Curlin was made the 3-5 program favorite today by New York Racing Association handicapper Eric Donovan for Saturday’s Jockey Club Gold Cup. The Grade I 1 1/4-mile race drew a field of nine, including narrow Travers runner-up Mambo in Seattle, who drew the extreme outside post and is second choice on the morning line at 7-2.

The Jockey Club Gold Cup is the 10th of 11 races on Saturday with an approximate post time of 5:52 PM EST. It will be televised on ESPNnews, TVG and HRTV. Here is the field, in post-position order:

1 Ravel (Rafael Bejarano) 30-1
2 Merchant Marine (Cornelio Velasquez) 12-1
3 Timber Reserve (Kent Desormeaux) 12-1
4 Wanderin Boy (Alan Garcia) 10-1
5 Curlin (Robby Albarado) 3-5
6 Angliana (Rajiv Maragh) 30-1
7 A. P. Arrow (Ramon Dominguez) 20-1
8 Stones River (Gabriel Saez) 20-1
9 Mambo in Seattle (Edgar Prado) 7-2