2022 Travers Stakes predictions, best bets: Top expert picks for win, place, show, trifecta, superfecta

One of the biggest horse races of the summer takes place on Saturday, the 2022 Travers Stakes. It is the 153rd edition of the Saratoga Midsummer Derby and many of the best three-year-old horses are in the field for the 2022 Travers Stakes. There are familiar names for those who have followed the Triple Crown races this season. Epicenter finished second in the Preakness Stakes and the Kentucky Derby and is the 7-5 favorite at the 2022 Travers Stakes odds. The connections for Cyberknife, a five-time career winner, are hoping for a better run than the Kentucky Derby (18th), and he’s 7-2 second in the Travers Stakes 2022 odds. Other top contenders for the 2022 Travers Stakes include Artorius (9-2), Zandon (5-1), Early Voting (8-1) and Longshot Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike (10-1). Post time is scheduled for 5:44 p.m. ET at the Saratoga Race Course. With so much to consider when choosing your 2022 Travers Stakes, a little expert help can go a long way.

While the Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup remain horseracing’s tentpole events, the Travers Stakes holds a major place in the summer horseracing schedule. This Class 1 race for three-year-olds dates back to the 1860s. It started at a mile before jumping to 1 1/8 miles in the early 20th century. It is now raced at 1 1/4 miles, the same distance as the Kentucky Derby. This is a common place for Triple Crown season winners to compete. In fact, the last two Travers winners, Essential Quality and Tiz the Law, also won the Belmont Stakes that same year. That streak will not continue this year as 2022 Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal is not in the 2022 Travers Stakes lineup.

Given all of the history, there’s a method for choosing which horses to focus on for exacta, trifecta, and superfecta bets in Travers Stakes like this one, and SportsLine pundit Bob Weir knows what it is. He can help you make the best possible selection for the 2022 Travers Stakes.

A Saratoga Springs-based racing insider and maker of Beyer Speed ​​Figures, Weir has twice qualified for the prestigious National Horseplayers Championship in Las Vegas. He’s produced several five-figure days at the track over the years, including a $60,000 Pick 6 at Del Mar in 2014. Last year he was hooked. He hit the exacta in the Sam F. Davis Stakes, Tampa Bay Derby, and Peter Pan Stakes, the trifecta in the Risen Star Stakes, Blue Grass Stakes, and the Pennsylvania Derby, and the superfecta in the Belmont Stakes.

He also correctly dubbed Essential Quality the “most likely winner” of last year’s Travers and heavily placed the colt at the top of his bets before the horse won.

That year he was red hot in the Triple Crown prep races, hitting the Superfecta in the Blue Grass Stakes, the Trifecta in the Louisiana Derby, and Exactas in the Fountain of Youth Stakes and Tampa Bay Derby. He’s also hit the 19-1 Man o’ War Stakes winner, the Trifecta at the Pegasus World Cup, the Superfecta at the Met Mile, and several Pick 4s including May 14 at Belmont for $1,851. Everyone who has followed him is huge. Now he shares all of his Travers Stakes bets for 2022 here.

Top 2022 Travers Stakes Expert Picks

Here’s a refresher on this type of betting from SportsLine’s Bob Weir:

Travers Stakes Exacta: Pick first and second place finishers in the correct order. A $2 Exacta netted $11.80 at the 2021 Travers Stakes with Essential Quality and Midnight Bourbon.

Travers Stakes Trifecta: Pick first, second, and third place finishers in the correct order. A $1 trifecta netted $48.74 at the 2021 Travers Stakes with Essential Quality, Midnight Bourbon, and Miles D.

Travers Stakes Superfecta: Pick first, second, third and fourth place finishers in the correct order. A $1 Superfecta netted a whopping $132.20 at the 2021 Travers Stakes with Essential Quality, Midnight Bourbon, Miles D and Keepmeinmind.

While Demling has no issues with Epicenter’s favorite status, he plans to hold cards with Artorious (9-2) and two horses flying under the radar. You can see his selection here.

How to make 2022 Travers Stakes bets

Weir has specific recommendations for exacta, trifecta, and superfecta betting to help you cover all your bases at the 2022 Travers Stakes. He shares them at SportsLine.

So what horses do you take? And in which combinations? Visit SportsLine for Weir’s exacta, trifecta and superfecta betting tips for the 2022 Travers Stakes.

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