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Kentucky Derby contender, Belmont Stakes champion adds another big win

New York Racing Association photo by Elsa Lorieul via AP / Manny Franco rides Tiz the Law, center, as he leads the pack around the final turn on his way to victory in the Travers Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
New York Racing Association photo by Elsa Lorieul via AP / Manny Franco rides Tiz the Law, center, as he leads the pack around the final turn on his way to victory in the Travers Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. New York Racing Association photo by Elsa Lorieul via AP / Manny Franco rides Tiz the Law, center, as he leads the pack around the final turn on his way to victory in the Travers Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

By The Associated Press 3 min read

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Belmont Stakes champion Tiz the Law won the $1 million Travers Stakes by 5 1/2 lengths at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, and he will head into next month’s Kentucky Derby as the probable favorite.

Ridden by Manny Franco, Tiz the Law ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:00.65 without fans in the grandstand during what is usually the Spa’s biggest day of the summer. He paid $3 to win, $2.40 to place and $2.10 to show.

The 3-year-old colt remains undefeated this year with four straight graded stakes victories for 82-year-old trainer Barclay Tagg.

“I’ve been doing this a long time, and I’ve always wanted to win the Travers,” Tagg said. “This has been in my head my whole life. And now it happened, so it couldn’t be better.”

Tiz the Law became the first New York-bred horse in 138 years to win the Belmont Stakes on June 20 in the first leg of the rescheduled Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing series. He began his racing career at Saratoga last summer and has six wins in seven starts.