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It’s impossible to ascertain the significance of the gr. 1 Travers Stakes on a national basis because here everything about it has been blown out of proportion.  The race is, after all, the showpiece of a meet that knows no comparison. More women wore fancy hats to the track on Travers Day than on “Hat’s Off to Saratoga” Day.  Picnickers ...

Talk about the Travers has shifted to talk about Travers weather.  Yesterday, despite a perfectly sunny, late summer morning, everyone, including the local television weather watchers, seemed focused on Hurricane Irene.  The turn of events resulted in the installation of a son of Stormy Atlantic named Get Stormy as the gr. 2 Bernard ...

Keeneland has cataloged 4,319 yearlings for its 2011 September Yearling Sale (view catalog at Keeneland's website) to be held Sept. 11-24 in Lexington, Ky. This year's catalog includes 3,763 yearlings (87%) sired by TrueNicks subscribed stallions, meaning that complimentary reports are available for these hips. Use the link below to view the hips ...

Travers weekend is here. With any luck Hurricane Irene will hold off until late Saturday night in upstate New York. Whenever it invades your area, here's hoping you and your family stay safe. Travers Assuming the track stays dry and everyone breaks well, I expect Shackleford to go to the front and Coil to chase him. Stay Thirsty should be among ...

Saratoga’s backstretch was on lock-down Thursday morning.  Even NYRA owners with horse racing licenses had to register guests with the gate guards.  Just like everyone else that works on his feet instead of behind a desk, they found the task of filling out paperwork a pain in the “you-know-what.”  This, too, shall p-ass. Peggy ...

Ten meet in the 1 1/4 mile Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga. Who will win the Mid-Summer Derby and move to the head of the 3-year-old class? Who will finish second? How will the rest fare? Need more information about the Travers? Read the race preview, or watch That Handicapping ...

Three exceptional displays of philanthropy occurred at the 14th annual Belmont Child Care Association’s fundraiser at the Gideon Putnam Hotel on Wednesday evening.   First, Michael Dubb, the charity’s chairman and one of New York’s leading horse owners, paid $11,500 for a Breeders’ Cup trip that included private jet service.  Then Susan ...

I wanted to give you guys a little update on Noor’s remains being sent to Old Friends. The plan is for the body of the deceased Hall of Famer to be shipped to Michael Blowen’s Georgetown Ky.-based farm Aug. 30. Noor is being exhumed from his previous burial ground at the Loma Rica training track in California due to the land being ...

Complimentary TrueNicks Enhanced reports are available for the Travers Stakes (gr. I) field listed below. Click on the horse's name or letter grade to view the report. Each cross's average winning distance is included in the table—see the full report for addition cross-specific stats. The two favorites, Stay Thirsty and Coil, are sired by Travers ...

There were a few somber moments at the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund’s karaoke fundraiser when Jockey Guild president John Velazquez, riders Edgar Prado and Dean Mernagh and honoree Jeremy Edge, the “Walking Brit” who raised $30,000 for charity by walking from Belmont to Saratoga, paused the madness to remind the several hundred people in ...