Pletcher to have no horses in the Travers

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Originally Posted by Cardus

Oh, I think that if I weren't driving that wagon, I was certainly riding shotgun. Mostly, I thought it wrongheaded to consider the Travers more important than the Belmont. I'm not rehashing.

Interesting to read one of the above posts that states that the Travers is becoming an afterthought in light of the narrow, narrow focus trainers and owners place on the Breeders' Cup.

Round and round we go.

Yup besides the Triple Crown every race is now a prep race and with every honky tonk track waving a million plus dollars the options are wide open. Just look at the JCGC last year, arguably THE most prestigious handicap race, had 4 entries, We might see the same for The Travers this year But hey the following week I bet we see 10 for the PA Derby. It's disgusting.
Time to suck it up swallow the pride and be proactive, If NYRA or whoever thinks the The Travers is still going to attract all the top 3 yr olds based on its name and reputation, is making a huge mistake.
In fact the past few years The Whitney has been a much much better race competitve wise in terms of the Big races for The Saratog Meet.
Times have changed and it's time to adapt.