Edition of 75

The Aqueduct opened in 1894. Sitting in Queens. Last racetrack left in the five boroughs. A winter racing track. Cold floors. Flickering lights. Hard concrete. The air thick with cigarette smoke and stale alcohol. The kind of place that doesn’t pretend to be anything else.

Home of the Wood Memorial. One of the last stops on the road to the Kentucky Derby. Legends passed through. Most people aren’t chasing history. They’re chasing rent. Mortgage. Dinner. Alimony. College tuition they already lost.

The Aqueduct shuts down this year, 2026.

This collection is for the ones who keep showing up.

Only losers quit.