2024 Travers Festival in Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Celebrates Travers With Weeklong Festivities
Travers Day is when the legendary $1.25M Travers Stakes runs at Saratoga Race Course. For many, this historic and popular "Mid-Summer Derby" is the most anticipated event of the summer racing meet, and the entire city celebrates with a variety of special events, dubbed the "Travers Festival!"
2024 Travers Festival Special Events
Fri, Aug 23
· 5:30 PM
Celebrate the Saratoga racing season at the Museum on Travers Stakes Eve. Enjoy refreshments in the Museum's Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Courtyard with fellow Museum members and racing enthusiasts.
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, 191 Union Avenue Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Fri, Aug 23
· 6:00 PM
Join us for an extraordinary evening of celebration at LifePath's 26th Annual Travers Soirée, taking place at the magnificent Saratoga National Golf Club on the Eve of Travers.
Saratoga National Golf Club, 458 Union Ave Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Sat, Aug 24
· 7:00 AM
The 155th running of the Grade 1, $1.25 million DraftKings Travers is the centerpiece of a blockbuster card.
Saratoga Race Course, 267 Union Avenue Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Sun, Aug 25
· 11:00 AM
New York-breds take center stage in a day featuring six stakes worth a combined $1.25 million and headlined by the $250,000 Albany.
Saratoga Race Course, 267 Union Avenue Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Events will be added as they are announced!
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