Supplemental Deadline
Approaches For Rich Derbies at Ruidoso
Downs - RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM -
Jan. 21, 2012 – The final supplemental
opportunity before the trial-entry
supplemental payment for this summer’s
runnings of the Grade 1, $2,300,000
(est.) All American Derby, the Grade 1,
$1,000,000 (est.) Rainbow Derby and the
Grade 1, $750,000 (est.) Ruidoso Derby
is on February 1.
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Ruidoso Downs Horses
Prominent Among 2011 Quarter Horse
Champions -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM - Jan. 20, 2012 –
The Dwayne “Sleepy” Gilbreath-trained
pair of world champion Cold Cash 123 and
champion 2-year-old Ochoa head the five
quarter horses who raced at Ruidoso Down
last year and earned a 2011 championship
title.
The 2011 champion quarter
horses were announced by the American
Quarter Horse Association on January 19
and were selected by a committee. photo
by SureBet -
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Stunning Double-Digit
Derby Increases Heads Grade 1 Race
Growth at Ruidoso Downs -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM - Jan. 13, 2011 – The
2012 runnings of the six grade 1 races
at Ruidoso Downs are showing gains over
a year ago led by stunning double-digit
increases for the three grade 1 derbies
– the All American, Rainbow and Ruidoso
derbies.
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Nomination Deadline
Jan. 15 For All American Triple Crown
Races - RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM -
Jan. 7, 2012 – The deadline to nominate
foals of 2011 to the record-setting 2013
All American Triple Crown – the All
American, Rainbow and Ruidoso futurities
– is on January 15.
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Didericksen, DM Shicago
Heading Into Ruidoso Downs Hall of Fame
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM - Dec, 16, 2011 – Five
time-champion jockey Kip Didericksen and
Ruidoso Downs’ legendary racehorse DM
Shicago will be inducted into the
Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame
during induction ceremonies in June.
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Four Sixes Ranch,
Heath Taylor Headed Into Ruidoso Hall of
Fame - RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (December 13, 2011) – The famed
Four Sixes Ranch, currently owned and
operated by Anne Burnett Windfohr
Marion, is the owner/breeder and Heath
Taylor is the trainer to be inducted
into the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of
Fame as part of the 2012 class.
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All
American Derby to Exceed $2M
Ruidoso Downs Only
Track With Two $2M Stakes
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM. - Oct. 25, 2011 ‑ The
2012 running of the Grade 1 All American
Derby purse will exceed the historic
$2,000,000 mark and reset the all-time
record for any quarter horse race for
three-year-old and older quarter horses.
The All American Derby becomes the
richest race in North America for
three-year-olds of any breed, exceeding
the $2,000,000 Kentucky Derby for
thoroughbreds. The Preakness Stakes and
the Belmont Stakes, the other two legs
of the Triple Crown, each offer
$1,000,000 purses. The All American
Derby also surpasses the $1,500,000
purse for the Hambletonian for
three-year-old standardbred trotters.
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All American Futurity overview video from the
RD and Joan Dale Hubbard All American
Futurity exhibit located inside the
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame &
Museum in Amarillo Texas.
Ochoa Dominates With
Charge In Richest All American Futurity
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (September
5, 2011) – Favorite and
fastest-qualifier Ochoa humbled his
rivals with a devastating late charge to
win the Grade 1, $2.4-million All
American Futurity before 22,650 fans on
Monday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
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Gritty Llano Teller Races To All American Derby
Victory -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (September 4, 2011) – The gritty little
gelding Llano Teller drew off from Prospect To The Top to score a
9-1 upset win in the Grade 1, $1,316,760 All American Derby on
Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
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Llano
Teller, Quiet Again Ruidoso Horses of the Meet
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM - Sept. 8, 2011 - Two-time grade 1 derby
winner Llano Teller has been named Quarter Horse of the meet
and Free Spirit Handicap winner Quiet Again, who was also
second in the Ruidoso Thoroughbred Championship, has been
named Thoroughbred of the meet at Ruidoso Downs.
