| Saturday, September 20, 2014
Contact: Sean Morris smorris@nyrain.com
NYRA rolls outs stakes schedule for Aqueduct Fall meet
ELMONT, N.Y. - The New York Racing Association has unveiled the stakes schedule for Aqueduct Racetrack's Fall meet, which commences on October 29 and ends on December 31. In total, more than $4 million in purses will be distributed across 24 stakes races.
The meet will again be anchored by the Grade 1, $500,000 Cigar Mile Handicap on November 29, which will be buttressed by the Grade 2, $400,000 Remsen, Grade 2, $400,000 Demoiselle, and Grade 3, $400,000 Comely. The same bonuses offered for last year's Cigar Mile will remain intact - the purse jumps to $1 million for a Breeders' Cup winner, and $750,000 for a Grade 1 winner.
Opening weekend at Aqueduct will again feature a trio of stakes, including the Grade 2, $250,000 Nashua and Grade 3, $250,000 Tempted for 2-year-olds, and the Grade 3, $200,000 Discovery for 3-year-olds.
The $100,000 Alex M. Robb for New York-breds remains the final stakes race of the meet, but will be joined for the first time by the $100,000 Bay Ridge. Other new additions to the stakes lineup include the $100,000 Notebook and Key Cents for New York-bred 2-year-olds, to be run on November 16.
2014 Aqueduct Fall Stakes Schedule:
| DATE | CLOSES | RACE | GRADE | 2014 PURSE | AGE | DISTANCE | | | | | | | | | | | | Sat., Nov. 1 | Sat., Oct. 18 | Discovery | III | 200,000 | 3YO | 1 1/8 | | | Sun., Nov. 2 | " | Nashua | II | 250,000 | 2YO | 1 Mile | | | Sun., Nov. 2 | " | Tempted | III | 250,000 | F2YO | 1 Mile | | | Sat., Nov.8 | Sat., Oct. 25 | Long Island | III | 200,000 | F&M 3&UP | 1 1/2 (Turf) | | | Sat., Nov. 15 | Sat., Nov. 1 | Red Smith | III | 250,000 | 3&UP | 1 3/8 (Turf) | | | Sun., Nov. 16 | " | Notebook (NYB) | | 100,000 | 2YO | 6 Furlongs | | | Sun., Nov. 16 | " | Key Cents (NYB) | | 100,000 | F2YO | 6 Furlongs | | | Sat., Nov. 22 | CLOSED | New York Stallion Series | | 125,000 | F&M 3&UP | 7 Furlongs | | | | | Staten Island Division | | | | | | | Sat., Nov. 22 | CLOSED | New York Stallion Series | | 125,000 | 3&UP | 7 Furlongs | | | | | Thunder Rumble Division | | | | | | | Thurs., Nov. 27 | Sat., Nov. 15 | Fall Highweight (Hdcp.) | III | 300,000 | 3&UP | 6 Furlongs | | | Fri., Nov. 28 | " | Go For Wand (Hdcp) | III | 300,000 | F&M 3&UP | 1 Mile | | | Sat., Nov. 29 | " | Cigar Mile (Hdcp) | I | 500,000 | 3&UP | 1 Mile | | | Sat., Nov. 29 | " | Comely | III | 400,000 | F3YO | 1 1/8 | | | Sat., Nov. 29 | " | Demoiselle | II | 400,000 | F2YO | 1 1/8 | | | Sat., Nov. 29 | " | Remsen | II | 400,000 | 2YO | 1 1/8 | | | Sat., Dec. 6 | Sat., Nov. 22 | Garland of Roses | | 100,000 | F&M 3&UP | 6 Furlongs | | | Sat., Dec. 13 | Sat., Nov. 29 | Queens County | | 100,000 | 3&UP | 1 1/8 | | | Sun., Dec. 14 | " | East View (NYB) | | 100,000 | F2YO | 1 70 Yards | | | Sun., Dec. 14 | " | Damon Runyon (NYB) | | 100,000 | 2YO | 1 70 Yards | | | Fri., Dec. 26 | Sat., Dec. 13 | Gravesend | | 100,000 | 3&UP | 6 Furlongs | | | Sun., Dec. 28 | CLOSED | New York Stallion Series | | 150,000 | F2YO | 6 Furlongs | | | | | Fifth Avenue Division | | | | | | | Sun., Dec. 28 | CLOSED | New York Stallion Series | | 150,000 | 2YO | 6 Furlongs | | | | | Great White Way Division | | | | | | | Wed., Dec. 31 | Sat., Dec. 20 | Alex M. Robb (NYB) | | 100,000 | 3&UP | 1 1/16 | | | Wed., Dec. 31 | " | Bay Ridge (NYB) | | 100,000 | F&M 3&UP | 1 1/16 | |
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