Track Day Winner

Saratoga Arms saved its best for last, pu�ng the VIP into Wednesday’s Experience at Saratoga Race Track, delivering us by trolley ride to this Gilded Age favorite where two airy tables of exclusive sea�ng on the Turf Terrace awaited near the finish line, where we could watch our exclusive sponsored race, the Saratoga Arms VIP Day at the Races before our Winner’s Circle Experience being photographed with the winning jockey and commemorated in the official win photo.

Wai�ng for us were buckets of champagne chilling atop crisp white tablecloths, lunch at our leisure (hello, lobster roll) and complementary be�ng vouchers tucked in our fluted glasses. Saratoga Arms family and friends could join a pool, not to pick a Win horse but to pick for the Show. The pool selects one unabashed soul to choose the horse and place the bet, and the bet must be placed while wearing the Smith family’s beloved, o�eat and horse-themed ‘Showpiece’ necklace.

The first of two (Monday, Tuesday) closed, or “dark” days in track speak, began with a private trolley a�er breakfast to the Oklahoma Training Track for a walking tour of barns and morning breezings, and a visit through the Na�onal Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame with Museum Educator, Ma� Reichel.

“Jockeying for position” before our tour inside the Racing Hall of Fame & Museum across from Saratoga Race Track. This is what Charles indulges!

HOF volunteer Al led an interesting and thorough backstretch tour Photo by Morgan Campbell EliteEquestrian.com was on the tour of the Oklahoma Track, too.

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