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 ›
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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 ›
Will Chase The Money Take the Cash in The Iroquois?
The IroquoisAQU Race #9 6 1/2f Dirt Stake$200.000 For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward Foaled In NY. 1 Line Of Flight D J C Racing Stables Husbands P 124 — Raced on speed to win a very… Read More ›
Ethereal Flame Looks to Repeat in The Mohawk
The Mohawk AQU Race #8 1 1/16m InTurf Stake$200.000 For Three Year Olds And Upward Foaled In NY. 1 Ethereal Flame Bears Stable Jimenez A 126 — The stable has shown in the past that they aren’t scared of a… Read More ›