"The Saratoga Reel", also sometimes identified incorrectly as "The Saratoga Hornpipe", is an Irish reel in 2/4 and G major or A major. The parts are played AA'BB'. Saratoga, New York, was already a thriving spa destination in the 1880's, when Ryan's Mammoth Collection was published. The railroad, built in 1831, brought well-to-do patrons to the mineral water, and a thoroughbred racetrack, the oldest in America, has been in continuous use since 1863. It was printed in Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940), Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883), Howe's 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867), Kerr's Merry Melodies, vol. 2 (c. 1880’s), Martin & Hughes' Ho-ro-ghedllaedh (1990), Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995) and Songer's Portland Collection (1997). It was recorded by Natalie MacMaster on A Compilation (1998) and Betsy Branch, Clyde Curley and Susan Songer on A Portland Play Along Selection: 97 Contra Dance Tunes for Listening and Learning (2008).