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Travers Analysis: Opportunity for Essential Quality to Put Away Peers in Title Chase

It is possible that 2-year-old champion Essential Quality already has done enough to again be voted at the top of his class with an Eclipse Award at 3. It is nearly certain he seals the deal with a victory in the $1.25 million Runhappy Travers Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.

2021 Personal Ensign Stakes at a Glance

No one in the field will duplicate the rare achievement of the namesake of the Personal Ensign Stakes. Then again, that’s no insult to any of the nine starters in Saturday’s stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

Road to 2021 Breeders’ Cup: Three Heating Up, Three Cooling Down for Aug. 25

The path to the 2021 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar on Nov. 5-6 is a road with plenty of ups and downs as talented racehorses vie for a spot in one of 14 championship races and $31 million in purses and awards.

Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings for Aug. 25

Each week a panel of media members, horseplayers, and Breeders’ Cup World Championships officials release a poll tabulating their votes on the nation's top contenders for the 2021 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Travers Stakes Quick Sheet: Get to Know the 2021 Travers Horses

Now placed back on its customary late-August spot on the calendar after a pandemic-altered 2020 season, Saturday’s $1.25-million, Grade 1 Runhappy Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course is shaping up to be a crucial contest in determining the pecking order in the 3-year-old male division.

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