Sam Hollingsworth @SpaTurfWriter
🏇 Freelance turfwriter @timesunion 🎪 Saratoga Race Course handicapper Saratoga Springs, New York Joined May 2024-
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Recap of Closing Day at Saratoga Race Course, including callouts for trainer and jockey titles and some important numbers to know. timesunion.com/projects/sarat…
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UPDATED: My first go at #Saratoga media handicapping standings turned out to be wrong. Two papers had printing errors, and @failedtomenace's pretty awesome data wasn't in my records because I wasn't tracking ADW's (I'll explain in a reply). Here, below, are the correct results.
The final day of the 2025 racing season — Day 40 — is here. It’s another exception day weather-wise and we have 11 races slated for a first post of 12:05 p.m. Picks presented by the @timesunion and @capitalotb: *note @SethMerrow2 has 112, not 102 for his meet total.
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I want to thank everyone for all the calls and texts and well wishes, I plan on taking a few days off and return to riding on Thursday at Ky Downs🙏🏻
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Remarkably, Irad Ortiz Jr. has been cleared to ride, per agent Steve Rushing. "We'll see how he feels in the morning," Rushing texted.
Early post of 11:20 a.m. today for the 14-race card on the eve of Closing Day. Let's get a few winners! #fastandfirm Picks via the @timesunion and @capitalotb:
The return of @RajivMaragh at the Spa!
The return of @RajivMaragh at the Spa!
Gorgeous final Saturday at #Saratoga! #fastandfirm Today's handicapping selections brought to you by the @timesunion and @capitalotb:
Irad Ortiz Jr. has Saratoga jockey title in his sights timesunion.com/saratogatrack/… via @timesunion & @SpaTurfWriter
Irad Ortiz Jr. is all but home free with a seven-win lead heading into Closing Weekend at the Spa. He had four winners today, including the first three races of the day. Both he and second-place jockey Jose Ortiz are out of town riding in Kentucky tomorrow (Saturday). And…
CATCHY, a $400,000 Kentucky-bred trained by Mark Hennig, sustained a catastrophic injury during Race 2 today at Saratoga Race Course and was humanely euthanized due to her severe injuries. The 2-year-old filly unseated jockey Jose Lezcano after the wire, requiring Lezcano to be…
Yikes.
One final '#PickingSpots' wagering column for the 2025 meet via the @timesunion timesunion.com/saratogatrack/…
There was some rain this morning but it's since cleared up and now the sun is shining without causing any major changes to the race card. That means we have the Grade 1 Jonathan Sheppard Handicap in the opener for jumpers and five additional turf races across today's nine-race…
Rain seems to have stopped and sun is shining. ☀️
Rain seems to have stopped and sun is shining. ☀️
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Congratulations to JOSE ORTIZ on earning the @JockeysGuild Jockey of the Week 8/18/-8/24! 🏆👏 @jose93_ortiz took 9 trips to the winner's circle last week, winning at a 25% clip and riding 61% ITM with $1,252,033 in earnings! On Saturday at #Saratoga, Ortiz had 3 wins on the…
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