Runhappy Travers the marquee race at Saratoga

At 4h53, on August 25, 2021 • By SARATOGA

Led by Belmont Stakes and Jim Dandy winner Essential Quality, the nation’s top 3-year-olds will meet at the Spa for the marquee race of the summer season – the Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Runhappy Travers. The 152nd edition of the race (August 28) is sponsored by Runhappy, a champion sprinter currently standing at Claiborne Farm.

First post time of the 152nd edition of the race on August 28 is 11:35 a.m.

The Runhappy Travers is the centerpiece of a card featuring seven stakes and six Grade 1s, offering $4.6 million in total purse money, including the Grade 1, $750,000 Resorts World Sword Dancer; Grade 1, $600,000 Personal Ensign presented by Lia Infiniti; Grade 1, $500,000 Ketel One Ballerina; Grade 1, $600,000 Forego; and Grade 1, $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial. Rounding out the blockbuster card is the Grade 2, $400,000 Ballston Spa.

 

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