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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Fierceness held off Thorpedo Anna's late charge to win the $1.25 million Travers Stakes by a head. He denied the filly's attempt to become the first female winner of the Grade 1 race in over a century at Saratoga. Ridden by John Velazquez, Fierceness ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:01.79. Sierra Leone was third and Dornoch was fourth in the field of eight. Thorpedo Anna was trying to become the first filly to win the 155-year-old race since Lady Rotha in 1915. She was just the fifth filly to compete against the boys since 1960.
