NYRA Releases Aqueduct Winter Meet Stakes Schedule
The New York Racing Affiliation introduced Nov. 4 the stakes schedule for the 2021-22 winter meet at Aqueduct Racetrack.
With 46 stakes races on provide value practically $6 million in purses, the 56-day winter meet begins Thursday, Dec. 9 and runs by means of Sunday, March 27. Dwell racing will typically be performed Thursday by means of Sunday by means of the top of February with a vacation break set for Dec. 20-29 and the addition of a particular Presidents’ Day card on Monday, Feb. 21. March will then function a Friday-Sunday schedule of dwell racing by means of the conclusion of the winter meet on March 27.
As beforehand introduced, and in accordance with New York Metropolis necessities, followers in search of to enter Aqueduct Racetrack should show proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Initially closed to the general public in the course of the top of the COVID-19 emergency in March of 2020, Aqueduct then grew to become the positioning of a New York State mass vaccination heart in January 2021. It can reopen to the general public on Nov. 11, opening day of the 18-day 2021 Aqueduct fall meet, which runs by means of Dec. 5.
The Aqueduct winter meet stakes motion commences Dec. 11 with the $100,000 Garland of Roses for fillies and mares, 3-years-old and up headed six furlongs on the primary monitor. The 2021 NYRA stakes program attracts to an in depth with the $100,000 Bay Ridge on Dec. 30 for New York-bred fillies and mares 3-years-old and up and the $100,000 Alex M. Robb on Dec. 31 for New York-breds 3-years-old and up.
January racing will open on New 12 months’s Day with the one-mile $150,000 Jerome, the primary of three Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races on the Large A winter meet. The Jerome will provide 10-4-2-1 qualifying factors to the top-four finishers.
The nine-furlong $100,000 Busanda for sophomore fillies on Jan. 23 will present 10-4-2-1 Kentucky Oaks (G1) qualifying factors to the highest 4 finishers. The winter meet graded stakes calendar will open with the $150,000 Toboggan (G3) a seven-furlong dash for older horses on Jan. 29.
New York’s highway to the Kentucky Derby continues on the Large A winter meet with the nine-furlong $250,000 Withers (G3) on Feb. 5, providing 10-4-2-1 Kentucky Derby qualifying factors to the highest 4 finishers.
The Feb. 21 Presidents’ Day card might be highlighted by the $100,000 Maddie Might for New York-bred 3-year-old fillies going one mile. There might be no dwell racing Feb. 17 to accommodate the Presidents’ Day card.
A complete of 12 racing playing cards are set for March, that includes eight stakes’ days, together with two graded occasions. The centerpiece of the March racing calendar is the one-mile $300,000 Gotham Stakes (G3) on March 5, which gives 50-20-10-5 Kentucky Derby qualifying factors to the highest 4 finishers. The Gotham Day card consists of the $200,000 Tom Idiot Handicap (G3) for 4-year-olds and up going six furlongs; the $250,000 Busher Invitational for 3-year-old fillies providing 50-20-10-5 Kentucky Oaks qualifying factors to the top-four finishers; and the $125,000 Stymie for 4-year-olds and up.
The ultimate weekend of the winter meet will function a 10-stakes card on New York Claiming Championship Day, March 26 and the $100,000 East View on March 27.
Admission to Aqueduct, which might be open to the general public on dwell race days solely, is freed from cost. The gates will open each day at 11 a.m. First put up in the course of the Aqueduct fall and winter meets is 12:30 p.m.
Followers visiting Aqueduct ought to use the Clubhouse Entrance to offer the required proof of vaccination. Most popular parking might be $10 each day within the Clubhouse lot and basic parking might be within the Conduit lot. All parking charges have to be paid by way of bank card.
Aqueduct 2021-2022 Winter Meet Stakes Schedule | ||||||
Date | Purse | Race | Grade | Circumstances | Distance | Floor |
Dec. 11 | $100,000 | Garland of Roses | 3&UP, F&M | 6 F | Dust | |
Dec. 18 | $500,000 | NYSSS Fifth Avenue Division | 2YO F, NY-Bred | 7 F | Dust | |
Dec. 18 | $500,000 | NYSSS Nice White Manner Division | 2YO, NY-Bred | 7 F | Dust | |
Dec. 19 | $125,000 | Queen’s County | 3&UP | 1 1/8 M | Dust | |
Dec. 30 | $100,000 | Bay Ridge | 3&UP, F&M, NY-Bred | 1 1/8 M | Dust | |
Dec. 31 | $100,000 | Alex M. Robb | 3&UP, NY-Bred | 1 1/8 M | Dust | |
Jan. 1 | $100,000 | Gravesend | 3&UP | 6 F | Dust | |
Jan. 1 | $150,000 | Jerome | 3YO | 1 M | Dust | |
Jan. 2 | $100,000 | La Verdad | 4&UP, F&M, NY-Bred | 7 F | Dust | |
Jan. 8 | $100,000 | Say Florida Sandy | 4&UP, NY-Bred | 7 F | Dust | |
Jan. 9 | $100,000 | Rego Park | 3YO, NY-Bred | 6 1/2 F | Dust | |
Jan. 15 | $100,000 | Franklin Sq. | 3YO F, NY-Bred | 6 1/2 F | Dust | |
Jan. 15 | $100,000 | Interborough | 4&UP, F&M | 7 F | Dust | |
Jan. 16 | $100,000 | Girls | 4&UP, F&M | 1 1/8 M | Dust | |
Jan. 22 | $100,000 | Jazil | 4&UP | 1 1/8 M | Dust | |
Jan. 23 | $100,000 | Busanda | 3YO F | 1 1/8 M | Dust | |
Jan. 29 | $150,000 | Toboggan | G3 | 4&UP | 7 F | Dust |
Jan. 30 | $100,000 | Jimmy Winkfield | 3YO | 7F | Dust | |
Feb. 5 | $250,000 | Withers | G3 | 3YO | 1 1/8 M | Dust |
Feb. 6 | $100,000 | Ruthless | 3YO F | 7F | Dust | |
Feb. 12 | $100,000 | Gander | 3YO, NY-Bred | 1 M | Dust | |
Feb. 13 | $100,000 | Broadway | 4&Up, F&M, NY-Bred | 6 F | Dust | |
Feb. 19 | $100,000 | Hollie Hughes | 4&UP, NY-Bred | 6 F | Dust | |
Feb. 21 | $100,000 | Maddie Might | 3YO F | 1 M | Dust | |
Feb. 26 | $125,000 | Stymie | 4&UP | 1 M | Dust | |
March 5 | $250,000 | Busher Invitational | 3YO F | 1 M | Dust | |
March 5 | $300,000 | Gotham | G3 | 3YO | 1 M | Dust |
March 5 | $125,000 | Heavenly Prize Invitational | 4&UP, F&M | 1 M | Dust | |
March 5 | $200,000 | Tom Idiot Handicap | G3 | 4&UP | 6F | Dust |
March 6 | $100,000 | Biogio’s Rose | 4&UP, F&M, NY-Bred | 1 M | Dust | |
March 12 | $100,000 | Correction | 4&UP, F&M | 6 F | Dust | |
March 13 | $100,000 | Damon Runyon | 3YO, NY-Bred | 7 F | Dust | |
March 19 | $100,000 | Cicada | 3YO F | 7F F | Dust | |
March 20 | $100,000 | Haynesfield | 4&UP, NY-Bred | 1 M | Dust | |
March 27 | $100,000 | East View | 3YO F, NY-Bred | 7 F | Dust |