Albertrani Considers Travers for Romansh

In the Curlin, Romanash stumbled at the start, raced wide on both turns, and led in the stretch before being overtaken by his entrymate, who was subsequently disqualified and placed fifth for interfering with Proud Strike.

Albetrani said he will await the outcomes of today's Grade 2 Jim Dandy here at Saratoga and tomorrow's Grade 1 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park before deciding whether Romansh will compete in the Travers.

"I think he can be at that level," said Albertrani. "We always saw this horse train like a nice horse, and he's still maturing. Even yesterday, it looked like when Transparent came up to him it looked like he almost started to come back a little bit again at him when he saw him. I still think there's a lot of maturing ahead for the horse.

"We'll just see how everything unfolds and if there's any standout in both races," the trainer added. "You never know. We'll definitely look and see how things progress later."

Both Romansh and Transparent are by Bernardini, whom Albertrani trained to victory in the 2006 Travers on behalf of Darley Stable. Bernardini is the sire of the past two Travers winners Stay Thirsty and Alpha, with the latter having won via dead heat for McLaughlin and Godolphin Racing.