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
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!
Happy Tongue Out Tuesday from A Shin Forward at Old Friends at Cabin Creek! Today is also Giving Tuesday, and if you're looking for a worthy cause to donate to, consider Cabin Creek, whose mission it is to provide a dignified retirement to all Thoroughbreds. Shin and his pals will appreciate it!
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Happy Tongue Out Tuesday from A Shin Forward at Old Friends at Cabin Creek! Today is also Giving Tuesday, and if you're looking for a worthy cause to donate to, consider Cabin Creek, whose mission it is to provide a dignified retirement to all Thoroughbreds. Shin and his pals will appreciate it!
My condolences to all who knew and loved the promising young filly Five Bars, who sadly suffered a catastrophic injury while training. 💔
December 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
My condolences to all who knew and loved the promising young filly Five Bars, who sadly suffered a catastrophic injury while training. 💔
Pentathlon makes his stakes debut on Saturday in the Grade II Cigar Mile Handicap at Aqueduct. The Shug McGaughey trainee has a record of 3-1-3 from 14 career starts and most recently won an allowance optional at Belmont at the Big A in October. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Pentathlon makes his stakes debut on Saturday in the Grade II Cigar Mile Handicap at Aqueduct. The Shug McGaughey trainee has a record of 3-1-3 from 14 career starts and most recently won an allowance optional at Belmont at the Big A in October. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Congratulations to the connections of Hope Road, winner of the Grade III Bayakoa Stakes at Del Mar yesterday! #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
December 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Congratulations to the connections of Hope Road, winner of the Grade III Bayakoa Stakes at Del Mar yesterday! #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Congratulations to the connections of Segesta, winner of the Grade I Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar today! It has been a good weekend on the west coast for Chad Brown and Juddmonte, who also won the Grade I Hollywood Derby yesterday with Salamis. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Congratulations to the connections of Segesta, winner of the Grade I Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar today! It has been a good weekend on the west coast for Chad Brown and Juddmonte, who also won the Grade I Hollywood Derby yesterday with Salamis. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Walt Disney World's Epcot's China Pavilion, 2014.
November 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Walt Disney World's Epcot's China Pavilion, 2014.
Broodmare My Precious at Mahoney Eden Manor in Saratoga, 2022.
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Broodmare My Precious at Mahoney Eden Manor in Saratoga, 2022.
MGSP Scotland looks to repeat in the Cherokee Mile Stakes today at Churchill Downs. The Bill Mott trainee hit the board in all of his last three starts, all of them in graded company, including a second in the Grade I Forego Stakes at Saratoga. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
MGSP Scotland looks to repeat in the Cherokee Mile Stakes today at Churchill Downs. The Bill Mott trainee hit the board in all of his last three starts, all of them in graded company, including a second in the Grade I Forego Stakes at Saratoga. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Congratulations to the connections of Salamis, who is now a grade 1 winner with his score in the Hollywood Derby at Del Mar yesterday! #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Congratulations to the connections of Salamis, who is now a grade 1 winner with his score in the Hollywood Derby at Del Mar yesterday! #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Congratulations to the connections of Further Ado, winner of the Grade II Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs! #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Congratulations to the connections of Further Ado, winner of the Grade II Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs! #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
A red fox near Race Point Beach in Provincetown, MA.
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A red fox near Race Point Beach in Provincetown, MA.
GSW Spice Runner is entered in the Grade II Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes today at Churchill Downs. The Steve Asmussen trainee has yet to finish out of the money in five starts, all but one of them in stakes company. #racingsky 🏇
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
GSW Spice Runner is entered in the Grade II Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes today at Churchill Downs. The Steve Asmussen trainee has yet to finish out of the money in five starts, all but one of them in stakes company. #racingsky 🏇
Maiden winner Solemn Vow makes her stakes debut in the Fern Creek today at Churchill Downs. The Al Stall trainee is looking for her second win in four starts. #racingsky 🏇
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Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Maiden winner Solemn Vow makes her stakes debut in the Fern Creek today at Churchill Downs. The Al Stall trainee is looking for her second win in four starts. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Congratulations to the connections of Magnitude, winner of yesterday's Grade II Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs! This Steve Asmussen trainee is now a MGSW and a millionaire! #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Congratulations to the connections of Magnitude, winner of yesterday's Grade II Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs! This Steve Asmussen trainee is now a MGSW and a millionaire! #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
The Langham Huntington in Pasadena, CA, 2016.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The Langham Huntington in Pasadena, CA, 2016.
MGSP Universe is entered in the Grade II Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes tomorrow at Churchill Downs. The Kenny McPeek trainee has never finished off the board in his three career starts. #racingsky 🏇
November 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
MGSP Universe is entered in the Grade II Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes tomorrow at Churchill Downs. The Kenny McPeek trainee has never finished off the board in his three career starts. #racingsky 🏇
Maiden winner Stradale is entered in the Ed Brown Stakes at Churchill Downs tomorrow. The Steve Asmussen trainee has hit the board in three of his four career starts. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Maiden winner Stradale is entered in the Ed Brown Stakes at Churchill Downs tomorrow. The Steve Asmussen trainee has hit the board in three of his four career starts. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
The Grumpy Rabbit runs in the Golden Rod tomorrow at Churchill Downs. One morning at Saratoga last summer, one of the security guards told me she'd seen this filly finish third on debut and was impressed by her. Since then, she's broken her maiden & placed in 2 stakes.
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Grumpy Rabbit runs in the Golden Rod tomorrow at Churchill Downs. One morning at Saratoga last summer, one of the security guards told me she'd seen this filly finish third on debut and was impressed by her. Since then, she's broken her maiden & placed in 2 stakes.
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, MA, 2016.
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, MA, 2016.
New post on the blog today, featuring my latest video and photos to go with it.
The Magic of the Thoroughbred, Part III: The Breeding Years - Photography by Samantha Decker
For the past three and a half years, I have been working on a series of videos showcasing the beauty of the Thoroughbred at all stages of life. Click here...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
New post on the blog today, featuring my latest video and photos to go with it.
Big Dom (l) and Dr. Kapur finished 1-2 in a MSW on Travers day at Saratoga last summer. On Saturday they will both contest stakes races at Churchill Downs, but not the same one. The former goes to the Ed Brown & the latter to the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Big Dom (l) and Dr. Kapur finished 1-2 in a MSW on Travers day at Saratoga last summer. On Saturday they will both contest stakes races at Churchill Downs, but not the same one. The former goes to the Ed Brown & the latter to the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club. #racingsky 🏇
Shot for The Saratoga Special
Shot for The Saratoga Special