Carter Handicap at 
Aqueduct 2025

The Carter Handicap, currently a top-level Grade I race, takes place every year in early April at New York’s Aqueduct Racetrack and is a $250,000 event.

Open to all ages and run over a seven-furlong trip on the dirt track the Carter, as the name suggests, is a handicap event meaning those having gained a higher official rating will be required to carry more weight.

The race is one of the oldest in the States having first been run as far back as 1895 and while it is now in its original and spiritual home, the Carter has been staged across town at Belmont Park on several occasions.

The past winner’s list of the Carter Handicap reads like a who’s who of American dirt racing, with top-notch types Gulch, Artax and Congaree all having been successful, while recent winners include Army Mule, World Of Trouble and Vekoma.