The Next Move Handicap is an American

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run annually near the end of March at

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. A Grade III event open to

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and

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s, age three and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one mile and one furlong. It offers a purse of $100,000. Inaugurated in 1975, the race was restricted to three-year-old fillies at one mile in 1975. It was contested at a mile and three sixteenths from 1984 through 1994. The race is named in honor of the filly

Next Move {{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Next Move , image = , caption = , sire = Bull Lea , grandsire = Bull Dog , dam = Now What , damsire = Chance Play , sex = Filly , foaled = 1947 , country = United States , colour = Brown , breed ...

who was the

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of 1950 and the American Co-Champion Older Female Horse in 1952. Since inception, the Next Move Handicap has been contested at various distances: * 1 mile : 1975 * miles : 1976–1983, 1995–present * miles : 1984–1994 On December 4, 2009 the

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announced that the Next Move Handicap was being placed on hiatus.''Bloodhorse.com'' – December 4, 2009, accessed June 19, 2010
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Records

Speed record: (at current distance of miles) * 1:48.96 – Diggins (1999) Most wins: * 2 – One Sum (1978, 1979) Most wins by a

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: * 4 – Ruben Hernandez (1976, 1978, 1979, 1981) * 4 –

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(1994, 1995, 2007, 2009) Most wins by a trainer: * 4 – Todd A. Pletcher (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007) Most wins by an owner: * 2 – Charles T. Wilson Jr. (1978, 1979) * 2 –

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(1980, 1984) * 2 –

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(1981, 1982) * 2 – Edward P. Evans (1998, 2002) * 2 – Dogwood Stable (2003, 2004)

Winners

References

{{reflist Mile category horse races for fillies and mares Graded stakes races in the United States Grade 3 stakes races in the United States Recurring sporting events established in 1975 Aqueduct Racetrack Horse races in New York City