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by NYRA Press Office
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced purse values for open claiming races will increase, beginning with the Friday, March 8 card at Aqueduct Racetrack.
In January, the New York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) formally adopted an amendment allowing racing organizations to apply for adjustments to the purse-to-claim ratio, with the provision that enhanced measures to ensure the soundness and safety of equine athletes are in place.
NYRA applied for - and subsequently received - such an exemption that provides for an adjustment to claiming race purses through March 31, 2019.
In addition to the standard level of pre-race safety scrutiny applied to all horses racing at a NYRA track, NYRA will apply an additional, secondary level of scrutiny to all horses competing in races with adjusted purse-to-claim ratios.
As of Friday's card at Aqueduct, open claiming races will now be contested at the following purse values:
|
Claiming Price |
Previous Purse Value |
Purse Value |
|
$8,000 |
$16,000 |
$24,000 |
|
$10,000 |
$20,000 |
$28,000 |
|
$12,500 |
$25,000 |
$32,000 |
|
$16,000 |
$28,000 |
$36,000 |
Live racing resumes Friday at Aqueduct with a post time of 12:50 p.m.
Mary Eddy
NY Final Furlong Racing Stable and SunsetRidge Racing Stable’s New York-bred stakes-winner Stone Smuggler will look to regroup from a third-place effort in the state-bred Key Cents when taking on 11 rivals in Saturday’s $500,000 Fifth Avenue division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Christian Abdo
Lady Sheila Stable, Net Birdie and Schwing Thoroughbreds’ Sacrosanct is 3-for-3 with two stakes wins and seeks his biggest prize to date in Saturday’s $500,000 Great White Way division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series, a seven-furlong sprint for eligible state-sired juveniles, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Christian Abdo
Trainer Joseph Lee has been around the globe as an assistant, but now, as a head trainer, he will send out May Day Ready in the Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies on Sunday at Kyoto Racecourse in Japan.
Mary Eddy
LNJ Foxwoods’ Kentucky homebred Ellen Jay will switch back to the main track for Sunday’s $135,000 Garland of Roses, a six-furlong sprint for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Christian Abdo
KimDon Racing’s Tizzy in the Sky has four career wins, all at the Big A, and returns to the historic site for Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Go for Wand, a one-mile test for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Mary Eddy
Shadwell Stable’s undefeated Muhimma will make her graded stakes debut in Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Demoiselle, a nine-furlong route for juvenile fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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