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Essential Quality looms large in the Travers

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Essential Quality looms large in the Travers

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Midnight Bourbon has not raced since the Haskell in July. Ricardo Santana, Jr. will be in the irons for Midnight bourbon from the inside post. FTGGG Racing”s Masqueparade won the Ohio Derby and finished third in Jim Dandy. Three Chimneys Farm“King Fury" was quarantined at Saratoga through quarantine because of a positive case of Equine Herpesvirus-1 in their barn. Jose Ortiz will return to ride him from post 7.  Dynamic One finished second in Grade 2 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino in April at Aqueduct.

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