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Whitney Day Fundraiser For Local Breast Cancer Support Planned

Pink will be the theme of Whitney Day Aug. 5 at Saratoga Race Course in recognition of local breast cancer survivors, the track said in a release Thursday.

To Life!, a Capital Region non-profit organization that provides personalized breast cancer education and support services, will be accepting donations and sharing information at a trackside table inside Gates B and C.

“It is an honor for To Life! to be at Saratoga Race Course on Whitney Day,” said Executive Director Eileen Howe Bird. “Celebrating the strength and courage of breast cancer survivors is just one way we can bring awareness to this cause, as it has impacted us all in some fashion. We are grateful for the show of support from NYRA and the opportunity for our survivor honorees to be recognized and appreciated.”

Breast cancer survivors and their supporters will participate in the day's activities: Darlene Bauer will sing the National Anthem and To Life! representatives will announce the ceremonial call for “Riders Up” prior to Saturday's fourth race named in honor of the organization.

Fans are invited to take part in a “Best in Pink” fashion photo contest from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. across from the Travers Bar. Each fan who participates will receive a commemorative photo magnet and will be judged for their flair to wear pink.

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Runhappy Travers Card Highlights Saratoga Stakes Schedule

The stakes schedule for the 40-day summer meet at historic Saratoga Race Course will include 77 stakes worth $22.6 million in total purses, the New York Racing Association announced Tuesday.

Highlighted by the 153rd renewal of the Grade I, $1.25 million Runhappy Travers S. Aug. 27 and the Grade I, $1 million Whitney Aug. 6, the 2022 summer meet will open Thursday, July 14 and continue through Monday, Sept. 5.
The Travers Day card will include six stakes races, including five Grade I events.

With a focus on the New York-bred program and certain categories of stakes races, the 2022 summer meet will feature a purse increase of more than $1.1 million over 2021.

Saratoga Live, the acclaimed television show produced by NYRA in partnership with FOX Sports, will return for its seventh season to provide daily coverage of the summer meet to a nationwide audience on the networks of FOX Sports.

Following the four-day opening weekend, racing will be conducted five days a week, Wednesdays through Sundays, apart from the final week, when the meet will conclude on Labor Day.

The reconstructed Wilson Chute, last in use in 1992, marks the return of one-mile races on the Saratoga main track.

The Johnstone Mile for New York breds, to be run out of the Wilson Chute Aug. 12, is named in honor of the longtime horseman and NYRA employee Bruce Johnstone who passed at age 76 in February 2020 following a lengthy battle against cancer.

Saratoga will also pay tribute to the late Suzie O'Cain on Wednesday, July 20 with a 1 1/16-mile turf event for state-bred sophomore fillies.

O'Cain, who passed away in January following a battle with breast cancer, and her husband, Dr. C. Lynwood O'Cain, managed the late Carl Lizza's Highcliff Farm in Delanson, N.Y. for more than 20 years.

To view the complete stakes schedule for the 2022 summer meet, visit https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/stakes-schedule/.

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NYRA Launches Cross Country Pick 5

The New York Racing Association, Inc., in conjunction with Monmouth Park and Woodbine Racetrack, kicks off the ‘Cross Country Pick 5’ Saturday–GI Whitney Day–at Saratoga Race Course. The minimum bet for the multi-track, multi-race wager is 50 cents. The Cross Country Pick 5, which will run every Saturday through the remainder of 2020, will feature a mandatory payout of the net pool.

Cross Country Pick 5 Races – Saturday, Aug. 1:

Leg 1 – Woodbine, Race 9: (5:26 p.m.)

Leg 2 – Monmouth, Race 11: (5:31 p.m.)

Leg 3 – Saratoga, Race 9: GI Whitney (5:42 p.m.)

Leg 4 – Woodbine, Race 10: (5:58 p.m.)

Leg 5 – Saratoga, Race 10: GI H. Allen Jerkens (6:18 p.m.)

Live coverage of all the sequence’s races will be available with America’s Day at the Races on FOX Sports and MSG Networks. Free Equibase past performances for the Cross Country Pick 5 sequence are now available at https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/cross-country-wagers.

For more information, visit www.NYRABets.com.

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