NYRA lists Travers Stakes day undercard probables
The New York Racing Association has listed probables for Week 7 at Saratoga, headlined by the Travers Stakes (G1) on a massive Saturday of racing at the Spa. Give or take a few new names before the entry deadline, here's a look at the fields with horses such as Midnight Bisou, Mitole and Shancelot all scheduled to run...
Thursday, August 22
$100,000 Riskaverse
Probable: Alasaayil (Kiaran McLaughlin); Be Nimble (Mike Maker); Catch a Bid (Chad Brown); Dalika (Al Stall); Ionic (Arnaud Delacour); Solar Kitten (Ian Wilkes)
Possible: Boxwood (Eddie Kenneally); Hotsy Totsy (Christophe Clement)
Friday, August 23
$250,000 Albany
Probable: Bankit (Steve Asmussen); Blindwillie Mctell (Linda Rice); Daddy Knows (Rice); Doups Point (Christophe Clement); Funny Guy (John Terranova); Kazmania (Eduardo Jones); Not That Brady (Rudy Rodriguez)
$200,000 Fleet Indian
Probable: Behind the Couch (Jeremiah Englehart); Elegant Zip (David Donk); Kid is Frosty (Brad Cox); Maiden Beauty (Gary Contessa); Newly Minted (Rice); Wait a Minute (Jackie Stauffer)
Possible: Bangle Gal (Michael Stidham)
$200,000 Seeking the Ante
Probable: Big Q (Gary Gullo); Fierce Lady (Dermot Magner); Jewel of Arabia (Clement); My Italian Rabbi (Englehart); Time Limit (Maker); Violent Point (Mark Casse); Wharf Cat (Oscar Barrera)
$150,000 West Point
Probable: Cross Border (Maker); Dot Matrix (Cox); Everyonelvoesjames (Jonathan Sheppard); Hoboe (Donk); Mo Maverick (Dave Cannizo); Offering Plan (Brown); Rapt (Bobby Ribaudo); Therapist (Clement)
Possible: Voodoo Song (Rice)
$150,000 Yaddo
Probable: Belle of the Spa (Bruce Brown); Conquest Hardcandy (Jim Ryerson); English Soul (Ray Handal); Fifty Five (Brown); Kreesie (Donk); Munchkin Money (Clement); Wegetsdamunnys (Clement) Wish Upon (Terranova)
$200,000 Funny Cide
Probable: Bank on Shea (Jason Servis); Bull of Bayern (Rodriguez); City Man (Clement); Cleon Jones (Englehart); Listentoyourheart (Clement); Mission Wrapitup (Bruce Brown); No Lime (Bill Mott); Sky of Hook (Rodriguez); TheItalianAmerican (Contessa)
Saturday, August 24
Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers
Probable: Chess Chief (Dallas Stewart); Code of Honor (Shug McGaughey); Endorsed (Kiaran McLaughlin); Everfast (Dale Romans); Highest Honors (Brown); Laughing Fox (Asmussen); Looking At Bikinis (Brown); Owendale (Cox); Tacitus (Mott); Tax (Danny Gargan)
Possible: Spinoff (Pletcher)
Editor's note: Consider Scars are Cool (Stanley Hough) and Gray Magician (Peter Miller) possible as well.
Grade 1, $850,000 Sword Dancer
Probable: Annals of Time (Brown); Channel Cat (Pletcher); Channel Maker (Mott); Sadler's Joy (Tom Albertrani); Ya Primo (Brown)
Grade 1, $700,000 Personal Ensign presented by Lia Infiniti
Probable: Coach Rocks (Romans); Elate (Mott); Midnight Bisou (Asmussen); She's a Julie (Asmussen); Wow Cat (Brown)
Possible: Golden Award (Mott)
Grade 1, $600,000 Forego presented by Boston Harbor
Probable: Bon Raison (Carlos Martin); Diamond Oops (Patrick Biancone); Mitole (Asmussen); Promises Fulfilled (Romans)
Possible: Catalina Cruiser (John Sadler); Coal Front (Pletcher); Prince Lucky (Pletcher)
Grade 1, $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens presented by Runhappy
Probable: Borracho (Rusty Arnold); Hog Creek Hustle (Vickie Foley); King Jack (Jerry Hollendorfer); Mind Control (Greg Sacco); Nitrous (Asmussen); Rowayton (Don Chatos); Shancelot (Jorge Navarro); Super Comet (Casse); Twelfth Labour (Stewart)
Grade 1, $500,00 Ketel One Ballerina
Probable: Bronx Beauty (Anthony Margotta, Jr.); Come Dancing (Martin); Dawn the Destroyer (McLaughlin); Mia Mischeif (Asmussen); Special Relativity (Robertino Diodoro); Separation of Powers (Brown)
Possible: Chalon (Delacour); Honey Bunny (John Alexander Ortiz)
Grade 2, $400,000 Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa
Probable: I'm so Fancy (Delacour); Indian Blessing (Ed Walker); Mascha (Brown); Mitchell Road (Will Mott); Rushing Fall (Brown); Secret Message (Graham Motion)
Possible: Candy Store (Clement)
Sunday, August 25
$100,000 Better Talk Now
Probable: Bulletin (Pletcher); Front Run the Red (Brown); Limonite (Asmussen); Our Braintrust (Casse) Swamp Rat (Phil Gleaves)
Possible: Bourbon War