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by NYRA Press Office
The 38-day fall meet at Aqueduct Racetrack will feature 12 graded stakes, highlighted by the Grade 1, $750,000 Cigar Mile Handicap. The meet, which starts Friday, November 2 and closes on New Year's Eve, will offer 35 total stakes worth $5.925 million.
Opening weekend will coincide with the Breeders' Cup, set for November 2-3, allowing horseplayers to follow the exciting action from Churchill Downs. Fans can watch and wager at Aqueduct, with live racing on Opening Day at the Big A featuring the Grade 3, $150,000 Tempted.
The stakes action continues on Breeders' Cup weekend with Aqueduct hosting the Grade 3, $150,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap on November 3. The Grade 3, $200,000 Nashua for 2-year-olds on November 4 will follow on that Sunday.
The Grade 3, $200,000 Fall Highweight Handicap for sprinters 3-and-up will return as the traditional Thanksgiving Day centerpiece on November 22, with the $150,000 Winter Memories and the $100,000 Central Park also on the holiday card. Black Friday will feature four stakes, among them the Grade 3, $200,000 Comely.
This year, the Grade 3 Long Island on November 24 will see its purse double to $400,000, part of an overall purse increase of $600,000 for all stakes at the Aqueduct fall meet compared to 2017.
Aqueduct's fall meet will be anchored by the Cigar Mile for 3-year-olds and up on Saturday, December 1.
December 1 will also feature a pair of prestigious Grade 2 events for juveniles, the $250,000 Remsen and the $250,000 Demoiselle for fillies, both at 1 1/8 miles, as well as the Grade 3, $250,000 Go For Wand Handicap for fillies and mares at a mile.
Following the Christmas holiday, racing will return on Friday, December 28 and the stakes schedule will conclude on Monday, December 31, with the $100,000 Damon Runyon.
2018 Aqueduct Fall Meet stakes schedule:
DATE | RACE | GRADE | 2018 PURSE | AGE | DISTANCE |
Fri., Nov. 2 | Tempted | III | 150,000 | F2YO | 1 Mile |
Sat., Nov. 3 | Turnback the Alarm Hdcp. | III | 150,000 | F&M 3&UP | 1 1/8 |
Sun., Nov. 4 | Nashua | III | 200,000 | 2YO | 1 Mile |
Sat., Nov. 10 | Artie Schiller | 150,000 | 3&UP | 1 Mile (Turf) | |
Sat., Nov. 10 | Atlantic Beach | 100,000 | 2YO | 6 F (Turf) | |
Sun., Nov. 11 | NYSS Staten Island | 125,000 | F&M 3&UP | 7 Furlongs | |
Sun., Nov. 11 | Stewart Manor | 100,000 | F2YO | 6 F (Turf) | |
Sat., Nov. 17 | Red Smith | III | 200,000 | 3&UP | 1 3/8 (Turf) |
Sun., Nov. 18 | NYSS Thunder Rumble | 125,000 | 3&UP | 7 Furlongs | |
Thurs., Nov. 22 | Fall Highweight Handicap | III | 200,000 | 3&UP | 6 Furlongs |
Thurs., Nov. 22 | Winter Memories | 150,000 | F3YO | 1 1/16 (Turf) | |
Thurs., Nov. 22 | Central Park | 100,000 | 2YO | 1 1/16 (Turf) | |
Fri., Nov. 23 | Comely | III | 200,000 | F3YO | 1 1/8 |
Fri., Nov. 23 | Gio Ponti | 150,000 | 3YO | 1 1/16 (Turf) | |
Fri., Nov. 23 | Forever Together | 150,000 | F&M 3&UP | 1 1/16 (Turf) | |
Fri., Nov. 23 | Key Cents (NYB) | 100,000 | F2YO | 6 Furlongs | |
Sat., Nov. 24 | Long Island | III | 400,000 | F&M 3&UP | 1 3/8 (Turf) |
Sat., Nov. 24 | Discovery | III | 200,000 | 3YO | 1 1/8 |
Sat., Nov. 24 | Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship | 125,000 | 3&UP | 6 F (Turf) | |
Sun., Nov. 25 | Autumn Days | 125,000 | F&M 3&UP | 6 F (Turf) | |
Sun., Nov. 25 | Tepin | 100,000 | F2YO | 1 1/16 (Turf) | |
Sun., Nov. 25 | Notebook (NYB) | 100,000 | 2YO | 6 Furlongs | |
Sat., Dec. 1 | Cigar Mile Handicap | I | 750,000 | 3&UP | 1 Mile |
Sat., Dec. 1 | Remsen | II | 250,000 | 2YO | 1 1/8 |
Sat., Dec. 1 | Demoiselle | II | 250,000 | F2YO | 1 1/8 |
Sat., Dec. 1 | Go For Wand Handicap | III | 250,000 | F&M 3&UP | 1 Mile |
Aqueduct Winter Meet | |||||
Sat., Dec. 8 | Garland of Roses | 100,000 | F&M 3&UP | 6 Furlongs | |
Sat., Dec. 15 | NYSS Fifth Avenue | 150,000 | F2YO | 6 Furlongs | |
Sun., Dec. 16 | NYSS Great White Way | 150,000 | 2YO | 6 Furlongs | |
Sat., Dec. 22 | Queens County | 125,000 | 3&UP | 1 1/8 | |
Sun., Dec. 23 | Gravesend | 100,000 | 3&UP | 6 Furlongs | |
Sat., Dec. 29 | East View (NYB) | 100,000 | F2YO | 1 Mile | |
Sat., Dec. 29 | Alex M. Robb (NYB) | 100,000 | 3&UP | 1 1/8 | |
Sun., Dec. 30 | Bay Ridge (NYB) | 100,000 | F&M 3&UP | 1 1/8 | |
Mon., Dec. 31 | Damon Runyon (NYB) | 100,000 | 2YO | 1 Mile |
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