{"id":38414,"date":"2023-02-13T11:46:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T16:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=38414"},"modified":"2023-02-13T11:46:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T16:46:19","slug":"harness-racing-season-is-off-running-saturday-sunday-monday-select-tuesdays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2023\/02\/harness-racing-season-is-off-running-saturday-sunday-monday-select-tuesdays\/","title":{"rendered":"Harness Racing Season Is Off, Running Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Select Tuesdays"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38415\" style=\"width: 751px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/02\/harness-track-h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/02\/harness-track-h.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/02\/harness-track-h-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 82nd season of live harness racing is underway at Saratoga Casino Hotel with a schedule that consists of racing programs running through mid-Decembear.<br \/>Courtesy Saratoga Casino Hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Live harness racing returned to Saratoga Casino Hotel for its 82nd season on Feb. 4, starting a schedule that consists of 150 racing programs running through mid-December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re expecting some great racing this year,\u201d said race secretary Peter Iovino. \u201cWe have over $18 million in purses, averaging $120,000 in purses per program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the track will be hosting sire stakes races starting in June featuring the best New York bred horses in the state who will race for over $1 million in purses.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The premier event of the season will be the 14th annual Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial Pace with a $250,000 purse on Saturday, July 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs in the past, we\u2019re confident this race will attract a field of top pacers looking to break the track record of 1:48:4 set by Dancin Yankee in the 2014 Gerrity,\u201d Iovino said.<\/p>\n<p>The winter, spring and fall schedule will include matinee racing on Sunday, Monday and select Tuesdays, with a post time of noon, and Saturdays with a post time of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>5 p.m. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><b><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span>The summer live racing schedule will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings with a post time of 6:45 p.m.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For a complete live racing schedule, visit www.saratogacasino.com.<\/p>\n<p>Saratoga Casino Hotel, located on Crescent Avenue in Saratoga Springs, features slot machines, electronic table games, a luxury hotel, Vapor, Morton\u2019s The Steakhouse, two full-service restaurants, a casual dining restaurant, three full-service bars, deli and a variety of guest services. Simulcast wagering is available and live harness racing runs February through mid-December.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit www.saratogacasino.com or call 800-727-2990.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live harness racing returned to Saratoga Casino Hotel for its 82nd season on Feb. 4, starting a schedule that consists of 150 racing programs running through mid-December. \u201cWe\u2019re expecting some great racing this year,\u201d said race secretary Peter Iovino. \u201cWe have over $18 million in purses, averaging $120,000 in purses per program.\u201d In addition, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":38415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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