Gander Stakes - Citizendia

The Gander Stakes is an ungraded stakes race for New York bred Thoroughbred race horses, three-years-old and older, run at Belmont Park or at Aqueduct Racetrack. A graded stakes race is a term applied by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to a Thoroughbred horse race in This article is about the sport For other uses see Horserace (drinking game or Horse race (politics. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The Thoroughbred is a horse breed This article is about the sport For other uses see Horserace (drinking game or Horse race (politics. History and Information It is world-famous as the home of the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the Triple Crown. History The racetrack opened in 1894 and was rebuilt in 1959 the 1959 design was by noted racetrack architect Arthur Froehlich of the architecture firm Arthur Froehlich The Gander serves as a prep for the $100,000 Evan Shipman Handicap running at Belmont Park which is restricted to New York breds. The Evan Shipman Handicap (NYB is a race restricted to New York bred Thoroughbred horses, age three-years-old and up run at Belmont Park History and Information It is world-famous as the home of the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the Triple Crown.

Inaugurated in 2005, and named for one of New York state’s favorite home-breds and racing millionaires, Gander, the race is set at one mile and 70 yards (1 and 1/16th miles) and offers a purse of $70,000 added. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Gander (born in 1996 is a Thoroughbred Race horse by Cormorant (Cormorant won eight of his twelve starts out of Lovely Nurse (a hard-knocker who made one hundred

Past winners

2007 – Accountforthegold
2006 – Carminooch (John Velazquez)
2005 – Carminooch (John Velazquez)

External links

NYRA - Aqueduct Racetrack official site

Gander Stakes is at coordinates 40°40′20″N 73°49′51″W / 40.672306, -73.830829 (Gander Stakes)Coordinates: 40°40′20″N 73°49′51″W / 40.672306, -73.830829 (Gander Stakes)
Belmont's official site

John R Velazquez (born November 24, 1971 in Carolina, Puerto Rico) is a Jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system.

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