The stakes schedule for the 2025 spring meet at Aqueduct Racetrack, which will feature 13 stakes worth $2.8 million in total purses, according to a New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) release Thursday.
The 15-day spring meet will open on Thursday, Apr. 3 and continue through Sunday, Apr. 27 with live racing conducted Thursday-Sunday.
NYRA has increased the purses of the Haynesfield Stakes and Biogio's Rose Stakes by $25,000. As a result, both Apr. 6 races will offer a purse of $125,000.
The spring meet stakes action kicks off with the Wood Memorial Day card on Saturday, Apr. 5, featuring five stakes topped by the 100th running of the GII Wood Memorial. The nine-furlong test for 3-year-olds will offer 100-50-25-15-10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top-five finishers.
Wood Memorial Day will also feature the GII Carter at seven-furlongs for older horses, as well the GIII Gazelle Stakes at nine furlongs for sophomore fillies offering 100-50-25-15-10 Kentucky Oaks qualifying points to the top-five finishers. Rounding out the day's stakes action are the GIII Distaff, a seven-furlong contest for older fillies and mares; and the Excelsior for older horses which will be extended to 1 1/4-miles–one furlong more than last year.
Stakes action continues Apr. 12 with the Top Flight Stakes and the following afternoon will be co-headlined by the Times Square for eligible state-sired sophomores and the Park Avenue for eligible state-sired sophomore fillies.
The Bay Shore Stakes, a seven-furlong sprint for sophomores, will be run on Saturday, Apr. 19.
Closing weekend of the spring meet will offer the return of turf stakes with the Woodhaven Stakes Apr. 26, and the Memories of Silver Stales Apr. 27.
For the complete spring meet stakes schedule, visit https://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/racing/stakes-schedule/.
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