When I first started Paddy’s Picks in 2020, the Grade 1 Travers Stakes was the first instance in which I truly began to share the site with all my friends, producing the first large-scale guest article. It feels like the right time to open things up again in 2026.
In a familiar format (after weeks of torturing the regulars with more intense challenges), I have requested for a slew of returning faces to share their pick for this year’s “Midsummer Derby” and provide their reasoning. As always, this article clearly demonstrates the point that there are an incalculable number of ways to form an opinion at the track.
