Next Move Handicap
The Next Move Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of March at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. A Grade III event open to fillies and Mares, age three and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one mile and one furlong. It offers a purse of $100,000.
| Grade III race | |
| Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Ozone Park, Queens, New York, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1975 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Fillies & Mares, three-years-old & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $100,000 |
Inaugurated in 1975, the race was restricted to three-year-old fillies at one mile in 1975. It was contested at a mile and three sixteenths from 1984 through 1994.
The race is named in honor of the filly Next Move who was the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 1950 and the American Co-Champion Older Female Horse in 1952.
Since inception, the Next Move Handicap has been contested at various distances:
- 1 mile : 1975
- 1 1⁄8 miles : 1976-1983, 1995–present
- 1 3⁄16 miles : 1984-1994
On December 4, 2009 the New York Racing Association announced that the Next Move Handicap was being placed on hiatus.[1]
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 1 1⁄8 miles)
- 1:48.96 - Diggins (1999)
Most wins:
- 2 - One Sum (1978, 1979)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Ruben Hernandez (1976, 1978, 1979, 1981)
- 4 - Mike Luzzi (1994, 1995, 2007, 2009)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Todd A. Pletcher (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Charles T. Wilson Jr. (1978, 1979)
- 2 - Nelson Bunker Hunt (1980, 1984)
- 2 - H. Joseph Allen (1981, 1982)
- 2 - Edward P. Evans (1998, 2002)
- 2 - Dogwood Stable (2003, 2004)
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | no race | |||||
| 2009 | Weathered | 4 | Mike Luzzi | Karl Grusmark | Chevalier Stable | 1:52.44 |
| 2008 | Wow Me Free | 4 | Alan Garcia | Kiaran McLaughlin | Edward A. Seltzer | 1:50.86 |
| 2007 | Indian Vale | 5 | Mike Luzzi | Todd A. Pletcher | Eugene Melnyk | 1:50.51 |
| 2006 | Fleet Indian | 5 | José A. Santos | Todd A. Pletcher | Paul Saylor | 1:49.32 |
| 2005 | Daydreaming | 4 | Edgar Prado | Claude McGaughey III | Phipps Stable | 1:50.77 |
| 2004 | Smok'n Frolic | 5 | Richard Migliore | Todd A. Pletcher | Dogwood Stable | 1:51.55 |
| 2003 | Smok'n Frolic | 4 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Dogwood Stable | 1:49.11 |
| 2002 | With Ability | 4 | Javier Castellano | Mark A. Hennig | Edward P. Evans | 1:49.88 |
| 2001 | Atelier | 4 | Edgar Prado | Claude McGaughey III | Robert N. Clay | 1:50.60 |
| 2000 | Biogio's Rose | 6 | Norberto Arroyo, Jr. | Robert Ribaudo | J. & A. Nastasi | 1:51.32 |
| 1999 | Diggins | 5 | Jose Espinoza | Mark A. Hennig | December Hill Farm | 1:48.96 |
| 1998 | Panama Canal | 4 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Mark A. Hennig | Edward P. Evans | 1:51.37 |
| 1997 | Full and Fancy | 5 | Richard Migliore | John C. Kimmel | Red Oak Stables | 1:51.12 |
| 1996 | Madame Adolphe | 4 | Filiberto Leon | Susan Duncan | Leroy Close | 1:51.39 |
| 1995 | Restored Hope | 4 | Mike Luzzi | Bruce N. Levine | John Valentino | 1:52.26 |
| 1994 | Groovy Feeling | 5 | Mike Luzzi | Peter Ferriola | Robert Donaldson | 1:59.79 |
| 1993 | Low Tolerance | 4 | Mike Smith | John M. Veitch | Darby Dan Farm | 1:55.93 |
| 1992 | Spy Leader Lady | 4 | Mike Smith | Gasper S. Moschera | Joques Farm | 2:00.20 |
| 1991 | Buy The Firm | 5 | Herb McCauley | Carlos F. Martin | Morven Stud Farm | 1:56.40 |
| 1990 | Bold Wench | 5 | Jorge Velasquez | Jose A. Martin | Jack R. Maro | 1:58.40 |
| 1989 | Rose's Cantina | 5 | Eddie Maple | Leroy Jolley, Jr. | Carl Icahn | 1:59.80 |
| 1988 | Triple Wow | 4 | Richard Migliore | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:57.60 |
| 1987 | Tricky Squaw | 4 | Chris Antley | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 1:58.40 |
| 1986 | Cherry Jubilee | 4 | Carlos Marquez, Jr. | H. Allen Jerkens | Charles M. Armstrong | 1:56.00 |
| 1985 | Flip's Pleasure | 5 | Jean-Luc Samyn | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1:58.20 |
| 1984 | Adept | 5 | Michael Venezia | Frank I. Wright | Nelson Bunker Hunt | 1:57.80 |
| 1983 | Chieftain's Command | 4 | Alfredo Smith, Jr. | John Parisella | Theodore M. Sabarese | 1:53.20 |
| 1982 | Andover Way | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | Howard M. Tesher | H. Joseph Allen | 1:50.20 |
| 1981 | Plankton | 5 | Ruben Hernandez | Howard M. Tesher | H. Joseph Allen | 1:53.40 |
| 1980 | Water Lily | 4 | Marco Castaneda | not found | Nelson Bunker Hunt | 1:51.00 |
| 1979 | One Sum | 5 | Ruben Hernandez | Luis Barrera | Charles T. Wilson Jr. | 1:53.00 |
| 1978 | One Sum | 4 | Ruben Hernandez | Luis Barrera | Charles T. Wilson Jr. | 1:52.80 |
| 1977 | Forty Nine Sunsets | 4 | Jacinto Vasquez | Frank Gomez | Janet Gomez | 1:51.00 |
| 1976 | Yes Dear Maggy | 4 | Ruben Hernandez | Robert S. DuBois | John C. Oxley | 1:49.40 |
| 1975 | My Juliet | 3 | Darrel McHargue | Eugene Euster | George Weasel, Jr. | 1:35.60 |