Back In The Pack Proves Best In All American Juvenile at
Ruidoso - RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico
(September 5, 2011) – Reliance Ranches and Debra
Gotovac’s Back In The Pack, the 7-5 favorite, raced to a
neck victory to score her third straight win in the
$75,000 All American Juvenile at Ruidoso Downs on Monday
afternoon.
Vamoose Stalks And Rallies To Win Ruidoso Thoroughbred
Championship - RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico
(September 5, 2011) – Everest Stables homebred Vamoose, sent
off at 7-1, rallied in the final quarter mile and then held
off 7-10 favorite Quiet Again to win the $50,000 Ruidoso
Downs Thoroughbred Championship on Monday afternoon at the
New Mexico track.
Noconi Rolls To Winning Defense In All American Gold Cup at
Ruidoso - RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico -
Sept. 4, 2011 – R.D. Hubbard and Johnny’s T.L. Jones Jr.’s
two-time champion Noconi held off a bid from Time For A
Cigar to defend his win in the Grade 3, $40,000 All American
Gold Cup on Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Filly Record Set at Ruidoso, Second
Session Up 20 Percent
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM - September 4, 2011
– Justice Down Toll SA, a daughter of Mr
Jess Perry, became the all-time,
high-selling filly at the Ruidoso Select
Yearling Sale on Saturday night when she
brought a bid of $630,000 from David and
Sue Mackie’s Mackie Racing.
Colorado Shipper Wally Van Wins Ruidoso
Derby For Fourth-Straight Score
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (September
4, 2011) – Colorado-shipper Wally Van
scored his fourth-straight stakes win
when he rallied from a stalking position
to win the $40,000 Ruidoso Thoroughbred
Derby on Saturday afternoon.
Features Lucky Charm California Bound
After Upset In Merial Ruidoso Distaff
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (August 28,
2011) – Lucky Charm Racing’s Features
Lucky Charm earned herself a trip to
Southern California with a 20-1 upset
victory in the $34,470 Merial Ruidoso
Distaff Challenge at Ruidoso Downs on
Sunday afternoon.
Urbanite Choice In Merial Distaff At
Ruidoso On Sunday Afternoon
— Royal Dream Ranch’s Urbanite shoots
for her third-straight win and her first
stakes win when she starts in the
$50,000 Merial Ruidoso Distaff Challenge
on Sunday afternoon after winning the
first of two trials with the
fastest-qualifying time.
Thoroughbreds up 38 Percent At Ruidoso
New Mexico-bred Sale
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (August 21,
2011) – The thoroughbred offering on
Saturday night of the two night New
Mexico-bred Quarter Horse and
Thoroughbred Sale was up 38 percent over
similar 2010 figures. Ruidoso Sales Co - NM
TB Sale Aug. 20 -
Cold Cash 123 Stays Unbeaten at 440 With Top All
American Derby Time
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (August 19,
2011) – Rainbow Derby winner Cold Cash 123 raced
to his sixth win at 440 yards without a defeat
and set himself up as the horse to beat in the
Grade 1, $1,316,760 All American Derby by
setting the fastest-qualifying time on Friday
afternoon.
Hall of Fame Team Places Ochoa On Top Of All
American Qualifiers -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (August 18, 2011) – The hall of fame team
of co-owner Johnny T.L. Jones Jr., trainer Dwayne “Sleepy” Gilbreath
and jockey Jacky Martin teamed up to top the qualifiers to the Grade
1, $2.4-million All American Futurity with Ochoa on Thursday
afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Iplaytricks Gets Through On Rail, Takes Aspen
Cup at Ruidoso Downs -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (August 13, 2011) –
Mike Stinson and Joe Allen’s Iplaytricks
benefitted from a heady ride by jockey Carlos
Madeira to successfully move out of the New
Mexico-bred division and handle open
three-year-old fillies in the $40,000 Aspen Cup
at Ruidoso Downs on Saturday afternoon.
