First ever twilight card at the Spa Friday. Post time, 3:00 PM. Post time final race, 7:17 PM. Sunset 7:29.

A couple loose horses, some dont wanna load bad actors at the gate, maybe a stalled tractor, and you will be enjoying the first night race at the Spa, but not necessarily seeing it. I guess this is OK though, because it seems like a couple of years the BC Classic has been run in the gloaming, and if the country's most important race can be run in near darkness, I guess you can run 12 maidens on the grass "at twilights last gleaming".

I am not a detractor of NYRA (as Miff says, its not NYRA's fault that they have had to compete with the OTB patronage mill all these years), but the twilight experiment should have been conducted a month ago... when there was more daylight.

Would like to thank TG and Joe Madigan of Wilton, NY (elevation 328 feet) for very thorough and accurate Saratoga weather forecasts throughout the meet. A great idea and a great handicapping tool. Unfortunately Joe is calling for a chance of rain in excess of 50% for each of Saturday, Sunday and Monday, but you can't shoot the messenger.