The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has increased the purses of 10 Aqueduct winter meet stakes by $25,000 as the 49-day schedule features a total of 20 either black-type or graded races worth $3.1 million, the track said in a press release on Wednesday.
The meet, which opens Wednesday, Jan. 1 and continues through Sunday, Mar. 30, includes $25,000 purse increases for the Busanda, Ruthless, Damon Runyon (NYB), East View (NYB), Say Florida Sandy (NYB), Broadway (NYB), Correction, Gander (NYB), Maddie May (NYB) and the Jimmy Winkfield will be offered with a purse of $125,000.
A trio of races previously offered at the 2024 winter meet–the Haynesfield (NYB), Excelsior, and Biogio's Rose (NYB)–will be run during the 2025 Aqueduct spring meet. The Franklin Square (NYB), Rego Park (NYB), and Cicada, which were previously held during the winter meet, will not be run in 2025.
With the exception of Opening Week, live racing will be conducted Thursday-Sunday from the week of Jan. 9 through the week of Feb. 27. Aqueduct will host a Presidents' Day card on Monday, Feb. 17. The winter meet will offer three-day race weeks Friday through Sunday throughout the month of March.
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