C.Velasquez Archives - Lady and The Track

Gotham Stakes; Eleven Ready To Duke It Out

February 26, 2014 | Kari Ward

Gotham Stakes; Eleven Ready To Duke It Out: The 2014 Gotham Stakes is set to take place Saturday, March 1st, 2014 at the Aqueduct Oval in Queens, New York. This (GIII) event has a prize of $500,000 for 3 year-olds running 1 1/16 miles on the dirt. The Gotham Stakes is the final local prep to […]

2014 Jerome Stakes; Looking for a Full Moon Rising

January 2, 2014 | Kari Ward

2014 Jerome Stakes; Looking for a Full Moon Rising The 2014 Jerome Stakes is a (GII) race ran at one mile 70 yards on the dirt at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York for 3 year-olds with a purse of $200,000 and is a “Road to the Kentucky Derby” prep-season qualifying race with the winner receiving […]

Can Tannery Tan the Boys Hides?

November 14, 2013 | Kari Ward

2013 Red Smith Handicap (GIII); Hoping Tannery Can Tan Some Hides Saturday The 2013 Red Smith Handicap is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York and is set for Saturday, November 16, 2013. This race is for horses 3 years-old and up on the grass at 1 3/8 miles […]

Long Island Handicap;Well-Traveled Girls Hit The Lawn

November 7, 2013 | Kari Ward

2013 Long Island Handicap (GIII); Some Well-Traveled Girls Ready To Hit The Lawn The 2013 Long Island Handicap takes place Saturday, November 9, 2013 at Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, Queens, New York, on the grass going 1 ½ miles for fillies & mares 3 year-olds and up with a grand prize of $200,000. […]

2013 Garden City Stakes; A Filly Festival on Turf

September 11, 2013 | Kari Ward

2013 Garden City Stakes (GI); A Filly Festival on Turf The 2013 Garden City Stakes takes place this Saturday, September 14, 2013 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. This Grade 1 event is open to 3 year-old fillies and is raced on the turf over a distance of 1 1/8 mile (9 furlongs) with […]

2013 Ballerina Stakes; Judy The Beauty Ready To Dance

August 21, 2013 | Kari Ward

2013 Ballerina Stakes; Judy The Beauty Ready To Dance: The 33rd running of (GI) 2013 Ballerina Stakes takes place Friday, August 23rd at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The race is named after Howell E. Jackson’s filly Ballerina, who won the 1954 inaugural Maskette Stakes, as it was then titled, before they […]