154 Running on Saturday, August 26, 2023
The Travers is one of the oldest stakes races for 3-year-olds in the United States and is the traditional centerpiece of the Saratoga meeting. The race is named for William R. Travers, the first president of Saratoga who won the inaugural running in 1864 with a horse named Kentucky. The race has had gaps in its history and was not run in 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1911, and 1912. It was contested at distances ranging from 1 1/8 miles to 1 ¾ miles before settling on its traditional distance of 1 ¼ miles more than a century ago. There have been three disqualifications in the Travers: Trial By Jury finished first in 1915, but was disqualified and placed last; Run Dusty Run finished first in 1977 but was disqualified and placed second, and Affirmed finished first in 1978 but was disqualified and placed second. In 2012, the Travers wound up with two winners for the first time in history when Golden Ticket and Alpha finished in a dead heat. The 1874 Travers also ended in a dead heat, but Attila was declared the official winner after a runoff with Acrobat.
$1,250,000.00 1 1/4 (Dirt) Grade:I
Year | Horse | Age | Weight | Time | Owner | Trainer | Jockey | Value |
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2023 | Arcangelo | 3 | 126 | 2:02.23 | Blue Rose Farm | Jena M. Antonucci | Javier Castellano | $687,500 |
2022 | Epicenter | 3 | 126 | 2:00.72 | Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC | Steven Asmussen | Joel Rosario | $670,000 |
2021 | Essential Quality | 3 | 126 | 2:01.96 | Godolphin, LLC | Brad H. Cox | Luis Saez | $687,500 |
2020 | Tiz the Law | 3 | 126 | 2:00.95 | Sackatoga Stable | Barclay Tagg | Manuel Franco | $535,000 |
2019 | Code of Honor | 3 | 126 | 2:01.05 | W.S. Farish | Claude R. McGaughey III | John R. Velazquez | $670,000 |
2018 | Catholic Boy | 3 | 126 | 2.01.94 | Robert V. LaPenta, Madaket Stables LLC, Siena Farm LLC, & Twin Creeks Racing Stables, LLC | Jonathan Thomas | Javier Castellano | $670,000 |
2017 | West Coast | 3/C | 126 | 2:01.19 | West, Gary and Mary | Bob Baffert | Mike E. Smith | $670,000 |
2016 | Arrogate | - | 126 | 1:59.36 | Juddmonte Farms, Inc. | Bob Baffert | Mike E. Smith | $670,000 |
2015 | Keen Ice | - | 126 | 2:01.57 | Donegal Racing | Dale L. Romans | Javier Castellano | $670,000 |
2014 | V. E. Day | - | 126 | 2:02.93 | Magalen O. Bryant | James A. Jerkens | Javier Castellano | $670,000 |
2013 | Will Take Charge | 3 | 126 | 2:02.68 | Willis D. Horton | D. Wayne Lukas | Luis Saez | $600,000 |
2012 | Alpha | - | 126 | 2:02.74 | Godolphin Racing LLC | Kiaran P. McLaughlin | Ramon A. Dominguez | $400,000 |
2012 | Golden Ticket | - | 126 | 2.02.74 | Magic City Thoroughbred Partners | Kenneth G. McPeek | David Cohen | $400,000 |
