| Class: | Grade III |
| Horse Race: | Next Move Handicap |
| Location: | Aqueduct Racetrack Ozone Park, Queens, New York, United States |
| Inaugurated: | 1975 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Distance: | miles (9 furlongs) |
| Surface: | Dirt |
| Track: | left-handed |
| Qualification: | Fillies & Mares, three-years-old & up |
| Weight: | Assigned |
| Purse: | US$100,000 |
The Next Move Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of March at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. A Grade III event open to fillies and Mares, 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 who was the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 1950 and the American Co-Champion Older Female Horse in 1952.
Since inception, the Next Move Handicap has been contested at various distances:
On December 4, 2009, the New York Racing Association announced that the Next Move Handicap was being placed on hiatus.[1]
Speed record: (at current distance of miles)
Most wins:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | no race | ||||||
| 2009 | Weathered | 4 | Mike Luzzi | Karl Grusmark | Chevalier Stable | 1:52.44 | |
| 2008 | Wow Me Free | 4 | Alan Garcia | Kiaran McLaughlin | Edward A. Seltzer | 1:50.86 | |
| 2007 | Indian Vale | 5 | Mike Luzzi | Todd A. Pletcher | Eugene Melnyk | 1:50.51 | |
| 2006 | Fleet Indian | 5 | José A. Santos | Todd A. Pletcher | Paul Saylor | 1:49.32 | |
| 2005 | Daydreaming | 4 | Edgar Prado | Claude McGaughey III | Phipps Stable | 1:50.77 | |
| 2004 | Smok'n Frolic | 5 | Richard Migliore | Todd A. Pletcher | Dogwood Stable | 1:51.55 | |
| 2003 | Smok'n Frolic | 4 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Dogwood Stable | 1:49.11 | |
| 2002 | With Ability | 4 | Javier Castellano | Mark A. Hennig | Edward P. Evans | 1:49.88 | |
| 2001 | Atelier | 4 | Edgar Prado | Claude McGaughey III | Robert N. Clay | 1:50.60 | |
| 2000 | Biogio's Rose | 6 | Norberto Arroyo, Jr. | Robert Ribaudo | J. & A. Nastasi | 1:51.32 | |
| 1999 | Diggins | 5 | Jose Espinoza | Mark A. Hennig | December Hill Farm | 1:48.96 | |
| 1998 | Panama Canal | 4 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Mark A. Hennig | Edward P. Evans | 1:51.37 | |
| 1997 | Full and Fancy | 5 | Richard Migliore | John C. Kimmel | Red Oak Stables | 1:51.12 | |
| 1996 | Madame Adolphe | 4 | Filiberto Leon | Susan Duncan | Leroy Close | 1:51.39 | |
| 1995 | Restored Hope | 4 | Mike Luzzi | Bruce N. Levine | John Valentino | 1:52.26 | |
| 1994 | Groovy Feeling | 5 | Mike Luzzi | Peter Ferriola | Robert Donaldson | 1:59.79 | |
| 1993 | Low Tolerance | 4 | Mike Smith | John M. Veitch | Darby Dan Farm | 1:55.93 | |
| 1992 | Spy Leader Lady | 4 | Mike Smith | Gasper S. Moschera | Joques Farm | 2:00.20 | |
| 1991 | Buy The Firm | 5 | Herb McCauley | Carlos F. Martin | Morven Stud Farm | 1:56.40 | |
| 1990 | Bold Wench | 5 | Jorge Velásquez | Jose A. Martin | Jack R. Maro | 1:58.40 | |
| 1989 | Rose's Cantina | 5 | Eddie Maple | LeRoy Jolley, Jr. | Carl Icahn | 1:59.80 | |
| 1988 | Triple Wow | 4 | Richard Migliore | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:57.60 | |
| 1987 | Tricky Squaw | 4 | Chris Antley | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 1:58.40 | |
| 1986 | Cherry Jubilee | 4 | Carlos Marquez, Jr. | H. Allen Jerkens | Charles M. Armstrong | 1:56.00 | |
| 1985 | Flip's Pleasure | 5 | Jean-Luc Samyn | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1:58.20 | |
| 1984 | Adept | 5 | Michael Venezia | Frank I. Wright | Nelson Bunker Hunt | 1:57.80 | |
| 1983 | Chieftain's Command | 4 | Alfredo Smith, Jr. | John Parisella | Theodore M. Sabarese | 1:53.20 | |
| 1982 | Andover Way | 4 | Jorge Velásquez | Howard M. Tesher | H. Joseph Allen | 1:50.20 | |
| 1981 | Plankton | 5 | Ruben Hernandez | Howard M. Tesher | H. Joseph Allen | 1:53.40 | |
| 1980 | Water Lily | 4 | Marco Castaneda | not found | Nelson Bunker Hunt | 1:51.00 | |
| 1979 | One Sum | 5 | Ruben Hernandez | Luis Barrera | Charles T. Wilson Jr. | 1:53.00 | |
| 1978 | One Sum | 4 | Ruben Hernandez | Luis Barrera | Charles T. Wilson Jr. | 1:52.80 | |
| 1977 | Forty Nine Sunsets | 4 | Jacinto Vásquez | Frank Gomez | Janet Gomez | 1:51.00 | |
| 1976 | Yes Dear Maggy | 4 | Ruben Hernandez | Robert S. DuBois | John C. Oxley | 1:49.40 | |
| 1975 | My Juliet | 3 | Darrel McHargue | Eugene Euster | George Weasel, Jr. | 1:35.60 | |