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T h e Yo u n g and the Restless hen you’re a kid, you don’t really have much of a say where your parents drag you. And when your parents are racing fans in Saratoga, you’re pretty much guaranteed to spend a handful of late summer days at Saratoga Race Course. That’s certainly true of Brody Santiago, who turns 10 on Opening Day. “I don’t really like seeing people race with horses,” he says. “Nothing really happens, and it’s mostly just grownups.” But there is one redeeming quality about the track for him: spending time with his friend Jovi, whose parents also bring her along with them to the track’s backyard area. Brody’s 5-year-old brother, Gavin, on the other hand, though he was only 3 the last time he set foot on the track’s grounds, remembers the experience fondly. His favorite thing to do? “Watch horses.” So the track might not be as much fun for a kid as, say, the Congress Park carousel or East Side Rec splash pad. But someone ought to tell these two towheads: spending time with friends while watching horses? That’s not a halfbad way to spend a day in Saratoga.
Christine Nappi and her dad, Christopher Nappi
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(left to right) Jackie Southwick, Marina Gordievich, Tatiana Yakimchuk, Diane Meyer
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Emery Geiger with the track’s nowretired mascot
Bugler Sam Grossman with Dan and Lisa Keating Amber Walley, Tessa Kordrupal and Alissa Narode
Bowe Victoria Schlansker
Alice Corey
Sisters Courtney and Kendra Astemborski, with their brother, Stephen Astemborski, and wife Caroline
Beth Blumencranz and Dorene Sternklar
Catalina and Russell Mueller (center) with their children, Alicia and Eric (left to right) Brothers Danny, Jimmy, Larry and Doug Ward
Brothers BRODY (at left) and GAVIN SANTIAGO, whose parents bring them to the track’s backyard every summer.
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Brady Carruth and Adam Clark
(left to right) Carme Axtmann, Suzanne Kullman, Olaiya Curtis-Morris, Rachael Micelli and Diane Micelli
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