The Saratoga Special
About
The Saratoga Special is a daily racing newspaper published during the Saratoga Race Course meet by brothers Joe and Sean Clancy, who started it in 2001 as a summer companion to their steeplechase paper, Steeplechase Times. Both publications now live under This Is Horse Racing, the Clancys’ racing journalism site, which carries daily news, picks, previews and columns year-round.
Sean Clancy, a former steeplechase jockey, writes The Inside Rail and Joe Clancy writes The Outside Rail; writer Tom Law joined the team in 2013. The print Special has run for more than two decades of Saratoga summers, and a Saratoga Special Readers Club offers members-only content.
What to know
- The parent company, ST Publishing, is based in Elkton, Maryland; the listed Saratoga address is the paper’s seasonal base.
- The Clancys also produce the Jumping Around podcast, stable tours and a Thoroughbred racing calendar.
- A feature series, The Horse Who Changed Everything, profiles influential horses.
- Coverage extends to Belmont Park and the national steeplechase circuit.
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