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SLIDESHOW: Fans Flock to Spa for Pharoah, Travers

With 18,000 fans on hand for American Pharoah’s routine gallop Friday morning at Saratoga Race Course, imagine the buzz building up for the main even: the $1.6-million Travers Stakes on Saturday.

If you couldn’t make it to the Spa for the Travers, and with attendance capped at 50,000 there was more demand than supply for tickets, don’t fret. Eclipse Sportswire is right in the heart of the action at Saratoga to bring you up close and personal for one of the most anticipated racing days in recent memories.

Q&A with Sam Britt, Rancher and Racehorse Owner

Photos courtesy of Sam Britt

Sam Britt has been a horse racing fan since he visited La Mesa Park in New Mexico in the 1950s. A longtime Thoroughbred owner, Britt enjoyed a sweet victory earlier this summer at Del Mar when Gabriel Charles, a horse he owns in partnership with Michael House, won the Grade 1 Eddie Read Stakes on July 18. Britt, who also made an appearance in the movie “50 to 1,” took a few minutes to chat with America’s Best Racing about his best moment in the sport, his philosophy on life, his favorite movie and much more …

#RacingFanProblems

Photo by Eclipse Sportswire

Have you ever stayed up way too late handicapping the next day’s Del Mar card or skipped a family dinner because you couldn’t miss your favorite horse running at Saratoga? It sounds like you have #RacingFanProblems! Instagram a picture with the hashtag #RacingFanProblems and you may be included in the newest America’s Best Racing feature!

Racing and Cowboys at Les Bois Park

Les Bois Park is a small but popular track in Boise, Idaho. (Photos courtesy of Julie June Stewart)

Q&A With Gambler Monique Vág

Every girl loves ponies, but not every girl knows how to bet on those ponies. To call Monique Vág a horse-racing enthusiast would be like calling the Kentucky Derby just another weekend in May.

When she isn’t betting on her hometown Toronto Raptors and Maple Leafs (OK, maybe against the Leafs), she’s at her second home at Woodbine Racetrack.

Vág has written for Covers since 2013, taking on the challenge of betting every single 2014 NCAA Tournament game as well as betting every college football bowl game in 2014-15.

Name: Monique Vág

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