2024 Aqueduct Racetrack Fall Meet Wagering at OTB
Edited Aqueduct Racetrack Press Release
Updated:
August 26, 2024
2024 Aqueduct Fall Meet | November 7 - December 29
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) announced the stakes schedule for the 2024 fall meet at Aqueduct Racetrack, which will offer 26 stakes, nine of them graded events, worth a total of $5.33 million.
Following the conclusion of Belmont at the Big A fall meet which spans Thursday, September 13 through Sunday, November 3, the 26-day Aqueduct fall meet will run from Thursday, November 7 through Sunday, December 29.
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The Aqueduct fall meet will be highlighted by the Grade 2, $500,000 Cigar Mile Handicap for 3-year-olds and upward on Saturday, December 7.
The lucrative Cigar Mile Day program co-features the Grade 2, $250,000 Remsen Stakes for 2-year-olds going nine furlongs as well as the nine-furlong Grade 2, $250,000 Demoiselle Stakes for juvenile fillies. Also slated for the card is the Grade 3, $200,000 Go for Wand Handicap for fillies and mares 3-years-old and upward traveling a one-turn mile over the main track.
The stakes action begins on Friday, November 8 with the Grade 3, $175,000 Pebbles for sophomore fillies going one mile on the turf along with the $150,000 Autumn Days, a six-furlong turf sprint for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up.
Stakes action continues on Saturday, November 9 with the Grade 2, $300,000 Red Smith for 3-year-olds and upward going 11 furlongs on the grass; the Grade 3, $200,000 Hill Prince at nine-furlongs on turf for sophomores; and the Listed $150,000 Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship for 3-year-olds and up going six-furlongs.
On Sunday, November 10, fillies and mares 3-years-old and upward will contest the Grade 3, $300,000 Long Island going 11 furlongs over the grass while fillies and mares 3-years-old and up will contest the $135,000 Forever Together at 1 1/16-miles on turf.
Stakes action resumes on Saturday, November 16 with a pair of 2-year-old stakes, including the Listed $150,000 Central Park at one-mile on turf and the $100,000 Notebook, a six-furlong main-track sprint for New York-breds. The following day, Sunday, November 17, will see the final turf stakes of the meet in the $135,000 Tepin for juvenile fillies traveling one mile along with the $100,000 Key Cents at six-furlongs on the main track for state-bred juvenile fillies.
Thanksgiving weekend will feature a pair of stakes events in the Listed $150,000 Fall Highweight Handicap for 3-year-olds and upward going six furlongs on Friday, November 29 and the Grade 3, $200,000 Comely for sophomore fillies going nine furlongs on Saturday, November 30.
The popular New York Stallion Stakes Series (NYSSS), open to progeny of eligible New York sires, returns to the Big A with four divisions offered. Saturday, November 23 will feature the $125,000 NYSSS Thunder Rumble for 3-year-olds and up sprinting seven furlongs on the main track, as well as the $125,000 NYSSS Staten Island for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up at the same distance.
The NYSSS returns for a pair of $500,000 stakes for juveniles on Saturday, December 14 with a lucrative card that will see eligible New York-sired fillies contest the NYSSS Fifth Avenue at seven furlongs, alongside the NYSSS Great White Way going the same distance.
Following an 11-day break from December 16 to December 26, the stakes schedule concludes with the $100,000 Bay Ridge for New York-bred fillies and mares 3-years-old and up going a one-turn mile on Friday, December 27 one day before the $100,000 Alex M. Robb for state-breds 3-years-old and up at the same distance.
Rounding out the yearly stakes action are the Listed $150,000 Gravesend for 3-year-olds and upward going six furlongs on Saturday, December 28 and the Listed $150,000 Queens County for 3-year-olds and upward going nine furlongs on Sunday, December 29.
2024 Aqueduct Fall Meet OTB Schedule
| Date | Horse Race | Grade | Purse | Age/Sex | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8 | Autumn Days Stakes | $150,000 | 3&up f/m | 6f Turf | |
| Nov 8 | Pebbles Stakes | III | $175,000 | 3yo f | 8f Turf |
| Nov 9 | Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship | $150,000 | 3&up | 6f Turf | |
| Nov 9 | Hill Prince Stakes | III | $200,000 | 3yo | 9f Turf |
| Nov 9 | Red Smith | II | $300,000 | 3&up | 11f Turf |
| Nov 10 | Forever Together Stakes | $135,000 | 3&up f/m | 8.5f Turf | |
| Nov 10 | Long Island | III | $300,000 | 3&up f/m | 11f Turf |
| Nov 16 | Central Park Stakes | $150,000 | 2yo | 8f Turf | |
| Nov 16 | Notebook Stakes | $100,000 | 2yo | 6f Dirt | |
| Nov 17 | Key Cents Stakes | $100,000 | 2yo f | 6f Dirt | |
| Nov 17 | Tepin Stakes | $135,000 | 2yo f | 8f Turf | |
| Nov 23 | New York Stallion Series | $125,000 | 3&up f/m | 7f Dirt | |
| Nov 23 | New York Stallion Series | $125,000 | 3&up | 7f Dirt | |
| Nov 29 | Fall Highweight Handicap | $150,000 | 3&up | 6f Dirt | |
| Nov 30 | Comely Stakes | III | $200,000 | 3yo f | 9f Dirt |
| Dec 7 | Cigar Mile Handicap | II | $500,000 | 3&up | 8f Dirt |
| Dec 7 | Demoiselle Stakes | II | $250,000 | 2yo f | 9f Dirt |
| Dec 7 | Go for Wand | III | $200,000 | 3&up f/m | 8f Dirt |
| Dec 7 | Remsen Stakes | II | $250,000 | 2yo | 9f Dirt |
| Dec 8 | Garland of Roses | $135,000 | 3&up f/m | 6f Dirt | |
| Dec 14 | New York Stallion Series | $500,000 | 2yo f | 7f Dirt | |
| Dec 14 | New York Stallion Series | $500,000 | 2yo c/g | 7f Dirt | |
| Dec 27 | Bay Ridge Stakes | $100,000 | 3&up f/m | 8f Dirt | |
| Dec 28 | Alex M. Robb Stakes | $100,000 | 3&up | 8f Dirt | |
| Dec 28 | Gravesend | $150,000 | 3&up | 6f Dirt | |
| Dec 29 | Queens County | $150,000 | 3&up | 9f Dirt |
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