Ned Toffey leads Ted Noffey, his spoonerism namesake and a gray/road horse, into the winner's circle at Saratoga Race Course. Riding Ted Noffey is John Velazquez, wearing silks with purple and orange squares.

The best horse missing from the Travers? Meet Ted Noffey, whose 3-year-old season has yet to begin.

This year’s Travers Stakes has attracted a star-studded field of 10 3-year-olds, many of them multiple stakes winners, headlined by Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Golden Tempo. None of those 3-year-olds, accomplished as they are, has three Grade 1 wins to their credit. Missing from the Travers starting gate this weekend at Saratoga Race Course…