Major Stakes and Races at Aqueduct Racetrack

Betting at Aqueduct Racetrack

So prominent is the status of Aqueduct Racetrack 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

When you place a bet at Aqueduct Racetrack, 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.