Upon the retirement of two-time champion Monomoy Girl, it didn’t take long for observers to mention her certainty of making the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame.

Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen surpassed the late Dale Baird’s all-time North American win record at Saratoga on Saturday, by sending out the long-anticipated number 9,446 - juvenile Stellar Tap.

August 1 was one of those big racing days that have become standard at Saratoga. The era of a graded stakes race every day is now long gone, with important races instead stacked on a few weekends.