Ruidoso's Big Racing Week Approaches
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (August 11, 2011) –
Thursday marks the daylong trials to the Grade
1, $2.4-million All American Futurity, North
America’s richest two-year-old race, are held.
The post time will be announced when entries for
the All American Futurity trials are drawn on
Saturday. Rainbow Futurity winner Feature Mr
Bojangles and Heritage Place Futurity winner
High Rate Of Return could headline the trials.
Urbanite Races To First Trial Win, Fastest To
Merial Ruidoso Distaff
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (August 12, 2011) –
Royal Dream Ranch’s Urbanite separated from her
rivals in the final strides to win the first of
two trials and set the fastest-qualifying time
to the Merial Ruidoso Distaff Challenge on
Friday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Squiggle, Charleston Bound Try For
Stakes Win in Aspen Cup at Ruidoso
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (August 9,
2011) – Squiggle and Charleston Bound,
each returning for a second in a stakes
race, look to join the stakes-winning
ranks when they meet in the $40,000
Aspen Cup on Saturday afternoon at
Ruidoso Downs.
Full Moon Dasher After
Fourth Straight Win In Merial Distaff
Trials on Friday at Ruidoso
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (August 7,
2011) – Senora Stakes winner Full Moon
Dasher comes off three-straight wins
against New Mexico-breds when she takes
on open company in the second of two
trials to the Merial Ruidoso Distaff
Challenge on Friday afternoon at Ruidoso
Downs.
Valiant Jess Scores 15-1 Upset In John Deere
Ruidoso Juvenile - RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (August 7, 2011) – Lyle
Guillory’s Valiant Jess flew across the sloppy
racing surface to score a 15-1 upset victory and
gain her second-straight win while taking the
Grade 3, $63,063 John Deere Ruidoso Juvenile
Challenge on Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Time For A Cigar Flashes His Championship Form
In Mr Jet Moore - RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (August 6, 2011) – Time For A
Cigar, the 2009 champion three-year-old gelding,
showed his championship form while defeating a
deep field of top-tier stakes horses in the
Grade 3, $30,000 Mr Jet Moore Handicap at
Ruidoso Downs on Saturday afternoon.
Call Me A Blazn Chic Wins Zia Futurity, Richest
Race on Zia Festival Program
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (July 31, 2011) Call
Me A Blazn Chic scored her first career victory
when she won the Grade 1, $348,080 Zia Futurity,
the richest race on the Zia Festival program at
Ruidoso Downs on Sunday afternoon. The Zia
Festival offered $1.1-million on the
stakes-filled 10-race program dedicated to New
Mexico-bred racing.
Fullofenergy After Fifth-Straight Win In Land Of
Enchantment on Zia Day
– Joe Allen and Michael Stinson’s
Fullofenergy tries for an unprecedented
fifth-straight win in the $50,000 Land Of
Enchantment Handicap to highlight the Zia
Festival racing program on Sunday afternoon at
Ruidoso Downs.
Git Er Done After Fourth Straight Win In Master
Salls ‘Cap at Ruidoso Downs
– The Martin Orona-owned and -trained
Git Er Done looks for his fourth-straight win
and comes off an impressive victory in the
SunRay Park Marathon to head the $30,000 Master
Salls Handicap over 870-yards on Saturday
afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Denver Pass Prevails In Rainbow Juvenile
Overnight - RUIDOSO DOWNS,
New Mexico (July 25, 2011) – Weetona Stanley and
William Smith’s homebred Denver Pass prevailed
at the wire over a late-charging Escort West to
win the $20,000 Rainbow Juvenile Overnight
Stakes on Monday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (July 24, 2011) –
Feature Mr Bojangles might have been at 9-1
longshot in the final odds, but he raced down
the Ruidoso Downs straightaway like a solid All
American Futurity hopeful to win the Grade 1,
$700,000 Rainbow Futurity on Sunday afternoon.
