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Saratoga's Midsummer Derby Anchors a Marquee Racing Weekend

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The 2026 Travers Stakes drew the summer crowd to Saratoga's dirt oval, capping a weekend thick with graded stakes on the upstate calendar. The meet remains the season's defining date for horsemen, owners and racegoers who treat the Spa's late-August card as a rite of the American turf.

With reporting from America's Best Racing.

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