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Three-Day Event Includes UCI Downhill World Cup at Whiteface and UCI Cross-Country World Cup at Mt Van Hoevenberg

Tickets on Sale; Free Admission for SKI3 Season Pass Holders

Lake Placid, N.Y. (April 16, 2025) – The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) announces that the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series will return to Lake Placid from Friday, October 3 through Sunday, October 5. The three-day event will feature men’s and women’s UCI World Cup races in both endurance and gravity disciplines, including Cross-country Short Track (XCC) and Cross-country Olympic (XCO) at Mt Van Hoevenberg, and Downhill (DHI) at Whiteface Mountain in adjacent Wilmington.

Derby Day of Discovery, presented by the New York State Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund, and Kentucky Derby Preview Panel set for April 26 at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will play host to a pair of special events on Saturday, April 26 associated with the upcoming Kentucky Derby. From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., the Museum’s education department will present a Derby Day of Discovery program in the Museum’s HorsePlay! Gallery, which is sponsored by the New York State Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund. At 12 p.m., the Museum will hold its annual Kentucky Derby Preview Panel in the Hall of Fame. Admission to both events is free.

Star-Studded Golf Tournament to Support Grateful Hearts and Foster Youth

Sullivan Catskills, NY (March 10^h, 2025) – Get ready to tee off for a great cause! Tickets are now available for the Legends of the LPGA Celebrity Charity Event, coming to the Monster Golf Course at Resorts World Catskills from June 26-28, 2025. This premier three-day golf experience brings together LPGA legends, celebrities, first responders, and fans—all in support of Grateful Hearts and their mission to empower foster youth transitioning out of care.

With special exhibitions and programs throughout 2025
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame is celebrating the 75^th anniversary of its 1950 founding with numerous special exhibitions, a variety of signature events, and expanded programming throughout 2025.

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. — Eight racehorses, seven trainers, and one jockey account for the 16 finalists that will comprise the National Museum of Racing’s 2025 Hall of Fame ballot, as chosen by the Museum’s Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. The finalists are racehorses Blind Luck, Game On Dude, Groupie Doll, Havre de Grace, Kona Gold, Lady Eli, Rags to Riches, and Smarty Jones; trainers Christophe Clement, Kiaran P. McLaughlin, Kenneth G. McPeek, H. Graham Motion, Doug F. O’Neill, John W. Sadler, and John A. Shirreffs; and jockey Jorge F. Chavez. Groupie Doll, Smarty Jones, and McPeek are each a finalist for the first time.

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the return of the popular Win, Place, Show: Student Art Exhibition, which opens March 1 in the Museum’s von Stade Gallery for Capital Region students in grades 3-7 and on April 5 for grades 8-12.

Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga hosts "100 Days to Belmont" at Horseshoe Bar & Grill on February 27th

Saratoga Springs, NY – As the Belmont Stakes countdown begins, the community is invited to enjoy a casual mid-winter fundraising event to support local Veterans and retired racehorses. On February 27, 2025, the Horseshoe Inn Bar and Grill will host an evening of live music, dining, and charitable giving, benefiting Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga’s (THS) Freedom Rein program.

Women’s and Men’s FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Headed to Olympic Jumping Complex Feb. 6-9

Lake Placid, N.Y. (January 27, 2025) – The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) announces the return of Viessmann International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup to the Olympic Jumping Complex for a third straight year. This year’s event, set for February 6-9 on the HS 128 large hill, will include both men’s and women’s competitions, marking the first time a women’s World Cup has taken place in the United States.

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will play host to the third annual “Countdown to the Triple Crown” fundraising event on Saturday, Feb. 1. This winter fundraiser, scheduled exactly three months prior to the 151^st Kentucky Derby, will feature more than 150 silent auction items and an online auction of unique items and experience packages to benefit the Museum.

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. — Coinciding with the 75^th anniversary of its founding, which will be recognized and celebrated throughout 2025, the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will open its latest exhibition, Laying the Foundation: The Architecture of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, to the public on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Located in the Museum’s Link Gallery, this new exhibition will chronicle how the Museum has physically evolved with the times since its founding in 1950.