The 153rd working of the Travers Stakes is Sat., Aug. 27, 2022 at Saratoga Race Course. (AP … [+]
The 153rd working of the Travers headlines the most important day of the summer season at Saratoga. Six graded stakes together with 5 Grade 1 races spotlight the 13 race card. The $1.25 million Travers drew a very competitive field of eight runners for the ‘Midsummer Derby’, and publish time for the 1 1/4 mile Travers is 5:44 p.m. ET and Race 11 on the cardboard.
The Travers Stakes will probably be proven dwell nationwide on FOX tv as a part of an hour and a half telecast beginning at 4:30 p.m ET. Extra protection together with huge races from Saratoga and throughout the nation could be watched live on TVG as a part of their watch and wager complete protection.
Coach Chad Brown holds his strongest hand but within the 2022 Travers in search of his first win within the Midsummer Derby – the oldest race for 3-year-olds in North America. Brown saddles Grade 1 Preakness Stakes winner Early Voting (8/1) together with Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes winner Zandon (5/1), who additionally completed third within the Kentucky Derby and runner-up in the newest Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga. Additionally, late-bloomer Artorius (9/2), making simply his fourth begin and a son 2016 Travers and Breeders Cup Traditional winner Arrogate, offers Brown a stable trio of runners to take purpose on the favourite.
Epicenter (7/5) is the morning line favourite who will go to publish as the general public’s option to beat. He’s educated by Steve Asmussen, and Epicenter completed runner-up within the Kentucky Derby and Preakness earlier than successful final months Jim Dandy Stakes with the quickest pace determine of his profession.
Together with stunning Kentucky Derby longshot winner Wealthy Strike (10/1), this 12 months’s Travers resides as much as the hype with the highest three Kentucky Derby finishers within the race together with current Grace 1 Haskell Stakes winner Cyberknife (7/2).
Wealthy Strike successful 2022 Kentucky Derby. (AP Picture/Jeff Roberson)
Together with the $1.25 million Grade 1 Travers, there are 4 different Grade 1 races and one Grade 2 Saturday at Saratoga.
- Race 11: Runhappy Travers (G1) $1.25 million – 1 1/4 miles for 3-year-olds
- Race 10: Resorts World Sword Dancer (G1) $750,000 – 1 1/2 miles for older horses on inside turf
- Race 9: Private Ensign (G1) $600,000 – 1 1/8 miles for older fillies and mares
- Race 8: H. Allen Jerkens Memorial (G1) $500,000 – 7 furlongs for 3-year-olds
- Race 5: Forego (G1) $500,000 – 7 furlongs for older horses
- Race 4: Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa (G2) $400,000 – 1 1/16 miles for older fillies and mares on turf
Saturday’s Race 10 Sword Dancer can also be a ‘Win and You’re In’ Breeders’ Cup qualifying race. So is Sunday’s Grade 1 Ballerina Handicap for fillies and mares.
You may watch the video replay of the current Jim Dandy Stakes, which featured Early Voting working on the lead into the stretch earlier than ending fourth with surging Epicenter getting as much as win an in depth race in entrance of Zandon.
Travers Day Picks at Saratoga
I turned to the specialists at Horse Racing Nation and it’s Tremendous Screener huge stakes race evaluation for extra perception. Listed below are their picks and win contenders for Saturday’s largest races. Morning line odds included, and the chances will change on race day with pari-mutuel betting, the place all bettors wager in opposition to one another, and never the “home”.
Race 11: Travers
- Zandon (5/1)
- Epicenter (7/5)
- Artorius (9/2)
Race 10: Sword Dancer
- Broome (3/1)
- Soldier Rising (15/1)
- Gufu (9/2)
Race 9: Private Ensign
- Search Outcomes (7/2)
- Malathaat (5/2)
- Clairiere (6/5)
Race 8: H. Allen Jerkens
Race 5: Forgo
- Jackie’s Warrior (1/2)
- Cody’s Want (7/2)
Race 4: Ballston Spa
Travers Historical past and Memorable Race
Thirty 5 years in the past, the 1987 Travers noticed Java Gold surge within the late stretch to seize the Man o’ Battle Cup and beat the most effective Travers fields in historical past. The race included the favourite and Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Alysheba, Belmont Stakes and Haskell winner Wager Twice, Wooden Memorial and Met Mile winner Gulch, Champagne and Jim Dandy Stakes winner Polish Navy, Santa Anita Derby winner Temperate Sil, and Florida Derby winner Cryptoclearance, who would end second within the Travers.
Take a look at the TVG betting guide and extra methods to guess on horse racing as you think about your picks and bets for Saratoga’s largest day of racing at ‘The Spa’.
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