There's a month to go before horse racing really takes over Saratoga Springs for a hectic, exhausting six-week period. Four weeks from now, everyone from bartenders to restaurant owners to police officers to - yes - sports writers in the upstate New York area will be working, working, working as the public points its interest toward Saratoga and the 36-day meet.
The New York Racing Association had its annual Saratoga press conference earlier today in Colonie. Among the topics discussed were the horses who will be here (and not here, in the case of recently-injured Invasor), the giveaways fans will walk away with and, of course, the racing franchise in New York.
John Lee of NYRA likened Monday to Thanksgiving, a precursor to the gigantic holiday that is Saratoga. He said it won't be long before we "unwrap the meet."Racing at Saratoga has long been one of my favorite presents to receive, and the names expected to run this summer - Street Sense, Rags to Riches, Curlin, to name a few - make it even more appealing.
Oh, and the giveaways? There's a hat, a T-shirt and a cooler, along with an umbrella, a folding chair and an Angel Cordero bobblehead doll. E-bay should get a lot of business this August.
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