By Bill Finley
The New York Racing Association has released its 2023 racing schedule, which will include a return to Aqueduct for the traditional fall Belmont meet.
NYRA first moved the Belmont fall meet to Aqueduct this year so that tunnels could be built that would provide access to the infield. In 2023, moving the Belmont fall meet will allow for reconstruction of the three Belmont racing surfaces.
The 28-day Belmont at the Big A fall meet will open on Thursday, Sept. 14 and continue through Sunday, Oct. 29. Live racing will be conducted Thursday-Sunday throughout the Belmont at the Big A fall meet.
The 2023 Belmont spring-summer meet will still be held at Belmont. It will consist of 40 days of racing and go from May 4 through July 9. Live racing will generally be conducted Thursday-Sunday throughout the spring/summer meet.
The 2023 racing season will include 202 days of live racing, starting with the 44-day winter meet at Aqueduct, which will run from Jan. 1 through Mar. 26, with racing conducted Thursdays through Sundays until Feb. 12. For the remainder of the meet, racing will be held Friday through Sunday. The 19-day Aqueduct spring meet, which spans Thursday, Mar. 30 to Sunday, Apr. 30, will see live racing return to a Thursday-Sunday schedule.
There will be 40 days of racing at Saratoga with the meet kicking off Thursday, July 13 and continuing through Labor Day, Sept, 4. Racing at Saratoga will be conducted five days per week from Wednesday-Sunday with the exception of the six-day closing week.
The 2023 season will conclude with the 31-day Aqueduct fall meet which runs from Thursday, Nov. 2 through Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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