SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival kicks off today, and thousands are expected to head downtown for ...

Racing fans descended on the Spa City this week ahead of the second upstate running of the Belmont Stakes today. After last ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Merc on Broadway is a very cool place, hopping even at brunch on a dark day at the track in Saratoga Springs. Until last year it was known as the Mercantile Kitchen and Bar.

Tens of thousands of people took in all the sights, sounds and places that make the Spa City one of the top destinations in the world for horse racing.

For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, Saratoga Springs drew throngs of sophisticated travelers for two important (though arguably contrasting) reasons: gambling and wellness. On the one hand ...