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.
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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.
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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
All American Derby Supplemental Deadline
February 1st - RUIDOSO
DOWNS, NM -
Jan. 14, 2011 – The only opportunity to
supplement to the 2011 runnings of the All
American Derby, Rainbow Derby and the Ruidoso
Derby at Ruidoso Downs before the time-of-entry
supplement is on February 1.
Ruidoso Downs Horses Shine In AQHA World
Championship Voting -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM -
Jan. 13, 2011
– Horses who competed at Ruidoso Downs last
summer shined in the voting for year-end
championship honors with six of the 10
divisional champions racing at the mountain
track.
Racing Exhibit Coming to AQHA Museum
- Jan. 10,
2011 - The R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation
makes a comprehensive racing exhibit possible at
the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame &
Museum.
All American Triple Crown
Nominations Due on January 15 for 2010 Foals
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM -
Jan. 7, 2011
– The nomination deadline for the 2012 All
American Triple Crown ‑ comprised of the All
American, Rainbow and Ruidoso futurities ‑
quickly approaches on January 15 at Ruidoso
Downs.
Percent Over 2010
Figures
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico - (December 17, 2010) – The
2011 record-setting All American Futurity, the
world’s richest quarter horse race, sports a
20-percent increase over comparable figures for
the 2010 running through the November payment.
Johnny T.L. Jones Jr.,
Peppers Pride Named To Ruidoso Downs Racehorse
Hall of Fame
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (December 15, 2010) –
Internationally prominent horseman Johnny T.L.
Jones Jr. and the undefeated New Mexico-bred
Peppers Pride, winner of each of her 19 starts,
will be inducted into the Ruidoso Downs
Racehorse Hall of Fame during June ceremonies at
Ruidoso Downs.
Derby Numbers at Record
Levels At Ruidoso Downs for 2011 Runnings
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (November 29, 2010) – The 2011 grade 1
renewals of the All American Derby, Rainbow
Derby and Ruidoso Derby could reach records
levels with the number of eligible horses
surpassing corresponding figures for the 2010
runnings.
Final Supplement Before
Trial Entry For Ruidoso Futurities On November
15 -
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (November 5, 2010) – The final
opportunity to supplement yearlings (foals of
2009) to each of the three 2011 Grade 1
futurities at Ruidoso Downs before the
trial-entry supplement is on November 15.
Ruidoso Runners Shine In
Texas Classic Futurity Trials
- RUIDOSO DOWNS,
New Mexico (October 24, 2010) – Four horses who
raced at Ruidoso Downs this summer, led by the
top-three qualifiers, stepped up in the trials
to the Grade 1, $1,120,662 Texas Classic
Futurity on Saturday night at Lone Star Park
near Dallas.
Voters Approve
Slight Tax Increase To Support Ruidoso Downs
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (September 23, 2010) — UPDATE - Lincoln
County voters passed the business retention grow
receipts tax on Tuesday that ensures Ruidoso
Downs future in Lincoln County over the next
five years.
Payment Due For
Three Rich 2011 Derbies at Ruidoso Downs
- September
15, 2010 – A sustaining payment of $300
is due on October 1 for the 2011
runnings of the Grade 1, $600,000 (est.)
Ruidoso Derby, the Grade 1, $850,000
(est.) Rainbow Derby and the Grade 1,
$1,200,000 (est.) All American Derby.
Double Down
Special, Skip A Smile Top Horses During
Ruidoso Meet
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (September 6, 2010) –
All American Derby and Ruidoso Derby
winner Double Down Special, a prime
contender for world champion honors, was
named the quarter horse of the meet for
the Ruidoso Downs summer season that
concluded on Monday.
Mr
Piloto Upsets Field In Very Close All
American Futurity
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (September 6,
2010) - Mr Piloto, a 22-1 longshot, ran
down the outside of the track to
narrowly defeat favored JLS Mr Bigtime
and Dominyun in the Grade 1, $2,050,000
All American Futurity presented by
Sentient Jet on Monday afternoon at
Ruidoso Downs before 21,402 fans. -
photo by Doug McAlister for SureBet
Quiet
Again Takes Thoroughbred Championship
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (September 6,
2010) ‑ In the race after the $2,050,000
All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs,
4-5 favorite Quiet Again scored a 2
1/4-length victory in the $50,000
Ruidoso Downs Thoroughbred Championship
Handicap for 3-year-olds and up.
