Results Saratoga Raceway (2024)

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Sunday's seventh race at Saratoga was declared a no-contest because several jockeys pulled their horses up on the backside at the direction of an outrider due to a malfunction with the starting gate tractor.

The Race Course saw an average daily paid attendance of 27,642, which is reportedly the first year since 2019 that it has drawn an average over 27,000 per day. The all-sources handle was reported at just under $800 million, a slight decrease from 2022, which was mainly attributed to inclement weather.

Jockey Ramon Dominguez wins a record 68 races at Saratoga, surpassing the previous standard of 65 set by John Velazquez. The 150th anniversary of the Saratoga meeting of 1863 is celebrated all summer long. After overcoming colic surgery, Wise Dan sets a track record in winning the Bernard Baruch.

Arcangelo by Arrogate won the 154th Travers trained by Jena Antonucci, the first woman to have a horse she trained win one of the three races in American horse racing's triple crown. The horse was ridden in the 2023 Belmont Stakes by jockey Javier Castellano, winner aboard Mage in the 2023 Kentucky Derby.

All bets made on Sunday's Race 7 were refunded

One the field of 2-year-olds left starting gate, the tractor broke down. A second tractor was immediately hooked up to remove the starting gate from the Inner Turf Course.

Malfunction with starting gate forces New York Racing Association to make ruling. The seventh race at Saratoga Race Course July 24 was declared a no contest by the stewards following a bizarre incident during the running of the 1 1/16-mile race on the Inner turf.

Saratoga Race Course Fast Facts:

Grandstand and Clubhouse Admission (one price starting in 2024): $7 daily when purchased at least 24 hours in advance; $10 day-of; general admission does not include reserved seating, which is separate. 2024 gate times: 11:00am each racing day (exception is Travers Day, which is 7:00am)

I grew up going to the track, not a big gambler but enjoy a good bet and watching the horses. This was the first time we had grandstand seats, very good seats close to the rail, grat views of the whole track. Normally we just get a picnic table, bring a cooler and enjoy the day.

Just a few weeks after winning the 1973 Triple Crown, Secretariat lost the Whitney Stakes to a little-known horse named Onion at the Saratoga Race Course.

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At Saratoga in 1935 and 1936, though, he had a mostly forgettable record. "His performance wasn't very good at all and he didn't win races," said Tom Gilcoyne, 87, a volunteer historian at the National Museum of Racing.

Facing older horses for the first time in the Whitney at Saratoga, Secretariat broke poorly and suffered a shocking defeat by a length to Onion. Secretariat was reported to not be in the best of health in his Whitney defeat and was sluggish for several days following the loss.

The Grade 1 Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course is an annual tradition! Dating back to 1864, this one-and-a-quarter-mile "Midsummer Derby" for three year olds is the oldest major thoroughbred race in America -- not to mention one of the biggest events in Saratoga Springs!

Saratoga Race Course is one of 3 properties owned by New York Racing Association.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Arcangelo won the $1.25 million Travers by a length at Saratoga on Saturday, but the day was marred by the deaths of two horses, bringing the total to seven horses who have died at the summer meet.

Ever Summer went down in the final turn. Also during the race, 4-year-old Frivole was pulled up on the second turn and vanned off. Owned and bred by Brereton Jones and trained by Christophe Clement, Ever Summer was runner-up by a neck in her previous start in the Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes.

New York-bred Maple Leaf Mel, previously undefeated, broke her leg just a few strides from the finish and had to be euthanized on the track. Rosario went to an Albany hospital to be evaluated and have stitches for facial abrasions, including a “cut to his inner lower lip,” the NYRA said.

Burials. Buried at Clare Court Jogging Track are Fourstardave, Mourjane (IRE), Quick Call and A Phenomenon. Champion filly Go For Wand, who suffered a fatal injury during the stretch run of the 1990 Breeders Cup Distaff, is buried in the Saratoga Race Course infield.