2011 | Stay Thirsty | - | 126 | 2:03.03 | Repole Stable | Todd A. Pletcher | Javier Castellano | $600,000 |
2010 | Afleet Express | - | 126 | 2:03.28 | Gainsway Farm and Martin Cherry | James A. Jerkens | Javier Castellano | $600,000 |
2009 | Summer Bird | - | 126 | 2:02.83 | Jayaraman, Dr. K. K. and Jayaraman, Dr. Vilasini D. | Tim A. Ice | Kent J. Desormeaux | $600,000 |
2008 | Colonel John | - | 126 | 2:03.20 | WinStar Farm LLC | Eoin G. Harty | Garrett K. Gomez | $600,000 |
2007 | Street Sense | - | 126 | 2:02.69 | James B. Tafel | Carl A. Nafzger | Calvin H. Borel | $600,000 |
2006 | Bernardini | - | 126 | 2:01.60 | Darley Stable | Tom Albertrani | Javier Castellano | $600,000 |
2005 | Flower Alley | - | 126 | 2:02.8 | Melnyk Racing Stables, Inc. | Todd A. Pletcher | John Velazquez | $600,000 |
2004 | Birdstone | - | 126 | 2:02 2/5 | Marylou Whitney Stables | Nicholas Zito | Edgar Prado | $600,000 |
2003 | Ten Most Wanted | - | 126 | 2:02 | J. Paul Reddam | Wallace Dollase | Pat Day | $600,000 |
2002 | Medaglia d'Oro | - | 126 | 2:02 2/5 | Edmund A. Gann | Robert Frankel | Jerry Bailey | $600,000 |
2001 | Point Given | - | 126 | 2:01 2/5 | Thoroughbred Corporation | Bob Baffert | Gary Stevens | $600,000 |
2000 | Unshaded | - | 126 | 2:02 2/5 | James B. Tafel | Carl Nafzger | Shane Sellers | $600,000 |
1999 | Lemon Drop Kid | - | 126 | 2:02 | Jeanne G. Vance | Flint S. Schulhofer | Jose Santos | $600,000 |
1998 | Coronado's Quest | - | 126 | 2:03 2/5 | Stuart S. Janney III | Claude R. McGaughey III | Mike Smith | $450,000 |
1997 | Deputy Commander | - | 126 | 2:04 | Horizon St.Jarviset, et al. | Wally Dollase | Chris McCarron | $450,000 |
1996 | Will's Way | - | 126 | 2:02 2/5 | William Clifton Jr. | H. James Bond | Jorge Chavez | $450,000 |
1995 | Thunder Gulch | - | 126 | 2:03 3/5 | Michael Tabor | D. Wayne Lukas | Gary Stevens | $450,000 |
1994 | Holy Bull | - | 126 | 2:02 | Warren A Croll Jr | Warren A Croll Jr | Mike Smith | $450,000 |
1993 | Sea Hero | - | 126 | 2:01 4/5 | Rokeby Stable | MacK. Miller | Jerry Bailey | $600,000 |
1992 | Thunder Rumble | - | 126 | 2:00 4/5 | Braeburn Farm | Richard O'Connell | Herb McCauley | $600,000 |
1991 | Corporate Report | - | 126 | 2:01 1/5 | William T. Young | D. Wayne Lukas | Chris McCarron | $600,000 |
1990 | Rhythm | - | 126 | 2:02 3/5 | Ogden Phipps | Claude R. McGaughey III | Craig Perret | $707,100 |
1989 | Easy Goer | - | 126 | 2:00 4/5 | Ogden Phipps | Claude R. McGaugheyIII | Pat Day | $653,100 |
1988 | Forty Niner | - | 126 | 2:01 2/5 | Claiborne Farm | Woody Stevens | Chris McCarron | $653,500 |
1987 | Java Gold | - | 126 | 2:02 | Rokeby Stable | MacK. Miller | Pat Day | $673,800 |
1986 | Wise Times | - | 126 | 2:03 2/5 | Russell Reineman | Phil Gleaves | Jerry Bailey | $203,700 |
