Travers Day sold out

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association announced Friday that all 50,000 paid admission tickets available for the Aug. 29 Travers card have been sold.

Two weeks ago, NYRA announced that for the first time it would be capping attendance at 50,000 paid admissions despite the fact that there had been five Travers days with higher attendance.

Clubhouse and grandstand season passes are valid and will be accepted on Travers Day.

The cap remains in place whether American Pharoah runs in the Travers or not.

◗ Effinex, the Suburban Handicap winner, worked five furlongs in 1:02.52 over the Saratoga main track Friday, getting his final quarter in 23.80 seconds. Effinex, under Kelvin Pahal, went his first quarter in 27.09 seconds before trainer Jimmy Jerkens signaled to the rider to pick it up.

“I waved him on because he was going too slow, then he ended up finishing too fast,” Jerkens said. “It would have been better if it had been more even, but that’s all right.”

Effinex is pointing to the Grade 1 Woodward here Sept. 5.

◗ Tepin, the runner-up to Hard Not to Like in the Grade 1 Diana, worked four furlongs in 49.88 seconds over the Oklahoma turf course Friday. She is being pointed to the Grade 2, $400,000 Ballston Spa on Aug. 29.