Sunday marked the culmination of the five-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival in the Spa City. While the hustle and bustle of out-of-town visitors may have decreased, many

Sovereignty and jockey Junior Alvarado traversed the field of eight on a fast Saratoga track after downpours throughout the morning and early afternoon dried up before post time.

Ridden by Junior Alvarado, Sovereignty swept past favored Journalism in the stretch and powered to victory. Journalism held on for second, with Baeza getting up for third.