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Aqueduct Race Track: A Glorious Horse Racing Tradition
 Aqueduct race track in Jamaica, New York is considered to be one of the nation's top thoroughbred racing facilities. It is a massive complex that features 2 dirt tracks and a turf track.
Observers have said that Aqueduct race track's physical layout and size evokes memories of a glorious past, an era when horse racing was considered a sport of royalty, and a day at the races is a day when members of high society come out in their Sunday best.
Aqueduct Race Track History
Aqueduct race track got its name from the southwestern Queens neighborhood of South Woodhaven where a conduit for the Brooklyn Water Works was built in the 1850s. Aqueduct race track originally opened in the nearby South Ozone Park on September 27, 1894 on land leased from descendants of the area's original Dutch settlers. New track offices and a clubhouse were built in 1941. The track was torn down in 1956 to give way to a $33 million racetrack that was opened in 1959. By 1960, Aqueduct had become one of the nation's leading horse racing track. The inner turf course was constructed in 1975 to facilitate winter racing.
Major Stakes and Races at Aqueduct Race Track |
Betting at Aqueduct Race Track |
So prominent is the status of Aqueduct race track in New York's horse racing scene that many stakes and races with purses in the lower to mid $100,000s are held there. Among them are:
- The Aqueduct Handicap
- The Whirlaway
- The Wood Memorial
- The Athenia
- The New York Stallion Series
- The Long Island Handicap
- The Stuyvesant
- Red Smith Handicap
- Cigar Mile
- The Remsen Stakes
- The Demoiselle Stakes
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When you place a bet at Aqueduct race track, you're betting against everyone who is making the same type of wager in the same race, whether they're on-track patrons or are in simulcast sites. It is therefore a pari-mutuel undertaking. "Pari-mutuel" means "mutual stake" or "betting among ourselves".
Pari-mutuel odds reflect how much is wagered on each horse or combination relative to the size of the mutuel pool
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