{"id":615,"date":"2018-02-21T09:31:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T14:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratogaracetrack.com\/the-fast-track\/?p=615"},"modified":"2021-05-04T15:53:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T19:53:25","slug":"racing-season-is-underway-at-saratoga-casino-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratogaracetrack.com\/the-fast-track\/2018\/02\/racing-season-is-underway-at-saratoga-casino-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing Season is Underway at Saratoga Casino Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Racing fans may have to wait until July 20th to see the horses in action at the Saratoga Race Course, but that doesn&#8217;t mean racing season hasn&#8217;t officially started! Enjoy all the excitement of racing season right now with harness racing at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saratogaracetrack.com\/business\/saratoga-casino-hotel-758\/\">Saratoga Casino Hotel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratogaracetrack.com\/the-fast-track\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2018\/02\/harnessracing.jpg\" alt=\"harness racing in action\" width=\"725\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratogaracetrack.com\/the-fast-track\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2018\/02\/harnessracing.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.saratogaracetrack.com\/the-fast-track\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2018\/02\/harnessracing-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re very excited to welcome fans back for the 77th year of harness racing,&#8221; John Matarazzo, Director of Racing Operations at Saratoga Casino Hotel, said in a statement. &#8220;A strong lineup of stakes and marquee races will allow us to continue\u00a0our tradition of exciting and quality racing here at the historic Spa Oval.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Horsemen will be competing for over $15 million in purses at the Saratoga Casino Hotel throughout the 2018 season.<\/p>\n<p>A top highlight of the season will be the 10th annual Joe Gerrity, Jr. Memorial Pace, which will feature one dash for $260,000 on July 21st. Also, eight divisions of the New York Sire Stakes Program will be contested throughout the summer, leading up to the Excelsior Finals on September 23rd.<\/p>\n<p>Saratoga Harness simulcast signal will be broadcast to over 400 outlets worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, benefits and rewards will continue to be offered throughout the season for users of SaratogaBets, the casino&#8217;s online wagering platform.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saratogaracetrack.com\/schedule\/\">See the Saratoga Race Course schedule &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Racing fans may have to wait until July 20th to see the horses in action at the Saratoga Race Course, but that doesn&#8217;t mean racing season hasn&#8217;t officially started! Enjoy all the excitement of racing season right now with harness racing at the Saratoga Casino Hotel. &#8220;We&#8217;re very excited to welcome fans back for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-events","category-harness-racing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>See Live Harness Racing at the Saratoga Casino Hotel<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Racing season is underway at the Saratoga Casino Hotel! 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