Samantha Decker
@sdeckerphoto.bsky.social
📷 Photographer, digital illustrator, & horse lover from Saratoga, NY
🐴 Volunteer at Old Friends at Cabin Creek
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️☮️ Believer in equal rights
Blog: http://sdeckerphotoblog.com
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🐴 Volunteer at Old Friends at Cabin Creek
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️☮️ Believer in equal rights
Blog: http://sdeckerphotoblog.com
Portfolio: http://www.samanthadeckerphoto.com
MGSW Rattle N Roll looks to repeat in the Grade II Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs on Friday. The Kenny McPeek trainee has been his sire Connect's highest earner for five straight years. #racingsky 🏇
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
MGSW Rattle N Roll looks to repeat in the Grade II Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs on Friday. The Kenny McPeek trainee has been his sire Connect's highest earner for five straight years. #racingsky 🏇
Frankie (This Hard Land) poses for the camera while Commentator photobombs in the background at Old Friends at Cabin Creek, 2018. Sadly, we lost Tator earlier this year.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Frankie (This Hard Land) poses for the camera while Commentator photobombs in the background at Old Friends at Cabin Creek, 2018. Sadly, we lost Tator earlier this year.
Stakes winner Spirit Doll is entered in the Wait a While Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Thursday. The Saffie Joseph trainee started her career on dirt, but made the switch to turf in her last start. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Stakes winner Spirit Doll is entered in the Wait a While Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Thursday. The Saffie Joseph trainee started her career on dirt, but made the switch to turf in her last start. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
The first sunrise in North America, Cape Spear, Newfoundland and Labrador, 2019.
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The first sunrise in North America, Cape Spear, Newfoundland and Labrador, 2019.
MG1SW Raging Sea is entered in the Grade III Falls City Stakes at Churchill Downs on Thursday. This race could be the final start for the Chad Brown trainee, who has amassed over $2 million in earnings. #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
MG1SW Raging Sea is entered in the Grade III Falls City Stakes at Churchill Downs on Thursday. This race could be the final start for the Chad Brown trainee, who has amassed over $2 million in earnings. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
MGSP Oversubscribed makes her first start off a year layoff in today's Together Forever Stakes at Aqueduct. The Chad Brown trainee is seeking her second career stakes win. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
MGSP Oversubscribed makes her first start off a year layoff in today's Together Forever Stakes at Aqueduct. The Chad Brown trainee is seeking her second career stakes win. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Jimmy P is entered in the Grade I Colonial Cup at Springdale Race Course today. The Keri Brion trainee is a two-time winner of the Grade I Jonathan Sheppard Memorial at Saratoga. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Jimmy P is entered in the Grade I Colonial Cup at Springdale Race Course today. The Keri Brion trainee is a two-time winner of the Grade I Jonathan Sheppard Memorial at Saratoga. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Scenes from Old Friends at Cabin Creek, 11/22/25
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Scenes from Old Friends at Cabin Creek, 11/22/25
Wellfleet, MA, looking magical at night, 2024.
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Wellfleet, MA, looking magical at night, 2024.
From the archives: Saratoga Performing Arts Center aka SPAC, fall 2012.
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
From the archives: Saratoga Performing Arts Center aka SPAC, fall 2012.
Congratulations to the connections of Preakness and Belmont alum Heart of Honor, who won the Nakheel Stakes at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai in his first start back after contesting the Belmont! #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Congratulations to the connections of Preakness and Belmont alum Heart of Honor, who won the Nakheel Stakes at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai in his first start back after contesting the Belmont! #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
MSW Maximus Meridius looks to add a third stakes win to his resume in today's Dave's Friend at Laurel Park. The Butch Reed trainee is also cross-entered in the Let's Give Thanks Stakes at Parx on Wednesday. #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
MSW Maximus Meridius looks to add a third stakes win to his resume in today's Dave's Friend at Laurel Park. The Butch Reed trainee is also cross-entered in the Let's Give Thanks Stakes at Parx on Wednesday. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Here's another installment of "From Wee One to Winner!" Escape Hall (2YO Independence Hall - Seascape colt), bred by Mahoney Eden Manor and Lexi Corti, broke his maiden today at Aqueduct! I've been following this guy since he was days old! Congrats to all connections! #racingsky
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Here's another installment of "From Wee One to Winner!" Escape Hall (2YO Independence Hall - Seascape colt), bred by Mahoney Eden Manor and Lexi Corti, broke his maiden today at Aqueduct! I've been following this guy since he was days old! Congrats to all connections! #racingsky
MSW Stone Smuggler is entered in the New York Stallion Stakes Series Staten Island Division tomorrow at Aqueduct. The Jorge Abreu trainee's last trip to the winner's circle was last December when she took the Fifth Avenue Division of the series. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
MSW Stone Smuggler is entered in the New York Stallion Stakes Series Staten Island Division tomorrow at Aqueduct. The Jorge Abreu trainee's last trip to the winner's circle was last December when she took the Fifth Avenue Division of the series. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
A beautiful weathervane atop a barn at Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater, NY, 2024.
