$1.25 Million Dollar 2024 Travers Stakes at Saratoga
Dr. Gregory Beroza, aka HorseDoc ‘Talking Horses,’ will be onsite for the 2024 Travers Stakes, which promises to be an historic event. He’s interviewed several racing experts for their opinions. See what they have to say!
The 2024 Travers Stakes, also known as the mid-Summer Derby at Saratoga, promises to be one of the most spectacular Thoroughbred racing performances of the year. It could determine the leading three year old of 2024, in addition to deciding Horse of the Year Eclipse honors. There are four proven superstar contenders, including this year’s extraordinary filly Thorpedo Anna competing against seven colts. All eight of the horses are stakes winners. Thorpedo Anna is given a 5# advantage for racing against the boys. However, a filly hasn’t won the Travers Stakes since 1915, so this could be a historic feat. She would be the eighth filly to win the Travers since its inception in 1864.
Thorpedo Anna Winning G1 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga. Photo credit: ACoglianese/NYRA
The roster of competitors includes proven superstars such as Belmont Stakes and Haskell Winner Dornoch, Jim Dandy Stakes Winner Fierceness, Blue Grass Stakes Winner Sierra Leone, and four other exceptionally talented three-year-old colts.
Fierceness first and Sierra Leone second in the Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga. Photo credit: ACoglianese/NYRA
Any one of these horses is capable of winning. Dornoch is favored; recently, he consecutively won two impressive Grade 1 Stakes in a row. It is rare for a horse to win three Grade 1 Stakes in a row, so such an event unto itself would be historic.
Dornoch with Trainer Danny Gargan at the Saratoga shed row. Photo credit: GBeroza
Thorpedo Anna is equally well-decorated, having won three Grade 1 Stakes: the Kentucky Oaks, Acorn, and Coaching Club American Oaks. According to her trainer, Kenny McPeek, she is fit and prepared for the competition.
Dr. Gregory Beroza, aka HorseDoc ‘Talking Horses,’ interviewed several Thoroughbred racing experts in advance of the $1.25 Million Dollar Travers Stakes race for their opinions. You can watch the full video here:
As of publication, here the odds for the Travers Stakes:
| Post Pos. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Odds |
| 1 | Thorpedo Anna | Kenny McPeek | Brian Hernandez, Jr. | 3-1 |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | Chad Brown | Flavian Prat | 7-2 |
| 3 | Unmatched Wisdom | Chad Brown | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | 8-1 |
| 4 | Corporate Power | Claude McGaughey | Javier Castellano | 15-1 |
| 5 | Batten Down | William Mott | Junior Alvarado | 20-1 |
| 6 | Honor Marie | D.W. Beckman | Tyler Gaffalione | 20-1 |
| 7 | Dornach | Danny Gargan | Luis Saez | 5-2 |
| 8 | Fierceness | Todd Pletcher | Johnny Valazquez | 3-1 |
This historic race at Saratoga on Saturday, August 24th will be Amazing and we hope to continue our reporting from Saratoga. Enjoy!
Dr. Gregory A. Beroza, DVM, DACVS, DABVP has been a practicing veterinarian and consultant for 42 years; and HorseDoc® ‘Talking Horses’® media host, author, and consultant since 2007. Dr. Beroza is a multimedia host and broadcasts his productions, including a new Podcast, via his WuzUpDoc Media website: www.WuzUpDoc.com. He can be found on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and other social media sources.
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