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
The Santa Stakes at the Spa! #racingsky 🏇
December 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The Santa Stakes at the Spa! #racingsky 🏇
Thirty Year Farm in Saratoga recently added three new broodmares to their band, among them Yanira. The daughter of More Than Ready is a half sister to Puca, the dam of grade 1 winners Mage, Dornoch, and Baeza. She is carrying a foal by Good Magic, the sire of Mage and Dornoch.
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Thirty Year Farm in Saratoga recently added three new broodmares to their band, among them Yanira. The daughter of More Than Ready is a half sister to Puca, the dam of grade 1 winners Mage, Dornoch, and Baeza. She is carrying a foal by Good Magic, the sire of Mage and Dornoch.
The Whitney Family Trophy Collection, bequeathed to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame by John Hendrickson, is on display at the museum until December 28th. This is the first time all the Whitney Family Trophies, over 400 of them, have been on display in one location. #racingsky 🏇
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Whitney Family Trophy Collection, bequeathed to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame by John Hendrickson, is on display at the museum until December 28th. This is the first time all the Whitney Family Trophies, over 400 of them, have been on display in one location. #racingsky 🏇
Mayo Beach in Wellfleet, MA covered in snow.
December 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Mayo Beach in Wellfleet, MA covered in snow.
More Than Speed, the dam of GSW Baby Yoda, at Mahoney Eden Manor in Saratoga, 2024.
December 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
More Than Speed, the dam of GSW Baby Yoda, at Mahoney Eden Manor in Saratoga, 2024.
New post on the blog!
Spring, Summer, and Fall 2025 at Cabin Creek - Photography by Samantha Decker
While winter solstice technically isn’t until December 21, but I always think of December 1 as the unofficial start of winter. In this post, I will share my photos from...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New post on the blog!
GSP Tricky Temper runs in today's Garland of Roses Stakes at Aqueduct. The Jeremiah Englehart trainee is seeking her second win this year and sixth overall. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
GSP Tricky Temper runs in today's Garland of Roses Stakes at Aqueduct. The Jeremiah Englehart trainee is seeking her second win this year and sixth overall. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
GSW Fully Subscribed is entered in the Grade III Comely Stakes today at Aqueduct. The Chad Brown trainee won the Grade II Mother Goose Stakes last out. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
GSW Fully Subscribed is entered in the Grade III Comely Stakes today at Aqueduct. The Chad Brown trainee won the Grade II Mother Goose Stakes last out. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Christmas horse ride, 2024. #procreateartist
December 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Christmas horse ride, 2024. #procreateartist
Crandall Park in Glens Falls, NY, 2019.
December 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Crandall Park in Glens Falls, NY, 2019.
It was the favored Bishops Bay to take the final Cigar Mile to be run at the Big A! Congrats to all connections! #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
December 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It was the favored Bishops Bay to take the final Cigar Mile to be run at the Big A! Congrats to all connections! #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Congratulations to the connections of Paladin, a $1.9 million yearling purchase who is now 2-for-2 with his win in the Grade II Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct! #racingsky 🏇
December 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Congratulations to the connections of Paladin, a $1.9 million yearling purchase who is now 2-for-2 with his win in the Grade II Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct! #racingsky 🏇
Last night I attended the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Member Holiday Party and I got a chance to see my photos in the Photo Finish Exhibition. It's an honor to see my work displayed alongside all these other beautiful photos.
December 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Last night I attended the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Member Holiday Party and I got a chance to see my photos in the Photo Finish Exhibition. It's an honor to see my work displayed alongside all these other beautiful photos.
GSP Lost Ark runs in the Grade III Valedictory Stakes today at Woodbine. The Krista Cole trainee, who seeks his first win since taking the Jockey Club Derby in 2023, is a half to champion Nest. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
December 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
GSP Lost Ark runs in the Grade III Valedictory Stakes today at Woodbine. The Krista Cole trainee, who seeks his first win since taking the Jockey Club Derby in 2023, is a half to champion Nest. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Graded stakes winner Crazy Mason runs in today's Grade II Cigar Mile Handicap. The Gregg Sacco trainee was second in the Grade III Vosburgh Stakes last time out. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Graded stakes winner Crazy Mason runs in today's Grade II Cigar Mile Handicap. The Gregg Sacco trainee was second in the Grade III Vosburgh Stakes last time out. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Today is the Grade II Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct. Pictured is 2023 winner Dornoch, who went on to win the Belmont and Haskell Stakes as a three-year-old. #racingsky 🏇
December 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Today is the Grade II Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct. Pictured is 2023 winner Dornoch, who went on to win the Belmont and Haskell Stakes as a three-year-old. #racingsky 🏇
GSP Talkin is entered in the Grade II Remsen Stakes tomorrow. The Danny Gargan trainee was second in the Grade I Champagne Stakes at Belmont at the Big A last out. #racingsky 🏇
December 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
GSP Talkin is entered in the Grade II Remsen Stakes tomorrow. The Danny Gargan trainee was second in the Grade I Champagne Stakes at Belmont at the Big A last out. #racingsky 🏇
Stakes placed Believable makes her first start in graded company in the Grade II Demoiselle Stakes at Aqueduct tomorrow. The Todd Pletcher trainee, owned by Repole Stable, was an $800,000 yearling purchase at Fasig-Tipton last year. #racingsky 🏇
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Stakes placed Believable makes her first start in graded company in the Grade II Demoiselle Stakes at Aqueduct tomorrow. The Todd Pletcher trainee, owned by Repole Stable, was an $800,000 yearling purchase at Fasig-Tipton last year. #racingsky 🏇
Anxiously awaiting their next peppermint: Red Down South at Bold Illusion at Old Friends at Cabin Creek, 2023.
December 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Anxiously awaiting their next peppermint: Red Down South at Bold Illusion at Old Friends at Cabin Creek, 2023.
This Saturday is the Grade II Cigar Mile Stakes at Aqueduct. Pictured is last year's winner, Locked. #racingsky 🏇
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This Saturday is the Grade II Cigar Mile Stakes at Aqueduct. Pictured is last year's winner, Locked. #racingsky 🏇
This Saturday the Grade III Elite Power Stakes will be run at Aqueduct. Pictured is the race's namesake, the two-time champion sprinter who earned more than $3 million. #racingsky 🏇
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This Saturday the Grade III Elite Power Stakes will be run at Aqueduct. Pictured is the race's namesake, the two-time champion sprinter who earned more than $3 million. #racingsky 🏇
150 days till Kentucky Derby 152! #racingsky 🏇
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
150 days till Kentucky Derby 152! #racingsky 🏇
We are now 150 days out from the 2026 Kentucky Oaks! Pictured is this year's winner, Good Cheer. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We are now 150 days out from the 2026 Kentucky Oaks! Pictured is this year's winner, Good Cheer. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
I made the most of my snow day, photographing weanlings, broodmares, and more at Thirty Year Farm and Mahoney Eden Manor in Saratoga!
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I made the most of my snow day, photographing weanlings, broodmares, and more at Thirty Year Farm and Mahoney Eden Manor in Saratoga!
Enjoying my snow day!
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Enjoying my snow day!