Welcome to our live blog for Travers Day! For live race results and other breaking information, follow us on Twitter (@thepinksheet) or visit Saratogian.com.

2:55 p.m.: With just under three hours to go til the Travers, it looks like we WILL beat the rain out! Some clouds, and it's muggy out, but still pretty bright outside. Track fast (and perhaps favoring speed), turf firm.

The field for our first stakes, the Ballston Spa, is about to head to the paddock. Will be going down with them. Keep an eye on Twitter for race results and photos, as well as stake recaps on Saratogian.com as soon as they're official.

1:14 p.m.: So strange that we are four races into the card and we'd typically only have one race down by now! Chad Brown just won the fourth race on the card with Good Prospect. Don't forget, Brown starts his first Travers runner today.

12:01 p.m.: Won't be difficult to spot Mike Repole (who starts King's Bishop favorite Uncle Mo and Travers favorite Stay Thirsty) today. Most of the friends and family in his entourage are sporting the blue-and-orange colors of his stable. The interesting accessories spotted so far include fedoras, feathered fascinators, ties, and dress shoes.

11:40 a.m.: Pretty Boy Freud just triggered a $102.50 payoff in the opener. Hello!

10:32 a.m.: The press office just reported that no decision has been made yet on the status of tomorrow's race card. An announcement is expected before the end of today's program. Simulcasting at Belmont and Aqueduct has been cancelled.

10:11 a.m.: Uncle Mo's maiden victory is replaying on the infield toteboard.

7:30 a.m.: Here's the scene as the sun rose over the Spa this morning:

We also witnessed a Travers tradition - the mad dash of patrons through the gates to secure picnic tables. It's horse racing's version of Black Friday. The crowd stretched around the corner when I turned into the Union Avenue gate this morning at 6 a.m. At precisely 7, standing on the roof, a roar became audible from the direction of the gates, followed by the sight of hundreds of fans running through the trees. Said photographer and Saratogian blogger Adam Mooshian: "Now I know how Custer felt."

2:35 a.m.: All horses are on the grounds after Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice arrived after an uneventful van ride from Monmouth Park in New Jersey. Arriving just under the wire for a race is nothing new to this gelding - he shipped to Belmont Park the morning of the race and was on a van back to New Jersey less than two hours after crossing the finish line. Saratoga will be the eighth track he's competed over in nine starts.

Happy Travers Day!

4:05 p.m.: The seventh race is getting set to go off, and then the eighth through 10th races are our stakes for the day. I'll be heading downstairs to the paddock and rail for stakes coverage - and for obvious reasons, will not be taking the laptop down with me! You can follow our live coverage (including photos) on Twitter, and I'll be back as soon as the Whitney is over to provide more analysis.

3:58 p.m.: Uh-oh. A few raindrops starting to fall. And the track has just been sealed, meaning management could expect more weather on the way.

2:40 p.m.: Some fascinating pedigrees coming up in the day's fifth race. Gyre is by Bernardini and out of champion filly Bird Town, a half to Birdstone. Another Bernardini colt, Bayamo, is out of Banshee Winds, making him a half-brother to champion filly Banshee Breeze. The Unbridled's Song gelding Dream Steeler is out of Pilfer, making him a half to multiple graded winner To Honor And Serve.

2:20 p.m.: A good day for the locals so far. Cheyenne Nation, trained by Mechanicville native Chad Brown, won the day's first race. Currency Swap, trained by Terri Pompay of Saratoga, won the third race.

1:30 p.m.: Some good news on Bearpath, who was vanned off after yesterday's John's Call Stakes. The horse has a broken humerus and is currently comfortable on stall rest. It's not a good injury by any means, but his connections are taking it day by day. "I have no doubt he's gonna make it," jockey Freddie Lenclud posted on Facebook.

12:54 p.m.: Hello racing fans, and welcome to Whitney Day at the Spa. A field of 11 runners - 10 of them being graded winners - are set to go postward in today's marquee race later, with the winner likely to assume command of the handicap division. The big question mark is the weather. So far, the rain is holding off, but the sky is gray and the air is damp and muggy. Several of the trainers, including Jim Bond, who handles Met Mile winner Tizway, have expressed concerns about a wet track.

We took a closer look at the Whitney in today's Pink Sheet Insider:

Today's 11-race card also includes the Grade 1 Test for filly sprinters and the De La Rose for females on the turf.

We'll be live all day....as a reminder, you can also follow us on Twitter for live race results.