Winners of The Travers Stakes Since 1864
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance (Miles) |
Time |
Grade |
| 2012 | Alpha Golden Ticket |
3 | Ramon Dominguez David Cohen |
Kiaran McLaughlin Ken McPeek |
Godolphin Stables, LLC Magic City Thoroughbreds, LLC |
1-1/4 | 2:02.74 | I |
| 2011 | Stay Thirsty | 3 | Javier Castellano | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:03.03 | I |
| 2010 | Afleet Express | 3 | Javier Castellano | James A. Jerkens | Gainesway Farm | 1-1/4 | 2:03.28 | I |
| 2009 | Summer Bird | 3 | Kent Desormeaux | Tim Ice | Kalarikkal & Vilasini Jayaraman | 1-1/4 | 2:02.83 | I |
| 2008 | Colonel John | 3 | Garrett K. Gomez | Eoin G. Harty | WinStar Farm | 1-1/4 | 2:03.20 | I |
| 2007 | Street Sense | 3 | Calvin Borel | Carl Nafzger | James B. Tafel | 1-1/4 | 2:02.69 | I |
| 2006 | Bernardini | 3 | Javier Castellano | Thomas Albertrani | Darley Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:01.60 | I |
| 2005 | Flower Alley | 3 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Melnyk Racing Stables | 1-1/4 | 2:02.76 | I |
| 2004 | Birdstone | 3 | Edgar Prado | Nick Zito | Marylou Whitney Stables | 1-1/4 | 2:02.45 | I |
| 2003 | Ten Most Wanted | 3 | Pat Day | Wallace Dollase | J. Paul Reddam | 1-1/4 | 2:02.14 | I |
| 2002 | Medaglia d'Oro | 3 | Jerry Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1-1/4 | 2:02.53 | I |
| 2001 | Point Given | 3 | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | The Thoroughbred Corp. | 1-1/4 | 2:01.40 | I |
| 2000 | Unshaded | 3 | Shane Sellers | Carl Nafzger | James B. Tafel | 1-1/4 | 2:02.59 | I |
| 1999 | Lemon Drop Kid | 3 | Jose Santos | Flint S. Schulhofer | Jeanne G. Vance | 1-1/4 | 2:02.00 | I |
| 1998 | Coronado's Quest | 3 | Mike E. Smith | C. R. McGaughey III | Stuart S. Janney III | 1-1/4 | 2:03.40 | I |
| 1997 | Deputy Commander | 3 | Chris McCarron | Wallace Dollase | Horizon Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:04.00 | I |
| 1996 | Will's Way | 3 | Jorge F. Chavez | H. James Bond | William Clifton, Jr. | 1-1/4 | 2:02.40 | I |
| 1995 | Thunder Gulch | 3 | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Michael Tabor | 1-1/4 | 2:03.40 | I |
| 1994 | Holy Bull | 3 | Mike E. Smith | Warren A. Croll, Jr. | Warren A. Croll, Jr. | 1-1/4 | 2:02.00 | I |
| 1993 | Sea Hero | 3 | Jerry Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:01.80 | I |
| 1992 | Thunder Rumble | 3 | Herb McCauley | Richard O'Connell | Braeburn Farm | 1-1/4 | 2:00.99 | I |
| 1991 | Corporate Report | 3 | Chris McCarron | D. Wayne Lukas | William T. Young | 1-1/4 | 2:01.20 | I |
| 1990 | Rhythm | 3 | Craig Perret | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 1-1/4 | 2:02.60 | I |
| 1989 | Easy Goer | 3 | Pat Day | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 1-1/4 | 2:00.80 | I |
| 1988 | Forty Niner | 3 | Chris McCarron | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm | 1-1/4 | 2:01.40 | I |
| 1987 | Java Gold | 3 | Pat Day | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:02.00 | I |
| 1986 | Wise Times | 3 | Jerry Bailey | Phil Gleaves | Russell L. Reineman Stables | 1-1/4 | 2:03.40 | I |
