FIRST FOAL PATROL COLT BY SABBATICAL NAMED TOUR OF DUTY BY FANS
contact kreiss99@yahoo.com Elite Basketball and CD Raptors: are looking for players for the upcoming season. Elite is looking for 6th and 7th-grade girls for a team that practices in Argyle. Contact Dave Bailey at 518-538-0849. The CD Raptors are looking for a few 6thgrade, 12-year-old boys. Contact Larry Senior at lsenior5888@ gmail.com Capital Region Track and Field and Cross Country Hall of Fame: has been created. Leaders are in the process of accepting nominations for the first group of inductees in the spring. An induction banquet is planned for the fall. The Hall of Fame Committee will accept nominations through April 15. Donations and business sponsorships are welcome. Procedures and forms for donation and nomination can be found on the Hall’s website at www.crtfcchof.weebly.com. Questions and comments may be directed to Peter Sheridan at psheridan3@nycap.rr.com or 518-860-7721. Freihofer’s® Training Challenge: Starts Monday, March 19. Sign up for the 10-week program when you register online for the Freihofer’s Run 5K. Online registration through the 5K registration is the only method of registering for this program. The Training Challenge costs $55 and includes a specific Training Challenge t-shirt; seminars and clinics relating to strength training, nutrition, injury prevention, running form and core strength; and, offers from program partners, including a free three-month CDYMCA membership, class discounts and much more. Training Challenge sites/ sessions as their home base including: Wednesdays: at 6 p.m. at the Southern Saratoga YMCA, One Wall Street, Clifton Park and Thursdays 9 a.m. at iRun LOCAL, 18 Congress St #3, Saratoga Springs. To register for the Training Challenge or virtual program, visit freihofersrun.com/ftc. htm. Registration closes April 1. A ddicated Training Challenge Facebook page can be found at facebook.com/freihoferstrainingchallenge Freihofer Virtual Training Challenge: The program, which costs $10, features e-mails sent three to four times a week outlining workouts for beginner, intermediate and advanced runners. To register for the Training Challenge or virtual program, visit freihofersrun.com/ftc.htm. Registration closes April 1. A dedicated Training Challenge Facebook page can be found at facebook.com/freihoferstrainingchallenge National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame free admission days: The museum’s special promotional dates and events will include: free admission all day for visitors on the final Sunday of each month; free Friday’s all year from 2 p.m. to close; free admission for seniors (55-years and older) all day every Wednesday; Veteran’s Day special - all active military and veterans are free all day; and buy-ine, get-one on President’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day and Columbus Day. For more information, call 518-584-0400 or visit www. racingmuseum.org Indoor pickleball: Players of any experience level can take part fro 9:15 to 11:15 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at Gavin Park. Three to six courts will be available for each session. Players can bring their own equipment or use the park’s. Players must register at the Gavin Park Office located at 10 Lewis Drive in Wilton prior and doors open at 9 a.m. Cost per person, per session is $4. For more information, call weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 518-5849455. Saratogian sports staff
La Verdad, a New Yorkbred Eclipse Award-winning mare owned by Lady Sheila Stable at Edition Farm in Hyde Park, N.Y., delivered a filly by Tapit on March 15 to become the fourth mare participating in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame’s Foal Patrol to give birth in 2018. Both the mare and foal are doing well. This is La Verdad’s second foal.
The next Foal Patrol mare scheduled to give birth is Memento d’Oro, who is in foal to Bodemeister. Owned by Old Tavern Farm in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Memento d’Oro has an expected due date of March 31.
Sabbatical, owned by Phipps Stable, was the first mare in the Foal Patrol project to give birth this year, delivering a colt by War Front on Jan. 19 at Claiborne Farm. Phipps Stable agreed to choose the colt’s name from selections submitted by fans of Foal Patrol. The Jockey Club has approved the submitted name Tour of Duty.
The name Tour of Duty was submitted by Michelle Giedt of Plymouth, Mich., and Elizabeth Blair of Shamong, N.J. The winners will receive a letter from the Museum, Foal Patrol merchandise and an opportunity to visit historic Claiborne Farm through Horse Country, a Kentucky-based tour company specializing in horse farm experiences.
To follow along with the mares and their foals, please visit www.foalpatrol. com. The site includes biographies of the horses, a variety of blog updates, contests and the opportunity to sign up for foaling status alerts. For more information about the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, including program offerings and hours of operation, please visit www.racingmuseum. org or call (518) 584-0400