1985 | Chief's Crown | - | 126 | 2:01 1/5 | Star Crown Stables | Roger Laurin | Angel Cordero Jr. | $202,800 |
1984 | Carr de Naskra | - | 126 | 2:02 3/5 | Virginia Kraft Payson | Richard J. Lundy | Laffit Pincay Jr. | $184,500 |
1983 | Play Fellow | - | 126 | 2:01 | Carl Lauer | Harvey Vanier | Pat Day | $135,000 |
1982 | Runaway Groom | - | 126 | 2:02 3/5 | Albert Coppola | John DiMario | Jeffrey Fell | $132,900 |
1981 | Willow Hour | - | 126 | 2:03 4/5 | Marcia W. Schott | James E. Picou | Eddie Maple | $135,600 |
1980 | Temperence Hill | - | 126 | 2:02 4/5 | Loblolly Stable | Joseph B. Cantey | Eddie Maple | $100,980 |
1979 | General Assembly | - | 126 | 2:00 | Bertram R. Firestone | Leroy Jolley | Jacinto Vasquez | $80,850 |
1978 | Alydar | - | 126 | 2:02 | Calumet Farm | John M. Veitch | Jorge Velasquez | $62,880 |
1977 | Jatski | - | 126 | 2:01 3/5 | William Murray | William Cole | Sam Maple | $68,160 |
1976 | Honest Pleasure | - | 126 | 2:00 1/5 | Bertram R. Firestone | Leroy Jolley | Craig Perret | $65,040 |
1975 | Wajima | - | 126 | 2:02 | East-West Stable | Steve DiMauro | Braulio Baeza | $65,220 |
1974 | Holding Pattern | - | 121 | 2:05 1/5 | John Gerbas Jr. | James J. Sarner Jr. | Michael Miceli | $69,660 |
1973 | Annihilate 'Em | - | 120 | 2:01 3/5 | Patricia Blass | Douglas Davis Jr. | Ron Turcotte | $68,280 |
1972 | Key To The Mint | - | 117 | 2:01 1/5 | Rokeby Stable | Elliott Burch | Braulio Baeza | $66,600 |
1971 | Bold Reason | - | 120 | 2:02 2/5 | William A. Levin | Angel Penna | Laffit Pincay Jr. | $66,420 |
1970 | Loud | - | 114 | 2:01 | William Haggin Perry | James W. Maloney | Jacinto Vasquez | $73,385 |
1969 | Arts and Letters | - | 126 | 2:01 3/5 | Rokeby Stable | Elliott Burch | Braulio Baeza | $69,290 |
1968 | Chompion | - | 114 | 2:04 4/5 | C. V. Whitney | Ivor G. Balding | Jean Cruguet | $55,802 |
1967 | Damascus | - | 126 | 2:01 3/5 | Mrs. Edith W. Bancroft | Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. | William Shoemaker | $52,065 |
1966 | Buckpasser | - | 126 | 2:01 3/5 | Ogden Phipps | Edward A. Neloy | Braulio Baeza | $53,690 |
1965 | Hail To All | - | 123 | 2:02 1/5 | Mrs. Ben Cohen | Edward Yowell | John Sellers | $56,777 |
1964 | Quadrangle | - | 126 | 2:04 2/5 | Rokeby Stable | Elliott Burch | M. Ycaza | $52,033 |
1963 | Crewman | - | 120 | 2:20 2/5 | George D. Widener | W. F. Mulholland | E. Guerin | $52,910 |
1962 | Jaipur | - | 126 | 2:01 3/5 | George D. Widener | W. F. Mulholland | W. Shoemaker | $53,722 |
1961 | Beau Prince | - | 126 | 2:03 | Calumet Farm | H. A. Jones | S. Brooks | $54,210 |
1960 | Tompion | - | 126 | 2:03 2/5 | C. V. Whitney | J. J. Greely Jr. | W. Hartack | $53,165 |
1959 | Sword Dancer | - | 126 | 2:04 1/5 | Brookmeade Stable | Elliott Burch | M. Ycaza | $51,962 |
