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By Sean Clancy

Todd Pletcher scanned the form of the Personal Ensign Saturday morning. 

Travers Day has come and gone. Afleet Express emerged as the best new recruit to the 3-year-old class. Owned by Gainesway Farm and Martin Cherry, the Afleet Alex colt put it together when he needed it most. 

By Sean Clancy

Tony Dutrow walked back from the main track last Friday feeling good, really good, about today’s Travers Stakes. Jim Dandy winner A Little Warm had just completed another flawless round of exercise and walked home confidently and content. Just like his trainer. 

By Mike Kane

Can a colt formerly named Bunky with one race on his resume win the Travers? Owner-trainer Leon Blusiewicz says yes. No question about it.

By Joe Clancy

If Tom Bush and Javier Castellano tried to beat Get Stormy, they would do exactly what Rick Dutrow and Julien Leparoux did Friday. 

And this here is your Travers edition. Annually the biggest issue of the year, this one took a while. If you’re reading this, we actually got it to the printer on time and the printer rung up overtime hours to get it out the door, to our porch, to your hands. 

Carlos Martin, in a tan suit, read Sunday’s overnight in the racing office. His assistant, Dave, asked him why he was dressed up.

By Sean Clancy

And that makes 13. 

Wednesday. Twenty-eight cards in the books. Twelve to play. Three jockeys still in the hunt for the most coveted riding title in the world. 

Pick up your notebook and dump it into the newspaper. My old college professor didn’t exactly use those words, but the E-307 (introduction to journalism) lectures did include instructions to that effect.