| 1985 | Chief's Crown | 3 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Roger Laurin | Star Crown Stables | 1-1/4 | 2:01.20 | I |
| 1984 | Carr de Naskra | 3 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Richard J. Lundy | Virginia Kraft Payson | 1-1/4 | 2:02.60 | I |
| 1983 | Play Fellow | 3 | Pat Day | Harvey L. Vanier | Carl Lauer | 1-1/4 | 2:01.00 | I |
| 1982 | Runaway Groom | 3 | Jeffrey Fell | John DiMario | Albert J. Coppola | 1-1/4 | 2:02.60 | I |
| 1981 | Willow Hour | 3 | Eddie Maple | James E. Picou | Marcia W. Schott | 1-1/4 | 2:03.60 | I |
| 1980 | Temperence Hill | 3 | Eddie Maple | Joseph B. Cantey | Loblolly Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:02.80 | I |
| 1979 | General Assembly | 3 | Jacinto Vasquez | Leroy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone | 1-1/4 | 2:00.00 | I |
| 1978 | Alydar | 3 | Jorge Velasquez | John M. Veitch | Calumet Farm | 1-1/4 | 2:02.00 | I |
| 1977 | Jatski | 3 | Sam Maple | William Cole | William Murray | 1-1/4 | 2:01.60 | I |
| 1976 | Honest Pleasure | 3 | Craig Perret | Leroy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone | 1-1/4 | 2:00.20 | I |
| 1975 | Wajima | 3 | Braulio Baeza | Stephen A. DiMauro | East-West Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:02.00 | I |
| 1974 | Holding Pattern | 3 | Michael Miceli | James J. Sarner, Jr. | John Gerbas, Jr. | 1-1/4 | 2:05.20 | I |
| 1973 | Annihilate 'Em | 3 | Ron Turcotte | Douglas Davis, Jr. | Patricia B. Blass | 1-1/4 | 2:02.40 | I |
| 1972 | Key To The Mint | 3 | Braulio Baeza | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:01.20 | |
| 1971 | Bold Reason | 3 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Angel Penna, Sr. | William A. Levin | 1-1/4 | 2:02.40 | |
| 1970 | Loud | 3 | Jacinto Vasquez | James W. Maloney | William Haggin Perry | 1-1/4 | 2:01.00 | |
| 1969 | Arts and Letters | 3 | Braulio Baeza | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:01.60 | |
| 1968 | Chompion | 3 | Jean Cruguet | Ivor G. Balding | C. V. Whitney | 1-1/4 | 2:04.80 | |
| 1967 | Damascus | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | Edith W. Bancroft | 1-1/4 | 2:01.60 | |
| 1966 | Buckpasser | 3 | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Phipps | 1-1/4 | 2:01.60 | |
| 1965 | Hail To All | 3 | Johnny Sellers | Eddie Yowell | Zelda Cohen | 1-1/4 | 2:02.20 | |
| 1964 | Quadrangle | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:04.40 | |
| 1963 | Crewman | 3 | Eric Guerin | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1-1/4 | 2:20.40 | |
| 1962 | Jaipur | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1-1/4 | 2:01.60 | |
| 1961 | Beau Prince | 3 | Steve Brooks | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-1/4 | 2:03.00 | |
| 1960 | Tompion | 3 | Bill Hartack | John J. Greely, Jr. | C. V. Whitney | 1-1/4 | 2:03.40 | |
| 1959 | Sword Dancer | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | J. Elliott Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:04.20 | |
| 1958 | Piano Jim | 3 | Bobby Ussery | Oscar White | Sarah F. Jeffords | 1-1/4 | 2:05.80 | |
| 1957 | Gallant Man | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | John A. Nerud | Ralph Lowe | 1-1/4 | 2:04.00 | |
