The New York Racing Affiliation introduced Aug. 15 the stakes schedule for the 31-day Belmont on the Huge A fall meet.
Because of the ongoing building of the brand new Belmont Park, the autumn meet will as soon as once more be carried out at Aqueduct Racetrack. The autumn meet will start Sept. 13 and run by means of Nov. 3, together with 4 grade 1s and 6 Breeders’ Cup Problem Collection occasions. The meet will provide a complete of fifty stakes value $10.35 million in whole purses.
The Belmont on the Huge A stakes motion kicks off on opening day with the Lonesome Glory Steeplechase Stakes (NSA-1), a 2 3/8-mile steeplechase for older horses on a card supported by the listed $150,000 Winter Reminiscences Stakes at one mile on turf for sophomore fillies.
Sept. 14 options the 1 3/8-mile $350,000 Jockey Membership Oaks Invitational Stakes (G3T) to conclude the profitable turf collection for sophomore fillies that noticed Cinderella’s Dream win each the Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes (G1T) in July and the Saratoga Oaks Invitational Stakes (G2T) Aug. 2.
The next week, Sept. 21, will see the $175,000 Noble Damsel (G3T) for fillies and mares at one mile on turf forward of the primary New York-bred stakes of the meet Sept. 22 with a pair of seven-furlong sprints value $125,000 for state-bred juveniles within the Bertram F. Bongard Stakes and its feminine counterpart, the Joseph A. Gimma Stakes.
New York-bred stakes motion continues with a pair of 1 1/8-mile turf occasions Sept. 26 with the $125,000 John Hettinger Stakes for fillies and mares, and once more Sept. 27 with the state-bred $125,000 Ashley T. Cole Stakes for 3-year-olds and up.
Sept. 28 encompasses a loaded card of 4 graded occasions, together with the primary grade 1 flat race of the meet within the $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Traditional Stakes (G1T) for 3-year-olds and up going 1 1/2 miles on turf. The cardboard is supported by the $400,000 Woodward Stakes (G2) at 1 1/8 miles for 3-year-olds and up, and a pair Breeders’ Cup Problem Collection occasions within the $250,000 Vosburgh Stakes (G3), a seven-furlong dash for 3-year-olds and up that awards the winner a berth into the Breeders’ Cup Dash (G1) in November at Del Mar and the $200,000 Pilgrim Stakes (G2T) at 1 1/16 miles on turf for 2-year-olds offering automated entry to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T).
The weekend wraps up with two extra grade 2 tilts Sept. 29 with the $250,000 Gallant Bloom (G2) at 6 1/2 furlongs for fillies and mares; and the $200,000 Miss Grillo Stakes (G2T) for fillies, awarding a “Win and You are In” berth to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T).
Oct. 4-6 will see a plethora of graded occasions, starting with the $200,000 Waya Stakes (G3T) at 1 3/8 miles on turf for fillies and mares; and the $175,000 Futurity Stakes (G3T) for juveniles sprinting six furlongs on the garden in hopes of securing a “Win and You are In” spot within the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Dash (G1T).
Oct. 5 supplies one other stacked card of graded occasions, led by two grade 1 “Win and You are In” qualifiers at one mile for juveniles within the $500,000 Champagne Stakes (G1) and $400,000 Frizette Stakes (G1), offering automated berths to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), respectively. The cardboard is supported by the $200,000 Belmont Turf Dash (G3T) for 3-year-olds and up sprinting six furlongs; and the $500,000 Jockey Membership Derby Invitational Stakes (G3T) on turf for sophomores at 1 3/8 miles.
Graded motion continues into the Oct. 6 card, together with the $250,000 Beldame (G2) at 1 1/8 miles for fillies and mares; and the $175,000 Matron Stakes (G3T) for juvenile fillies sprinting six furlongs on the turf.
Oct. 26 will provide three stakes, together with the $250,000 Forty Niner (G3), a one-turn mile for 3-year-olds and up that can provide the top-three finishers a free nomination and beginning payment within the Cigar Mile Handicap (G2) to be run in the course of the Aqueduct fall meet. The profitable card additionally contains the $250,000 Mom Goose Stakes (G2), a 1 1/8-mile take a look at for sophomore fillies, and the $175,000 Daring Ruler (G3) at six furlongs for 3-year-olds and up.
Different graded occasions slated for the Belmont on the Huge A fall meet are the $200,000 Sands Level Stakes (G2T) for sophomore fillies Oct. 12 and the $175,000 Knickerbocker (G3T) for 3-year-olds and up Oct. 13, each at 1 1/8 miles on the grass.
Oct. 27 is the annual Empire Showcase Day card, which incorporates eight New York-bred stakes valued at $1.6 million in whole purses. The cardboard is highlighted by two 1 1/8-mile occasions value $250,000 within the Empire Traditional and its counterpart, the Empire Distaff for fillies and mares. Empire Showcase Day may also embody 4 $200,000 stakes within the Sleepy Hole, Maid of the Mist, Mohawk, and Ticonderoga, together with a pair of $150,000 stakes within the Iroquois and Hudson.
Closing Weekend of the Belmont on the Huge A fall meet spans Nov. 1-3—dates beforehand provided on the Aqueduct Racetrack fall meet.
Friday’s card will characteristic the $150,000 Atlantic Seashore at six furlongs for juvenile turf sprinters forward of Saturday card that features 4 stakes, together with a trio of listed $150,000 occasions within the Nashua at one mile for 2-year-olds, the Tempted at one mile for juvenile fillies, and the Artie Schiller for 3-year-olds and up going one mile on turf. Additionally on faucet Saturday is the $135,000 Stewart Manor, a six-furlong turf dash for 2-year-old fillies.
The Belmont on the Huge A fall meet concludes Nov. 3 with a pair of listed $150,000 main-track stakes for fillies and mares within the Pumpkin Pie at seven furlongs and the Turnback the Alarm at 1 1/8 miles, together with the $150,000 Discovery on the similar distance for sophomores.
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