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.
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 miles : 1976–1983, 1995–present miles : 1984–1994
On December 4, 2009, the New York Racing Association announced that the Next Move Handicap was being placed on hiatus.Bloodhorse.com – December 4, 2009, accessed June 19, 2010
Records Speed record: (at current distance of 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 Time2010 no race 2009Weathered4Mike LuzziKarl GrusmarkChevalier Stable1:52.442008Wow Me Free4Alan GarciaKiaran McLaughlinEdward A. Seltzer1:50.862007Indian Vale5Mike LuzziTodd A. PletcherEugene Melnyk1:50.512006Fleet Indian5José A. SantosTodd A. PletcherPaul Saylor1:49.322005Daydreaming4Edgar PradoClaude McGaughey IIIPhipps Stable1:50.772004Smok'n Frolic5Richard MiglioreTodd A. PletcherDogwood Stable1:51.552003Smok'n Frolic4John VelazquezTodd A. PletcherDogwood Stable1:49.112002With Ability4Javier CastellanoMark A. HennigEdward P. Evans1:49.882001Atelier4Edgar PradoClaude McGaughey IIIRobert N. Clay1:50.602000Biogio's Rose 6Norberto Arroyo, Jr.Robert RibaudoJ. & A. Nastasi 1:51.321999Diggins5Jose EspinozaMark A. HennigDecember Hill Farm1:48.961998Panama Canal4Shaun BridgmohanMark A. HennigEdward P. Evans1:51.371997Full and Fancy5Richard MiglioreJohn C. KimmelRed Oak Stables1:51.121996Madame Adolphe4Filiberto LeonSusan DuncanLeroy Close1:51.391995Restored Hope 4Mike LuzziBruce N. LevineJohn Valentino1:52.261994Groovy Feeling5Mike LuzziPeter FerriolaRobert Donaldson1:59.791993Low Tolerance4Mike SmithJohn M. VeitchDarby Dan Farm1:55.931992Spy Leader Lady4Mike SmithGasper S. MoscheraJoques Farm2:00.201991Buy The Firm5Herb McCauleyCarlos F. MartinMorven Stud Farm1:56.401990Bold Wench5Jorge VelásquezJose A. MartinJack R. Maro1:58.401989Rose's Cantina5Eddie MapleLeRoy Jolley, Jr.Carl Icahn1:59.801988Triple Wow4Richard MiglioreRoger AttfieldKinghaven Farms1:57.601987Tricky Squaw4Chris AntleyD. Wayne LukasEugene V. Klein1:58.401986Cherry Jubilee4Carlos Marquez, Jr.H. Allen JerkensCharles M. Armstrong1:56.001985Flip's Pleasure5Jean-Luc SamynH. Allen JerkensHobeau Farm1:58.201984Adept5Michael VeneziaFrank I. WrightNelson Bunker Hunt1:57.801983Chieftain's Command4Alfredo Smith, Jr.John ParisellaTheodore M. Sabarese1:53.201982Andover Way4Jorge VelásquezHoward M. TesherH. Joseph Allen1:50.201981Plankton5Ruben HernandezHoward M. TesherH. Joseph Allen1:53.401980Water Lily4Marco Castanedanot foundNelson Bunker Hunt1:51.001979One Sum5Ruben HernandezLuis BarreraCharles T. Wilson Jr.1:53.001978One Sum4Ruben HernandezLuis BarreraCharles T. Wilson Jr.1:52.801977Forty Nine Sunsets4Jacinto VásquezFrank GomezJanet Gomez1:51.001976Yes Dear Maggy4Ruben HernandezRobert S. DuBoisJohn C. Oxley1:49.401975My Juliet3Darrel McHargueEugene EusterGeorge Weasel, Jr.1:35.60
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