2024 Travers Day at Saratoga Race Course
The Grade 1 DraftKings Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course is an annual tradition! Dating back to 1864, this one-and-a-quarter-mile "Midsummer Derby" for three year olds is the oldest major thoroughbred race in America -- not to mention one of the biggest events in Saratoga Springs!
This year's Travers Day is on Saturday, August 24, 2024.
TRAVERS STAKES | PURSE: $1.25 MILLION | GRADE 1 | 3-YEAR-OLDS | 1 1/4 MILES
2024 Travers Day Featured Races:
A stacked line-up of popular stakes races will make the 2024 Travers Day a can't-miss event!
Multiple graded stakes winner Thorpedo Anna will look to take on Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets winner Dornoch and Jim Dandy presented by Mohegan Sun winner Fierceness, among others, in the 155th running of the Grade 1, $1.25 million DraftKings Travers.
Thorpedo Anna will try to become the first filly to capture Saratoga’s premier race since 1915.
- DraftKings Travers (G1) $1,250,000 -- 155th running of the Mid-Summer Derby for 3-year-olds
- Grade 1 $750,000 -- Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer
- Grade 1 $500,000 -- Forego
- Grade 1 $500,000 -- Ballerina
- Grade 1 $500,000 -- H. Allen Jerkens Memorial
On Travers Day, the gates open at 9:00 a.m., the first Post will be at 11:40 a.m., and the Travers race will be at around 6:10 p.m. Admission is $25 in advance, $30 day of.
2024 Travers Stakes Draw
This information is current as of 8/20/24.
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