Tag: Travers Stakes Odds

TRAVERS TRADITION: Not Just a Canoe

The canoe that has been floating in the infield lake at Saratoga Race Course has been around for a long time. Well, maybe not the same canoe, but a canoe nonetheless. Back in 1959, Bill Laudner wrote in the New York Herald Tribune that the canoe – then painted a cerulean blue – had been [&hellip...
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TRAVERS STAKES HISTORY: Sea Hero

The Travers Stakes (G1), often called the “Midsummer Derby,” is the most significant race remaining for 3-year-olds. It is a final chance to determine the pecking order in the division before summer turns to fall and the leading sophomores step up to the handicap division to face their elders on...
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2024 Travers Stakes: THORPEDO ANNA

The 155th running of the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday (Aug. 24), aka the “Midsummer Derby,” is considered the marquee race of the summer. A field of eight 3-year-olds was entered on Sunday. usracing.com is publishing profiles of the contenders. 2024 Trave...
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2024 Travers Stakes: SIERRA LEONE

The 155th running of the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday (Aug. 24), aka the “Midsummer Derby,” is considered the marquee race of the summer. A field of eight 3-year-olds was entered on Sunday. usracing.com is publishing profiles of the contenders. 2024 Trave...
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Betting Drama? A Little Travers History to Consider

The Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday (Aug. 26) has a strong chance to become the most dramatic in its wild and woolly 154-year history. The 1 ¼- mile race aka the Midsummer Derby, has featured some of the most memorable upsets in thoroughbred history at a track known as the G...
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