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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.
Keith McCalmont
Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown will send out Group 3-winner Midnight Mile and New York-bred stakes-winner Marvelous Maude as he looks to secure a record-extending sixth win in Sunday’s Listed $150,000 Plenty of Grace, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Christian Abdo
Reeves Thoroughbred Racing’s New York-bred Dakota Gold will make his seasonal debut versus open-company in Saturday’s Listed $150,000 Danger’s Hour, a one-mile inner turf test for older horses, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Christian Abdo
Godolphin’s Kentucky homebred Comparative looks to add another stakes score to her graded stakes-winning resume in Sunday’s Listed $150,000 Top Flight, a nine-furlong test for older fillies and mares, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Mary Eddy
Michael Imperio, Robert Cotrone, Hibiscus Stables and trainer Rudy Rodriguez’s dual stakes-winner Antonio of Venice will look to earn back-to-back stakes scores in Sunday’s $200,000 Times Square division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series, a 6 1/2-furlong sprint for eligible New York-sired sophomores, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Keith McCalmont
Mitre Box Stable, Clear Stars Stable and Eighth Note Stable’s impressive maiden winner Sunday Girl will look to make a successful stakes debut in Sunday’s $200,000 Park Avenue division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Mary Eddy
St. Elias Stables, Ken Langone, Steven Duncker and Vicarage Stable’s Grade 3 Gotham-winner Deterministic vies to lock in his spot in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby when taking on 12 rivals in Saturday’s 99th running of the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino, a 100-50-25-15-10 Kentucky Derby qualifier for sophomores traveling nine furlongs, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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