This year's Travers Stakes features a wide open field ... at least that's what most people think.
There's no disputing that the field is star-studded. It includes the three winners of this year's Triple Crown races, and it's the first time all three winners of the spring classics have faced off since the 1982 Travers. That year, a horse named Runaway Groom beat them all.
When you're trying to navigate a field like the one at the Travers Stakes 2017, you need to listen to what Jody Demling has to say.
At this year's Kentucky Derby, Demling won his ninth straight Derby-Oaks double -- he called the winners of both races for the ninth straight year. At the Preakness, he was all over Cloud Computing, who won as an upset favorite.
Then at the Belmont, he nailed the 1-2 finish and cashed his trifecta and superfecta tickets. Now, he's back with win, place, show, trifecta and superfecta picks for the 2017 Travers Stakes at Saratoga.
Here's a refresher on those types of bets:
Trifecta: Pick the first three finishers in the correct order. This paid over $1,000 in last year's Travers on a $1 bet.
Superfecta: Pick the first four finishers in the correct order. This paid over $10,000 in last year's Travers on a $1 bet.
While Demling has no quibbles with bettors banking on one of the favorites, West Coast (4/1), he plans to hold tickets with Good Samaritan (5/1) and Always Dreaming (6/1), plus a double-digit underdog that could pay off big.
Demling has specific recommendations for win, place, show, trifecta and superfecta so you can cover all your bases. And he's sharing them over at SportsLine.
So which horses do you take? And in what combinations? And what double-digit underdog should you be all over in your exotic bets? Visit SportsLine to get Demling's picks to win, place and show as well as his favorite long-shot, trifecta, and superfecta bets and find out.
