Cherie DeVaux

At one point, Saratoga Springs was just known as “the August place to be,” though over the years that’s changed as Saratoga Race Course’s season has expanded.

Saratoga Springs-native Cherie DeVaux, after becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner, is the second in four years to do so at the Belmont Stakes, which were hosted in Saratoga Springs for the third and final time Saturday.