The Ultimate Test on the Road to the Kentucky Derby The Grade 2, $250,000 Remsen Stakes represents far more than just a lucrative late-season prize for two-year-old colts; this demanding 1 1/8-mile endurance test serves as the defining moment for juveniles in the Northeast, offering a crucial provin...
New York’s road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) continues at Aqueduct on Saturday with the $250,000 Remsen Stakes (G2), the second of six Kentucky Derby points-qualifying races at the track in its final year of existence. With the expected reopening of a modernized Belmont Park next fall, the 131-year-...
Nothing lasts in this world, especially an old racetrack that’s been allowed to fall apart for 25 years. Aqueduct holds so many memories for New York racing fans, but by next September, it won’t be making any more. The decrepit Big A’s days are numbered. A track founded in 1894 will close for ...
Poster swooped past the field around the final turn, took charge in the stretch under Flavien Prat, and held off a strong rally by Aviator Gui to win the $250,000 Remsen Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday. While Godolphin-owned Poster stamped himself an early contender for the 2025 Kentucky Derby (...
The New York roads to the 2025 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks open again Saturday at Aqueduct with points-qualifying preps in the $250,000 Remsen Stakes (G2) and the $250,000 Demoiselle Stakes (G2). It’s the second and final round of New York preps until next year – the Jerome Stakes for 3-yea...
Not many horses win a race then has it renamed in their honor a few years later. But there are not many horses like Cigar, who won 16 races in a row, went 10-for-10 in 1995, and was a two-time Horse of the Year. 2024 Cigar Mile: Grade 1 Talent in a Grade 2 Race […]...
The New York path to the Kentucky Derby (G1) moves into round 2 on Saturday with the $250,000 Remsen (G3) at Aqueduct – the one Derby prep for promising 2-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles. It’s a test for trainers to gauge whether their juveniles can run well at a longer distance in the buildup to [&hel...
Less than two weeks ago, 2023 Kentucky Derby (G1) Mage was a candidate to run in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park in January and 2022 Derby winner Rich Strike was about to be sold at auction. That was then. The fortunes of the past two Derby winners came full [&h...
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