| 1956 | Oh Johnny | 3 | Hedley Woodhouse | Norman R. McLeod | Mrs. Wallace Gilroy | 1-1/4 | 2:06.20 | |
| 1955 | Thinking Cap | 3 | Paul J. Bailey | Henry S. Clark | Christiana Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:06.40 | |
| 1954 | Fisherman | 3 | Hedley Woodhouse | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 1-1/4 | 2:06.00 | |
| 1953 | Native Dancer | 3 | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1-1/4 | 2:05.60 | |
| 1952 | One Count | 3 | Eric Guerin | Oscar White | Sarah F. Jeffords | 1-1/4 | 2:07.40 | |
| 1951 | Battlefield | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1-1/4 | 2:06.20 | |
| 1950 | Lights Up | 3 | George Hettinger | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1-1/4 | 2:03.00 | |
| 1949 | Arise | 3 | Con Errico | James C. Bentley | Addison Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:06.20 | |
| 1948 | Ace Admiral | 3 | Ted Atkinson | James W. Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 1-1/4 | 2:05.00 | |
| 1947 | Young Peter | 3 | Thomas May | George M. Odom | Cornelia Gerry | 1-1/4 | 2:06.20 | |
| 1946 | Natchez | 3 | Ted Atkinson | Oscar White | Sarah F. Jeffords | 1-1/4 | 2:08.00 | |
| 1945 | Adonis | 3 | Conn McCreary | Willie Booth | William G. Helis | 1-1/4 | 2:02.80 | |
| 1944 | By Jimminy | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | James W. Smith | Alfred P. Parker | 1-1/4 | 2:03.40 | |
| 1943 | Eurasian | 3 | Steve Brooks | Sol Rutchick | Mill River Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:03.80 | |
| 1942 | Shut Out | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:04.40 | |
| 1941 | Whirlaway | 3 | Alfred Robertson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-1/4 | 2:05.80 | |
| 1940 | Fenelon | 3 | James Stout | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1-1/4 | 2:04.40 | |
| 1939 | Eight Thirty | 3 | Harry Richards | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1-1/4 | 2:06.60 | |
| 1938 | Thanksgiving | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Max Hirsch | Mrs. Parker Corning | 1-1/4 | 2:03.60 | |
| 1937 | Burning Star | 3 | Wayne D. Wright | John J. Greely | Shandon Farm | 1-1/4 | 2:04.80 | |
| 1936 | Granville | 3 | James Stout | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1-1/4 | 2:05.80 | |
| 1935 | Gold Foam | 3 | Silvio Coucci | J. M. Milburn | Starmount Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:04.60 | |
| 1934 | Observant | 3 | Lee Humphries | Max Hirsch | Morton L. Schwartz | 1-1/4 | 2:05.60 | |
| 1933 | Inlander | 3 | Robert Jones | Robert A. Smith | Brookmeade Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:08.00 | |
| 1932 | War Hero | 3 | John Gilbert | George Conway | Glen Riddle Farm | 1-1/4 | 2:05.80 | |
| 1931 | Twenty Grand | 3 | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe, Jr. | Greentree Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:04.60 | |
| 1930 | Jim Dandy | 3 | Frank Baker | James B. McKee | Chaffee Earl | 1-1/4 | 2:08.00 | |
| 1929 | Beacon Hill | 3 | Alfred Robertson | James G. Rowe, Jr. | Harry P. Whitney | 1-1/4 | 2:04.20 | |