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A beautiful weathervane atop a barn at Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater, NY, 2024.
Congratulations to Griffin Johnson, who has been awarded the 2025 Big Sport of Turfdom Award! #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Congratulations to Griffin Johnson, who has been awarded the 2025 Big Sport of Turfdom Award! #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
MSW Bank Frenzy is entered in the New York Stallion Stakes Series Thunder Rumble Division on Saturday at Aqueduct. The Rudy Rodríguez trainee is coming off a win in the Empire Classic Stakes at Belmont at the Big A last out. #racingsky 🏇
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November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
MSW Bank Frenzy is entered in the New York Stallion Stakes Series Thunder Rumble Division on Saturday at Aqueduct. The Rudy Rodríguez trainee is coming off a win in the Empire Classic Stakes at Belmont at the Big A last out. #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
Weanlings are the best! Thirty Year Farm in Saratoga earlier this fall.
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Weanlings are the best! Thirty Year Farm in Saratoga earlier this fall.
Tough Catch is entered in the Steel Valley Sprint Stakes at Mahoning Valley on Monday. The Dallas Stewart trainee is seeking his second stakes win and first win of 2025. #racingsky 🏇
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November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Tough Catch is entered in the Steel Valley Sprint Stakes at Mahoning Valley on Monday. The Dallas Stewart trainee is seeking his second stakes win and first win of 2025. #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
The late Will's Way at Old Friends at Cabin Creek, 2018. Will scored a 126 Beyer for his win in the '97 Whitney, the fourth-highest of all time.
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The late Will's Way at Old Friends at Cabin Creek, 2018. Will scored a 126 Beyer for his win in the '97 Whitney, the fourth-highest of all time.
Hard knocking MGSP Twisted Ride seeks his fifth stakes win in the Dave's Friend on Saturday at Laurel Park. The Michael Moore trainee has had 36 career starts to date at seven different tracks. #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Hard knocking MGSP Twisted Ride seeks his fifth stakes win in the Dave's Friend on Saturday at Laurel Park. The Michael Moore trainee has had 36 career starts to date at seven different tracks. #racingsky 🏇
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MSW Doc Sullivan is entered in the New York Stallion Stakes Series Thunder Rumble Division on Saturday at Aqueduct. The John Ortiz trainee was second in the Empire Classic Stakes at Belmont at the Big A last out. #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
MSW Doc Sullivan is entered in the New York Stallion Stakes Series Thunder Rumble Division on Saturday at Aqueduct. The John Ortiz trainee was second in the Empire Classic Stakes at Belmont at the Big A last out. #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
I was sorry to learn of the passing of Pin Oak Stud's Jim Bernhard. My condolences to his friends and family. This is a photo of him and his wife Dana celebrating after their horse World Beater won the Saratoga Derby last summer.
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I was sorry to learn of the passing of Pin Oak Stud's Jim Bernhard. My condolences to his friends and family. This is a photo of him and his wife Dana celebrating after their horse World Beater won the Saratoga Derby last summer.
This Saturday is the Grade III Commonwealth Turf Stakes at Churchill Downs. Pictured is last year's winner Lagynos. #racingsky 🏇
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This Saturday is the Grade III Commonwealth Turf Stakes at Churchill Downs. Pictured is last year's winner Lagynos. #racingsky 🏇
Jackson Heights is entered in the New York Stallion Series Stakes Thunder Rumble Division at Aqueduct on Saturday. The Ilkay Kantarmaci trainee is his sire Union Jackson's (now pensioned) highest earner, having banked over $400,000 to date. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Jackson Heights is entered in the New York Stallion Series Stakes Thunder Rumble Division at Aqueduct on Saturday. The Ilkay Kantarmaci trainee is his sire Union Jackson's (now pensioned) highest earner, having banked over $400,000 to date. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special