Keith McCalmont

​Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s Forte made the grade with a decisive three-length score in Monday’s Grade 1, $300,000 Hopeful, a seven-furlong main track sprint for juveniles, on Closing Day of the 40-day summer meet at Saratoga Race Course.

Mary Eddy

​Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. earned the Angel Cordero, Jr. Award as the leading rider at Saratoga Race Course for the fourth time, finishing with 55 wins to top Luis Saez and Flavien Prat, who tied for second with 40 wins each. Joel Rosario finished fourth with 39 wins. Ortiz, Jr. has now earned 20 riding titles at NYRA racetracks.

Pat McKenna; Mark Bardack

​The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that all-sources wagering handle surged to a record $878,211,963 million during the 2022 summer meet at historic Saratoga Race Course, eclipsing the previous record of $815,508,063, established in 2021, by 7.7 percent.

Ryan Martin

Trainer Chad Brown clinched his fifth H. Allen Jerkens Award for leading trainer at Saratoga Race Course and secured his 12th stakes triumph of the summer meet when saddling Emaraaty to his first graded win in Closing Day Monday’s 64th running of the Grade 3, $200,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap for 3-year-olds and upward going 1 1/16 over the inner turf.

NYRA Press Office

There’s a special charge that Steve Houghton in his position as program advisor for the Saratoga WarHorse Foundation experiences most every time he meets a fellow veteran enrolled in the organization’s intensive three-day connection process.

Keith McCalmont

WellSpring Stables’ Leave No Trace kept a perfect record intact with a 1 1/2-length victory at odds of 14-1 in Sunday’s 131st renewal of the Grade 1, $300,000 Spinaway, a seven-furlong main track sprint for juvenile fillies, at Saratoga Race Course.