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Tiz the Law Wins the Travers in a Runaway

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Tiz the Law Wins the Travers in a Runaway

Tiz the Law won the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. The colt is the favorite to win the postponed Kentucky Derby next month. He is also the favourite to claim the sport's 14th Triple Crown with a Preakness victory in October. Tiz The Law's trainer entrusted him to jockey Manny Franco, 25, who had an inexperienced ride last fall in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stake. Franco got stuck in traffic and could not get out of it in time. The coronavirus pandemic has reshuffled the thoroughbred racing calendar.

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