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Silent Tactic promises a payout of $1000 for every $100 bet to win this year's Travers Stakes race.
Silent Tactic finished 3rd in Jim Dandy and is considered an interesting closer.
The Mark Casse-trained son of Tacitus has a career record of 7 starts: 2 wins, 4 seconds and a third, with more than $1.1 million in earnings.
The Brad Cox-trained horse pays out 12-1 and comes into this race unbeaten 2-2. He was the winner of the Indiana Derby.
Leading Change earned a 101 Equibase Speed Figure and has already banked $248,696.
Ocelli is the long shot for this race. He will pay out $2000 for every $100 bet with a win.
Travers Stakes Morning Odds
Horse ML Odds Quick take
Golden Tempo 5-2 Derby & Belmont winner; horse to beat
Renegade 3-1 Derby runner-up; won Jim Dandy at Saratoga
Emerging Market 5-1 Louisiana Derby winner trying to rebound
Sea Strike 5-1 Improving colt coming off Curlin Stakes win
Napoleon Solo 8-1 Preakness winner; dangerous early speed
The Puma 8-1 Tampa Bay Derby winner; 3rd in Haskell
Baby Vino 10-1 Haskell winner; three-race winning streak
Silent Tactic 10-1 3rd in Jim Dandy; interesting closer
Leading Change 12-1 Unbeaten 2-for-2; Indiana Derby winner
Ocelli 20-1 Talented but amazingly still a maiden
The Travers Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York that features close to a $1.3 million purse.
The race is nicknamed the "Midsummer Derby" and is the third-ranked race for American three-year-olds according to international classifications, behind only the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. As such, oddsmakers were anticipating heavy betting action on Saturday.
First held in 1864, it is the oldest stakes race in the United States specifically for 3-year-olds.
- Tyrone Black, Gambling911.com
