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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 ...
The Aqueduct Racetrack station is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway.Located on the west side of Aqueduct Racetrack near Pitkin Avenue in the South Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, [6] it is served by northbound A trains at all times [7] and by the northbound Rockaway Park Shuttle during summer weekends.
The event was inaugurated on 28 June 1954 as the Distaff Handicap at the old Aqueduct racetrack, and was won by Robert S. Howard's British mare Mab's Choice, who was trained by the future US Hall of Fame trainer Charles E. Whittingham in a time of 1:24 2 ⁄ 5. [1]
The race was hosted by the old Aqueduct race track from 1895 to 1955, except for 1946 when it was held at Belmont Park. It returned to Belmont Park from 1956 to 1959, 1968 to 1974, and again in 1994. In 2020 the event was moved to Belmont Park and held in early June. [1] There was no race held in 1909, 1911–1913, and 1933–1934.
[6] [7] [8] With Aqueduct slated to reopen in the fall of 1959, Jamaica ceased operations on August 1 and was torn down the following year. [9] [10] Today Rochdale Village a middle income cooperative occupies the former site of the Jamaica Race Course. [5] The racetrack was served by the adjacent Locust Manor station where the Long Island Rail ...
At Aqueduct – Belmont Turf Sprint Stakes: 2022 Senbei 5 Manuel Franco: Christophe Clement: Reeves Thoroughbred Racing & Darlene Bilinski 6 furlongs 1:07.74 $200,000 III [6] 2023 Today's Flavor 5 Javier Castellano: George Weaver Reddam Racing 6 furlongs 1:09.74 $200,000 Listed Off turf [7] 2022 Dancing Buck 4 Manuel Franco: Michelle Nevin
Tom Durkin (born November 30, 1950) is a semi-retired American sportscaster and public address announcer specializing in Thoroughbred horse racing.He was the race caller for NBC Sports from 1984 through 2010 and served as announcer for the New York Racing Association from 1990 until retiring in 2014.
That event ended in 1955 with the closing of the old Aqueduct track. [1] The track was closed until it was reconstructed in 1959. According to New York Racing Association the new event was inaugurated on 13 April 1960 as a race with an old name – Bay Shore Handicap for three-year-olds at a distance of one mile. [2]