Travers Day “Longshot” Selections: Grade 1″s Forego, Ballerina, Jerkens

By Rick Francis —-

SARATOGA

Race 5) Grade 1 Forego Stakes Post Time 1:48 EDT

5) Bon Raison (Martin/Ortiz, J.); rallied from the rear to win the Tale of the Cat here earlier this month, his second straight strong closing effort. 4-year-old out of Raison d’Etat owns a pair of wins and a second from three Saratoga starts and enters ready from a hot bullet work on the 20th.

Race 6) Grade 1 Ketel One Ballerina Stakes Post Time 2:23 EDT

6) Minit to Stardom (Camejo/Cintron); La.-bred enters having won three straight highlighted by her gate-to-wire Grade 2 Honorable Miss score, her first Graded Stakes start

Race 7) Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes Post Time 2:59 EDT

9) Hog Creek Hustle (Foley/Lanerie); after minimal success in the Fair Grounds Derby preps, Overanalyze colt is starting to put it together, placing two back in the G3 Pat Day Mile and closing from well back to win the always tough Grade 1 Woody Stephens.