Cold
Cash 123 Posts 14-1 Upset In All
American Juvenile at Ruidoso Downs
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (September 6,
2010) - T. Bill Stables' Cold Cash 123
drew out in the final 100 yards to
record a 14-1 upset win in the $150,000
All American Juvenile at Ruidoso Downs
on Monday afternoon.
Favored
Double Down Special Wins Record All
American Derby
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (September
5, 2010) - Vanessa Bartoo's even-money
favorite Double Down Special placed
himself firmly in the hunt for 2010
world champion honors with a win on
Sunday afternoon in the Grade 1,
$1,548,076 All American Derby, the
richest derby in quarter horse racing
history, at Ruidoso Downs.
Skip
A Smile Circles Rivals To Win Ruidoso TB
Derby -
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (September 4, 2010) -
Rose Mary Chandler's Skip A Smile raced
to a stakes win in his second start with
an impressive late-running win in the
$40,000 Ruidoso Thoroughbred Derby on
Saturday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Record
Derby Purses Part of Ruidoso Plan
by Amy
Owens
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (September 4, 2010) ‑ This year,
the purses of the three Grade 1 races
for quarter horses at Ruidoso Downs have
reached their highest levels in history.
The final race in the series, the 37th
running of the Grade 1 All American
Derby on Sunday, will be worth
$1,548,076 and will be the richest race
for 3-year-olds in the history of the
sport. The winner will receive $774,038.
Quarter
Horse and Thoroughbred Stakes On All
American Futurity Undercard
- RUIDOSO DOWNS,
New Mexico (September 6, 2010) - Grade 1
futurity winners Hes Too Icy For Me and
Llano Teller in the $150,000 All
American Juvenile and the always
dangerous Fullofenergy in the $50,000
Ruidoso Thoroughbred Championship
highlight a strong supporting card on
All American Futurity day, Monday, at
Ruidoso Downs.
Shy Ann
Jess Meets Noconi In All American Gold
Cup
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (September 5, 2010) –
Higheasterjet Handicap winner Shy Ann
Jess will be challenged by the
come-backing Noconi over 440 yards in
the Grade 3, $40,000 All American Gold
Cup on Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso
Downs. The All American Gold Cup, run as
the ninth race, is the supporting stakes
on the 12-race program headed by the
Grade 1, $1,548,000 All American Derby,
the all-time richest race for 3-year-old
or older quarter horses.
All
American Derby Qualifier Callan Rocks in
Ruidoso Sale
- by Amy Owens -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (September 2,
2010) ‑ On Friday night, during the
first session of the Ruidoso Select
Yearling and Broodmare Sale, hip No. 17
is Callan Rocks, who on Sunday will race
in the Grade 1, $1,548,076 All American
Derby at Ruidoso Downs.
Post
Positions Set at Ruidoso For All
American Futurity and Derby
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (September 2, 2010) ‑
The 64th season of racing at Ruidoso
Downs in New Mexico comes to a close on
Labor Day with the 52nd running of the
Grade 1, $2,050,000 All American
Futurity presented by Sentient Jet.
JLS Mr Bigtime
Tries To Give Martin Record Eighth All
American Futurity Win
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (September
6, 2010) - Jockey Jacky Martin could be
favored to extend his All American
Futurity record to eight victories when
he rides fastest-qualifier JLS Mr
Bigtime on Monday in the finals to the
Grade 1, $2,050,000 All American
Futurity presented by Sentient Jet.
Episode Of Fire
Out of All American Futurity
- By Amy Owens -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (September 2,
2010) ‑ Sandy Erwin's homebred Episode
Of Fire, sixth-fastest qualifier to the
Grade 1, $2,050,000 All American
Futurity presented by Sentient Jet,
sustained a slab fracture in her right
knee in the August 19 trials and will
not race in the Labor Day final, said
trainer Jose Dominguez.
