This will be our last full day in Saratoga, so we try to make it special by going to the Turf Terrace, a restaurant on the top level of the Clubhouse at the finish line. We are usually able to get reservations for a small table for two with wonderful views not only of the finish but of the whole track, including the pond in the middle of the infield where each morning they float out a canoe painted in the colors of the silks worn by the jockey who last won the Travers Stakes, the most famous race at Saratoga.
We start the day with our last visit for the year to the morning workouts. One last time we will be looking on as trainers time their horses.