Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Sovereignty will try to add another historically significant 3-year-old race to his résumé when he leaves the starting gate in the 2025 Travers Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, Sovereignty has five wins in eight career starts. He is coming off a victory in the Jim Dandy Stakes, the local prep race for the Travers Stakes 2025. For Saturday, Sovereignty is the 2-5 morning-line favorite in the 2025 Travers Stakes odds. Magnitude (2-1), Strategic Focus (6-1), Bracket Buster (20-1) and McAfee (20-1) round out the five 2025 Travers Stakes horses. Post time for the $1.25 million Travers Stakes 2025 is 6:14 p.m. ET.

With talented 3-year-old horses entering the starting gate on Saturday, you NEED to see what Santa Anita-based racing reporter and insider Michelle Yu, who will be at Saratoga for the race, has to say before making any 2025 Travers Stakes picks.

Few people in racing are as well-connected as Yu. An on-air host and reporter who has provided racing analysis for TVG, HRTV and the Breeders' Cup, Yu has spent a lifetime in racing. Prior to her television career, she worked for trainers Steve Asmussen and Ron Moquett. She also is married to Santa Anita-based trainer Ryan Hanson.

Yu also has tremendous handicapping chops. She started off 2025 by correctly going all-in on Citizen Bull to win the Robert B. Lewis Stakes, and she also predicted Forever Young's win in the Saudi Cup, Journalism's win in the San Felipe Stakes, Sandman's win in the Arkansas Derby and Mindframe's win in the Churchill Downs Stakes. She also hit the exacta in the Kentucky Derby.

For the 2025 Travers Stakes, Yu has made her picks and constructed her bets. One surprise: She is not making a win bet on Sovereignty, even though he is the heavy 2-5 favorite. "He provides zero value at his price," Yu told SportsLine.

However Yu is high on a horse who "has earned massive Beyer Speed Figures." She is including this horse in her 2025 Travers Stakes bet, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see her picks before locking in any of your own.

So which horse wins the 2025 Travers Stakes? And how has Yu constructed her wager? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2025 Travers Stakes picks and bet, all from the racing insider who nailed the Kentucky Derby exacta!