The Travers List

With the Mid-Summer Derby just around the corner, I decided to have a little fun with the historic and prestigious race. There have been 35 winners of the Travers since the last Triple Crown winner, Affirmed, was disqualified and placed behind his great rival, Alydar. That pair remain the best two horses I have ever seen in the Travers. Today, I took on the unenviable task of ranking all the winners since, 1 through 35. My basis for the ranking was on their overall racing career and a blending of excellence and accomplishments. Have fun and please let me know where you think I may have gone astray...

 1. Easy Goer 20-14-5-1

 2. Holy Bull 16-13-0-0

 3. Point Given 13-9-3-0

 4. Forty Niner 19-11-5-0

 5. Chief’s Crown 21-12-3-3

 6. Thunder Gulch 16-9-2-2 

 7. Street Sense 13-6-4-2

 8. Java Gold 15-9-3-1

 9. Bernardini 8-6-1-0

10. Coronado’s Quest 17-10-2-0 

11. General Assembly 17-7-6-1

12. Medaglia d’Oro 17-8-7-0

13. Lemon Drop Kid 24-10-3-3

14. Temperence Hill 31-11-4-2

15. Will’s Way 13-6-2-3 

16. Summer Bird 8-4-1-1

17. Sea Hero 24-6-3-4

18. Play Fellow 22-9-6-1

19. Birdstone 9-5-0-0

20. Runaway Groom 18-6-5-1

21. Deputy Commander 13-4-3-2

22. Carr De Naskra 18-7-6-1

23. Flower Alley 14-5-3-1

24. Thunder Rumble 19-8-0-1

25. Stay Thirsty 17-5-5-1

26. Rhythm 20-6-3-4

27. Ten Most Wanted 13-5-3-1

28. Afleet Express 7-4-1-1

29. Colonel John 15-6-3-1

30. Wise Times 25-7-3-2

31. Unshaded 20-6-3-3

32. Alpha 15-5-2-0

33. Corporate Report 10-3-5-0

34. Willow Hour 22-6-5-2

35. Golden Ticket 18-5-5-3