Friday, August 24, 2018

Handicapper's Corner: Travers Stakes (G1)

149 Travers Stakes has Magic and Wonder


Eleven three-year-old colts and geldings will contest the 1 1/4 mile “Midsummer Derby.”  The field includes Haskell and Jim Dandy winners Good Magic and Tenfold, Preakness and Belmont Stakes runners-up Bravazo and Gronkowski, and Queen’s Plate heroine Wonder Gadot. 




The collective minds of the ThoroFan Handicappers and guest handicapper Zach Taylor from the University of Arizona Racetrack Industry Program offer their choices for first through third place and our best longshot bombs. 

Good luck to everyone!


HANDICAPPER
FIRST
SECOND
THIRD
LONGSHOT
Michael Amo
Mendelssohn
Vino Rosso
Gronkowski
Good Magic
John Caro
Gronkowski
Wonder Gadot
Good Magic
Catholic Boy
Jeff Cobb
Gronkowski
Mendelssohn
Vino Rosso
Bravazo
Good Magic
Gronkowski
Wonder Gadot
Vino Rosso
Good Magic
Bravazo
Wonder Gadot
Trigger Warning
Good Magic
Gronkowski
Bravazo
Mastermind
Michael Mills
Good Magic
Bravazo
Vino Rosso
King Zachary
Catholic Boy
Gronkowski
Good Magic
Bravazo
Wonder Gadot
Good Magic
Bravazo
Tenfold
Zach Taylor
Gronkowski
Good Magic
Wonder Gadot
Bravazo

4 comments:

  1. nicolle neulist is the only person on the panel that has a clue. Catholic Boy will win. not only does she have the horse on top,no of the other master minds on here have him picked top 4. good for you Nicolle

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    1. I hope you are right ...but he just looks like a turf horse to me.

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    2. I've handicapped horses long enough to know better than to discount any good horseplayer's opinion regardless of how unlikely it may seem to me. I wish Nicolle the best of luck with her pick. However, I would pit any of the masterminds above against anonymous in a capping contest.

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    3. im the original post of this, easy money right Nicolle?? Any schmuck can pick the favorite and take credit when it wins but it takes a true Handicapper to dig and go out on a limb like Nicolle did here. Great job! Maybe some of your cohorts will take some notes from you!

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