Tiz the Law<\/a> enters as the heavy favorite at even-money morning-line odds. The Barclay Tagg-trained colt has won three straight races, including the Belmont seven weeks ago, and five of six in his career. Manuel Franco gets the mount, as his horse will break from the sixth gate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nWhile Authentic is already headed to Churchill Downs, Baffert\u2019s looking to get another from his seemingly endless stable to Louisville next month. Uncle Chuck is a late-blooming 3-year-old who debuted in June. He\u2019s two for two, with a win last month in the Grade 3 Los Alamitos Derby.<\/p>\n
Luis Saez will ride Uncle Chuck, the second choice at 5-2. He\u2019ll break from the third gate.<\/p>\n
At 6-1 along with Max Player is Country Grammer, who is coming off a win in the Grade 3 Peter Pan Stakes three weeks ago at Saratoga. Trained by Chad Brown and ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Country Grammer will start second.<\/p>\n
The 1-1\/4-mile Travers is the last 100-point Derby prep race. In addition to the 100 points for the winner, second place is worth 40, while third and fourth get 20 and 10, respectively. Of the top four contenders, Uncle Chuck is the only one sitting outside the top 20 in points, so he\u2019ll need at least a third-place showing to get to 40 points, where Max Player currently sits, likely safe in 15th place.<\/p>\n
Post time for the Travers is 6:15 p.m. ET, and the race will air on Fox stations nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There are a couple of ways you can show your support for your horse on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. You can bet on them when they enter a Derby prep race, like Saturday\u2019s Travers Stakes at Saratoga. Or you can make a wager on them in a futures pool, which Churchill Downs offers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":144202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14577,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Bettors and Investors Take Stock of Max Player Entering Travers Stakes<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n