Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Members of the harness racing community and its supporters gathered this past weekend to honor the 17 horses that perished in an early morning barn fire at the Saratoga Casino Hotel earlier this month. “The response from our community after such a terrible tragedy has shown us its true strength,” Sam Gerrity, Chief Executive Officer of Saratoga Casino Hotel, said at the ceremony.