SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The Belmont Stakes champion Tiz the Law added the Travers Stakes to his winning résumé on Saturday, making him the favorite to win the postponed Kentucky Derby next month and then possibly to claim the sport’s 14th Triple Crown with a Preakness victory in October. A New York-bred son of Constitution, Tiz the Law ran away from Caracaro down the stretch of what is known as the Mid-Summer Derby, winning by five and a half lengths at Saratoga Race Course. Tiz the Law, ridden by Manny Franco, covered the mile-and-a-quarter distance in two minutes and 95-hundredths of a second, paying his backers $3 on a $2 bet. It was the sixth victory in seven starts for Tiz the Law, and the $535,000 first-place check pushed his career earnings past $2 million. Instead, people tailgated in makeshift party lots near the track or watched the Travers from the porches of nearby bars.

Source: New York Times August 08, 2020 22:27 UTC