all in Breeders' Cup

Promising 2-year-olds emerge every summer at Saratoga Race Course and Ted Noffey delivered a pair of special efforts at the meet, saving the best for last with an 8 ½-length romp in the $300,000 Spendthrift Farm Hopeful Stakes on the Sept. 1 closing day card.

I have visited Saratoga Race Course as a reporter or fan every summer since the mid-1970s. Every meet produces its share of spectacular performances, human and equine. Here are 10 highlights from this summer’s action:

Antiquarian withstood the late run of Sierra Leone to win the $1 million Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes Aug.

Fierceness easily defeated 2-5 favorite Journalism in a highly anticipated clash between the 4-year-old star and this year's Preakness Stakes winner in the $1 million Grade 1 Pacific Classic Stakes Aug.

Bear River continued his upward trajectory in the turf sprint division with a course record-setting half-length win in the $1.87 million Grade 2 Mint Kentucky Turf Sprint Stakes Aug. 30 at Kentucky Downs.

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