1958 | Piano Jim | - | 112 | 2:05 4/5 | Walter M. Jeffords | O. White | R. Ussery | $29,920 |
1957 | Gallant Man | - | 126 | 2:04 | Ralph Lowe | J. A. Nerud | W. Shoemaker | $29,500 |
1956 | Oh Johnny | - | 116 | 2:06 1/5 | Mrs. Wallace Gilroy | N. R. McLeod | H. Woodhouse | $33,200 |
1955 | Thinking Cap | - | 120 | 2:06 2/5 | Christiana Stable | H. S. Clark | P. J. Bailey | $19,150 |
1954 | Fisherman | - | 120 | 2:06 | C. V. Whitney | S. E. Veitch | H. Woodhouse | $19,500 |
1953 | Native Dancer | - | 126 | 2:05 3/5 | A. G. Vanderbilt | W. C. Winfrey | E. Guerin | $18,850 |
1952 | One Count | - | 126 | 2:07 2/5 | Mrs. W. M. Jeffords | O. White | E. Guerin | $16,450 |
1951 | Battlefield | - | 123 | 2:06 1/5 | George D. Widener | W. F. Mulholland | E. Arcaro | $15,000 |
1950 | Lights Up | - | 110 | 2:03 | George D. Widener | W. F. Mulholland | G. Hettinger | $16,350 |
1949 | Arise | - | 108 | 2:06 1/5 | Addison Stable | J. C. Bentley | C. Errico | $16,600 |
1948 | Ace Admiral | - | 108 | 2:05 | Main Chance Farm | J. W. Smith | T. Atkinson | $19,650 |
1947 | Young Peter | - | 124 | 2:06 1/5 | Mrs. R. L. Gerry | G. P. Odom | T. May | $19,375 |
1946 | Natchez | - | 124 | 2:08 | Mrs. W. M. Jeffords | O. White | T. Atkinson | $24,750 |
1945 | Adonis | - | 110 | 2:02 4/5 | William Helis | W. Booth | C. McCreary | $28,680 |
1944 | By Jimminy | - | 126 | 2:03 2/5 | Alfred P. Parker | J. W. Smith | E. Arcaro | $25,015 |
1943 | Eurasian | - | 112 | 2:03 4/5 | Mill River Stable | S. Rutchick | S. Brooks | $19,850 |
1942 | Shut Out | - | 130 | 2:04 2/5 | Greentree Stable | J. M. Gaver | E. Arcaro | $17,825 |
1941 | Whirlaway | - | 130 | 2:05 4/5 | Calumet Farm | Ben Jones | A. Robertson | $16,900 |
1940 | Fenelon | - | 122 | 2:04 2/5 | Belair Stud | J. Fitzsimmons | J. Stout | $17,425 |
1939 | Eight Thirty | - | 117 | 2:06 3/5 | George D. Widener | W. F. Mulholland | H. Richards | $16,575 |
1938 | Thanksgiving | - | 117 | 2:03 3/5 | Mrs. Parker Corning | M. Hirsch | E. Arcaro | $14,400 |
1937 | Burning Star | - | 117 | 2:04 4/5 | Shandon Farm | J. J. Greely | W. D. Wright | $14,550 |
1936 | Granville | - | 127 | 2:05 4/5 | Belair Stud | J. Fitzsimmons | J. Stout | $14,700 |
1935 | Gold Foam | - | 112 | 2:04 3/5 | Starmount Stable | J. M. Milburn | S. Coucci | $14,675 |
1934 | Observant | - | 112 | 2:05 3/5 | Morton L. Schwartz | M. Hirsch | L. Humphries | $14,650 |
1933 | Inlander | - | 126 | 2:08 | Brookmeade Stable | R. A. Smith | R. Jones | $21,050 |
1932 | War Hero | - | 115 | 2:05 4/5 | Glen Riddle Farm | G. Conway | L. Gilbert | $23,150 |
1931 | Twenty Grand | - | 126 | 2:04 3/5 | Greentree Stable | J. Rowe Jr. | L. McAtee | $33,000 |
1930 | Jim Dandy | - | 120 | 2:08 | Chaffee Earl | J. B. McKee | F. Baker | $27,050 |
