By Jarrod Horak
The Grade 1 Travers Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, Aug. 24. Keep checking the Digest website for updated Travers news.
Travers Hopefuls (as of 8-8-24): Batten Down, Corporate Power, Dornoch, Fierceness, Honor Marie, Muth, Seize the Grey, Sierra Leone, Thorpedo Anna, Unmatched Wisdom
Batten Down (Tapit – Close Hatches, by First Defence)
Latest workout: 4f in 48 (2/13) at Saratoga on Aug. 7.
Bill Mott’s early-pressing colt wired the field in the Ohio Derby (G3) on June 22, and stalked the pace and was best of the rest in third in the Jim Dandy (G2) on July 27.
Corporate Power (Curlin – Road to Victory, by Quality Road)
Latest workout: 3f in 38.68 (4/6) at Saratoga on Aug. 8.
He stalked and scored by a nose as the favorite in the Sir Barton at Pimlico on May 18, and chased front running chalk Unmatched Wisdom in a clear runner-up finish in the Curlin Stakes at 1 1/8 miles at Saratoga on July 19. Shug McGaughey saddled the winner of the Travers four times (Code of Honor, Coronado’s Quest, Rhythm, Easy Goer).
