SARATOGA SPRINGS —NYRA has announced the stakes schedule for the 40-day summer meet at historic Saratoga. It will include 77 stakes worth $22.6 million in total purses.
Aug. 27 - the 153rd renewal of the Grade 1, $1.25 million Runhappy Travers.
Aug. 6 - the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney,
The 2022 summer meet will open on Thursday, July 14 and continue through Monday, Sept. 5. 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.
TV: Regional coverage will air on SNY during select hours throughout the summer. Daily coverage of the summer will broadcast on the networks of FOX Sports.
Opening Day, Thursday, July 14, kicks off the season with the Schuylerville for 2-year-old fillies and the inaugural running of the restricted one-mile Wilton for sophomore fillies - to be contested out of the reconstructed Wilson Chute. More information, go to: NYRA.com, and click on “Saratoga.”