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title: "Aqueduct Final Race Set For June 28 As NYRA Marks Big A Farewell"
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published: "2026-06-26T05:56:41Z"
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# Aqueduct Final Race Set For June 28 As NYRA Marks Big A Farewell

## Aqueduct Final Race Set For June 28 As NYRA Marks Big A Farewell

**Aqueduct Racetrack will stage its final day of live racing on Sunday, June 28, with NYRA confirming the closing card will end with a race called It Was a Good Run at 5:44pm Eastern.**

[The End Of An Era For The Aqueduct Race Track (embedded)](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/7TOTRhyM0JU?feature=oembed)

The Queens track, long known as the Big A, is entering its final weekend as a live racing venue, giving New York racing one last two-day farewell before the sport’s year-round focus shifts to the redeveloped Belmont Park operation.

## Closing Day Gives The Big A A Named Send-Off

NYRA’s closing-day schedule lists gates opening at 11:00am and first post at 1:10pm, with the John Hettinger for New York-bred fillies and mares among the final-day stakes action. The racecourse’s last contest has been named pointedly, and neatly, as It Was a Good Run.

The farewell is more than a fixture note. Aqueduct has carried 132 years of New York racing history, from winter cards to major championship stepping stones, and its final programme closes a distinct chapter for owners, trainers, jockeys and regulars who built routines around the Ozone Park track.

Full attendance and race-day details are available through [NYRA’s Aqueduct farewell information](https://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/visit/farewell/), with the final weekend framed as both a send-off and a handover into the next Belmont Park era.