DraftKings Travers Day

About this event

About Travers Day:

The 156th running of the Grade 1, $1.25 million DraftKings Travers is on Saturday, August 23, 2025!

The Travers Stakes is one of the oldest stakes races for three-year-old horses in the United States, and is the traditional centerpiece of the annual Saratoga summer meet. The race is named for William R. Travers, the first president of Saratoga, who won the inaugural running in 1864 with a horse named Kentucky. The Travers is considered to be one of the country's most prestigious races, and attracts many of the elite horses that contested the Triple Crown earlier in the year.

The 2025 DraftKings Travers Day features five Grade 1 races headlined by the $1.25 million DraftKings Travers and including four additional $500,000 races - the Personal Ensign, Forego, H. Allen Jerkens Memorial and the Resorts World Casino Ballerina.

Admission Gates, Parking and Post Time:

Admission gates open at a special time of 9 a.m. with the 14-race program getting underway at 11:10 a.m. Both trackside and Oklahoma parking lots open at 7 a.m. The DraftKings Travers will go off as Race 13 with a post time of 6:14 p.m. The 1863 Club will open at 9 a.m. with dining rooms available for seating beginning at 10 a.m.

Fans save $5 when purchasing general admission tickets in advance. Admission is $25 in advance and $30 on DraftKings Travers Day.

Tickets may be purchased in-person at the NYRA Box Office by Gate A or online at NYRA.com/Travers (service fees apply online).

Breakfast at Saratoga is not offered on DraftKings Travers Day nor are backstretch tram tours and Breakfast and Breeding farm tours. Breakfast fare will be available at the Finish Line Grill concession.