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Posted on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Pyro was installed as the 7-2 morning-line favorite for the $1-million Travers Stakes on August 23 at Saratoga Race Course.
The Steve Asmussen trainee, Pyro, will take on 11 other race horses, including Belmont Stakes winner Da’Tara. Jockey Shaun Bridgmohan will ride Pyro, who will leave from the 11th post.
Also part of Saturday’s Travers Stakes field is Macho Again, who edged Pyro to win the July 27 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga.
Despite his triumph in the Jim Dandy, Macho Again only is the fourth-betting choice at 6-1 for race horse trainer Dallas Stewart. The 3-year-old colt Macho Again was on the Triple Crown trail earlier this year, finishing second in the Preakness and fifth in the Belmont Stakes. Macho Again, who will break from the fifth post, will be ridden by jockey Julien Leparoux.
Another Travers contender is Canadian-bred Harlem Rocker (4-1), who has four wins in five career starts. The Todd Pletcher-trained race horse, Harlem Rocker, enters off a win in Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie Race Track on July 13. Jockey Eibar Coa gets the ride on Harlem Rocker, who leaves from the eighth post.
Mambo in Seattle (5-1), who won the Henry Walton Stakes for his third straight win on the Jim Dandy undercard, also could be a threat.
The entire Travers field from the rail out is Tale of Ekati (20-1), Colonel John (8-1), Da’Tara (8-1), Tizbig (30-1), Macho Again (6-1), Cool Coal Man (15-1), Amped (30-1), Harlem Rocker (4-1), Mambo in Seattle (5-1), Tres Borrachos (15-1), Pyro (7-2) and Court Vision (12-1).
The 2008 Travers Stakes is race 11 of 12 in Saratoga’s August 23 card. Travers post time is 5:45 pm Eastern.
Horse racing tags: Amped, Colonel John, Cool Coal Man, Court Vision, Da'Tara, Harlem Rocker, Macho Again, Mambo in Seattle, Pyro, Tale of Ekati, Tizbig, Tres Borrachos
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