Aqueduct

In this continuing series, TDN's Senior Racing Editor Steve Sherack catches up with the connections of promising maidens to keep on your radar. Colloquial (c, 2, Vekoma--Terminology, by Bernardini), sidelined since finishing a fast-closing and big-figure second behind Mentee (City of Light) on debut at Aqueduct in June, is nearing a return to the races. Off at odds of 4-1 in his unveiling for George Weaver, the chestnut was urged along by Manny Franco and chased from an inside third as the aforementioned full-brother to champion and 'TDN Rising Star'...

The old patriarch can't have failed to notice all the activity around the Gainesway stallion barn, with four new lads settling in and another relatively recent arrival meanwhile leading a desperate race for the freshman laurels. At nearly 23, in contrast, Tapit's own book is being prudently managed and he was confined to 79 mares last spring. Yet this remains not only the neighborhood boss, but also the most venerable stallion in the land. True, the gray's status as America's most productive stallion is inexorably menaced by Into Mischief, who's...

1st-Aqueduct, $87,300, Msw, 12-8, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:38.64, ft, 1/2 length. RAMIFY (f, 2, Munnings--Chamber, by Tapit) continued a big weekend at the Big A for juveniles by Munnings out of Tapit mares with this debut victory at 3-1. The chestnut filly settled at the back of the field as a trio of runners vied for the early lead down the backstretch through a quarter in :23.02. Ramify was still well back in last as the half went up in :46.28, but she made rapid progress on the far turn....

Making just his second start of the season, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Walmac Farm's 'TDN Rising Star' Locked (Gun Runner) made up for lost time with a powerful performance against older horses in a loaded renewal of Saturday's GII Cigar Mile Handicap at the Big A. It was 1 1/2 lengths back to GI Forego Stakes winner and GI Breeders' Cup Sprint third Mullikin (Violence) in second. The overachieving Maryland-bred Post Time (Frosted), runner-up in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, rallied from the back for third. One of the...

After upsetting last weekend's GII Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs with First Resort (Uncle Mo), Godolphin and trainer Eoin Harty doubled up in dramatic fashion with fellow 2-year-old homebred Poster (Munnings) in Saturday's GII Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct. The victory, good for 10 points on the road to the GI Kentucky Derby, also provided jockey Flavien Prat with his record-setting 80th stakes win of the season and his 55th graded stakes win of the year, tying Hall of Famer Jerry Bailey. Making his dirt and stakes debut after...

With the road to the 2025 GI Kentucky Oaks officially underway, Brad Cox already trains arguably the top two juvenile fillies in the country. After this weekend, he may even have the third. 'TDN Rising Star' Muhimma (Munnings), a press-and-pounce winner of her first two starts by a combined margin of 13 jaw-dropping lengths at Churchill Downs, will make her two-turn and stakes debut for Cox in Saturday's GII Demoiselle Stakes going 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct. A $700,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by Shadwell Stable, the rail-drawn gray has...

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 2025 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, held at Saratoga Race Course in 2024 due to the ongoing construction at Belmont Park, has been expanded and will be held across five days--from June 4 through June 8--at the upstate racetrack in 2025, the New York Racing Association announced Tuesday. Saratoga will also play host to the extended July 4th Racing Festival, which is traditionally held at Belmont Park, from July 3 through July 6. The July 4th Racing Festival will serve as the conclusion of the 2025 Belmont at the Big...

The annual Toys for Tots donation drive at Aqueduct Racetrack will return Thursday, Dec. 5 and continue through Saturday, Dec. 7. Founded in 1947, the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Foundation collects and distributes new, unwrapped toys to local children in need each holiday season. Fans can access donation boxes at Aqueduct, located at the Turf and Field entrance and the Clubhouse lobby by the escalator. "This partnership means more children and families throughout New York City and across Long Island will experience a joyful holiday season," said Robert...

8th-Aqueduct, $95,000, Alw (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 12-1, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:35.78, ft, 3 1/4 lengths. JULIA SHINING (f, 4, Curlin--Dreaming of Julia {Broodmare Of The Year, GISW, $874,500}, by A.P. Indy) was named a 'TDN Rising Star'--the fifth in her extended female family--after she broke her maiden at first asking over Keeneland's main track as a late juvenile. The well-bred filly won the GII Demoiselle Stakes that December, and the following spring she was third in both the Suncoast Stakes at Tampa in mid-February and in the GI Central Bank...

Amelia Green, 31, whose most recent racetrack job was as an assistant trainer to Todd Pletcher, wasted no time getting her own training career off to a fast as she won Sunday's first race at Aqueduct with her first ever starter. The win came with On Command (Omaha Beach) in a maiden special weight race. Green, a native of England, has served in several roles in racing, as a jockey, exercise rider, foreman and traveling assistant. One of her first stops in the U.S. was to work as an assistant...

1st-Aqueduct, $90K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 12:10 p.m. ET. Stonestreet Stables homebred APPLE JAX (Speightstown), a full-brother to Grade I winner Charlatan, debuts for trainer Chad Brown. Out of graded winner Authenticity (Quiet American), the juvenile is also a half to stakes winner Hanalei Moon (Malibu Moon). Brown also saddles firster Munden (Gun Runner), a $300,000 FTSAUG yearling purchase by Jeffrey Drown, Don Rachel, and Richard Schermerhorn. TJCIS PPS