Norgor
Derby Winner Blue Memo Back in Ruidoso
Thoroughbred Derby
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (September 4, 2010) -
Norgor Derby winner Blue Memo tries two
turns for the first time when he takes
on six rivals at one-and-one-sixteenth
mile in the $40,000 Ruidoso Thoroughbred
Derby on Saturday afternoon at Ruidoso
Downs.
Mr Truly
Uno Gives Gilbreath Shot For Third All
American Derby Win
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (September, 1, 2010) ‑
Trainer Dwayne "Sleepy" Gilbreath is
known for his patient handling of young
horses who reward him with impressive
performances when they are older
runners.
First All
American Trophy On Display at Ruidoso
Downs
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (August 31, 2010) –
The trophy won by Galobar in the 1959
inaugural running of the All American
Futurity will be on display at the
Ruidoso Downs’ Racehorse Hall of Fame
throughout the upcoming All American
Futurity weekend.
All
American Weekend Starts Friday With
Special Noon Post Thru Weekend
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (September 3, 2010) –
The richest Labor Day weekend of racing
anywhere starts on Friday afternoon at
Ruidoso Downs and culminates with the
finals to the Grade 1, $2,050,000 All
American Futurity presented by Sentient
Jet on Monday afternoon.
Jacque
Seis Races To Upset In Merial New Mexico
Distaff
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (August 29, 2010) –
Jacque Seis confidently pulled away in
the final 100 yards to score a 10-1
upset win in the $40,950 Merial New
Mexico Distaff Challenge on Sunday at
Ruidoso Downs.
Kineticat
Yankee Wins Free Spirit For Hot Trainer
and Top Jockey
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (August 28,
2010) – Leading jockey Juan Ochoa and
hot trainer Weston Martin teamed up to
take the $40,000 Free Spirit Handicap
with the promising Kineticat Yankee on
Saturday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Sharp
Jesstifiably Stoli Tops Merial New
Mexico Distaff
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (August 29, 2010) ‑
M.C. and Cendy Stucks’ Jesstifiably
Stoli is in peak form for trainer
Russell Harris and the mare may reward
them with her first stakes win in the
$40,950 Merial New Mexico Distaff
Challenge on Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso
Downs.
Chicks A Flyin
Back In Free Spirit On Saturday at
Ruidoso Downs
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (August 28, 2010) –
Golden Circle Handicap winner Chicks A
Flyin returns from a layoff to face
older horses in the $40,000 Free Spirit
Handicap over six furlongs at Ruidoso
Downs on Saturday afternoon. First post
time is 1 p.m. with free parking and
free general admission.
Jack
Brooks Statue Unveiled Next To Ruidoso
Saddling Paddock
- RUIDOSO DOWNS,
NM—AUGUST 19, 2010—A life-sized statue
of “Mr. All American” Jack Brooks,
trainer of a record eight All American
Futurity winners, was unveiled before
the first All American Futurity trial
this morning at Ruidoso Downs.
Apollitical
Jess Impresses In Trials To Record
All American Derby -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (August 20, 2010) – Trainer
Juan Aleman brought Apollitical Jess
to Ruidoso Downs to compete in the
rich summer derbies and the colt
rewarded his trainer as the fastest
qualifier to the richest derby in
the history of quarter horse racing,
the Grade 1, $1,548,076 All American
Derby.
Jockey
Jacky Martin Is Back, Places Three In
All American Futurity
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (August 18, 2010) – It
was history repeated at Ruidoso Downs on
Thursday afternoon when hall of fame
jockey Jacky Martin, who returned from a
4-year hiatus in June, rode three horses
into the finals of the Grade 1,
$2,050,000 All American Futurity
presented by Sentient Jet.
Opportunity Abounds For Players
Of All American Future Wager
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (August
15, 2010) – An overwhelming majority of the horseplayers
participating in the first All American Future Wager have “live”
chances going into Thursday’s 20 trials to the All American
Futurity presented by Sentient Jet.
