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
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🐴 Volunteer at Old Friends at Cabin Creek
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️☮️ Believer in equal rights
Blog: http://sdeckerphotoblog.com
Portfolio: http://www.samanthadeckerphoto.com
My best of 2025: A Shin Forward in the snow at Old Friends at Cabin Creek, January 11.
December 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
My best of 2025: A Shin Forward in the snow at Old Friends at Cabin Creek, January 11.
Today is the Grade II Los Alamitos Futurity. Pictured is last year's winner, Journalism. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
December 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Today is the Grade II Los Alamitos Futurity. Pictured is last year's winner, Journalism. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Grade 1 winner Howard Wolowitz looks to repeat in the Holiday Cheer Stakes tonight at Turfway. The José D'Angelo trainee will face 11 rivals, including Breeders' Cup winner Nobals. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
December 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Grade 1 winner Howard Wolowitz looks to repeat in the Holiday Cheer Stakes tonight at Turfway. The José D'Angelo trainee will face 11 rivals, including Breeders' Cup winner Nobals. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
MGSP Cameo Performance is entered in the Prairie Bayou Stakes at Turfway tonight. The Brendan Walsh trainee is coming off a third place finish in the Grade III Autumn Stakes at Woodbine in November. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
December 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
MGSP Cameo Performance is entered in the Prairie Bayou Stakes at Turfway tonight. The Brendan Walsh trainee is coming off a third place finish in the Grade III Autumn Stakes at Woodbine in November. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
My best of 2025: A gorgeous sunset at Denali Stud in Paris, KY, April 16.
December 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My best of 2025: A gorgeous sunset at Denali Stud in Paris, KY, April 16.
Little Georgie makes her second start tomorrow at Gulfstream Park for trainer Saffie Joseph. The 2YO Charlatan filly, who is a half-sister to MGSW Travel Column, sold for $630K as a yearling at Fasig-Tipton last year. Sadly, she is the final foal for her dam, Swingit, who passed away. #racingsky 🏇
December 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Little Georgie makes her second start tomorrow at Gulfstream Park for trainer Saffie Joseph. The 2YO Charlatan filly, who is a half-sister to MGSW Travel Column, sold for $630K as a yearling at Fasig-Tipton last year. Sadly, she is the final foal for her dam, Swingit, who passed away. #racingsky 🏇
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.
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 🏇