LOCAL • INDEPENDENT • FREE Volume 13
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Issue 31
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August 2 – August 8, 2019
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Back Stretch: A Day In The Life by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY
Racetrack Chaplaincy Programs Director Nick Caras, on the backstretch at Saratoga this week. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos.
Local Teen Wins Tour Clarkie Carrol: A Story of Recovery and Persistence
SARATOGA SPRINGS — It is sunrise at Saratoga Race Course. On either side of Union Avenue, the work of tending to the horses by members of the backstretch community is already underway. Here at the barns, many will work through the morning. For some, there is a mid-day break before returning for a few more hours of work in the late afternoon and early evening.
Others have second jobs at the main track across the street. They work in food service, as parking attendants, or among the cleaning crews. It is a routine much like any other year, but in the summer of 2019 the normal rhythm of the week is different. For racing fans, racehorse owners, trainers, managers, and the community of backstretch workers who live temporarily on-site, an adjustment is underway. See Story pg. 11
Equine Equity Horse Ownership at Your Fingertips
by Lindsay Wilson Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — With a two-day total of 141, winning the Northeastern NY PGA Junior Golf Tour on July 17, and again on July 19 with a score of 73, Clarkie Carrol, 16, recaps how mental stamina and persistence lead to his success. Carrol has played golf for what seems to be his entire life. It wasn’t until he was 12, when he began playing competitively. Photo provided.
See Story pg. 45
Photo provided. See Story pg. 36
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