2021 Aqueduct Fall Meet Schedule at OTB
NYRA Press Release | OTB Writer
Updated:
November 08, 2021
2021 Aqueduct Fall Meet Betting Schedule
Horse Racing returns for the 18-day fall meet at Aqueduct Racetrack that will include 26 total stakes, including 10 graded contests, which will run from Thursday, November 11 through Sunday, December 5.
Offering total stakes purses of $4.9 million, the fall meet will be highlighted by a four graded-stakes card on Saturday, December 4, headlined by the Grade 1, $750,000 Cigar Mile Handicap for 3-year-olds and up.
NYRA previously announced that the Belmont fall meet, originally scheduled to conclude on October 31, would be extended to include three additional dates from Friday, November 5 through Sunday, November 7. These dates were originally scheduled to be run at Aqueduct Racetrack as opening weekend of the Aqueduct fall meet. As a result, the 15-day Aqueduct fall meet will now begin on Thursday, November 11.
The stacked Cigar Mile undercard will also include the Grade 2, $250,000 Remsen Stakes for juveniles going 1 1/8 miles with 10-4-2-1 qualifying points to the 2022 Grade 1 Kentucky Derby on the line. Its counterpart for 2-year-old fillies, the Grade 2, $250,000 Demoiselle Stakes, will offer 10-4-2-1 points towards the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks. Also on tap for the December 4 card is the Grade 3, $250,000 Go For Wand Handicap for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up competing at one mile.
Following the $150,000 Artie Schiller and $150,000 Winter Memories on November 13-14, the Grade 2, $200,000 Red Smith highlights a strong weekend on November 20-21, which will include the $100,000 Key Cents and $100,000 Notebook on Sunday, November 21.
Thanksgiving weekend will offer ten stakes over three days beginning Friday, November 26 with the Grade 3, $200,000 Comely for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/8 miles; the $150,000 Gio Ponti for sophomores at 1 1/16 miles on the turf; and the $150,000 Forever Together for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up at 1 1/16 miles on the grass.
Four stakes will be contested on Saturday, November 21 including the Grade 3, $400,000 Long Island for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up in a marathon 1 1/2 miles on the turf; the $150,000 Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship for 3-year-olds and up sprinting six furlongs; the $150,000 Discovery for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles on the main track; and the $100,000 Central Park for juveniles at 1 1/16 miles on the turf.
Thanksgiving weekend racing at the Big A will close with three stakes on Sunday, November 28, including the Grade 3, $200,000 Fall Highweight Handicap for 3-years-olds and up at six furlongs; the $150,000 Autumn Days for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up at six furlongs on the turf; and the $100,000 Tepin for juvenile fillies going 1 1/16 miles on the grass.
The Big A fall meet will conclude on Sunday, December 5 with a pair of $150,000 New York Stallion Stakes Series races going seven furlongs on the main track, with the Thunder Rumble for 3-year-olds and up and the Staten Island for fillies and mares 3-year-olds and up.
The Aqueduct winter meet will commence on Thursday, December 9, with seven stakes carded through the end of the calendar year. The first stakes of the winter meet will be the $100,000 Garland of Roses for fillies and mares 3-and-up at six furlongs on Saturday, December 11.
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The following Saturday will again showcase a pair of NYSSS contests with half-million dollar purses for juveniles competing at seven furlongs, with the $500,000 Great White Way for males and the Fifth Avenue for fillies.
The next day, Sunday, December 19, will offer the $125,000 Queens County for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/8 miles and the $100,000 Gravesend for 3-years-old and up sprinting six furlongs in the final stakes action before a 10-day holiday break.
Live racing will resume Thursday, December 30 with the $100,000 Bay Ridge for New York-bred fillies and mares 3-years-old and up at 1 1/8 miles. New Year's Eve will feature the $100,000 Alex M. Robb for state-bred 3-years-old and up at 1 1/8 miles.
2021 Aqueduct Fall Meet Graded Stakes
| Date | Race Track | Horse Race | Grade | Purse | Age/Sex | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20 | Aqueduct | Red Smith | II | $200,000 | 3&up | 11f Turf |
| Nov 26 | Aqueduct | Comely Stakes | III | $200,000 | 3yo f | 9f Dirt |
| Nov 27 | Aqueduct | Long Island | III | $400,000 | 3&up f/m | 12f Turf |
| Nov 28 | Aqueduct | Fall Highweight Handicap | III | $200,000 | 3&up | 6f Dirt |
| Dec 4 | Aqueduct | Cigar Mile Handicap | I | $750,000 | 3&up | 8f Dirt |
| Dec 4 | Aqueduct | Demoiselle Stakes | II | $250,000 | 2yo f | 9f Dirt |
| Dec 4 | Aqueduct | Go for Wand Handicap | III | $250,000 | 3&up f/m | 8f Dirt |
| Dec 4 | Aqueduct | Remsen Stakes | II | $250,000 | 2yo | 9f Dirt |
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