Are you a racing fan in the Saratoga area looking to fill your final weekend before the Breeders' Cup? There are a number of racing-related events taking place this weekend:

Saturday: Countdown to the Breeders' Cup preview panel, 2 p.m.

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will hold one of its popular audience-driven preview panels in the Hall of Fame gallery, featuring discussion of various Breeders' Cup races, complete with video highlights. Admission is free and attendees can pick up copies of the Daily Racing Form, Thoroughbred Times and Blood Horse. The three panelists are Capital OTB's Mark Cusano and Jeanne Wood, along with yours truly. Cusano, a six-time leading handicapper at Saratoga, has produced and co-hosted (with Saratogian columnist Michael Veitch) the weekly Capital OTB program "Down The Stretch" since 1992. He handicaps the Saratoga meet for the Gazette and is the racing analyst for WGY Radio. Wood has been a program host and handicapper at Capital OTB since 1998, hosting programs such as Horses n' Courses and Saratoga Newsdesk.

Saturday: Open house at Old Friends at Cabin Creek: The Bobby Frankel Division, 12-3 p.m.

While this event at the first satellite farm for the Kentucky-based thoroughbred retirement organization Old Friends is held weekly, it might be wise to take advantage of some of the last pleasant weather we'll see in the area. The farm is home to New York-bred millionaire and Travers winner Thunder Rumble; Travers and Whitney winner Will's Way; Hopeful winner Crusader Sword; America's lovable loser Zippy Chippy; multiple graded winner Watchem Smokey; and six others. Fans have the opportunity to meet the horses up-close and hear their stories. Stick around until the close of the open house at 3 and you'll even get the chance to watch a young racehorse (the only non-retiree on the property) in the early stages of training with a local trainer. Old Friends is a 501(c)(3), so while admission and tours are free, donations are welcomed. The farm is located at 483 Sand Hill Road in Greenfield Center.

Saturday and Sunday: Stallion open house at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, 12-3 p.m. both days

Multiple Eclipse Award-winning breeder Adena Springs announced several weeks ago that it would move five stallions to this Saratoga farm. The upgraded stud roster now includes Breeders' Cup Classic winner Alphabet Soup; Belmont winner Touch Gold; Santa Anita Derby winner Tiago, a half-brother to Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo; Silent Name, the best son of champion Sunday Silence to stand in the United States; and the Grade I-placed Harlem Rocker. Take this chance to see perhaps the deepest group of stallions ever assembled on one New York farm up close.