What to look for when venerable Saratoga kicks off its 46-day meet

You’ve done it all.Watched baseball games at Wrigley Field, Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium.

Witnessed the spectacular Northern Lights.Sat in celebrity row at Madison Square Garden.

Camped at the Grand Canyon.Wore a cheesehead at Lambeau Field.

Proposed marriage at the Empire State Building antenna.Waved the checkered flag at the Brickyard.

Visited the ancient pyramids.Kicked a soccer ball on the pitch at Wembley.

Played tennis at Wimbledon and climbed Mount Everest.All good.But have you been to Saratoga?With Aqueduct forever in our hearts and permanently in our rear-view mirror, the Saratoga expanded 46-day, 10-week summer meet begins on July 3.

Yes, from the “Graveyard of Queens” to the “Graveyard of Favorites.”The meet has more stakes than a cookout at a state fair.Some races and horses of note:Luminous Beauty, who broke her maiden by a half dozen lengths will go in the traditional opening day feature, the Schuylerville.Explosive action on the nation’s 250th birthday: the Belmont Derby, Belmont Oaks and the Suburban.International traveler Title Role, a winner in Germany and Dubai, will seek another victory in the Derby.

Abashiri and Kensington Lane will be co-favorites in the Oaks.And Todd Pletcher’s Antiquarian will try to rebound in the Suburban after losing to Nysos in the Met Mile.The Diana will be run on July 18.

The fillies will be front and center again when they load the gate for the Coaching Club American Oaks on July 25.The Vanderbilt is scheduled for that day as well.

On Aug.1 we will watch the Jim Dandy and Saratoga Special, but we won’t see Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes champion Golden Tempo who is under the weather.“He’s fine, but the timeline just isn’t going to suit us to get there.

We will continue to do what got us here and put him first,” trainer Cherie DeVaux said.“It’s the hand that we’ve been dealt.” And as for the Travers? “It’s up to us and our team to get him there and have him ready to go...