Steven Crist

12:01 pm: 406 races down, 11 to go. Early first post of 12:30 pm for Day 40 of 40, an 11-race card headlined by the G2 (boo) Hopeful, the G3 Glens Falls, and a mandatory pick-6 payout on Closing Day at the Spa.

  12:50 pm: The remarkable run of good weather continues at Saratoga, where it's fast and firm for Day 39 of 40, an 11-race card featuring the G3 Saranac for 2-year-old turfers and the G1 Spinaway for 2-year-old fillies.

    12:55 pm: Six on the grass, six on the dirt for Day 38 of 40, with a $54k pick-6 carryover into a sequence that includes the G2 Bernard Baruch, the G1 Forego and the G1 Woodward Stakes.

2:10 pm: Just 43 races to go for Saratoga 2012, nine of them on this late-post Day 37 including the $100k Big Bambu for older-filly sprinters and the the $100k Riskaverse for 3-year-old fillies on the turf.

12:15 pm: Three on the dirt, eight on the grass (including two steeplechases), a $73k carryover, and the long-awaited debut of Archwarrior make it a busy, fast, firm and sunny Day 36 at Saratoga.