Derby Winners Head Trials To Rich
All American Derby
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (August
20, 2010) – Ruidoso Derby winner Double Down Special and Rainbow
Derby winner Swingin Daddyo, quarter horse racing’s two
highest-ranked 3-year olds, begin their quest to win the Grade
1, $1,548,076 All American Derby when the seven trials are run
on Friday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Sport’s Top-Three
Quarter Horses Head All American Futurity Trials
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (August 19, 2010) –
The top-three 2-year-old quarter horses in the
national poll – American Runaway, Hes Too Icy
For Me and Givinitaroyaleffort – head the 20
trials to the Grade 1, $2,000,000 All American
Futurity presented by Sentient Jet on Thursday
at Ruidoso Downs.
Jessitifiably
Stoli Posts Top Time In Merial Distaff Trials at
Ruidoso
- RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (August 12, 2010) – M.C. and
Cendy Stucks’ Jesstifiably Stoli raced to her
second win in her latest three starts to lead
the qualifiers from two Merial Distaff New
Mexico Challenge at Ruidoso Downs on Thursday
afternoon.
Bewild Hennessy
In Feature, All American Action Next Week
- RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (August 14, 2010) – Stakes
winner Bewild Hennessy faces five veteran rivals
over six furlongs in the featured eighth race at
Ruidoso Downs on Saturday.
Silk Mountain, Hott Feett
Head Two Merial Distaff Trials
- RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (August 12, 2010) – Silk
Mountain and Hott Feett heading the two trials
to the Merial Distaff Challenge on Thursday
start the final racing week before All American
action begins at Ruidoso Downs.
Chicks
Gotta Secret Finds Spot With Mr Jet Moore
Victory
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico
(August 6, 2010) – Higheasterjet Handicap
third-place finisher Chicks Gotta Secret did not
need to face the two horses who beat him in the
Higheasterjet and found the competition to his
liking with a solid victory in the Grade 3,
$30,000 Mr Jet Moore Handicap on Sunday
afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Fast
Movin Vic Easily Wins John Deere New Mexico
Challenge
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (August 7, 2010) –
David Barrett’s Fast Movin Vic easily handled
the sloppy track and his four rivals to win the
Grade 3, $60,210 John Deere New Mexico Juvenile
Challenge on Saturday afternoon at Ruidoso
Downs.
Take
The Mountain Sets NTR In First Career 550-Yard
Start -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (August 5, 2010) –
Take The Mountain not only won his first career
start over 550 yards at Ruidoso Downs on
Thursday, he established a new track record with
a :26.340 time over a sealed-fast track.
Wide-Open
Mr Jet Moore Sunday at Ruidoso Downs
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS,
New Mexico (August 8, 2010) – The stakes veteran
Pepper Perry returns from a 6-month layoff to
face six rivals in a contentious Grade 3,
$30,000 Mr Jet Moore Handicap on Sunday
afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Promising
Dominyun Returns In John Deere New Mexico
Juvenile Challenge
- RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (August 7, 2010 ) — Bobby
Cox’s Dominyun comes off an impressive
fastest-qualifying trial win to chase his first
stakes win in the Grade 3, $62,210 John Deere
New Mexico Juvenile Challenge on Saturday
afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
A
Streak Again Upsets Zia Futurity During Zia
Festival at Ruidoso Downs
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (August 1, 2010) – The longest
shot on the tote board, A Streak Again, defeated
the short-priced favorite Streak Of Sixes in the
Grade 1, $351,963 Zia Futurity, the richest race
of the Zia Festival program, on Sunday afternoon
at Ruidoso Downs. The Zia Festival celebrates
New Mexico-bred racing with a stakes-filled
10-race card offering more than $1.1 million in
purses. A Streak Again finished a neck ahead of
Streak of Sixes with a :19.897 time for the 400
yards.
Apollitical Jess
Preps For Derby With Fast Ruidoso Allowance Win
- RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (July 30, 2010) – Los Alamitos
Two Million runner-up Apollitical Jess prepared
for the trials to the Grade 1, $1.5 million
(est.) All American Derby with a rapid :17.032
win in a 350-yard conditioned allowance race
with an $11,800 purse at Ruidoso Downs on Friday
afternoon.