The $700,000 purse exceeded the previous record
purse of $636,881 and will rise to $1-million in
2013.
The Grade 1, $2.4-million All American Futurity
is held on Labor Day at Ruidoso Downs. It is
North America’s richest race for two-year-olds,
regardless of the horse’s breed.
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RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (July 23, 2011) – Favored Cold Cash 123
made his expected late charge to give hall of fame trainer Dwayne
“Sleepy” Gilbreath a record-extending seventh Grade 1 Rainbow Derby
victory on Saturday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
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Us Regard Upsets For Fastest Time To John Deere
Ruidoso Juvenile Challenge -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (July 22, 2011) – K.H.
Logax’s Us Regard raced to a 9-1 upset victory
in the third of five trials and recorded the
fastest qualifying time to the $63,630 John
Deere Ruidoso Juvenile Challenge on Friday
afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Pandorum In John Deere Trials Friday, Precedes
Rainbow Weekend at Ruidoso
– Joe Kirk Fulton’s homebred stakes winner
Pandorum, the 2011 Sam Houston Race Park horse of
the meet, tries to remain undefeated when she makes
her third start in the trials to the John Deere
Ruidoso Juvenile Challenge on Friday afternoon.
Viva La Moon Leads Qualifiers To Zia Derby at
Ruidoso Downs -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (July 16, 2011) – Viva La
Moon raced to her first win in nearly one year when
she posted the fastest-qualifying time to the
$121,219 Zia Derby at Ruidoso Downs on Saturday
afternoon.
Senorita, Senor Trials Set For Sunday at Ruidoso
Downs – Copper Top Futurity
Fillies Division winner Roll Bloomers Roll returns
in the trials to the $156,289 Rio Grande Senorita
Futurity and Mountain Top Futurity third-place
runner Band Of Glory tops the trials to the $149,249
Rio Grande Senor Futurity on Sunday afternoon at
Ruidoso Downs.
Erasmus B Dragon Lines Out For Top Time To Zia
Futurity - RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (July 15, 2011) – The Paul Jones-owned, -bred
and -trained Erasmus B Dragon made up for an erratic
run in his previous start with professional
fastest-qualifying victory in his trial to the
$384,030 Zia Futurity for New Mexico-breds on Friday
afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Mas Frijoles Back On Saturday In Zia Derby Trials at
Ruidoso – Bill McCarty and Paul
Wood’s homebred Mas Frijoles returns to racing
action in a position to become among the top
qualifiers to the $121,219 Zia Derby on Saturday
afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Rehabilitation
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Ruidoso
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Cold Cash 123 Nears Track Record With Rainbow Derby
Trial Victory
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (July 9, 2011) – The
440-yard loving Cold Cash 123 knocked off two of the
three 2010 champion juveniles with a near
track-record time while racing to the
fastest-qualifying time to the record Grade 1,
$899,523 Rainbow Derby on Saturday afternoon at
Ruidoso Downs.
Rainbow Futurity Trials Evoke Memories Of Brooks’
Glory Years - RUIDOSO DOWNS (July 8,
2011) – Terry Bell and Bud Hill’s You And Me
Partners combined with trainer Raymond Vargas’ to
evoke memories of trainer Jack Brooks historic years
at Ruidoso Downs when they qualified three horses –
led by the top-two qualifiers Mighty Be Valiant and
Jess Cuervo– to the Grade 1, $700,000 Rainbow
Futurity on Friday afternoon at the New Mexico
mountain track.
Lesters Secret Tops Sierra Blanca, Tri-Super
Carryover Grows To $51,865 -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM - July 4, 2011 – Lesters Secret
kept his career-long consistent record intact when
he wore down pacesetter Comic Smarty Cat and went on
to win the $50,000 Sierra Blanca Handicap for New
Mexico-breds on Monday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Llano Teller Back After Ruidoso Derby Win In Rainbow
Derby Trials on Saturday at Ruidoso
– Llano Teller was voted quarter horse racing’s top
three-year-old after his Ruidoso Derby win on June
11 and tries to build on that breakout victory when
he starts in the trials to the record-setting Grade
1, $899,523 Rainbow Derby on Saturday afternoon at
Ruidoso Downs.
