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
Portfolio: http://www.samanthadeckerphoto.com
🐴 Volunteer at Old Friends at Cabin Creek
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️☮️ Believer in equal rights
Blog: http://sdeckerphotoblog.com
Portfolio: http://www.samanthadeckerphoto.com
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 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
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 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
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 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
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 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
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 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
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 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
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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Shot for The Saratoga Special
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 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
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 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
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 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
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 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
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 🏇
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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
St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, 2018.
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, 2018.
Millionaire Be Bullish at Old Friends at Cabin Creek, 2023.
November 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Millionaire Be Bullish at Old Friends at Cabin Creek, 2023.
200 days until the 2026 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga! #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
200 days until the 2026 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga! #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Congratulations to the connections of Nobals, who defended his title in the Grade II Kennedy Road Stakes at Woodbine yesterday! #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Congratulations to the connections of Nobals, who defended his title in the Grade II Kennedy Road Stakes at Woodbine yesterday! #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
Congratulations to the connections of Fionn, winner of the Grade III Jockey Club Oaks at Aqueduct today! This filly is on fire! #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Congratulations to the connections of Fionn, winner of the Grade III Jockey Club Oaks at Aqueduct today! This filly is on fire! #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Le Gris is entered in the Claiming Crown Jewel today at Churchill Downs. He is pictured here with assistant trainer Donnie Balthazar when he was under the care of Al Stall. He has since been claimed by Rudy Rodríguez. #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Le Gris is entered in the Claiming Crown Jewel today at Churchill Downs. He is pictured here with assistant trainer Donnie Balthazar when he was under the care of Al Stall. He has since been claimed by Rudy Rodríguez. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
It has been announced that 2024 Grade II Saratoga Special Stakes winner Showcase will stand at McMahon Thoroughbreds in Saratoga next year. #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It has been announced that 2024 Grade II Saratoga Special Stakes winner Showcase will stand at McMahon Thoroughbreds in Saratoga next year. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special