Givinitaroyaleffort Works at Ruidoso Downs,
Eligible For All American Futurity Trials
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (July 30, 2010) – Heritage
Place Futurity winner Givinitaroyaleffort worked
330 yards in :11.92 at Ruidoso Downs on Thursday
morning in preparation for an expected start in
the trials to the Grade 1, $2,000,000 (est.) All
American Futurity presented by Sentient Jet.
Zia Festival
Weekend Starts at Ruidoso Downs With Gone To The
Mountain in Master Salls
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS,
New Mexico (July 31, 2010) – The 10th-annual Zia
Festival celebrating New Mexico starts on
Saturday at Ruidoso Downs and featured on the
track is the nation’s premier 870-yard
competitor Gone To The Mountain racing at his
favorite distance in the $30,000 Master Salls
Handicap.
Martin,
Hes Too Icy For Me Spoil 1-2 Rainbow Futurity
Showdown
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (July 25, 2010) – Hall
of fame jockey Jacky Martin, 55, capped his
return to race riding from a 4-year absence by
winning his fifth Rainbow Futurity aboard
Dolores and Robert Gerhardt’s Hes To Icy For Me
at Ruidoso Downs on Sunday afternoon.
Swingin
Daddyo Is Golden In Record-Setting Rainbow Derby
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico
(July 24, 2010) – Debra Gotovac’s iron runner
Swingin Daddyo turned to gold in his 20th start
with a gate-to-wire victory in the
record-setting Grade 1, $873,441 Rainbow Derby
at Ruidoso Downs on Saturday at Ruidoso Downs.
Dominyun,
Feature Honor Pull Away For Top Times To John
Deere New Mexico
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (July 22, 2010) – Dominyun and Feature
Honor pulled away from their rivals in the
fourth of seventh trials to set the top-two
qualifying marks to the $60,210 John Deere New
Mexico Juvenile Challenge at Ruidoso Downs on
Thursday afternoon.
Quarter Horse Racing’s
Newest Sponsor Sentient Jet to Present All
American Futurity
- RUIDOSO
DOWNS New Mexico (July 22, 2010) – The
groundbreaking Grade 1, $2,050,000 All American
Futurity, the world’s richest quarter horse
event, will now be the All American Futurity
presented by Sentient Jet (“Sentient”), one of
the leading private aviation companies in the
United States.
Rainbow Week Starts
Thursday With Juvenile Challenge Trials
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (July 22, 2010) – Rainbow week
at Ruidoso Downs, highlighted by the Rainbow
Futurity and the Rainbow Derby, starts on
Thursday afternoon with a contentious group of
2-year-olds competing over 350 yards in the
seven trials to the John Deere New Mexico
Juvenile Challenge.
Down
With You Tops Zia Derby Trials at
Ruidoso
- RUIDOSO DOWNS,
New Mexico (July 16, 2010) – Down With
You returned just one week after racing
in the Rainbow Derby trials to lead the
qualifiers to the $126,924 Zia Derby for
New Mexico-breds on Friday at Ruidoso
Downs.
Streak
Of Sixes Stays Sharp With Zia Futurity Trial
Score -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (July 15, 2010) –
Peter and Marjorie Gallegos’ Streak of Sixes is
set up for her third futurity win after rolling
to a one-half-length victory her trial to the
$351,963 Zia Futurity for New Mexico-breds on
Thursday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Runnning Brook Gal, Derby
Trials, Future Bet Offered on Friday at Ruidoso
Downs
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (July 16, 2010) – The return of All
American Futurity winner Runnning Brook Gal,
three trials to the Zia Derby and the
continuation of the All American Future Wager
provide a diverse selection at Ruidoso Downs on
Friday.
All American Future Wager,
Zia Trials Thursday at Ruidoso
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (July 15, 2010) –
The debut of the All American Future Wager and a
full card of 400-yard trials for the Zia
Futurity combine for an action-filled Thursday
at Ruidoso Downs.
