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
Weigh the Risks is entered in the Go For Wand Stakes on Saturday at Aqueduct. The Chad Brown trainee is coming off a win in the Pumpkin Pie Stakes in November. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Weigh the Risks is entered in the Go For Wand Stakes on Saturday at Aqueduct. The Chad Brown trainee is coming off a win in the Pumpkin Pie Stakes in November. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
My Best of 2025: A very wet Tom Collins returns after finishing third in a maiden special weight at Saratoga, June 6. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
My Best of 2025: A very wet Tom Collins returns after finishing third in a maiden special weight at Saratoga, June 6. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
A Christmas design I made last year.
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A Christmas design I made last year.
MGSW Skelly looks to extend his Oaklawn win streak to 11 in the Ring the Bell Stakes on Saturday. This would be the Steve Asmussen trainee's seventh stakes victory. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
MGSW Skelly looks to extend his Oaklawn win streak to 11 in the Ring the Bell Stakes on Saturday. This would be the Steve Asmussen trainee's seventh stakes victory. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Miss Munnings at Mahoney Eden Manor in Saratoga, 2022.
December 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Miss Munnings at Mahoney Eden Manor in Saratoga, 2022.
Santa Claus Stables
December 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Santa Claus Stables
Throwback to fall 2023, when Reign It In was a weanling! Our gelding is entered at Aqueduct on Thursday. He is coming off a third place finish at Finger Lakes last out. Charlton Baker conditions him and Kendrick Carmouche has the mount. #racingsky 🏇
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Throwback to fall 2023, when Reign It In was a weanling! Our gelding is entered at Aqueduct on Thursday. He is coming off a third place finish at Finger Lakes last out. Charlton Baker conditions him and Kendrick Carmouche has the mount. #racingsky 🏇
Happy Tongue Out Tuesday from King Congie of Old Friends at Cabin Creek!
December 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Happy Tongue Out Tuesday from King Congie of Old Friends at Cabin Creek!
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 🏇