bookended by Commentator winning the Whitney Handicap a second time and Curlin taking the Woodward saw the six weeks unfold with a magnificent effort by the best mare in training, Ginger Punch, another by three-year-old Proud Spell in the Alabama and a truly memorable Travers in...

Saratoga Springs, New York Thankfully, Curlin’s scheduled appearance in Saturday’s Woodward Stakes provides a focal point for the final week of the meeting. Otherwise, the summer colony -- which has been here since before opening day and will remain until the last race is official -- having lived in...

Saratoga Springs, New York The New York Racing Association's spin on two weeks of declining attendance and handle at Saratoga is -- the meeting is on the upswing. This is ludicrous, of course. The week-two slide was simply less steep than the week-one trainwreck and if today's offering -- February...

After eight days of racing at Saratoga, the New York Racing Association and the intrepid legion known as NYRA Nation have yet to see a positive business day. The people who paid $15,000-a-chair for "preferred access" just aren't betting much. This week's early returns show attendance...

The only betting total that remains intact after a week of racing at Saratoga is the total of money wagered on races run elsewhere. That market is essentially flat year-over-year compared to 2007 totals. Otherwise, NYRA Nation isn’t showing up at the track or betting off-site, either. Other final figures...

Saratoga Springs, New York It is beginning to sound like the current Wall Street spin around here: Bad news, when less dire than anticipated, is good news. If expectations are low enough, rose-colored glasses work wonders in the interest of perception if not reality. So, Saturday’s total betting handle...

Saratoga Springs, New York Two days of rain and a marketing misjudgment have put the New York Racing Association so far behind its early 2007 figures that the meeting is unlikely to recover over by Labor Day. The first two days of the 2007 meeting at Saratoga drew 62,123, a figure inflated by a bobble...