Saratoga Springs, New York There is no chance that a synthetic racetrack will be installed at any New York racetrack but appointed panels feel a compulsion to be seen during the summer here, so, five panels representing an approximate cross-section of the racing industry were summoned to offer testimony...

By Jenny Kellner / NYRA Two summers ago, Wait a While ran one of the biggest races of her life at Saratoga Race Course when she swept to a nearly five-length victory in the Grade 2 Lake Placid on the turf, a performance which, along with her Grade 1 wins in the Yellow Ribbon and the American Oaks, helped...

By Jenny Kellner / NYRA When Todd Pletcher saddled Ready’s Image to victory in last year’s Sanford Stakes, it seemed to be a harbinger of yet another spectacular Saratoga meet for the trainer. But, as it turned out, Ready’s Image was the lone juvenile stakes winner at the Spa for Pletcher, who would...