Wood Memorial Day All Stakes Pick 4

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will offer a $500,000 Guaranteed All-Graded Stakes Pick 4 on Wood Memorial Day, Saturday, April 3 at Aqueduct Racetrack. 

First Post for the 11-race Wood Day card is 1:00 p.m. EDT.

The guaranteed wager will kick off in Race 7, the Grade 3, $200,000 Bay Shore, which is set to go off at approximately 4:08 p.m. on Saturday, April 3.  The $500,000 Guaranteed Pick 4 covers all stakes races to be run at Aqueduct that afternoon, continuing in Race 8 with the Grade 3, $200,000 Excelsior (approximate post 4:40 p.m.), Race 9 with the featured Grade 1, $750,000 Wood Memorial (approximate post 5:12 p.m.) and concluding in Race 10 with the Grade 1, $250,000 Carter Handicap (approximate post 5:45 p.m.).

The Wood Memorial, New York’s final major stepping stone to the Triple Crown, will be televised live on NBC from 5:00-6:00 p.m. EDT.  Expected starters include last month’s impressive Grade 3 Gotham Stakes winner and British import Awesome Act, as well as highly-regarded Grade 2 Fountain of Youth winner Eskendereya and the runner-up in that race, Jackson Bend.  Super Saver, third in the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby and recent maiden winner Carnivore are also likely to start.