1929 | Beacon Hill | - | 117 | 2:04 1/5 | H. P. Whitney | J. Rowe Jr. | A. Robertson | $31,825 |
1928 | Petee-Wrack | - | 117 | 2:08 | J. R. Macomber | W. Booth | S. O'Donnell | $30,555 |
1927 | Brown Bud | - | 120 | 2:05 3/5 | Frederick Johnson | A. Gunther | L. Fator | $29,925 |
1926 | Mars | - | 123 | 2:04 3/5 | Walter M. Jeffords | S. D. Harlan | F. Coltiletti | $15,050 |
1925 | Dangerous | - | 115 | 2:10 4/5 | G. A. Cochran | W. Duke | C. Kummer | $13,425 |
1924 | Sun Flag | - | 115 | 2:04 2/5 | G. A. Cochran | C. H. Shilling | F. Keogh | $14,675 |
1923 | Wilderness | - | 120 | 2:04 | R. T. Wilson | T. J. Healey | B. Marinelli | $13,500 |
1922 | Little Chief | - | 123 | 2:13 2/5 | Rancocas Stable | S. C. Hildreth | L. Fator | $11,325 |
1921 | Sporting Blood | - | 116 | 2:05 4/5 | Redstone Stable | W. Booth | L. Lyke | $10,275 |
1920 | Man o' War | - | 129 | 2:01 4/5 | Glen Riddle Farm | L. Feustel | A. Schuttinger | $9,275 |
1919 | Hannibal | - | 120 | 2:02 4/5 | R. T. Wilson | T. J. Healey | L. Ensor | $9,835 |
1918 | Sun Briar | - | 120 | 2:03 1/5 | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | H. McDaniel | W. Knapp | $7,700 |
1917 | Omar Khayyam | - | 129 | 2:08 4/5 | Wilfrid Viau | R. F. Carmen | J. Butwell | $5,350 |
1916 | Spur | - | 129 | 2:05 | James Butler | J. McCormick | J. Loftus | $3,125 |
1915 | Lady Rotha (F) | - | 106 | 2:11 2/5 | Andrew Miller | A. J. Goldsborough | M. Garner | $2,150 |
1914 | Roamer | - | 123 | 2:04 | Andrew Miller | A. J. Goldsborough | J. Butwell | $3,000 |
1913 | Rock View | - | 129 | 2:06 3/5 | August Belmont | L. Feustel | T. McTaggart | $2,725 |
1910 | Dalmatian | - | 129 | 2:10 | S. C. Hildreth | S. C. Hildreth | C. H. Shilling | $4,825 |
1909 | Hilarious | - | 129 | 2:06 | James R. Keene | J. Rowe | R. Scoville | $5,800 |
1908 | Dorante | - | 116 | 2:09 3/5 | F. A. Forsythe | R. Colston | J. Lee | $5,800 |
1907 | Frank Gill | - | 129 | 2:07 | J. L. McGinnis | J. I. Smith | J. Notter | $5,800 |
1906 | Gallavant | - | 111 | 2:08 1/5 | R. T. Wilson Jr. | T. J. Healey | W. Miller | $5,800 |
1905 | Dandelion | - | 111 | 2:08 | F. R. Hitchock | J. E. Madden | W. Shaw | $8,350 |
1904 | Broomstick | - | 129 | 2:06 4/5 | S. S. Brown | R. Tucker | T. Burns | $5,850 |
1903 | Ada Nay (F) | - | 106 | 1:57 | J. B. Haggin | A. J. Joyner | F. O'Neill | $8,150 |
1902 | Hermis | - | 111 | 1:54 4/5 | H. M. Ziegler | J. A. McCormack | T. Rice | $6,750 |
1901 | Blues | - | 126 | 1:56 3/5 | C. Fleischmann Sons | T. Welch | W. Shaw | $6,750 |
1897 | Rensselaer | - | 126 | 2:12 | J. E. McDonald | H. Harris | F. Taral | $1,425 |
1895 | Liza (F) | - | 104 | 1:55 1/2 | P. Lorillard | J. Huggins | H. Griffin | $1,125 |
1894 | Henry of Navarre | - | 125 | 2:10 1/4 | B. McClelland | B. McClelland | F. Taral | $2,350 |
