Dates: July 28 through Sept. 6. Tuesdays are dark.

Post Time: 1 p.m. (Travers Day, Aug. 28, 12:30 p.m.)

Admission: $3 grandstand, $5 clubhouse. Children under 12 free when accompanied by an adult.

Parking: Free general, $7 trackside.

Reserved Seats: $5 grandstand, $8 clubhouse. A limited number of grandstand seats are available for purchase each racing day. Seats can be bought the night before at the downtown Holiday Inn or in the morning at the reserved box office off Union Avenue.

BREAKFAST AT SARATOGA: Each racing day from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., a buffet breakfast is served trackside. Morning dmission to the track is free, except for Travers Day, Aug. 28. Morning visitors may also take a free tram tour of the stable area, watch the paddock show, and view a starting gate demonstration. There are no tram tours on Travers Day and closing day, Sept. 6.

OKLAHOMA TOURS: Oklahoma training track tours, each racing day, 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m., $10. Meet at Ludlow Street to National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, on Union Avenue across from the track. Ages 10 and up.

Activities: Family Fun Tent in the track's backyard every Friday. National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Located on Union Avenue across from the track; (518) 584-0400. Travers Festival Aug. 21-29: activities to celebrate the 135th Travers. For information, call (800) 526-8970. Philadelphia Orchestra at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Aug. 4-21 (Wed.-Sat.), 8:15 p.m. SPAC box office (518) 587-3330. Free handicapping seminars at Siro's before the races every racing day.

Location: Union Ave. Exit 13N or 14 off I-87 (Adirondack Northway).

Phone: (518) 584-6200

Internet: nyra.com