2024 Travers Day at Saratoga Race Course
TRAVERS STAKES | PURSE: $1.25 MILLION | GRADE 1 | 3-YEAR-OLDS | 1 1/4 MILES
The Grade 1 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.
2024 Travers Day Featured Races:
A stacked line-up of popular stakes races will make the 2024 Travers Day a can't-miss event!
- 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 9:00am and the first Post will be at 11:40am.
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