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Saratoga Season Passes On-Sale At Stewart’s Shops For Father’s Day
Includes admission to all 44 race days this summer, including the star-studded July 4th Racing Festival
NYRA Press Office
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that Saratoga season admission passes for the special July 4th Racing Festival and 2025 summer meet at historic Saratoga Race Course are now available for purchase at more than 175 Stewart’s Shops throughout the greater Capital Region.
Just in time for Father’s Day, Saratoga season passes provide fans with general admission access to 44 days of thoroughbred racing this summer for the equivalent of approximately two dollars per day.
Season passes are available for $90 at Stewart’s Shops through Sunday, July 13, or for $95 online at NYRA.com/Saratoga.
Passes include admission to the traditional 40-day summer meet, July 10 to Sept. 1, in addition to the July 4th Racing Festival, July 3 to 6, which has been relocated to Saratoga while construction continues on a new Belmont Park.
Saratoga season passes provide access to the apron and the Rivers Casino Backyard which includes hundreds of free picnic tables available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Meanwhile, NYRA Bets Gift Cards are also available for purchase at Stewart’s Shops and make great gifts for Father’s Day and any other occasion. A NYRA Bets Gift Card comes pre-loaded with $50 in funds for betting online with NYRA Bets, with no markup fees.
Held for the first time at Saratoga Race Course, the July 4th Racing Festival serves as a prelude to the traditional summer meet and concludes the Belmont at the Big A spring/summer meet. It will feature seven graded stakes among 10 overall stakes.
Highlighted by the 156th renewal of the Grade 1, $1.25 million DraftKings Travers on August 23 and the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney on August 2, the 40-day summer meet will offer 18 Grade 1 races as part of 64 stakes worth more than $20 million in total purses.
Following the four-day opening week, racing will be conducted five days a week, Wednesdays through Sundays, apart from closing week, when the 2025 summer meet will conclude on Labor Day.
