November 22, 2024

NYRA announces Aqueduct holiday stakes probables

Last updated: 11/20/15 6:42 PM




The New York Racing Association on Friday released the names of probable
starters for their Thanksgiving weekend stakes at Aqueduct
. The weekend is
highlighted by next Saturday’s $500,000 Cigar Mile (G1).

For more, visit the TwinSpires blog via the above link.

Also at the blog on Friday:

Beloved globetrotter

Red Cadeaux had to be put down due to injuries sustained in the Melbourne Cup
(Aus-G1)
earlier this month.

Champion and dual classic winner

Smarty Jones will stand stud at historic Calumet Farm in 2016
.

Monday’s

$200,000 Steel Valley Sprint at Mahoning Valley
features the top three
finishers from last month’s Perryville at Keeneland.

Vance Hanson reports on the

“Lament of a California stakes gravedigger.”