Handle, Purses Increase at Zia Park
by Michael Cusortelli for SureBet
Hobbs, NM Dec. 14, 2011 - Zia Park in Hobbs, New
Mexico, posted increases in wagering handle and purses
during its 50-day Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse meet,
which ran September 10-December 4.
The track recorded a 6-percent increase in total
all-source handle over its 53-day meet in 2010. Total
handle averaged $397,076 per day, an increase of 12
percent over the previous season.
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McKenna's Justice Takes Zia Park Distance Championship
- Hobbs, NM December 4, 2011 - McKenna's Justice, a
4-year-old Medaglia D'Oro colt owned by Judge Lanier
Racing, closed with a rush to win Sunday's 1 1/8-mile,
$217,000 Zia Park Distance Championship, the featured
event on the track's 11-race closing-day program. |
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E Bar Way Rallies to Win New Mexico Eddy County Stakes
- Hobbs, NM December 4, 2011 - E Bar Way unleashed a
strong stretch rally under jockey Duane Sterling to win
the $129,860 New Mexico Eddy County Stakes (R) for
state-bred 2-year-olds at Zia Park on Sunday. |
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Longshot Sir Seth Runs Big in Zia Park QH
Championship
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Hobbs, NM Dec. 4, 2011 -
Rodney Christiansen's Sir Seth scored an upset victory
in Sunday's Grade 1, $150,000 Zia Park Quarter Horse
Championship Stakes. |
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First Strike Posts Upset Victory in Zia Park Derby -
Hobbs, NM Dec. 3,
2011 - First Strike outran his 6-1 odds to win
Saturday's $150,000 Zia Park Derby for 3-year-olds at
Zia Park Racetrack. Trained by Robertino Diodoro and
ridden by Alfredo Juarez for owners Charles Garvey and
TG Racing LLC, First Strike covered his 1 1/16-mile trip
in 1:44.86 while defeating Thirtyfirststreet by 1 Ύ
lengths and extending his win streak to three. |
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Zia Park Ends Meet With Weekend Thoroughbred Stakes
Tripleheader -
Hobbs, NM Dec. 2, 2011 - Zia Park in Hobbs,
New Mexico, ends its 50-day season with three
Thoroughbred stakes this weekend. The stakes action gets
underway with the $150,000 Zia Park Derby on Saturday. |
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Double Chiseled, Noconi Put Wins Streak on Line in Zia
Park QH Championship - Hobbs, NM
December 1, 2011 - Graded stakes winners Double Chiseled
and Noconi will put their two-race win streaks on the
line in Sunday's 440-yard, $150,000 Zia Park Quarter
Horse Championship (G1). |
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Send Me A Candy Tree Scores in Southwest Juvenile
Championship - Hobbs, NM
Nov. 27, 2011 - A sharp break from her rail post helped
Send Me A Candy Tree win Sunday's 440-yard, $255,000
Southwest Juvenile Championship Stakes (G1) for
2-year-old Quarter Horses at Zia Park. |
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Snow Regard Pulls Big Upset in NM Quarter Horse Filly &
Mare Championship - Hobbs, NM - Nov.
26, 2011 -Snow Regard, the biggest longshot in the field
of eight, scored her second career stakes victory in
Saturday's New Mexico Quarter Horse Filly and Mare
Championship (RG2) for state-bred distaffers at Zia
Park. |
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Hayley's Halo Extends Win Streak in Zia Park Distaff
- Hobbs, NM Nov. 26, 2011 - Lathrop G. Hoffman's
Hayley's Halo ran her win streak to five with a
wire-to-wire, one-length victory in Saturday's $55,000
Zia Park Distaff Stakes at Zia Park. |
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Streaking Hayley's Halo Tops Entries to Zia Park Distaff
Stakes - Hobbs, NM, Nov. 24, 2011 -
A field of nine fillies and mares, including the
streaking Hayley's Halo, will go to the post in
Saturday's 6-furlong, $55,000 Zia Park Distaff Stakes at
Zia Park. |
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Zia Park Presents Holiday Weekend Quarter Horse Stakes
Doubleheader - Two graded Quarter Horse
stakes worth more than $340,000 in purse money will be
run at Zia Park this Thanksgiving weekend. |
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De Passem Okey Wins King Rick Rack Stakes
- Hobbs, NM Nov. 20, 2011 - Alejandro Medellin rode De
Passem Okey to a 1 3/4-length win in Sunday's $55,180
King Rick Rack Stakes (G2) at Zia Park. |
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Bullets Brother Tops King Rick Rack Stakes -
Hobbs, NM Nov. 18, 2011 - Recent stakes
winner Bullets Brother is the 5-2 morning-line favorite
for Sunday's 870-yard, $55,000 King Rick Rack Stakes
(G2) at Zia Park. |
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Pack Your Bags Scores Upset Victory in Lea County Sprint
Stakes - Hobbs, NM Nov. 13, 2011 -
The longest shot in the field of seven, Stable HMA's
Pack Your Bags scored a 1 1/2-length victory in Sunday's
$55,000 Lea County Sprint Stakes at Zia Park. |
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Humble Smarty Tops Lea County Sprint Stakes at
Zia Park - Humble Smarty, a
7-year-old gelding owned and trained by Brett Creighton,
is one of five runners entered in Sunday's 5
1/2-furlong, $55,000 Lea County Sprint Stakes at Zia
Park. |
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Quiet Again is Favored in Veteran Stakes
- Paul B. Thomason's Quiet Again leads a field of seven
older runners in Saturday's 1 1/16-mile, $55,000 Veteran
Stakes at Zia Park.