| 1928 | Petee-Wrack | 3 | Steve O'Donnell | Willie Booth | John R. Macomber | 1-1/4 | 2:08.00 | |
| 1927 | Brown Bud | 3 | Laverne Fator | A. Gunther | Frederick Johnson | 1-1/4 | 2:05.60 | |
| 1926 | Mars | 3 | Frank Coltiletti | Scott P. Harlan | Sarah F. Jeffords | 1-1/4 | 2:04.60 | |
| 1925 | Dangerous | 3 | Clarence Kummer | William B. Duke | Gifford A. Cochran | 1-1/4 | 2:10.80 | |
| 1924 | Sun Flag | 3 | Frank Keogh | Carroll H. Shilling | Gifford A. Cochran | 1-1/4 | 2:04.40 | |
| 1923 | Wilderness | 3 | Benny Marinelli | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson, Jr. | 1-1/4 | 2:04.00 | |
| 1922 | Little Chief | 3 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:13.40 | |
| 1921 | Sporting Blood | 3 | Lucien Lyke | Willie Booth | Redstone Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:05.80 | |
| 1920 | Man o' War | 3 | Andy Schuttinger | Louis Feustel | Glen Riddle Farm | 1-1/4 | 2:01.80 | |
| 1919 | Hannibal | 3 | Lavelle Ensor | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson, Jr. | 1-1/4 | 2:02.80 | |
| 1918 | Sun Briar | 3 | William Knapp | Henry McDaniel | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 1-1/4 | 2:03.20 | |
| 1917 | Omar Khayyam | 3 | James Butwell | Richard F. Carmen | Wilfrid Viau | 1-1/4 | 2:08.80 | |
| 1916 | Spur | 3 | Johnny Loftus | James H. McCormick | James Butler | 1-1/4 | 2:05.00 | |
| 1915 | Lady Rotha | 3 | Mack Garner | A. J. Goldsborough | Andrew Miller | 1-1/4 | 2:11.40 | |
| 1914 | Roamer | 3 | James H. Butwell | A. J. Goldsborough | Andrew Miller | 1-1/4 | 2:04.00 | |
| 1913 | Rock View | 3 | Thomas McTaggart | Louis Feustel | August Belmont, Jr. | 1-1/4 | 2:06.60 | |
| 1912 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1911 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1910 | Dalmatian | 3 | Carroll H. Shilling | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 1-1/4 | 2:10.00 | |
| 1909 | Hilarious | 3 | Richard Scoville | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene | 1-1/4 | 2:06.00 | |
| 1908 | Dorante | 3 | J. Lee | Rollie Colston, Jr. | F. A. Forsythe | 1-1/4 | 2:09.60 | |
| 1907 | Frank Gill | 3 | Joe Notter | J. I. Smith | J. L. McGinnis | 1-1/4 | 2:07.00 | |
| 1906 | Gallavant | 3 | Walter Miller | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson, Jr. | 1-1/4 | 2:08.20 | |
| 1905 | Dandelion | 3 | Willie Shaw | John E. Madden | Frank R. Hitchock | 1-1/4 | 2:08.00 | |
| 1904 | Broomstick | 3 | Thomas H. Burns | Robert Tucker | Samuel S. Brown | 1-1/4 | 2:06.80 | |
| 1903 | Ada Nay | 3 | Frank O'Neill | A. Jack Joyner | James B. A. Haggin | 1-1/8 | 1:57.00 | |
| 1902 | Hermis | 3 | Ted Rice | John H. McCormack | H. M. Ziegler | 1-1/8 | 1:54.80 | |
| 1901 | Blues | 3 | Willie Shaw | Thomas Welch | C. Fleischmann Sons | 1-1/8 | 1:56.60 | |
| 1900 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1899 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1898 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1897 | Rensselaer | 3 | Fred Taral | Henry Harris | John E. McDonald | 1-1/4 | 1:56.60 | |
| 1896 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1895 | Liza | 3 | Henry Griffin | John Huggins | Pierre Lorillard IV | 1-1/8 | 1:55.50 | |
