Despite being in a barn which is not shy about running horses in stakes, Diametric had spent most of his career running in overnights, and consistent hitting the board in them. In August, Diametric finally got his chance to step up in a high paying ungraded race in 2025, and would run second in the $200.000 Jones Stakes.
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Hero Sweep Gets It Right in The Mohawk
The Mohawk1 1/16 Mile Inner Turf Stake Purse $200.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up Foaled In NY. 1st Hero Sweep Night Rider Stables Dettori L It all fell into place beautifully for this much improved five-year-old as the fast… Read More ›
So, Blitz Times It Right in The Iroquois
The Iroquois6 1/2 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $200.000 Filly & Mare 3 Year Olds And Up Foaled In NY. 1st So Blitz Asgar Prat F Timing with a closer is so important and very often less important than the trip,… Read More ›
There’s Nothing Sleepy About Bold Intruder As He Storms Home in the Juvenile Race
The Sleepy Hollow1 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $200.000 Open 2 Year Olds Foaled In NY. 1st Bold Intruder The Sidley Stud Hernandez R M Class told here in both the horse and the trainer’s case and The Sidley Stud took… Read More ›
Twilight Derby Goes to Pinewood Derby
Pinewood Derby came into the Twilight Derby looking good with back to back wins in the Crowd Pleaser and the Grade 3 Old Dominion. This would make him our pick to win, and the second choice on the board overall.
Inaugural NY Turf Sprint Championship Draws Seven
NY Turf Sprint Championship$200.000 6 Furlongs TurfThree Year Olds and Upward Foaled in NYAqueduct October 25, 2025 It’s always nice to see new opportunities added to the stakes calendar. The NY Turf Sprint Championship is a new state bred stakes… Read More ›
Five Clash in The Ticonderoga
The Ticonderoga$200.000 1 1/16 Mile Inner TurfNY Bred Filles and Mares 3 Year Olds and UpwardAqueduct October 25, 2025 The twenty second running of the Ticonderoga will be run at a mile and sixteenth on the inner turf at Aqueduct… Read More ›
Piatt Stretches Out to Win Valley View
Valley View – Grade III mile Turf Stake Purse $400.000 Three-Year-Old Fillies. At KEE 1st Piatt Royalty Stables *1.55-1 (HRP) 4-1 (SRF) Versatile Piatt stepped up to this mile test from a string of seven sprint runs and… Read More ›
Beach Boys Looks to Surf Home in The Hudson
About the race. The Hudson is a 6½-furlong State-Bred sprint for New York-foaled 3-year-olds and up, run on the Aqueduct dirt for a purse of $200.000. With older horses carrying 124 lbs. (three-year-olds at 121), the race annually draws seasoned… Read More ›
Rising Stars of New York—Ukraine Be Free Headlines the Maid of the Mist
AQU’s Maid of the Mist is a $200.000 State-Bred stake for two-year-old fillies going one mile on dirt (Race 5, 10/25/2025). With several proven speeds stretching out and a pair of fillies bringing graded stakes credentials, this shapes up as… Read More ›