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Derby, Preakness & Belmont Winners Set To Clash In Saturday's Travers Stakes
Saturday's (August 26th) Travers Stakes is shaping to be the race of the summer, and it's one of six Grade I stakes on the card at Saratoga that day! Besides the $1.25 million Travers — whose field includes the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont winner — the other five stakes include the $1 Million Sword Dancer, $700,000 Personal Ensign, $500,000 Ballerina, $600,000 Forego Stakes, and the $500,000 Allen Jerkens Memorial.
Racing fans can wager all the "Spa" action at a Richmond area OTB — Ponies & Pints downtown, or Breakers Sports Grille in the west end. Virginia residents can also wager on line via TVG.com, XPressBet.com, NYRABets.com and TwinSpires.com.
Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) winner Tapwrit, who has been cooling his heels since his classic triumph, was installed as the 7-2 morning-line favorite in the field of a dozen sophomores entered for an exceptionally deep edition the $1.25 million Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 26.
Saratoga's summer season is a popular for horseplayers. Their meet runs every Wednesday thru Monday until Labor Day.
With parity the name of the game for the 3-year-old males this season, Tapwrit is one of a fistful of contenders who could emerge this Saturday with a long-awaited grasp on divisional leadership. The Todd Pletcher-trained son of Tapit is set to break from post 4 and will be joined in the gate for the 1 1/4-mile test by stablemate and Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) winner Always Dreaming, and by Preakness Stakes (G1) victor Cloud Computing.
The latter two were defeated by Good Samaritan in the July 29 Jim Dandy Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G2), with Always Dreaming coming home third after setting the pace and Cloud Computing fading to fifth. Always Dreaming is expected to be the lone speed again Saturday out of post 7 and was installed at 6-1 on the morning-line.
Despite Girvin's triumph in the July 30 Betfair.com Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1), that son of Tale of Ekati sits at 10-1 on the morning line with second-choice favoritism going to Bob Baffert trainee West Coast, who was installed at 4-1 odds in the wake of his victory in the July 15 Los Alamitos Derby (G3).
1. Cloud Computing (8-1)
2. Giuseppe the Great (20-1)
3. West Coast (4-1)
4. Tapwrit (7-2)
5. Good Samaritan (5-1)
6. Girvin (10-1)
7. Always Dreaming (6-1)
8. Lookin At Lee (30-1)
9. McCraken (12-1)
10. Irap (8-1)
11. Gunnevera (20-1)
12. Fayeq (30-1)
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The Virginia Gold Cup and International Gold Cup steeplechase races are a celebration of hunt country tradition and two of the largest, most celebrated outdoor social events held in Virgina. The Virginia Gold Cup is held the First Sunday of May while the International Gold Cup is held in late October, both at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia. You become a member of the association by purchasing a ticket to one of their races. There are no annual dues for members.
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The Virginia Thoroughbred Association Exists to promote the Thoroughbred horse in the state of Virgina a well as to act as both a resource and a voice for its members. The VTA strives to represent its members in the political and agribusiness spheres, provide guidance and information to members, as well as promote and administrate the lucrative Breeders Fund Bonuses through financial model that rewards the owners and breeders of Virginia-bred horses that win anywhere in the country. This is the only bonus program in the Mid-Atlantic that does not restrict payments to races in its state of origin. There is a 100 percent owner's bonus for Virginia-bred winners at any parimutuel meet in Virginia, designed to help create a market for Virginia-bred horses. Numerous Virginia-bred stakes races and restricted state-bred races are carded to give Virginia-breds the best opportunity to be financially successful for their owners and breeders.
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The Virginia Equine Alliance is a non-profit, 501 (c) 6 organization which is comprised of the Virginia Harness Horse Association, the Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association, the Virginia Gold Cup Association, and the Virginia Thoroughbred Association.
The purpose of the Virginia Equine Alliance is to sustain, promote, and expand the horse breeding and horse racing industries in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The Alliance seeks to establish and support new and multiple venues for horse racing in the Commonwealth and to advocate and support legislation, regulations, and rules beneficial to the breeders and owners and trainers of horses ("horsemen") in the state.
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