1893 | Stowaway | - | 107 | 2:10 3/4 | Woodland Stable | H. H. Brandt | McDermott | $2,450 |
1892 | Azra | - | 122 | 2:43 3/4 | Bashford Manor | J. Morris | A. Clayton | $2,750 |
1891 | Vallera | - | 122 | 2:49 | Scoggan Bros. | E. Wishard | R. Williams | $2,900 |
1890 | Sir John | - | 118 | 2:39 | Dwyer Bros. | F. McCabe | M. Bergen | $4,925 |
1889 | Long Dance | - | 118 | 3:08 3/4 | G. M. Rye | G. M. Rye | S. Barnes | $3,700 |
1888 | Sir Dixon | - | 118 | 3:07 3/4 | Dwyer Bros. | F. McCabe | J. McLaughlin | $4,625 |
1887 | Carey | - | 118 | 3:17 3/4 | E. Corrigan | E. Corrigan | H. Blaylock | $4,625 |
1886 | Inspector B. | - | 118 | 3:10 1/4 | Dwyer Bros. | F. McCabe | J. McLaughlin | $3,825 |
1885 | Bersan | - | 118 | 3:08 1/4 | G. B. Morris | G. B. Morris | J. Spellman | $4,025 |
1884 | Rataplan | - | 118 | 3:07 1/2 | N. W. Kitson | F. Midgeley | W. Fitzpatrick | $4,150 |
1883 | Barnes | - | 118 | 3:18 | Dwyer Bros. | J. Rowe Sr. | J. McLaughlin | $3,400 |
1882 | Carley B. | - | 115 | 3:28 3/4 | A. Burnham | H. Welch | G. Quantrel | $3,450 |
1881 | Hindoo | - | 118 | 3:07 1/2 | Dwyer Bros. | J. Rowe Sr. | J. McLaughlin | $2,950 |
1880 | Grenada | - | 118 | 3:12 1/2 | G. L. Lorillard | R. W. Walden | L. Hughes | $3,750 |
1879 | Falsetto | - | 118 | 3:09 1/4 | J. W. Reynolds | E. Jordan | I. Murphy | $4,950 |
1878 | Duke of Magenta | - | 118 | 3:08 | G. L. Lorillard | R. W. Walden | L. Hughes | $4,250 |
1877 | Baden Baden | - | 110 | 3:15 1/2 | W. Astor | J. Williams | T. Sayres | $3,700 |
1876 | Sultana (F) | - | 107 | 3:15 1/2 | August Belmont | J. McClelland | W. Haywark | $3,700 |
1875 | D'Artagnan | - | 110 | 3:06 1/2 | J. A. Grinstead | J. B. Pryor | G. Barbee | $4,850 |
1874 | Attila | - | 110 | 3:09 1/2 | P. Lorillard | W. Pryor | G. Barbee | $5,050 |
1873 | Tom Bowling | - | 110 | 3:09 3/4 | H. P. McGrath | A. Williams | R. Swim | $5,400 |
1872 | Joe Daniels | - | 110 | 3:08 1/4 | D. McDaniel | D. McDaniel | J. Rowe | $5,500 |
1871 | Harry Bassett | - | 110 | 3:21 3/5 | D. McDaniel | D. McDaniel | W. Miller | $5,600 |
1870 | Kingfisher | - | 110 | 3:15 1/4 | D. Swigert | R. Colston Sr. | C. Miller | $4,950 |
1869 | Glenelg | - | 110 | 3:14 | August Belmont | J. Pincus | C. Miller | $3,000 |
1868 | The Banshee (F) | - | 97 | 3:10 3/4 | J. M. Clay | J. H. Davis | Smith | $3,150 |
1867 | Ruthless (F) | - | 103 | 3:18 1/4 | F. Morris | A. J. Minor | G. Gilpatrick | $2,850 |
1866 | Merrill | - | 100 | 3:29 | R. A. Alexander | A. Williams | Abe | $3,500 |
1865 | Maiden (F) | - | 97 | 3:18 1/2 | T. G. Moore | T. G. Moore | W. Sewell | $3,400 |
1864 | Kentucky | - | 100 | 3:18 3/4 | Hunter & Travers | A. J. Minor | G. Gilpatrick | $2,950 |
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