Tag: Travers Stakes

By Richard Rosenblatt After a fantastic day of races on the 150th Travers Stakes card at Saratoga Race Course, on an afternoon that will be remembered for so many thrilling finishes, there’s one person you …

By Richard Rosenblatt Code of Honor overtook the leaders in the stretch and pulled away for a three-length victory in the $1.25 million Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1) on a sunny summer Saturday at Saratoga Race …

By Richard Rosenblatt After a crazy first half of the season, a dozen 3-year-olds will be looking to make a name for themselves in Saturday’s $1.25 million Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. …

The only question that arose in selecting this week’s “Best Bet” is whether or not it would be the Pick 4 or Pick 5 ending with the Travers on Saturday at Saratoga. With Shancelot looming …

By US Racing Team Martin Chuan, a top jockey in Peru, makes his first North American Grade 1 start aboard 30-1 long shot Everfast in Saturday’s $1.25 million Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race …

By John Furgele It’s time for the Travers, also known as the Mid-Summer Derby. It was first run in 1864 and this year, will be run for the 150thtime. Run at the classic distance of …

By Ray Wallin Peas and carrots. Franks and beans. Peanut butter and jelly. Travers and amazing finishes. The Mid-Summer Derby at Saratoga, the Travers Stakes, has produced some commanding wins and some heart pounding stretch …

By Richard Rosenblatt A field of 12 has been entered for Saturday’s $1.25 million Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, with Belmont Stakes (G1) and Jim Dandy (G2) runner-up Tacitus the 5-2 morning-line …

By Richard Rosenblatt When the call goes out for “Riders Up!” before the 150th edition of the $1.25 million Runhappy Travers Stakes on Saturday, a young man named Martin Chuan will get a leg up …

By Maryjean Wall Saratoga Springs has always been a town for horses. But one horse in particular nearly turned this town on its head in 1994. Remember that streakin’ gray son-of-a-gun, Holy Bull? I’m not …

By Ray Wallin A few weeks ago, we went to the Jersey Shore and looked at the Haskell Invitational by the numbers; now we’re off to Saratoga Springs, New York, and a look at Saturday’s …

By Richard Rosenblatt The early news concerning the 150th edition of the Runhappy Travers (G1) on Aug. 24 came from California and two-time Triple Crown winning trainer Bob Baffert on Thursday: Game Winner, one of …

There’s an old joke about a horseplayer who made it to heaven, where he was greeted at the pearly gates by St. Peter and given a tour of paradise. “Well, what do you think?” asked …

If you are a horseracing fan and/or a horseplayer and you are not looking forward to the Travers (G1), it might be time to check your pulse, because the Mid-Summer Derby is shaping up as …

In Shawshank Redemption, when warden Samuel Norton comes to inspect Andy Dufresne’s cell, he sees a picture of Rita Hayworth.  He doesn’t approve of it, but ends the scene by saying, “exceptions can be made.” …