Champion Noconi Comes On For
Second Higheasterjet Win-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM - July 3, 2011 – R.D. Hubbard and
Johnny T.L. Jones Jr.’s homebred Noconi, the 11-10
favorite, showed his championship class in the final
150 yards to win the Grade 3, $30,000 Higheasterjet
Handicap for the second time in three years on
Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Silver For Me, Mighty B Valiant Head Stellar
Rainbow Futurity Trials
– Ruidoso Futurity winner Silver For Me and
Remington Park Futurity winner Mighty B
Valiant, two of the top-four ranked
two-year-olds in quarter horse racing, head
the 219 hopefuls entered to race in the 22
trials to the Grade 1, $700,000 Rainbow
Futurity on Friday at Ruidoso Downs.
Special 10 a.m. first post!
Feature Honor Steps Up Saturday With Adequan Ruidoso
Derby Win - RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM -
July 2, 2011 – Tremor Enterprises’ Feature Honor,
the 3-2 favorite, could become a dangerous contender
at the grade 1 level after his late-charging victory
over a solid field in the $53,820 Adequan Ruidoso
Derby Challenge on Saturday afternoon at Ruidoso
Downs.
Bonndaddy’s, Lefty Who Meet In Sierra Blanca on
Fourth of July – Bonndaddy’s returns
from a win in the Mount Cristo Handicap to face
defending winner Lefty Who over five-and-one-half
furlongs in the $50,000 Sierra Blanca Handicap for
New Mexico-breds on the Fourth Of July.
Compelling Higheasterjet Handicap Brings Together
Ruidoso-Loving Horses - Three
horses who have thrived at Ruidoso Downs – local
grade 1 winners Noconi, Separate Bet and Swingin
Daddyo – are each back at the mountain track and
meet in a compelling renewal of the Grade 3, $30,000
Higheasterjet Handicap on Sunday afternoon.
Adequan Ruidoso Derby, Steel Magnolia Concert;
Provide Entertaining Doubleheader Saturday
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (July 27, 2011) –
Dominating fastest-qualifier Feature Honor racing in
the $53,757 Adequan Ruidoso Derby Challenge and an
evening concert by country music sensation Steel
Magnolia combine for an entertaining doubleheader on
Saturday at Ruidoso Downs.
My Homey Holds On To Win Mountain Top Thoroughbred
Futurity- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (June 26,
2011) – Odds-on favorite My Homey withstood a
rousing late challenge from 25-1 longshot Gerda’s
Home to win the $136,426 Mountain Top Thoroughbred
Futurity on Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Sammy
James Impresses With Easy Mountain Top Quarter Horse
Futurity Win -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (June 19, 2011) – Isabell
Charolais’ Sammy James moved to the top level of the
New Mexico-bred 2-year-old ranks with an impressive
daylight victory in the $276,609 Mountain Top
Quarter Horse Futurity on Sunday afternoon at
Ruidoso Downs.
Racehorse Hall of Fame Ceremony
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM - June 18, 2011 – Peppers Pride,
trainer John Bassett, jockey Jerry Burgess,
owner/breeder Johnny T.L. Jones Jr. were inducted
into the Racehorse Hall of Fame and publisher Ben
Hudson was honored with the first Ruidoso Downs
Racehorse Hall of Fame Special Recognition Award
before the all-time largest attendance for the
enshrinement evening at Ruidoso Downs on Friday
night.
