Edward P. Evan’s A Little Warm is the 7-to-2 morning line favorite for the 141st $1 million Grade I Travers Stakes at a mile and a quarters at Saratoga this Saturday.

In his most recent outing, the 3-year-old of Stormin Fever won the mile and an eighth Grade II Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga on July 31. Previously, in his comeback race after being away from the races for three months, the Virginia-bred conditioned by Anthony Dutrow, who is currently fourth on the Delaware Park trainer standings, won a mile and a sixteenth allowance at Delaware Park on June 29. Shortly after running second in the Grade II Louisana Derby at the Fair Grounds on March 27, Dutrow shipped A Little Warm north to Delaware Park where he was stabled and trained until he was shipped to Saratoga shortly before his victory in the Jim Dandy Stakes. He has a record of four wins and four seconds from nine starts with earnings of $608,880.

Winner of the Grade 2 Jim Dandy, the Spa’s traditional local prep for the “Midsummer Derby,” A Little Warm edged out Trappe Shot, whose connections made a last-minute decision to opt for the Travers over the Grade 1 King’s Bishop, for the favorite’s role in the 1 ¼ mile race.

With John Velazquez aboard, A Little Warm was tabbed at 7-2 on the morning line from post position 5, while Trappe Shot, who drew post position 2 under Alan Garcia, was listed at 4-1.

A Little Warm, who will be picking up 11 pounds, under the race’s impost of 126 pounds, and stretching out an extra furlong from the Jim Dandy, comes into the Travers off two straight wins, the first of which was an optional claimer at Delaware Park following a three-month layoff, in which he earned a Beyer speed figure of 105.

Having missed the spring classics – first the Derby, for which he did not have enough graded stakes earnings, and then the Preakness, having bled in a workout five days prior to the race –

A Little Warm’s connections are eagerly anticipating the Travers, which will be his first Grade 1 start and which could propel him into the mix for year-end divisional honors.

“We are so looking forward to the Travers with him,” said Tony Dutrow, who trains A Little Warm for Edward P. Evans. “We couldn’t feel better about the horse’s ability or how he’s coming into the race.”

A Little Warm is seeking to become the ninth colt to complete the Jim Dandy-Travers double, the most recent of which was Street Sense in 2007.