Travers Stakes 2021 odds, predictions, contenders: Expert who nailed Belmont superfecta releases picks

Belmont Stakes winner Important High quality can transfer one step nearer to incomes champion three-year-old honors when he leaves the beginning gate within the 2021 Travers Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. Already the reigning champion two-year-old from final yr, Important High quality has 4 wins in 5 begins in 2021, together with a win within the Belmont Stakes in June. His lone loss got here when he completed fourth within the Kentucky Derby.

On Saturday, Important High quality is the 4-5 morning-line favourite within the 2021 Travers Stakes odds. The Steve Asmussen-trained Midnight Bourbon is 9-2 within the seven-horse 2021 Travers Stakes area, whereas Keepmeinmind and Dynamic One are each 6-1. With a effectively completed area set to enter the beginning gate, you may wish to see what racing insider Bob Weir has to say before making any Travers Stakes 2021 picks.

Based mostly in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Weir has been handicapping and following horse racing since studying Andy Beyer’s landmark handicapping e-book “Selecting Winners” within the late Nineteen Eighties. Weir is extremely invested within the Beyer Pace Determine, a quantity assigned to each race run by a horse that measures how briskly the horse ran. He makes use of the determine because the spine of his handicapping. Actually, due to his proficiency with pace figures and top-tier handicapping, he landed one among simply eight spots on Beyer’s figure-making workforce in 2017, a place he holds to this present day.

Weir’s methodology has produced a number of five-figure days. In 2014, he hit a $60,000 Choose 6 at Del Mar. The next yr, he nailed a $31,000 Choose 6 at Gulfstream Park. In 2016 and 2017, Weir certified for the distinguished Nationwide Horseplayers Championship in Las Vegas.

This yr, he has crushed the three-year-old races. He hit the exacta within the Sam F. Davis Stakes, Tampa Bay Derby and Peter Pan Stakes, the trifecta within the Risen Star Stakes and Blue Grass Stakes and the superfecta within the Belmont Stakes. These are simply a few of his scores in 2021.

Now, he has handicapped the 2021 Travers Stakes area, made his picks and constructed his bets. You can only see them here.

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One shock: Weir is excessive on Keepmeinmind, although he is an underdog at 6-1. Skilled by Robertino Diodoro, Keepmeinmind has one win, three seconds and two thirds in 10 profession begins. He’s coming off a runner-up end to Important High quality within the Jim Dandy Stakes.

Keepmeinmind earned a 97 Beyer Pace Determine in that race, which tied his career-best. “This three-year-old might be enhancing, and his eager to become involved earlier [in races] might be seen as a very good signal,” Weir advised SportsLine. Weir will likely be utilizing Keepmeinmind prominently in his 2021 Travers Stakes bets.

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As well as, Weir is excessive on a horse who has proven “a pleasant three-year-old development,” organising a robust payday. Weir is together with this horse in his 2021 Travers Stakes bets, and so do you have to. He’s sharing which horses to back only at SportsLine.

So who wins the 2021 Travers Stakes? And which horse is a must-back? Try the newest Travers odds beneath, then visit SportsLine to see Weir’s picks for the Travers. 

2021 Travers Stakes odds