Mostly
Dust Wires FieldTo Take Norgor Derby at Ruidoso
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (June 18, 2011) – Larry
and Harry Teague’s Mostly Dust took the lead out of
the gate and then repelled two challenges to get the
mild upset win in the $40,000 Norgor Derby on
Saturday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Feature
Honor Impresses With Top Time To Adequan Derby -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (June 17, 2011) – The hot
streak for owner Jose Trevino’s Tremor Enterprises
continued when Feature Honor easily won his trial
and set the fastest-qualifying time to the $53,757
Adequan Ruidoso Derby Challenge on Friday afternoon
at Ruidoso Downs.
Sammy James Looks To Step Up In Mountain Top
Futurity at Ruidoso – Isbeel
Charolais’ Sammy James looks to realize the
potential he displayed during his fastest-qualifying
trial win when he races in the $276,609 Mountain Top
Futurity for New Mexico-bred quarter horses on
Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Shigeo, Trustee Tom Set For Norgor Derby at Ruidoso
Downs – The promising Shigeo and
the versatile Trustee Tom line up against a
well-matched field seeking their first stakes wins
in the $40,000 Norgor Derby at six furlongs on
Saturday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Silver
For Me Pays Dividends With Win In Ruidoso Futurity
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (June 12, 2011) – Silver
For Me paid big dividends to his owners and his
wagering supporters with his victory in the Grade 1,
$500,000 Ruidoso Futurity on Sunday afternoon at
Ruidoso Downs.
Fast Movin Vic In Deep Trials To Adequan Ruidoso
Derby Challenge – David
Barrett’s homebred Fast Movin Vic , winner of last
summer’s John Deere Ruidoso Juvenile Challenge,
heads the third of three trials to the 400-yard
Adequan Ruidoso Derby Challenge on Friday afternoon
at Ruidoso Downs.
Llano
Teller Races To Gutty Win In Richest Ruidoso Derby on Saturday
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (June 11, 2011) – Llano Teller, owned by Wootan Racing
with Reed Land and Cattle Company, parlayed a sharp start and a game finish into
a professional victory in the record-setting Grade 1, $702,896 Ruidoso Derby on
Saturday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Copper Top First And Third Finishers Lead Qualifiers
To Mountain Top Futurity - RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (June 10, 2011) –Copper Top
Futurity winner I Play Dirty will face Copper Top
Futurity third-place finisher My Homey in the
$136,000 Mountain Top Thoroughbred Futurity after
the pair won two of the three trials at Ruidoso
Downs on Friday afternoon.
RW Red Wave Tops Ruidoso Juvie On Monday at Ruidoso
Downs – RW Red Wave, one of the
favorites coming into Ruidoso Futurity trials, makes
her second career start in the $20,000 Ruidoso
Juvenile Overnight Handicap on Monday afternoon at
Ruidoso Downs.
Fly First Down Faces Big Test In $500,000 Ruidoso Futurity
– Tremor Enterprises’s fastest-qualifier Fly First Down
attempts to complete the meteoric rise to major futurity winner
in just his second career race when he starts in the Grade 1,
$500,000 Ruidoso Futurity on Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Quiet Again Charges To Free Spirit Win at Ruidoso
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (June 4, 2011) – Paul
Bruce Thomason’s Quiet Again has done his best work
at longer distances, however appeared to be a crack
sprinter when rallying to win the $40,000 Free
Spirit Handicap over six furlongs on Saturday
afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Sammy James Wins Maiden With
Fastest Time To Mountain Top -RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (June 3, 2011) – Isabell
Charolois’ Sammy James raced to his first career win
in his second start while establishing the
fastest-qualifying mark to the $276,000 Mountain Top
Futurity for New Mexico-bred 2-year-old quarter
horses on Friday afternoon.
Photo
by Roberta Harris
Champ Time For A Cigar In Monday Feature at Ruidoso
Downs - RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico
(June 3, 2011) – Mark Allen’s classy Time For A Cigar,
winner of the 2009 Ruidoso Derby, makes his summer debut
with the probability of moving up to the stakes division
in his following start when he appears in the $13,800
fifth race on Monday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Family Day Fun And Top Sprinters On Tap Saturday at
Ruidoso Downs – Saturday is a
day for the sprinters with kids competing in the
100-yard stick-horse races to headline Family Day and
the best thoroughbred sprinters in New Mexico Racing six
furlongs in the $40,000 Free Spirit Handicap.
