Peter Pan Stakes Highlights Final Aqueduct Meet

[Wandering Eyes]

The Belmont at the Big A spring/summer meet, which will open Apr. 30 and conclude June 28, will feature 16 stakes races worth $2.475 million in purses and will mark the final days of racing at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Highlighting the stakes schedule is the $200,000 GIII Peter Pan Stakes, the New York prep for the GI Belmont Stakes, which will be held May 9. The New York Racing Association will waive entry and starting fees to the Belmont Stakes for the first three finishers of the Peter Pan. The GII Man o' War Stakes, which was previously held on the weekend of the Peter Pan, will be held during the fall meet at Belmont Park in 2026.

The spring/summer meet, traditionally held at Belmont Park, will again take place at Aqueduct and the 2026 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will be held at Saratoga Race Course for the third and final time due to the ongoing construction at Belmont. As racing shifts from Aqueduct to Saratoga, the spring/summer meet will pause from May 26-June 2 and, following the conclusion of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, live racing at Aqueduct will resume June 11.

Once construction at Belmont Park is completed, downstate racing operations will cease at Aqueduct and will be consolidated to the Elmont oval. The final race day at Aqueduct will be June 28 and NYRA is expected to pay tribute to the legacy of the South Ozone Park oval during its closing weekend.

 

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