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Time For A Cigar Tops Lovington Stakes
- Time For A Cigar, a 5-year-old Corona Cartel
gelding racing for Double Eagle Ranch Inc. and Buena
Suerte Equine, is one of seven aged Quarter Horses
entered in Sunday's Grade 2, $55,000 Lovington Stakes at
Zia Park.
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Longshot Cross Chris Run Gets First Stakes Win in New
Mexico Cup Championship - Hobbs, NM Oct. 30,
2011 - Cross Chris Run, a 4-year-old Desert God gelding
racing for Cleber J. Massey, rallied to win the
one-mile, $180,720 Rocky Gulch New Mexico Cup
Championship (R) at Zia Park on Sunday. |
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Call Me A Blazn Chic is Prompt Favorite in Rich New
Mexico Cup Futurity - Hobbs, NM Oct. 30,
2011 - Sixth-fastest qualifier Call Me A Blazn Chic
scored one of her richest career victories in Sunday's
400-yard, $330,643 New Mexico Cup Futurity (RG2) at Zia
Park. |
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Trainers Fincher, Marr Enjoy Big New Mexico Cup Days
- Hobbs, NM Oct. 30, 3011 - Trainers Todd Fincher and
Joel Marr each saddled the winners of three Thoroughbred
races during Sunday's 11-race New Mexico Cup Day program
at Zia Park. |
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Big Day for NM Breds at
Zia - 121 state-bred
Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses entered in
Sunday's New Mexico Cup races at Zia Park
- Eleven stakes will be contested,
seven for Thoroughbreds and four for Quarter
Horses. Post time for the first race is
12:15 p.m. (MDT).
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Im A Bear Wins Permian Basin Stakes
- Hobbs, NM Oct. 16, 2011 - Alejandro Medellin
rode favorite Im A Bear to a neck victory in
Sunday's 6-furlong, $55,360 Permian Basin Stakes
for 2-year-old fillies at Zia Park. |
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Quatro Menudos Posts Fastest New Mexico Cup
Derby Qualifying Time -
Hobbs, NM - Oct. 16, 2011 -
Quatro Menudos was a prompt 1-2 favorite in the
first of three New Mexico Cup Derby (RG2) trials
at Zia Park on Sunday. |
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Git Er Done Breaks Track Record in Herman
Jefferson Stakes - Hobbs, NM
Oct. 15, 2011 - Git Er Done broke Zia Park's
870-yard track record, as the 8-year-old gelding
scored a 1 1/4-length victory in Saturday's
Grade 3, $55,000 Herman Jefferson Stakes. |
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NEW MEXICO CLASSIC CUP FUTURITY(RG2) QUALIFIERS
- Oct. 15, 2011 - Call A Fast Corona, a
homebred Southern Corona gelding racing for
Richard Shearer, won the first of seven trials
on Saturday and posted the fastest qualifying
time for the October 30 New Mexico Cup Futurity
(RG2) at Zia Park. |
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Feature Mr Bojangles is Prompt Choice in Hobbs
America Futurity - Hobbs, NM
Oct. 9, 2011 - Fastest qualifier and odds-on
favorite Feature Mr Bojangles sprinted to a
half-length victory in Sunday's $259,943 Hobbs
America Futurity (G2) at Zia Park. |
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Prospect To The Top Completes Rare Hobbs America
Futurity-Derby Sweep -
Hobbs, NM Oct. 9, 2011 - Oscar Rincon rode
fourth-fastest qualifier Prospect To The Top to
a 1 1/4-length victory in the $151,659 Hobbs
America Derby (G3) at Zia Park on Sunday. |
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KR Dragonfly Scores in Lubbock Stakes
- Hobbs, NM Oct. 1, 2011 - KR Dragonfly, a
homebred 4-year-old daughter of Separatist
racing for Dave and Sally Kidd, let at every
call en route to a half-length victory in
Saturday's $55,000 Lubbock Stakes (G2) for
fillies and mares at Zia Park. |
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Jd Baccarat fastest in rich Hobbs America Derby
trials - Sept. 25, 2011 -
JD Baccarat won the last of three Hobbs America
Derby (G3) trials at Zia Park on Sunday, posting
the fastest qualifying time for the October 9
final. |
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Feature Mr. Bojangles heads Hobbs America
Futurity Field - Sept.
24 ,2011 - Grade 1 winner Feature Mr Bojangles ran his win
streak to five with a 2 1/4-length victory in the second of six
Hobbs America Futurity (G2) trials at Zia Park on Saturday |
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Imco Spirit Breaks Track Record in Premiere Cup
- Hobbs, NM Sept. 11,2011 - Imco Spirit (IRE),
a 5-year-old gelding racing for J. Kirk and Judy
Robison and Solitaire Stable, broke Zia Park's
6-furlong track record in Sunday's $100,000
Premiere Cup Handicap at the New Mexico track. |
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Zia Park Meet Opens Saturday
- Hobbs, NM - Sept. 9,
2011 - Zia Park opens its 53-day meet with an
11-race program on Saturday with purse
increases. Officials said Thursday that all
overnight purses would be boosted 5 percent
heading into the 50-date season for
Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses that runs
through Dec. 4. The move puts average daily
purses, including stakes, at a record $285,000 a
program. |
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Zia Park readies for September 10th opener
- Hobbs, NM, August 20, 2011 - With
the sixth year of racing set to open on
September 10, the track surface at Zia Park has
been undergoing renovations to maintain it's
quality and safety. |
