Posts tagged Travers Stakes
Calvin Borel off Mine That Bird ride for Woodward Stakes
Sep 2nd
This will probably be a week that Calvin Borel will prefer to forget. First Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver was a dismal 10th of 11, beaten 24 lengths, in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga on Saturday. Twenty-four hours later Borel rode the same 10 furlongs in the Personal Ensign Stakes and for eight of them [...]
Shock defeat for Rachel Alexandra in Personal Ensign Stakes
Aug 29th
Rachel Alexandra was a shock loser to Shug McGaughey’s Persistently in the Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga. Steve Asmussen’s filly, racing over 10 furlongs for the first time, was facing only four rivals, all of whom were considered inferior. The main threat was expected to be Life At Ten, winner of her last six starts, [...]
Afleet Express wins the Travers Stakes
Aug 28th
Afleet Express got the best of an epic last-furlong battle to win the 141st running of the Grade One Travers Stakes at Saratoga. The race was not short of quality but there was no outstanding market leader in the field of 11, although Trappe Shot having the slight edge. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Afleet-Express-wins-the-Travers-Stakes-a24182
Travers Stakes preview
Aug 27th
Rather like the ageing star, the Travers Stakes is finding itself upstaged by a relative upstart as this year’s Saratoga meeting reaches its climax. Given that the Travers predates even the Kentucky Derby, and has been the magnet race that has drawn crowds to the Spa track for most of its 146-year history, it would [...]
Todd Pletcher’s Saratoga double
Aug 25th
Picking winners is never easy – just look at all those short-term loan adverts on the television – but the marketing gurus at the New York Racing Association are pushing a special double wager for Saratoga this weekend. Just find the winners of both the Grade One features, the Travers and Personal Ensign Stakes, which [...]
Rachel Alexandra runs on Sunday
Aug 24th
As befits one of the two divas of American horse racing, Rachel Alexandra will be upstaging the main event at Saratoga this weekend. The Travers Stakes may usually be the hot ticket for the entire Saratoga meeting but it is having to take a back seat this year. Whether Rachel Alexandra makes the main event [...]
Lookin At Lucky out of Travers Stakes
Aug 4th
Bob Baffert could be forgiven for thinking that it is two steps forwards and one back when it comes to training Lookin At Lucky. The colt, who stamped himself as the dominant three-year-old colt with his victory in the Grade One Haskell Invitational Handicap at the weekend, has now been ruled out of his next [...]
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