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!