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Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher will unleash a competitive quartet for Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup field

Good morning!A field of eight 3-year-olds will go to post for the 153rd running of the Travers Stakes today at Saratoga Race Course.Epicenter is the 7/5 morning line favorite. Trained by Steve Asmussen and ridden by Joel Rosario, the colt won last...

​2022 Travers Stakes Betting Odds and Contenders Preview:The $1.25 million Travers Stakes is the most eagerly-awaited three-year-old race of the year, and the 2022 field drew all of the active leaders of the three-year-old males’ division.? Read it now on numberFire!

AMERICAN PREVIEW: Travers D-day for Epicenter 2022-08-26

When it comes to the strategy for Cyberknife in Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Runhappy Travers, trainer Brad Cox knows the two-time Grade 1 winner is in good hands.

The field is set for the 153rd running of Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Runhappy Travers at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Bruce Lunsford’s Art Collector takes on three other graded stakes winners in Thursday’s $135,000 Alydar, a nine-furlong test for older horses who have not won a stakes other than state-bred in 2022, at Saratoga Race Course.

Keepmeinmind, owned by Cypress Creek Equine, Arnold Bennewith, and Spendthrift Farm, returned from an 11-month layoff Friday to capture a nine-furlong allowance race at Saratoga. He registered a 94 Beyer Speed Figure for the comeback win, which was his debut for Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher.

Winning the Grade 2 Dwyer Stakes by an emphatic 23 lengths put Charge It (by Tapit) back in the picture as one of the leading 3-year-old colts of the season and shined the spotlight on his pedigree, especially his second dam Take Charge Lady (Dehere).

International racing and breeding powerhouse Godolphin, the reigning Eclipse Award winner for outstanding owner the past two years, enjoyed a prominent summer last year at Saratoga Race Course spearheaded by victories from Essential Quality in the Jim Dandy (G2) and Runhappy Travers (G1) as well as with Althiqa in the Diana (G1).