By The Associated Press

Tiz the Law wins Travers Stakes

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Belmont winner Tiz the Law has easily won the $1 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga, and heads to Kentucky for next month’s Derby as the favorite.

Ridden by Manny Franco, Tiz the Law ran 11⁄4 miles in 2:00.65 on Saturday and paid $3, $2.40 and $2.10.

The 3-year-old colt remains undefeated this year with four straight graded stakes victories. He became the first New York-bred in 138 years to win the Belmont Stakes on June 20 in the first leg of the rescheduled Triple Crown series. Tiz the Law began his racing career at Saratoga last summer and has six wins in seven starts.

The Travers victory gave Tiz the Law 100 points in qualifying for the Kentucky Derby and he now has 372.

Caracaro returned $6.40 and $4. Max Player, third in the Belmont, paid $3.70 to show.

South Bend was fourth, followed by Country Grammer, Bob Baffert-trained Uncle Chuck and Shivaree.

Ramona Hill captures $1M Hambletonian

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Ramona Hill matched the stakes record and became the second filly in three years to capture the $1 million Hambletonian at the Meadowlands on Saturday, posting a one-length victory in trotting’s biggest race of the year.

Driven by Andrew McCarthy, the 3-year-old daughter of Muscle Hill covered the mile in 1:50.1 in equaling the record set by her father in 2009. The Tony Alagna-trained trotter paid $2.80, $2.10 and $2.10 as the favorite in the field of 10 3-year-olds.

Ramona Hill made a late last-to-first move and posted the fastest time (1:51.2) in winning one of the two eliminations held last week.

Ramona Hill became the 15th filly to win the Hambletonian in its 95-year history.

It was the first win in the race for Alagna and McCarthy, and the second for owners Brad Grant, and Michelle and Al Crawford, who had a piece of the filly, Atlanta, when she won in 2018. Robert Leblanc and In The Gym Partners also owned a piece of Ramona Hill.