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SARATOGA 2022: Saturday highlighted by Travers Stakes

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SARATOGA 2022: Saturday highlighted by Travers Stakes

Jeff Drown's Zandon finished second in the Jim Dandy after a three-month layoff. Artorius is a Juddmonte homebred who won the restricted Curlin on July 29. Brad Cox will try for a second straight Travers victory with Cyberknife. Cyber knife is the only two-time Grade 1-winner in this race. The last horse to win both the Haskell and Traver was Point Given in 2001. Early Voting skipped the Kentucky Derby in favor of more time between races. Brown opted for Preakness winner Cloud Computing.

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