Aqueduct will conduct 29 stakes worth a total of $3,555,000 in the first four months of 2010 as the New York Racing Association on Friday released a partial stakes schedule for next year.

The Grade 2 Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct drew a contentious field of nine, led by 5-2 morning line favorite Risk Taking.

Besides the Wood Memorial and the Blue Grass, one other grade I race from 2016 was downgraded to grade II for 2017: the Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park.. One race was upgraded to grade I ...

The Blue Grass Stakes, which has been run at Keeneland since 1937, was not the only Kentucky Derby prep race to change status. The Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct was also bumped from Grade I to ...

The final 100-point Kentucky Derby prep races are taking place this Saturday, including the Grade I Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland and the Grade II Wood Memorial at Aqueduct.