TEF’s
Star One, Comicsperfectstorm Upset In Rio Grande
Trials at Ruidoso Downs Sunday
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (July 11, 2010) ‑ TEF’s Star One upset
two stakes horses to win his Rio Grande Senor
Futurity trial while Comicsperfectstorm pulled
the same feat in the Rio Grande Senorita
Futurity trials on Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso
Downs. - Tef's Star One pictured.
Field Is 2-1 Morning-Line
Favorite In First All American Future Wager
- RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (July 10, 2010) – The field
bet has been established as the 2-1 morning-line
favorite by Ruidoso Downs director of racing
Robbie Junk in the first All American Future
Wager that debuts on Thursday.
The field is comprised of all the horses who are
not among the 23 individual wagering interests
offered in the All American Future Wager.
A.P. Flatter Best In
Stretch To Take Fern Sawyer at Ruidoso
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico
(July 10, 2010) – Patricia Grunwald’s A.P.
Flatter rolled to the lead entering the stretch
and was easily the best of her seven rivals in
the $40,000 Fern Sawyer Handicap on Saturday
afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
All American Future Wager
Debuts on Thursday - RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (July 9, 2010) – Horseplayers have the
opportunity to score a large win payoff on the
Grade 1, $2,000,000 All American Futurity
presented by Sentinet Jet when the first All
American Future Wager debuts on Thursday.
Love
Samba Sets Fastest Time To Record-Setting
Rainbow Derby
- RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (July 9, 2010) – Jim Pitts’
Love Samba has the opportunity to live up to
Grade 1-stakes winning expectations as the
fastest qualifier to the record-setting Grade 1,
$873,441 Rainbow Derby on Friday afternoon at
Ruidoso Downs.
American
Runaway On Triple Crown Bonus Track, Qualifies
For Rainbow Futurity at Ruidoso Downs
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS (July 8, 2010) – The nation’s top-ranked
2-year-old quarter horse American Runaway
remained on track to earn the $4,000,000 All
American Triple Crown Bonus while pulling away
to a convincing fastest-qualifying victory in
the sixth trial to the Grade 1, $625,000 Rainbow
Futurity at Ruidoso Downs on Thursday afternoon.
qualifiers
Top First Lady Finishers
Return In Fern Sawyer at Ruidoso Downs
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (July 10, 2010) – Cherry One
and A.P. Flatter, one-two finishers in the
6-furlong First Lady Handicap, stretch out to
seven-and-one half furlongs when they head the
$40,000 Fern Sawyer Handicap on Saturday
afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
American Runaway Chases
Triple Crown In Rainbow Futurity Trials at
Ruidoso Downs
- RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (July 8, 2010) – Ruidoso
Futurity winner American Runaway takes the next
step towards an All American Triple Crown bid
when he heads the 18 trials to the Grade 1,
$625,000 Rainbow Futurity at Ruidoso Downs on
Thursday afternoon.
First Post 12 Noon
Shy
Ann Jess Runs Away With Higheasterjet Handicap
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (July 3, 2010) – Butch Southway and Paul
Wood’s Shy Ann Jess ran away from his rivals
under a tight hold by Jacky Martin to dominate
the Grade 3, $30,000 Higheasterjet Handicap at
Ruidoso Downs on Saturday afternoon.
An
Ocean Rocket Prevails In Tight Adequan New
Mexico Derby Challenge
- RUIDOSO DOWNS,
New Mexico (July 2, 2010) – Ronnie Armstrong’s
fastest-qualifier An Ocean Rocket prevailed in
the final stride to take a nose decision over
favored Silk Mountain in the Grade 3, $52,560
Adequan New Mexico Derby Challenge at Ruidoso
Downs on Friday afternoon.
Lesters Secret Meets Lefty
Who In Sierra Blanca ‘Cap Sunday
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (July 4, 2010) – Lesters Secret, with two
wins in his latest three starts, is in sharp
form to take on $521,854-earner Lefty Who over
five-and-one-half furlongs in the $50,000 Sierra
Blanca Handicap for New Mexico-breds on Sunday
afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Higheasterjet Handicap,
Young Concert Entertain on Saturday at Ruidoso
Downs -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (July 3, 2010) – The
talented Shy Ann Jess carrying high weight of
126 pounds in the Grade 3, $30,000 Higheasterjet
Handicap and a Chris Young concert provide a
uniquely entertaining double feature on Saturday
at Ruidoso Downs.
