Byline: Tim Wilkin Staff writer
If things had gone according to plan, there would be no mystery surrounding Travers No.119. What would have transpired at Saratoga Race Course sometime late this afternoon would have been a monster race by the biggest, baddest 3-year-old in training.
"What could have been," Louie Roussel III said with a sigh, "are the saddest words in sports."
What could have been?
Roussel had hoped to make his first visit to Saratoga for this Travers with the only big horse he's ever had, Risen Star. The strapping son of Secretariat was the leading candidate for Horse of the Year following victories in the Preakness and …
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