NYRA announces 2019-20 Aqueduct winter meet stakes schedule and race dates
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NYRA announces 2019-20 Aqueduct winter meet stakes schedule and race dates

by NYRA Press Office



The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the race dates and stakes schedule for the 2019-20 winter meet at Aqueduct Racetrack. With 45 stakes races on offer, the winter meet begins Thursday, December 12 and continues through Sunday, March 29. 

January will feature 17 dates with live racing generally conducted Thursday through Sunday with the exception of New Year's Day, a Wednesday card highlighted by the $150,000 Jerome for freshly minted 3-year-olds, as part of New York's road to the Kentucky Derby. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday card, marking the birthday of the late civil rights leader, is slated for Monday, January 20 and features the $100,000 Interborough for fillies and mares 4-years-old and up. There will be no live racing on Thursday, January 2 and Thursday, January 16 to accommodate the special holiday cards.

The February racing calendar will also include 17 dates with live racing generally conducted Thursday through Sunday with the exception of the special Presidents’ Day card on Monday, February 17. The graded stakes action will kick off on February 1 with the Grade 3, $250,000 Withers, the second race on New York’s road to the Kentucky Derby. There will be no live racing on Thursday, February 13 to accommodate the Presidents' Day card.

A total of 13 racing cards are set for March, which will see live racing conducted Friday through Sunday. Saturday, March 7 will feature four stakes, including two graded. The centerpiece is another Derby prep, the Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham, that will see sophomores run at one mile at the Big A with 50-20-10-5 qualifying points up for grabs. The packed card also includes the Grade 3, $200,000 Tom Fool Handicap for 4-year-olds and up going six furlongs; the $250,000 Busher Invitational for 3-year-old fillies; and the $125,000 Stymie for 4-year-olds and up.

As previously announced, the 2019-20 winter meet stakes action kicks off with New York-bred talent competing in the New York Stallion Stakes Series. Saturday, December 14 will see 2-year-olds going seven furlongs in the $500,000 Great White Way while the 2-year-old fillies will run in the $500,000 Fifth Avenue on December 15.

The $125,000 Queens County on December 21, followed by the $100,000 Gravesend, will conclude stakes action before the Christmas break. A pair of $100,000 contests for New York-breds, featuring the Alex M. Robb on December 28 and the Bay Ridge on December 29, will close the curtain on stakes races for 2019.

On its final weekend, the 59-day winter meet will feature a stakes-laden card on New York Claiming Championship Day, Saturday, March 28 and the $100,000 East View on Sunday, March 29.

2019-20 Aqueduct Winter Meet stakes schedule:

DATE

RACE

GRADE

PURSE

AGE

DISTANCE

Sat., Dec. 14

NYSS Great White Way

$500,000

2YO

7 Furlongs

Sun., Dec. 15

NYSS Fifth Avenue

$500,000

F2YO

7 Furlongs

Sat., Dec. 21

Queens County

 

$125,000

3&UP

1 1/8

Sun., Dec. 22

Gravesend

 

$100,000

3&UP

6 Furlongs

Sat., Dec. 28

Alex M. Robb (NYB)

 

$100,000

3&UP

1 1/8

Sun., Dec. 29

Bay Ridge (NYB)

 

$100,000

F&M 3&UP

1 1/8

Wed., Jan. 1

Jerome

 

$150,000

3YO

1 Mile

Sat., Jan. 4

La Verdad (NYB)

 

$100,000

F&M 4&UP

7 Furlongs

Sat., Jan. 11

Say Florida Sandy (NYB)

 

$100,000

4&UP

7 Furlongs

Sun., Jan. 12

Rego Park (NYB)

 

$100,000

3YO

6 ½ Furlongs

Sat., Jan. 18

Toboggan

III

$150,000

4&UP

7 Furlongs

Sat., Jan. 18

Franklin Square (NYB)

 

$100,000

F3YO

6 ½ Furlongs

Sun., Jan. 19

Ladies Handicap

 

$100,000

F&M 4&UP

1 1/8

Mon., Jan. 20

Interborough

 

$100,000

F&M 4&UP

7 Furlongs

Sat., Jan. 25

Jazil

 

$100,000

4&UP

1 1/8

Sun., Jan. 26

Ruthless

 

$100,000

F3YO

7 Furlongs

Sat., Feb. 1

Withers

III

$250,000

3YO

1 1/8

Sun., Feb. 2

Busanda

 

$100,000

F3YO

1 1/8

Sat., Feb. 8

Jimmy Winkfield

 

$100,000

3YO

7 Furlongs

Sun., Feb. 9

Biogio's Rose (NYB)

 

$100,000

F&M 4&UP

1 Mile

Sat., Feb. 15

Broadway (NYB)

 

$100,000

F&M 4&UP

6 Furlongs

Sun., Feb. 16

Gander (NYB)

 

$100,000

3YO

1 Mile

Mon., Feb. 17

Hollie Hughes (NYB)

 

$100,000

4&UP

6 Furlongs

Sat., Feb. 22

Haynesfield (NYB)

 

$100,000

4&UP

1 Mile

Sun., Feb. 23

Maddie May (NYB)

 

$100,000

F3YO

1 Mile

Sat., Feb. 29

Bernardini

 

$100,000

4&UP

1 5/16

Sat., Mar. 7

Gotham

III

$300,000

3YO

1 Mile

Sat., Mar. 7

Busher Invitational

 

$250,000

F3YO

1 Mile

Sat., Mar. 7

Tom Fool Handicap

III

$200,000

4&UP

6 Furlongs

Sat., Mar. 7

Stymie

 

$125,000

4&UP

1 Mile

Sun., Mar. 8

Heavenly Prize Invitational

 

$125,000

F&M 4&UP

1 Mile

Sat., Mar. 14

Correction

 

$100,000

F&M 4&UP

6 Furlongs

Sun., Mar. 15

Damon Runyon (NYB)

 

$100,000

3YO

7 Furlongs

Sat., Mar. 21

Cicada

 

$100,000

F3YO

6 Furlongs

New York

Claiming Championship

Day

 

 

 

Sat., Mar. 28

Caixa Eletronica

 

$80,000

4&UP

7 Furlongs

Sat., Mar. 28

Stud Muffin

 

$75,000

4&UP

1 3/8

Sat., Mar. 28

Xtra Heat

 

$75,000

F&M 4&UP

6 ½ Furlongs

Sat., Mar. 28

Peeping Tom

 

$70,000

4&UP

6 ½ Furlongs

Sat., Mar. 28

Sis City

 

$60,000

F&M 4&UP

1 Mile

Sat., Mar. 28

More To Tell

 

$60,000

4&UP

1 Mile

Sat., Mar. 28

Videogenic

 

$55,000

F&M 4&UP

6 Furlongs

Sat., Mar. 28

Kelly Kip

 

$55,000

4&UP

6 Furlongs

Sat., Mar. 28

Dads Caps

 

$45,000

4&UP

7 Furlongs

Sat., Mar. 28

Belle Gallantey

 

$45,000

F&M 4&UP

7 Furlongs

Sun., March 29

East View (NYB)

 

$100,000

F3YO

7 Furlongs

 


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