An Ocean Rocket Must Prove
Self In Friday’s Adequan New Mexico Derby
- RUIDOSO DOWNS,
New Mexico (July 2, 2010) ‑ Ronnie Armstrong’s
fastest-qualifier An Ocean Rocket is up against
the sternest test of his career in the $52,560
New Mexico Adequan Derby Challenge at Ruidoso
Downs on Friday afternoon.
2010 Class Inducted
Saturday Into Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of
Fame -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (June 27, 2010) – The
2010 class of trainer Paul Jones, owner/breeder
Dr. Leonard Blach, jockey Eddie Garcia and All
American Futurity winner Mr Master Bug was
inducted into the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall
of Fame on Saturday evening during ceremonies at
Ruidoso Downs.
Red
Rock Springs Game Winner Of Mountain Top
Thoroughbred Futurity
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (June 25, 2010) – The Tony Sedillo-owned
and -trained Red Rock Springs held off a
determined bid by favored Texas Sliver to win
the $136,221 Mountain Top Thoroughbred Futurity
for New Mexico-breds on Saturday afternoon at
Ruidoso Downs.
Dodson Looks To Rebound In
Mountain Top TB Futurity
- RUIDOSO DOWNS,
New Mexico (June 23, 2010) – Copper Top Futurity
runner-up Dodson looks to rebound from a
third-place trial finish in the $200,000
Mountain Top Thoroughbred Futurity over five
furlongs on Saturday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
AQHA AND RUIDOSO DOWNS
ANNOUNCE LAUNCH OF AAFUTUREWAGER.COM- Website and
social media pages offer an inside look at top
contenders, history of All American. June 21,
2010 - The American Quarter Horse Journal, June
22, 2010 – The American Quarter Horse
Association and Ruidoso Downs have debuted a new
website at
www.AAFutureWager.com
aimed at providing horseplayers detailed
information on the inaugural All American Future
Wager and the top 25 2-year-old Quarter Horses
in the nation. The website also provides an
historic glimpse at the $2-million All American
Futurity (G1).
Streak
Of Sixes Easily Wins Mountain Top QH Futurity
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (June 20, 2010) – Peter and Marjorie
Gallegos’ Streak Of Sixes raced to her second
futurity win of the still young 2010 racing
season with an emphatic score over New Mexico-breds
in the $254,353 Mountain Top Quarter Horse
Futurity at Ruidoso Downs on Sunday afternoon.
Cherry
One Gets Perfect Trip, Easily Wins First Lady
Handicap -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico
(June 19, 2010) – Cleber Massey’s homebred
Cherry One got a perfect trip from the outside
post position and easily went to the lead at the
top of the stretch to win the $40,000 First Lady
Handicap on Saturday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Jockey Jacky Martin
Returns To Action After Four Years
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico
(June 19, 2010) – Jockey Jacky Martin, a record
7-time winner of the Grade 1 All American
Futurity, rode in his first race in more than
four years on Saturday afternoon, finishing a
late-closing second on 14-1 long shot Jess Say
Win in the second race at Ruidoso Downs.
New Mexico Streaker Brings
Top Time Into Mountain Top Futurity at Ruidoso
- RUIDOSO DOWNS,
New Mexico (June 20, 2010) – New Mexico Streaker
could pick up a sizable paycheck when he brings
fastest-qualifier honors into the $254,353
Mountain Top Quarter Horse Futurity for New
Mexico-breds on Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso
Downs.
Apollean, Snowdrop Head
Open First Lady Handicap on Saturday
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (June 19, 2010) –
Czaria Stakes winner Apollean and Snowdrop head
an open field of older fillies and mares racing
six furlongs in the $40,000 First Lady Handicap
on Saturday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
American
Runaway Affirms Top Position With Dominating
Ruidoso Futurity Win - RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (June 13, 2010) – The nation’s top-ranked
2-year-old quarter horse American Runaway
convincingly affirmed that lofty position with a
dominating victory in the Grade 1, $500,000
Ruidoso Futurity on Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso
Downs.
