2020 Travers Day at Saratoga Race Course

Editor's Note (9/10/2020): 2020's summer meet at Saratoga Race Course took place without spectators in attendance. The information below reflects 2020, but we will update it with 2021 details as soon as they are released by the New York Racing Association (NYRA).

Photo credit: 2012 Travers Stakes - Saratoga, N.Y. by Mike Lizzi | (license)

151st Runhappy Travers In Saratoga Springs: Aug 8, 2020

TRAVERS STAKES | PURSE: $1 MILLION | GRADE 1 | 3-YEAR-OLDS | 1 1/4 MILES

The Grade 1 Runhappy Travers at Saratoga Race Course will be run on August 8, 2020. Dating back to 1864, this one-and-a-quarter-mile "Midsummer Derby" for three year olds is the oldest major thoroughbred race in America -- not to mention one of the biggest events in Saratoga Springs!

Please note that the 2020 meet opened without spectators in attendance, in accordance with New York State guidelines.

2020 Travers Day Featured Races:

A stacked line-up of popular stakes races will make the 2020 Travers Day a can't-miss event!

Runhappy Travers (G1) $1,000,000 -- 151st running of the Mid-Summer Derby for 3-year-olds

(G1) $1,000,000 -- 151st running of the Mid-Summer Derby for 3-year-olds Ballerina presented by NYRA Bets (G1) $300,000

presented by NYRA Bets (G1) $300,000 Longines Test (G1) $300,000

(G1) $300,000 Troy (G3) $200,000

(G3) $200,000 Waya (G3) $150,000

2019 Travers Stakes Draw

This information is current as of 8/21/19.

Position Horse Odds Jockey Trainer 1 Owendale 6-1 Florent Geroux Brad Cox 2 Code of Honor 4-1 John Velazquez Shug McGaughey 3 Highest Honors 10-1 Luis Saez Chad Brown 4 Laughing Fox 30-1 Ricardo Santana Jr. Steve Asmussen 5 Everfast 30-1 Martin Chuan Dale Romans 6 Tacitus 5-2 Jose Ortiz Bill Mott 7 Mucho Gusto 6-1 Joe Talamo Bob Baffert 8 Chess Chief 30-1 Mike Smith Dallas Stewart 9 Looking At Bikinis 10-1 Javier Castellano Chad Brown 10 Scars Are Cool 30-1 Tyler Gaffalione Stanley Hough 11 Endorsed 15-1 Joel Rosario Kiaran McLaughlin 12 Tax 6-1 Irad Ortiz Jr. Danny Gargan

The much talked about Travers Stakes is undoubtedly the most popular race throughout the Saratoga meet.

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