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Gary Sciacca (born March 10, 1960, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Sciacca earned his first win as a professional trainer on October 21, 1981, at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack .
The Distaff Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older at a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt run annually in early April at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. The event currently offers a purse of $175,000.
Aerial view of Aqueduct's main track, inner dirt track and turf course, 2010 Main clubhouse entrance to Aqueduct Racetrack. Aqueduct Racetrack is a Thoroughbred horse racing facility and casino in the South Ozone Park and Jamaica neighborhoods of Queens, New York City, United States. [1] Aqueduct is the only racetrack located within New York ...
Trainer Stephen A. DiMauro gave him his first job at a track and taught how to ride a race horse. His first mount was on September 29, 1980, and his first win was less than a month later aboard Good Grip at Meadowlands Racetrack. In 1981, Migliore won the Eclipse Award as the leading apprentice jockey at the age of 17.
The Queens County Handicap is an American Ungraded Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second week of December at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York.Open to horses age three years and older, it is contested on dirt at a distance of one and three-sixteenths miles (9.5 furlongs).
The Fall Highweight Stakes (formerly the Fall Highweight Handicap) is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually near the end of November at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Currently run at a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 m), it is open to horses three years of age and older. As the name implies, the race is known for the ...
The race is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. It was called the Aqueduct Handicap, but beginning in 2009, the name was changed to the Evening Attire Stakes in honor of the great grey gelding Evening Attire. He raced until he was 10 years old, retiring in 2008.
McLaughlin was born in an area of the country where horse racing and breeding is preeminent. One of his childhood friends was the son of trainer James Burchell and his first job was as a hotwalker. [2] He was a student at the University of Kentucky for a year before he decided focus on pursuing a career in the Thoroughbred horse racing industry.