ELMONT, N.Y. – The two marquee races of every Saratoga meet are the Travers and Whitney Stakes. It became abundantly clear on Saturday that trainer Todd Pletcher will have top-flight contenders in both. Charge It took a big step toward being mentioned among the elite of the 3-year-old division with a demonstrative 23-length victory in the Grade 3, $250,000 Dwyer Stakes. He ran a mile in 1:34.67 and earned a 111 Beyer Speed Figure, the highest figure earned by any 3-year-old in 2022. A few hours earlier, Life Is Good won the Grade 2, $250,000 John Nerud Stakes by five lengths. He ran seven furlongs in 1:21.70, which equated to a 112 Beyer. That number ties Flightline’s figure in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap for the second-highest Beyer any horse has earned this year. Only the 114 that Speaker’s Corner earned in the Grade 1 Carter is higher. Coincidentally, both Life Is Good and Flightline beat Speaker’s Corner in the Nerud and Met Mile, respectively. Pletcher said Sunday that Charge It and Life Is Good came out of their races in good order. He indicated that Charge It would most likely train up to the $1.25 million Travers on Aug. 27, skipping the Grade 2 Jim Dandy on July 30. “It was a fast race, a big performance, he’s shown that he’s run well fresh,” said Pletcher, who trains Charge It for Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm. “My first reaction would be to go straight to the Travers, but I’ll talk to them about it and see but off a big race like that coming back in four weeks and then four weeks [again] might be a little tight.” :: Get ready for Saratoga and Del Mar with a Quarterly subscription to DRF Past Performances  Pletcher said he doesn’t think it would be a problem going from the one-mile Dwyer to the 1 1/4-mile Travers. “This horse has always trained like distance is not an issue,” Pletcher said. The potentially scary thing about Charge It is that both jockey John Velazquez and Pletcher felt Charge It ran a bit green in the Dwyer. Velazquez said the horse got to wandering in the stretch after he changed leads, forcing him to whip the horse once to get him to pay attention. “We haven’t seen him at his total best yet,” Pletcher said. “He’s still putting it all together, which is kind of scary.” Life Is Good has certainly put it all together. He gave another brilliant performance Saturday, flinging aside some early pressure from Speaker’s Corner and drawing off to win the Nerud by five. He galloped out well into the turn under Flavien Prat and should be well set for the 1 1/8 miles of the Whitney on Aug. 6. “We felt like we needed a prep to be our very best for the Whitney,” said Pletcher, referencing Life Is Good had not run since March 26. “You know when you run him he’s going to run fast. Hopefully, the five weeks allows him to come back and do his thing again.” :: Bet the races on DRF Bets! Sign up with code WINNING to get a $250 Deposit Match, $10 Free Bet, and FREE DRF Formulator. Life Is Good won the Grade 1 Pegasus Invitational at 1 1/8 miles in January, a race in which he beat Knicks Go, the 2021 Horse of the Year. The Whitney is expected to attract Olympiad, who earned a 111 Beyer winning Saturday’s Grade 2 Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs, and Hot Rod Charlie among others. The victories by Charge It and Life Is Good were part of a four-win day at Belmont for Pletcher. He also won a maiden turf race with the 3-year-old Capensis, a $2 million yearling who was making his career debut Saturday. A son of Grade 1 winners Tapit and Tara’s Tango, Capensis rallied four wide in the stretch to win by five lengths. He earned a 91 Beyer. “When we put him on the turf first time we were like ‘Wow, this horse really likes this surface,’ ” Pletcher said. “We’re playing catchup as far as some of these stakes go. We’ll try an allowance race and see what happens after that.” In Saturday’s last, Pletcher won an open first-level allowance with Jerry the Nipper, a 5-year-old New York-bred who was making his turf debut.  Coincidentally, Capensis and Jerry the Nipper worked together on the turf June 24 at Saratoga. “We felt he’s a versatile horse, he’s always run well, but I think he took a step forward there,” Pletcher said. Jerry the Nipper could be a candidate for the $200,000 West Point, a 1 1/16-mile race for New York-breds on Aug. 26. Looking ahead to closing weekend at Belmont Park, Pletcher plans to run Emmanuel in the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Derby and Dynamic One and Untreated in the Grade 2, $400,000 Suburban Stakes. Pletcher has nine of the 16 Suburban nominations. He said Vindictive, second to First Captain in the Grade 3 Pimlico Special, is sidelined indefinitely, while Happy Saver, second to Flightline in the Metropolitan Handicap, will run in the Whitney. Grade 2 Brooklyn winner Fearless will point to the Birdstone on July 28 at Saratoga.