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Trainer Mark Beckwith sent out a parade of winners on Saturday evening, Feb. 24 at Saratoga Casino Hotel including pacers Boozer and Little Willy for a sweep of the card's $15,541 co-features.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Live harness racing returns to Saratoga Casino Hotel for its eighty-third season on Saturday, Feb. 3. The 2024 schedule will consist of 150 racing programs running through mid-December with a total of more than $17 million in purses. The 2023 Leading Driver, Jim Devaux, and Leading Trainer, Brett Derue will look […]

The Saratoga Harness Horseperson’s Association (SHHA) hosted its annual banquet on Saturday evening, Jan. 27 to honour the leading performers, both equine and human, in 2023. 

At the beginning of the 2023 harness racing season, Brett Beckwith stated in an interview that one of his main goals was to finish in the top two at Saratoga Casino Hotel. As the curtain closed on racing at the Spa on Sunday, Dec. 17, Beckwith not only found himself in second in the driver

"To have the opportunity I have had this year means a ton. It's truly something I'm grateful for. If you would have asked me three or four years ago if I was going to be driving horses for a living, I would have called you crazy. "

Malibu Kid had to race from the outside for most of the mile en route to a victory in the Winners Over/Open Handicap Trot, worth a $15,000 purse, on Sunday afternoon (Dec. 3) at Saratoga Casino Hotel.

Im No Outlaw and driver Jay Randall secured a gate-to-wire triumph in the featured $15,000 Winners Over/Open Handicap Pace on Saturday evening (Nov. 25) at Saratoga Casino Hotel.

Big Box Hanover and Matthew Athearn found themselves on the outside for majority of the mile that led them to victory in the $15,000 Winners Over/Open Handicap Trot on Sunday, Nov. 19 at Saratoga Casino Hotel.

Robyn Mangiardi sent three horses to the track on Sunday, Oct. 29 at Saratoga Casino Hotel and all three returned to the winner's circle as victors in their respective classes.

Summit City Sonny posted three second place finishes in a row before finding his way back to the winner's circle at Saratoga Casino Hotel, winning the $15,000 Winners Over/Open Handicap Trot on Sunday (Oct. 15) afternoon.