What horses are running in the 2021 Travers Stakes?
Travers Stakes Quick Sheet: Get to Know the 2021 Travers Horses
- Midnight Bourbon (9-2 morning-line odds) Jockey: Ricardo Santana Jr.
- Essential Quality (4-5) Jockey: Luis Saez.
- Keepmeinmind (6-1) Jockey: Joel Rosario.
- Dynamic One (6-1) Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr.
- Miles D (12-1)
- Masqueparade (8-1)
- King Fury (15-1)
Who Will Win Travers 2021?
This year, Essential Quality is widely considered the frontrunner of the division after his victory in the Belmont Stakes. On Saturday, he’s the 4-5 favorite in the Travers Stakes 2021 odds. Midnight Bourbon is behind him at 9-2 in the seven-horse 2021 Travers Stakes field, while Keepmeinmind and Dynamic One are 6-1.
Has a filly ever won the Travers?
Fillies won three of the first five Travers Stakes. The 1867 winner, Ruthless, the second filly to win the Travers, also won the inaugural running of the Belmont Stakes earlier that summer. And yet, a filly hasn’t won the Travers in more than a century; the last filly to win the Travers was Lady Rotha in 1915.
Who won the 2021 Travers Stakes today?
winner Essential Quality
Belmont States winner Essential Quality won the 152nd running of the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, holding off Midnight Bourbon in a stirring stretch duel. Aug. 28, 2021, at 7:37 p.m.
Who is the favorite in the Travers?
Essential Quality
Al Stall, Jr. The 2021 Travers Stakes (G1) is set for Saturday, Aug. 28 at Saratoga, and Essential Quality is the favorite at 4-5.
What was the payout for the Travers Stakes 2021?
The race, often referred to as the Midsummer Derby, will be lucrative for those involved. The total purse will be $1.25 million.
Why do they call it the run happy Travers?
The Travers Stakes is named for William Travers, the first president of Saratoga Race Course. His horse Kentucky won the first running of the event in 1864. Kentucky was by a legendary stallion named Lexington, who sired nine of the first 15 Travers winners.
What were the payouts at the Travers?
The three-year-old horse racing season continues Saturday with the 152nd running of the Travers Stakes at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga, New York. The race, often referred to as the Midsummer Derby, will be lucrative for those involved. The total purse will be $1.25 million.
Did Secretariat run in the Travers Stakes?
I asked why Secretariat didn’t run in the Travers and whether he was paraded in front of the Saratoga stands. “He was sick,” Nack said without hesitation. “He was sick for the Whitney, when he got beat by Onion, a famous victory by a nice Grade 2 horse.
Did Saratoga lose Secretariat?
Horses like Man o’ War and Secretariat lost at Saratoga; and a horse named Jim Dandy won the 1930 Travers Stakes over that year’s Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox at the shocking odds of 100-1.
Who is running in the Travers 2021?
Santa Anita entries and results | Gulfstream entries and results
Fin | Horse / Sire | Trainer / Jockey |
---|---|---|
1st | Essential Quality Tapit | B. Cox L. Saez |
2nd | Midnight Bourbon Tiznow | S. Asmussen R. Santana, Jr. |
3rd | Miles D Curlin | C. Brown F. Prat |
4th | Keepmeinmind Laoban | R. Diodoro J. Rosario |