Saratoga Scene 3
It’s a bit early in the spring season to find thoroughbreds racing on Saratoga’s Race Course, yet today’s opening of the Oklahoma Training Track did officially get underway across Union Avenue from the main historic track. Horse trainers have been prepping their racing stock for years on the Oklahoma in advance of the annual upcoming […]
Saratoga Scene 4
By Dick Healy Travers Day in Saratoga, August 29, referred to as “The Mid-Summer Derby, will include some of the finest thoroughbred race horses in the world. According to NYRA press information, attendance will be capped at 50,000 (latest reports say its already been sold out) but preceding Travers, there is some spectacular races on […]
American Pharoah confirmed to run in the Travers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, August 23, 2015 Contact: John Durso, Jr. jdurso@nyrainc.com Jenny Kellner vkellner@nyrainc.com (718) 659-2244 American Pharoah confirmed to run in the Travers 2015 Triple Crown champion to compete at Saratoga Race Course on August 29 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that 2015 Triple Crown […]
Saratoga Scene 5
By Dick Healy It looks like early spring is arriving in Saratoga Springs, New York. Budding trees along Union Avenue where the historic Race Course is located, and no snow on the ground, is a sure sign that winter wasn’t all that much this year. So what’s in store for the track this summer? According […]
THE FOLLIES
You have to see it to believe it. Show girls and show guys, all over the age of 50, with most over the age of sixty. The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies began in 1992 and is still going strong when we were privileged to view its 20th Year Anniversary show in 2011. Over the years, […]
A Good Day At The Beach
By Craig Altschul I suppose if you’re going to travel with me through this column you’ll get used to a serious flaw in my travel-writing character. I have a major league preference for the Hawaiian Islands when it comes to vacation travel. Maybe it’s because these little dots in the ocean were once known as […]
Deep in the Heart of Texas; Too Deep
By Craig Altschul Go figure. There I was in Baton Rouge, La., on business. I can’t think of many other reasons to visit. OK, nice town, bulging like a whale after the hurricanes, but not on my tourism radar. It was late on a Tuesday afternoon. I was headed home, just waiting to board, when […]
But, Don’t You Live Here?
By Craig Altschul There’s something you should know if you plan to visit our nation’s capital anytime soon. All of the roadways are brand new. I know it for a fact. You see, I was there on business recently and thought it was a good opportunity to connect for dinner with my old friend, Bob. […]
When a Rose is a Thorn
It was probably inevitable. I’d held out for years and years, but I finally caved this New Year’s. New Year’s Day, to me, has long meant a fresh pot of coffee, a pastry or two if the household opinion was I had been behaving myself gastronomically over the holidays, and semi-napping through two hours of […]
Annapolis Boat Show
By Dick Healy It required a lot of planning and intricate handling to place nearly 200 boats in Annapolis, Maryland for the 37th annual United States Sailboat Show. Nevertheless, by 10 a. m. Thursday, Oct 4, all boats, some in the water and some situated on land were on display for eager viewers, potential yacht […]
