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The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that the fall meet at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., originally scheduled to conclude on October 31, will be extended to include three additional dates from Friday, November 5 through Sunday, November 7. These dates were originally scheduled to be run at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y., as the opening weekend of the Aqueduct fall meet.

New York State is continuing to operate a COVID-19 mass vaccination site throughout the first floor of Aqueduct. As a result, the facility remains closed to the public. In order to accommodate racing fans who would ordinarily experience the Breeders' Cup World Championships – slated for November 5-6 at Del Mar – via simulcast at Aqueduct, NYRA will shift the first three days of the Aqueduct fall meet to Belmont Park.

“NYRA is committed to supporting the ongoing effort to vaccinate New York, and Aqueduct Racetrack is an important piece of that puzzle,” said NYRA President & CEO Dave O'Rourke. “This schedule adjustment provides our fans the opportunity to experience world-class racing on-track while enjoying Breeders' Cup weekend at Belmont Park.”

Belmont Park will host five stakes originally scheduled for Aqueduct, beginning with the $150,000 Tempted and $100,000 Atlantic Beach on Friday, November 5. On Saturday, November 6, the stakes action will include the $150,000 Grade 3 Turnback the Alarm Handicap and the $100,000 Stewart Manor. The extended Belmont fall meet will now conclude on Sunday, November 7 with the $150,000 Grade 3 Nashua.

The 15-day Aqueduct fall meet will now begin on Thursday, November 11, and continue through Sunday, December 5. A limited number of licensed owners, trainers, and staff will be permitted on-site at Aqueduct. NYRA will provide updates with regard to fan access to Aqueduct Racetrack as new information becomes available.

America's Day at the Races will present daily coverage and analysis of the fall meet at Belmont Park on the networks of FOX Sports. For the complete broadcast schedule, visit https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/tv-schedule.

NYRA Bets is the official wagering platform of Belmont Park, and the best way to bet every race of the fall meet. Available to horseplayers nationwide, the NYRA Bets app is available for download today on iOS and Android at www.NYRABets.com.

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Chad Brown posted 22 wins to earn the status as top trainer for the Belmont Park fall meet for the ninth consecutive year, while Jose Ortiz registered 40 victories to lead all riders for the 27-day meet that commenced Sept. 18 and concluded on Sunday, Nov. 1.

Klaravich Stables campaigned 13 winners, six more than the second-closest competitor in Repole Stables, to pace all owners.

Brown continued his dominance at the Belmont fall meet, compiling a 22-14-18record with 96 starters and earnings of more than $1.5 million. The four-time Eclipse Award-winner for Outstanding Trainer has won at least a share of the Belmont fall meet every year since 2012. The soon-to-be 42-year-old extended his streak by saddling six more winners than Christophe Clement in second place and Todd Pletcher in third with 15 wins.

NYRA's year-ending leading trainer five years running, Brown tallied five graded stakes wins, sending out Devamani [Knickerbocker], Tamahere [Sands Point] and Complexity [Kelso Handicap] to Grade 2 triumphs, while Viadera [Noble Damsel] and Tapit Today [Athenia] earned Grade 3 honors. Brown ended the meet with another stakes win, as Ingrassia captured Sunday's Chelsey Flower for juvenile fillies.

Ortiz earned his first career Belmont fall meet title, posting a 40-29-28 record in 173 mounts for earnings of more than $2.3 million. After finishing one win shy of brother Irad Ortiz, Jr. for top honors at the Saratoga summer meet, the older Ortiz bested runner-up jockey Jose Lezcano [28] wins by a dozen. Ortiz, NYRA's 2016 year-end leading rider, partnered with Brown to win the Kelso and Athenia and also piloted Plum Ali to victory in the Grade 2 Miss Grillo and Wet Your Whistle in the Grade 3 Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational.

“I'm just happy I can go out there and do what I love the most and be successful. I work very hard for it and I'm happy to be getting good opportunities,” Ortiz said. “It means a lot. Belmont is a great place to race and I think it's the best jockey colony in the United States right now. It's very tough. We have Hall of Famers and future Hall of Famers and it's hard to compete against them. They all can ride, they're all talented and they all want to win, so to be in the position I'm in, I feel blessed I can go out there and compete at the highest level for those guys.

“I appreciate the opportunities the owners and trainers gave to me and my agent [Jimmy Riccio, Jr.] is doing a great job,” he added. “It's hard now because we don't work horses as much. It's been hard with the pandemic, but thankfully the owners and trainers have supported me.”

Klaravich Stables, the year-ending leading owner on the NYRA circuit in 2019, was the top owner at the Belmont fall meet for the fourth straight time, continuing its dominance started in 2017. Headed by Seth Klarman, Klaravich Stables completed the meet-leading troika when the Brown-trained and Ortiz-ridden Complexity won the Kelso by 2 1/4 lengths on October 3.

Thoroughbred action moves to Aqueduct Racetrack for the 18-day fall meet, which will open on Friday, November 6 and run through Sunday, December 6. The Aqueduct fall meet will be highlighted by 29 stakes, including 11 graded events, worth $3.41 million in purse money.

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