Several clubs feature live jazz, blues and folk music throughout the week. Skidmore College, offers an extensive program of music, dance, lectures and readings throughout the year. But Saratoga also has world class polo for six weeks and medium goal polo most of the rest of the year. The Equine Sports Center has harness racing almost ten months. In the Spring and Fall some of the best of Northeast Dressage and 'hunter-jumper' competitions take place in 'the city in the country'.
Saratoga Battlefield is a few miles East of town.
It is the site of one of the ten most important battles in world history, and regularly hosts reenactments of Revolutionary War encampments. The rolling countryside of the National Park overlooks the Hudson River and Green Mountains of Vermont. Most of the city has been designated as historic areas because of the wealth of historic and architectural treasures found here. Many homes are used only a few weeks each year by families associated with horse racing but they continue to be immaculately maintained. The 'Casino', home of the area's Historical Society and a casino which rivaled Monte Carlo in its day, houses turn of the century gambling devises and captures a sense of our past.