2025 Wood Memorial G2 Date / Track: 04/05/2025, Aqueduct Racetrack Post Time: 06:10 PM ET Distance: 1 1/8 m (Dirt) Age / Sex: 3 M Get Super Screener's Proven Analysis NOW through Breeders' Cup! The Wood Memorial is Aqueduct's biggest race, held annually in the spring. The contest is one of the major preps on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Wood Memorial Offers 100-50-25-15-10 Kentucky Derby Points To Top-Five Finishers Captain Cook (St.
Elias Stables) leads a competitive 12-horse field in the 100th running of the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial, a nine-furlong test for sophomores, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Home Racing Results Wood Memorial S. Presented by Resorts World Casino Wood Memorial S.
Presented by Resorts World Casino (G2) Race 12 at Aqueduct on April 5, 2025 Grade II 1 1/8 miles Dirt. The most famous loser in the Wood Memorial was eventual Hall of Famer Secretariat, who finished third in 1973 to stablemate Angle Light. The Wood Memorial is named to honor Eugene D.
Wood, a New York State politician and horse racing enthusiast who had been a founder and past president of the old Jamaica Racetrack where the race was run until 1960. Saturday's Wood Memorial is a key prep race for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Bob Baffert's Rodriguez is a top contender.
Explore the historic Wood Memorial Stakes, a key Grade 2 race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Learn about past champions, qualifying points, and the thrilling action at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York. Saturday's Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial drew a field of 12 3-year-olds that will run the 1 1/8-mile distance.
The Wood is the last of six stops on the New York road to Kentucky Derby 2025, and 100. Explore Wood Memorial race results, winners, and history on Horse Racing Nation. With racing at Keeneland and Oaklawn Park canceled Saturday, the all-sources handle for the card at Aqueduct was a Wood Memorial Day record $23,250,478.