Hayley’s Halo Prompt Choice In First Lady Handicap at
Ruidoso - RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico
(May 30, 2011) – Lathrop Hoffman’s homebred Hayley’s
Halo, the 1-2 favorite, made a bold move past
stable-mate pacesetter Facil Catana to win the $40,000
First Lady Handicap for fillies and mares on Monday
afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Lalumbredelospateres Rallies To Take Fine Loom Handicap
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (May 29, 2011) – The Manuel
Urioste-owned, -bred and -trained Lalumbredelospateres
made a big move down the middle of the Ruidoso Downs
straightaway to race to for his third-straight win the
$30,000 Fine Loom Handicap on Sunday afternoon.
Giorgino Fastest To Ruidoso Derby In First Start at
Ruidoso Downs- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (May 28, 2011) – Jorge Haddad’s homebred Giorgino
could be a horse with a bright future at Ruidoso Downs
after winning his local debut with the
fastest-qualifying time to the record-setting $702,648
Ruidoso Derby on Saturday afternoon.
Photo by Roberta Harris
Race by Race Results
Fly First Down Pulls Away In Trial To Ruidoso
Futurity Fastest-Qualifying Time
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (May
27, 2011) – Francisco Colorado Cessa’s Fly First
Down, a $300,000 yearling purchase, lived up to
high-priced expectations by setting the
fastest-qualifying time to the Grade 1, $500,000
Ruidoso Futurity on Friday afternoon at Ruidoso
Downs. Photo by Roberta Harris
Rematch Set For Sunday In Fine Loom at Ruidoso
Downs - A rematch between
Hez Our Rock and A Deadly Choice, the top-two
finishers in the Red Cell Sunland Park Distance
Challenge, sets up in the $30,000 Fine Loom
Handicap over 870 yards on Sunday at Ruidoso
Downs.
Improvements Ready For Ruidoso Opening
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico - May 22,2011 - A
completely renovated racing surface and numerous
upgrades to the grandstand and All American Turf
Club pace the improvements in place for the
summer racing season at Ruidoso Downs.
Early Indications For Strong Summer Season at
Ruidoso Downs- RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM
- May 18, 2011 – On the heels of 195 aspiring
juveniles racing in the first schooling races at
Ruidoso Downs last week and record-setting
purses forecast for this summer’s major races,
the first indications are for another strong
summer season at Ruidoso Downs that starts on
May 27.
First
Training Races Held Monday at Ruidoso Downs
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM - May 9, 2011 – The first
training races ever at Ruidoso Downs started on
Monday morning with Big Daddy Cartel winning the
first race.
Ruidoso Downs Training Races Attract 195
Aspiring Juveniles - RUIDOSO
DOWNS, NM - May 5, 2011 – Some of the future
stars of the upcoming futurity season at Ruidoso
Downs are undoubtedly among the 195 2-year-old
quarter horses who entered three days of
training races to be held on Monday through
Wednesday at the mountain track.
Horses
test out new surface at RDRT -
Horses had the first opportunity on Friday
morning to set foot on the newly renovated
racing surface at Ruidoso Downs. Racing returns
for the summer season at Ruidoso Downs on May 27
with the daylong trials to the Grade 1, $500,000
Ruidoso Futurity. The racing season culminates
on Labor Day with the Grade 1 $2,400,000 (est.)
All American Futurity, the world’s richest
Quarter Horse race. - Photo by
Gay Harris
Full Kentucky Derby and Oaks Wagering, Numerous
Promotions Set For Ruidoso Downs
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (May 1, 2011) – Fans
will get as close to the $2,000,000 Kentucky
Derby and the $1,000,000 Kentucky Oaks action as
they are allowed without being at Churchill
Downs by coming to Ruidoso Downs and the Billy
The Kid Casino on Friday and Saturday.
