NYRA to offer two bonus programs

The New York Racing Association will again offer two bonus programs for horses who ship in from Florida and Arkansas and race at Aqueduct or Belmont in spring 2019.

The owner of a horse who starts at Aqueduct from March 8 through March 31 that made its previous start at Gulfstream Park or Tampa Bay Downs will receive a $2,000 credit to cover shipping expenses. That credit becomes $1,500 if a horse that made its previous start at Tampa or Gulfstream runs at Aqueduct between April 5 through 20. Stakes races are excluded from the shipping credit.

Horses who run at the Aqueduct spring meet (April 5-20) or at Belmont’s spring meet that made a previous start at Oaklawn Park get a $1,500 shipping credit, plus are eligible to run for 30 percent more purse money in their first two starts on the NYRA circuit during those two meets. This bonus also excludes stakes races.