ELMONT, N.Y. – The blanket of carnations draped over the railing by the parking spot marked for trainer Todd Pletcher at his barn Sunday morning told the story of Saturday's Belmont Stakes. On Sunday morning, they were decoration, but on Saturday, they were laid across the withers of Mo Donegal, who provided Pletcher with his fourth Belmont victory in a race in which he swept the top two spots. Pletcher on Sunday morning said that both Mo Donegal and the filly Nest, who gave Pletcher his seventh runner-up finish in the 1 1/2-mile Belmont, had emerged from the race well and would now be pointed to major races at Saratoga. For Mo Donegal, the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes at 1 1/4 miles on Aug. 27 is his main objective, while Nest will return to races exclusively for fillies, with the Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama Stakes at 1 1/4 miles on Aug. 20 her top goal. Both, Pletcher said, could have preps, but that will be determined in a couple of weeks, once both get back to more serious training, and after Pletcher has discussions with the ownership groups of both runners. Mo Donegal, who got a Beyer Speed Figure of 98 in the Belmont, “is a hardy colt, takes his races in good order,” Pletcher said Sunday. :: Get ready for Saratoga and Del Mar with a Quarterly subscription to DRF Past Performances  “Our main goal now is to get to the the Travers. The question is what do we want to do between now and the Travers,” Pletcher said. “We can decide in a couple of weeks. If we do have a prep, my inclination would be to go the Saratoga route, but I have to talk to the connections and make sure everybody is on board. “But both our Travers winners, Stay Thirsty and Flower Alley, have gone the Jim Dandy route,” Pletcher said, referring to Saratoga’s prep for the Travers, the Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy at 1 1/8 miles on July 30. “We’ll see how that evolves.” Pletcher said he was proud of the effort turned in by Nest, who stumbled badly at the start yet still finished second. “She ran a super race,” Pletcher said. “The Alabama will be the main target for her. Probably the way to get there is the Coaching Club,” he said, referring to the Grade 1, $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks at 1 1/8 miles on July 23. “We’ll leave the option open to train her up to the Alabama, but my first reaction after seeing how she is this morning is we won’t need to wait until the Alabama. But time will shed light on that.” Pletcher said the greatest joy he had in winning the Belmont with Mo Donegal was providing co-owners Mike Repole and the Donegal Racing partnership, headed by Jerry Crawford, with the first Belmont victories for both. “I know how much the race meant to Mike and to Donegal. The most gratifying part of being a trainer is fulfilling dreams of people to win a race like that,” Pletcher said. Pletcher said he got to enjoy the race more than usual because at the top of the lane, it was apparent Mo Donegal and Nest were going to run one-two. “I got to enjoy the last 24 seconds,” he said. “That doesn’t often happen with a race of that magnitude.” Rich Strike, the Kentucky Derby winner who was sixth in the Belmont on Saturday, also has Saratoga on his itinerary. His trainer, Eric Reed, on Sunday morning said he likely would train Rich Strike straight into the Travers. Rich Strike left Belmont Park on Sunday afternoon, bound for Reed’s training center in Lexington, Ky. “The horse is good,” said Reed, who blamed himself for instructing jockey Sonny Leon to keep Rich Strike in the clear rather than save ground. “I didn’t want him to get down on the rail and get stopped. But he didn’t like where he was. We didn’t know that until yesterday,” Reed said. “He wanted to lay on horses. Sonny did what he was told to do. It was trainer error.” We the People, who finished fourth, “just got tired,” said his trainer, Rodolphe Brisset. “He didn’t stay. The trip was too long. But it was worth the try,” said Brisset, who said We the People would return to Keeneland on Monday, and likely have a brief freshening at co-owner WinStar Farm, before plans are made for upcoming races.