Ruidoso,
NM - April 26, 2011 - These horses from the
Blane and Trey Wood stables are among the horses
moving into the Ruidoso Downs stable area this
week. The track opens for training on Friday and
the summer season begins with Ruidoso Futurity
trials on May 27. Trey Wood trains the nation’s
top-ranked 2-year-old quarter horse and the main
contender for the Grade 1, $500,000 Ruidoso
Futurity Valiant War Hero. The Valiant Hero son
set a pending 300-yard world record of :14.594
in the West Texas Futurity at Sunland Park on
April 17. Photo by Ty Wyant
RDRT Casino Reopens, Track Ready For Opener
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (April 4,
2011) – The Billy The Kid Casino has reopened
and Ruidoso Downs is ready for horses to move
into the stable area on April 25 after the
10,500-acre White Fire burned adjacent to the
track property on Sunday.
Training Races Set For May at Ruidoso Downs
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (March 28, 2011) –
Training races for 2-year olds are being
scheduled at Ruidoso Downs to support horsemen
preparing prospects for the summer season at
Ruidoso Downs that begins with trials to the
Grade 1, $500,000 Ruidoso Futurity on May 27.
Worldwide Simulcast Weekend On Tap at Ruidoso
Downs - RUIDOSO DOWNS (March
25, 2011) ‑ The $10,000,000 Dubai World Cup, the
world’s richest race, and the Grade 3, $800,000
Sunland Derby, the only graded thoroughbred
stakes in New Mexico, are the cornerstones of a
much anticipated simulcasting weekend in Billy’s
Race Book in the Billy the Kid Casino adjacent
to Ruidoso Downs Race Track.
BULL RIDING EVENT PLANNED IN JUNE AT RUIDOSO
DOWNS RACE TRACK AND CASINO - March 25,
2011 - Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino will
be host to a professional bull riding event, to
be held June 3 and 4, at the Ruidoso Downs Horse
Sale Pavilion. Top bull riding event promoters JK Bullriding have partnered with Ruidoso Downs
to bring more than 40 professional (PBR, PRCA,
and CBR) ranked bulls and bull riders to the
Ruidoso area for two nights of exciting events.
Stakes Schedule Unveiled For Ruidoso Summer
Season - RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM -
Feb. 28, 2011 – The Grade 1, $2,400,000 (est.)
All American Futurity – the richest race in
quarter horse racing – highlights the stakes
schedule for the 60-day summer season at Ruidoso
Downs.
Ruidoso Downs changes to race days
- Albuquerque, NM - Feb. 24, 2011 - Ruidoso
Downs will race on a Friday through Monday
schedule for the 60-day season that starts on
May 27. (The revised schedule will available
soon)
Track
Renovation Underway At Ruidoso Downs For Summer
Season -
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, NM - Jan. 28, 2011 – An intensive
renovation of the Ruidoso Downs racing surface
is underway on the seven-eighths mile
thoroughbred oval and the 550-yard quarter horse
chute under the supervision of Ruidoso Downs
vice president of racing and facilities Les
Nichols and renowned international track
consultant Dennis Moore. - photo
by Ty Wyant
Photo by
Roberta Harris/Ruidoso Downs
Horses
test out new surface at RDRT
Ruidoso,
NM - April 26, 2011 - These horses from the
Blane and Trey Wood stables are among the horses
moving into the Ruidoso Downs stable area this
week. The track opens for training on Friday and
the summer season begins with Ruidoso Futurity
trials on May 27. Trey Wood trains the nation’s
top-ranked 2-year-old quarter horse and the main
contender for the Grade 1, $500,000 Ruidoso
Futurity Valiant War Hero. The Valiant Hero son
set a pending 300-yard world record of :14.594
in the West Texas Futurity at Sunland Park on
April 17. Photo by Ty Wyant
