2009 Saratoga
Track Trends
DATE CONDITION FORECAST WIND/TEMP. COMMENT
Wed. Sep. 2   Fast/Firm (Rails @ 12 ft. Mellon; 0 ft. Inner)   Clear   light tailwind backstretch, 74°   No apparent trends  
Mon. Aug. 31   Fast/Good (Rails @ 0 ft. Mellon & Inner)   Clear   variable wind, 67°   No apparent trends  
Sun. Aug. 30   Muddy-good/Soft (Rails @ 0 ft. Mellon & Inner)   Clear   tailwind backstretch, 75°   No apparent trends  
Sat. Aug. 29   Sloppy/Soft (Rails @ 0 ft. Mellon & Inner)   Rainy   light headwind backstretch, 63°   No apparent trends  
Fri. Aug. 28   Fast/Firm (Rails @ 18 ft. Mellon & Inner)   Clear   headwind backstretch, 66°   No apparent trends  
Thu. Aug. 27   Fast/Good-to-firm (Rails   Clear   light & variable wind, 69°   No apparent trends  
Wed. Aug. 26   Fast/Good (Rails @ 18 ft. Mellon & Inner)   Cloudy-showery   tailwind backstretch, 78°   Highly questionable "firm" turf designation  
Mon. Aug. 24   Good-wet fast/Soft (Rails @ 12 ft. Mellon; 18 ft. Inner)   Clear   variable wind, 77°   No apparent trends  
Sun. Aug. 23   Muddy-good/Soft (Rails @ 12 ft. Mellon; 18 ft. Inner)   Cloudy   negligible wind, 78°   No apparent trends  
Sat. Aug. 22   Muddy-good/Soft (Rails @ 12 ft. Mellon; 18 ft. Inner)   Cloudy   negligible wind, 77°   Outside paths best on dirt  
Fri. Aug. 21   Sloppy/Soft (Rails @ 12 ft. Mellon)   Raining-cloudy   negligible wind, 82°   No apparent trends  
Thu. Aug. 20   Fast/Firm (Rails @ 12 ft. Mellon; 18 ft. Inner)   Cloudy-showery   light and variable wind, 82°   Cloudburst between 5th & 6th races  
Wed. Aug. 19   Good-fast/Good (Rails @ 12 ft. Mellon; 18 ft. Inner)   Cloudy   tailwind backstretch, 81°   No apparent trends  
Mon. Aug. 17   Fast/Firm to hard (Rails @ 12 ft. Mellon; 9 ft. Inner)   Clear   tailwind backstretch, 88°   No apparent trends  
Sun. Aug. 16   Fast/Firm to hard (Rails @ 12 ft. Mellon; 9 ft. Inner)   Clear   variable wind, 88°   No apparent trends  
Sat. Aug. 15   Fast/Firm to hard (Rails @ 12 ft. Mellon; 9 ft. Inner)   Clear   light tailwind backstretch, 86°   Longshots on parade  
Fri. Aug. 14   Fast/Firm to hard (Rails @ 12 ft. Mellon; 9 ft. Inner)   Clear   light crosswind backstretch, 82°   Closers dominated on dirt  
Thu. Aug. 13   Fast/Firm (Rails @ 12. ft. Mellon; 9 ft. Inner)   Cloudy   light crosswind backstretch, 76°   No apparent trends  
Wed. Aug. 12   Fast/Firm (Rails @ 12 ft. Mellon; 9 ft. Inner)   Clear   light crosswind backstretch, 78°   No apparent trends  
Tue. Aug. 11   Fast/Firm (Rails @ 12 ft. Mellon; 9 ft. Inner)   Clear   light crosswind backstretch, 78°   No apparent trends  
Mon. Aug. 10   Fast/Firm (Rails @ 0 ft. Mellon; 9 ft. Inner)   Cloudy   tailwind backstretch, 83°   No apparent trends  
Sun. Aug. 9   Fast/Firm (Rails @ 0 ft. Mellon; 9 ft. Inner)   Showery   negligible wind, 70°   Edge to speed main track  
Sat. Aug. 8   Fast/Firm (Rails @ 0 ft. Mellon; 9 ft. Inner)   Clear   light crosswind backstretch, 73°   No apparent trends  
Fri. Aug. 7   Fast/Firm (Rails @ 0 ft. Mellon; 9 ft. Inner)   Clear   crosswind backstretch, 74°   Closers swept five turf races  
Thu. Aug. 6   Fast/Firm (Rails @ 0 ft. Mellon; 9 ft. Inner)   Clear   light and variable wind, 76°   No apparent trends  
Wed. Aug. 5   Fast/Firm (Rails 0 ft. Mellon; 9 ft. Inner)   Clear   tailwind backstretch, 79°   Edge to speed dirt; both turf sprints won on the lead  
Mon. Aug. 3   Good-fast/Yielding (Rails @ 0 ft. Mellon & Inner)   Clear   light and variable wind, 78°   Drying out track grew steadily quicker  
Sun. Aug. 2   Fast-good-sloppy/Good (Rails @ 0 ft. Mellon & Inner)   Showers/rain   crosswind backstretch, 73°   Heavy rain late afternoon  
Sat. Aug. 1   Good-fast/Good (Rails @ 0 ft. Mellon & Inner)   Clear   crosswind backstretch, 81°   Outside paths best on dirt  
Fri. July 31   Sloppy/Off turf   Raining-cloudy   calm, 70°   4 wired, several others pressed early pace  
Thu. July 30   Wet fast/Good (Rails @ 0 ft. Mellon & Inner)   Clear   tailwind backstretch, 81°   Lightning-fast main track  
Wed. July 29   Fast-good/Firm (Rails @ 0 ft. Mellon & Inner)   Cloudy-showery   variable wind, 80°   Rainy late pick 4; edge to outer paths on dirt