This year's Travers Stakes features a wide open field ... at least that's what most people think.
There's no disputing that the field is star-studded. It includes the three winners of this year's Triple Crown races, and it's the first time all three winners of the spring classics have faced off since the 1982 Travers. That year, a horse named Runaway Groom beat them all.
When you're trying to navigate a field like the one at the Travers Stakes 2017, you need to listen to what Jody Demling has to say.
At this year's Kentucky Derby, Demling won his ninth straight Derby-Oaks double -- he called the winners of both races for the ninth straight year.