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SLIDESHOW: Meet the 2023 Travers Stakes Contenders

Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course is shaping up to be a small but strong field and maybe the most important race of the year as it pertains to determining this year's champion 3-year-old male.

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2023 Personal Ensign Stakes at a Glance

The Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga Race Course is one of the most important races on the calendar for older fillies and mares and bears the name of one of the sport of horse racing’s true iconic superstars.

Industry Voices: Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation Committed to Helping All Horses

Based on the 2022 data, 99.88% of flat racing starts at the racetracks participating in The Jockey Club Equine Injury Database (EID) were completed without a fatality. Since launch of the database more than a decade ago, annual fatality figures on all racing surfaces have been reduced by 37.5%.

This is a tremendous achievement, but we all know that it is never enough.

The Biggest Upsets in Travers Stakes History

Saratoga Race Course is famous for a lot of reasons: it’s the oldest sporting venue in the United States, it’s host to some of the best horse racing in the world, and it’s the summer playground for titans of industry and celebrities.

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2023 Travers Stakes Cheat Sheet

In 2023, the 3-year-old male division in North American Thoroughbred racing has been highly competitive to say the least. Three different horses won Triple Crown races, and in the minds of many fans and handicappers the divisional leader is not among them.

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