Reigning two-year-old champion Forte will square off against the three winners of this year's Triple Crown races when the starting gate opens in the 2023 Travers Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. On Saturday, he will meet, among others, Kentucky Derby hero Mage, Preakness Stakes winner National Treasure, and Belmont Stakes champ Arcangelo. Forte is the 7-5 favorite in the 2023 Travers Stakes odds. Arcangelo is 5-2 in the seven-horse 2023 Travers Stakes field, while Mage is 4-1. Post time for the 1¼-mile Travers is 6:11 p.m. ET.
With several accomplished horses set to enter the starting gate on Saturday, you'll want to see what Saratoga Springs-based racing insider and Beyer Speed Figure maker Bob Weir has to say before making any Travers Stakes picks.
A member of the Beyer Speed Figure-making team, Weir is a two-time qualifier for the prestigious National Horseplayers Championship in Las Vegas. He has produced multiple five-figure days at the track over the years, including a $60,000 Pick 6 at Del Mar in 2014.
Last year, he was red-hot in the Triple Crown prep races, hitting the superfecta in the Blue Grass Stakes for $1,678 and exactas in the Fountain of Youth Stakes and Tampa Bay Derby. He also hit the 19-1 winner of the Man o' War Stakes, the trifecta in the Pegasus World Cup, the superfecta in the Met Mile and multiple Pick 4s.
In April of this year, he hit a Pick 4 at Gulfstream Park for $641, the exacta in the Florida Derby, a Pick 5 at Keeneland and the exacta in the Lexington Stakes. He smashed the trifecta in the Belmont Stakes for $532.96, and later in June, he crushed a Pick 4 at Belmont for $555. Those are just some of his scores this year. In each of the last two years, his top pick has won the Travers Stakes!
Now, Weir has handicapped the 2023 Travers Stakes field, made his picks and constructed his bets.
One surprise: Weir is high on National Treasure, even though he's an 8-1 longshot. "I will never doubt trainer Bob Baffert with these speedy 3-year-olds," Weir told SportsLine. Weir is using National Treasure in his 2023 Travers Stakes bets.
Moreover, Weir's top pick is a horse whose connections have been eyeing the Travers for months! Weir also is high on a double-digit longshot who's a "late bloomer"! Weir is including these horses in his 2023 Travers Stakes bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see his picks before locking in any of your own.
Who will win the Travers Stakes 2023? What late-blooming longshot is a must-back? And how has Weir constructed his wagers? ... Join SportsLine right now to get the top 2023 Travers Stakes picks, all from a top racing insider and member of the Beyer figure-making team who has nailed the winner of the Travers the last two years!
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