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.

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.

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.

Ryan Martin

All year long, Olympiad had displayed capabilities as a force to be reckoned with in the older horse division with four graded stakes victories against quality company. On Saturday, the 4-year-old son of Speightstown made an even stronger case for himself, passing his first 10-furlong test with aplomb against six other graded stakes winners and capturing his first Grade 1 victory in the 104th renewal of the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga Race Course.

Keith McCalmont

Peter Brant’s Virginia Joy upset 1-5 favorite War Like Goddess with a frontrunning score in Saturday’s Grade 2, $600,000 Flower Bowl, an 11-furlong inner turf test for older fillies and mares, at Saratoga Race Course.

Keith McCalmont

​Bass Racing’s Kentucky homebred Annapolis made every pole a winning one in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Saranac, a 1 1/16-mile inner turf test for sophomores, at Saratoga Race Course.