Tag: Travers Stakes

Epicenter lays down a decisive victory in the Travers

August 27, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.
Epicenter wins Travers Stakes by 5 1/4 Lengths

Epicenter, who finished second in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, won the $1.25 million Travers Stake by 5 1/2 lengths today. Cyberknife finished second, Zandon claimed third, and Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike finished fourth. Despite being a favorite coming into his three-year old season, the Travers was the first Grade 1 win […]

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Afleet Express takes Travers by a whisker

August 28, 2010.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Today’s Travers Stakes in Saratoga Springs provided down to the wire excitement with a finish so close that it was impossible to call. In the end, Afleet Express just barely managed to hang on to his lead over Fly Down, but it was mostly a question of which horse came down with his head stretched […]

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