| 1894 | Henry of Navarre | 3 | Fred Taral | Byron McClelland | Byron McClelland | 1-1/4 | 2:10.25 | |
| 1893 | Stowaway | 3 | Lawrence McDermott | H. H. Brandt | Woodland Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:10.75 | |
| 1892 | Azra | 3 | Alonzo Clayton | John H. Morris | Bashford Manor Stable | 1-1/2 | 2:43.75 | |
| 1891 | Vallera | 3 | R. Williams | Enoch Wishard | Scoggan Bros | 1-1/2 | 2:49.00 | |
| 1890 | Sir John | 3 | Marty Bergen | Frank McCabe | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 1-1/2 | 2:39.00 | |
| 1889 | Long Dance | 3 | Shelby "Pike" Barnes | G. M. Rye | G. M. Rye | 1-3/4 | 3:08.75 | |
| 1888 | Sir Dixon | 3 | Jim McLaughlin | Frank McCabe | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 1-3/4 | 3:07.75 | |
| 1887 | Carey | 3 | Harry Blaylock | Edward Corrigan | Edward Corrigan | 1-3/4 | 3:17.75 | |
| 1886 | Inspector B. | 3 | Jim McLaughlin | Frank McCabe | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 1-3/4 | 3:10.25 | |
| 1885 | Bersan | 3 | John Spellman | Green B. Morris | Green B. Morris | 1-3/4 | 3:08.25 | |
| 1884 | Rataplan | 3 | William Fitzpatrick | F. Midgeley | Norman W. Kittson | 1-3/4 | 3:07.50 | |
| 1883 | Barnes | 3 | Jim McLaughlin | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 1-3/4 | 3:18.00 | |
| 1882 | Carley | 3 | George Quantrell | H. Welch | A. Burnham | 1-3/4 | 3:28.75 | |
| 1881 | Hindoo | 3 | Jim McLaughlin | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 1-3/4 | 3:07.50 | |
| 1880 | Grenada | 3 | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard | 1-3/4 | 3:12.50 | |
| 1879 | Falsetto | 3 | Isaac Burns Murphy | Eli Jordan | J. W. Hunt Reynolds | 1-3/4 | 3:09.25 | |
| 1878 | Duke of Magenta | 3 | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard | 1-3/4 | 3:08.00 | |
| 1877 | Baden-Baden | 3 | Tom Sayres | James Williams | William Astor, Jr. | 1-3/4 | 3:15.50 | |
| 1876 | Sultana | 3 | William Hayward | J. McClelland | August Belmont | 1-3/4 | 3:15.50 | |
| 1875 | D'Artagnan | 3 | George Barbee | J. B. Pryor | J. A. Grinstead | 1-3/4 | 3:06.50 | |
| 1874 | Attila | 3 | George Barbee | William Pryor | Pierre Lorillard IV | 1-3/4 | 3:09.50 | |
| 1873 | Tom Bowling | 3 | Robert Swim | Ansel Williamson | Hal Price McGrath | 1-3/4 | 3:09.75 | |
| 1872 | Joe Daniels | 3 | James G. Rowe, Sr. | David McDaniel | David McDaniel | 1-3/4 | 3:08.25 | |
| 1871 | Harry Bassett | 3 | W. Miller | David McDaniel | David McDaniel | 1-3/4 | 3:21.60 | |
| 1870 | Kingfisher | 3 | Charles Miller | Rollie Colston | Daniel Swigert | 1-3/4 | 3:15.25 | |
| 1869 | Glenelg | 3 | Charles Miller | Jacob Pincus | August Belmont | 1-3/4 | 3:14.00 | |
| 1868 | The Banshee | 3 | Smith | J. H. Davis | John M. Clay | 1-3/4 | 3:10.75 | |
| 1867 | Ruthless | 3 | Gilbert W. Patrick | A. Jack Minor | Francis Morris | 1-3/4 | 3:18.25 | |
| 1866 | Merrill | 3 | Abe Hawkins | Ansel Williamson | Robert A. Alexander | 1-3/4 | 3:29.00 | |
| 1865 | Maiden | 3 | W. Sewell | T. G. Moore | T. G. Moore | 1-3/4 | 3:18.50 | |
| 1864 | Kentucky | 3 | Gilbert W. Patrick | A. Jack Minor | John Hunter & W. R. Travers | 1-3/4 | 3:18.75 |
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