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Much, much later: Wow!

It's Afleet Express (inside) by a nose in the Travers!

3:56 p.m.: Sorry for the brief lack of updates, folks. Left the press box to check out the scene around the track, and of course, it's impossible to carry the laptop to the paddock and into the winner's circle! Apologies if it happens again, as we're coming up on two hours til the Travers, and we're everywhere.

We're providing live (and more timely) updates on Twitter, though.

Dynaslew just won the Grade II Ballston Spa for trainer Seth Benzel. A few photos:

(Our own Sam Hollingsworth - green shirt - and others, interviewing Benzel post-race)

(Dynaslew rallies to win)

1:21 p.m.: Monastir just won the fourth race in a blanket finish that had the crowd gasping. Included several heads down on the wire and a dead heat for third. Fans getting their money's worth.

12:15 p.m.: Trainer Robert Reid, jockey Cornelio Velasquez and owners Cash Is King Stable just won the second race with a 2-year-old filly by Afleet Alex. The same connections start Afleet Again, a son of Afleet Alex, in the Travers later. Hmm...

12 p.m.: Some regally-bred babies make their career debuts on a very big stage coming up here. In the third race, we have Gold Trader, whose dam is a half sister to Hall of Famer Inside Information; Film Making, the first foal out of Grade I winner Film Maker; and Nolangrant'skitten, a half-sibling to Belmont third-place finisher Nolan's Cat, from the family of Comeonmom. In the fifth race, we'll see Admiral Perry, out of a half-sister to Coronado's Quest and from the family of Ruffian and Wild Again; and Research Report, whose dam is a half-sister to an English Oaks winner. Remember - on last year's Travers undercard, we saw the career debuts of the likes of Devil May Care.

11:35 a.m.: Some quick thoughts on the Travers. Physically, A Little Warm and Friend Or Foe made the best impression training in these final weeks. A Little Warm, obviously winner of the local prep, just glides over this track. Friend Or Foe is dappled out with his coat in beautiful condition and appears primed to move forward off his litmus test in the Jim Dandy. Many are writing off Super Saver and Ice Box - what does it say about the depth of this 3-year-old crop when the exacta from the Derby would likely pay quite handsomely if it came in in the Travers? But Super Saver has serious talent, and with a clean trip, Ice Box could be quite dangerous at 10 furlongs here. First Dude has been Grade I placed in his last four consecutive starts and could finally fire that big one, while owner/trainer Leon Blusiewicz has never wavered in his confidence in maiden winner Admiral Alex.

For more thoughts on the Travers and the rest of the card, check out today's Pink Sheet Insider.

10:27 a.m.: You could not ask for anything more.

Just over an hour to first post on Travers Day, and the weather is gorgeous. Not a cloud in the sky, currently 75 degrees with a nice breeze, track fast, turf firm. We have 13 races on tap, including five graded stakes - capped off by the extremely evenly-matched field of 11 battling it out in the Travers.

This is the first day of the "Double Day Spectacular" of racing - of course, reigning Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra makes her return to the Spa tomorrow.

Let's get this party started.