Apolitical
Jess In Thursday Derby Trials Start Racing Week
at Ruidoso Downs
-
RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (June 17, 2010) – Los Alamitos
Two Million Futurity runner-up Apollitical Jess
makes his Ruidoso Downs debut when he stands out
in the three trials to the Adequan New Mexico
Derby at Ruidoso Downs on Thursday afternoon.
Double
Down Special Impresses With Richest Ruidoso
Derby Win
- RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (June 12, 2010) – Vanessa
Bartoo’s Double Down Special backed up his
world-record speed with a professional victory
as the odds-on favorite in the record-smashing
Grade 1 Ruidoso Derby at Ruidoso Downs on
Saturday afternoon.
Jones-Trained Pair Head
$500,000 Ruidoso Futurity
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico
(June 13, 2010) — Eight-time defending national
champion trainer Paul Jones is in a familiar
position when he sends out the nation’s
top-ranked juvenile American Runaway and the
very promising Royally Sandra, the top-two
qualifiers, in the Grade 1, $500,000 Ruidoso
Futurity on Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Fact Sheet
Mysticalundertones
Upsets Dodson In Mountain Top Trials at Ruidoso
Downs -
RUIDOSO DOWNS,
New Mexico (June 10, 2010) – Mysticalundertones
made a late charge to win the third of three
trials to the Mountain Top Thoroughbred Futurity
over 1-2 favorite Dodson at Ruidoso Downs on
Thursday afternoon.
Big Week at Ruidoso Downs Starts With Trials On Thursday
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (June 10, 2010) – Ruidoso Futurity and Ruidoso Derby
week at Ruidoso Downs starts on Thursday afternoon with Copper Top Futurity
runner-up Dodson standing out in the three trials to the Mountain Top
Thoroughbred Futurity on Thursday afternoon.
Pick
Me Up Gives Trainer Hone 100th Career Stakes Victory
- RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (June 5, 2010) – Odds-on favorite Pick Me Up took the lead at
the start and never relinquished it to present trainer Bart Hone with his 100th
stakes victory while taking the Aspen Cup for sophomore fillies at Ruidoso Downs
on Saturday afternoon.
Streak Of Sixes Heads Mountain Top Futurity Trials
- RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (June 4, 2010) – New Mexico Spring Fling Futurity winner
Streak of Sixes tries to remain undefeated in Friday’s trials to the Mountain
Top Futurity at Ruidoso Downs.
PB And Crackers Returns In Thursday Ruidoso Feature
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS (New Mexico) – (June 3, 2010) – R.D. Hubbard and Shaun Hubbard’s
stakes winner PB And Crackers comes off a solid second-place effort to take on
seen rivals in the $13,000 featured third race over 400 yards on Thursday
afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
La
Especial Corona Holds On For Fine Loom Win at Ruidoso
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (May 31, 2010) – The quarter horse La Especial Corona held off a furious
stretch run from the thoroughbred Loves Bonus to win the $30,000 Fine Loom
Handicap over 870 yards at Ruidoso Downs on Monday afternoon.
Blue
Memo Gamely Wins Norgor Derby at Ruidoso Downs
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (May
30, 2010) – Blue Memo prevailed in a stretch battle over stakes winner Train
Rider Blues to gain his first stakes victory in the $60,000 Norgor Derby at
Ruidoso Downs on Sunday afternoon.
Stinebaugh Stays Hot With Ruidoso Derby Fastest Qualifier
- RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (May 29, 2010) – Trainer John Stinebaugh continued his hot
2010 by sending out West Texas Derby winner Double Down Special to set the
fastest qualifying time to the all-time richest Ruidoso Derby.
Jones-trained Pair Stand Out In Ruidoso Futurity Trials
-
RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM (May 28, 2010) – The Paul Jones-trained pair of American
Runaway and Royally Sandra established themselves as the top contenders in the
Grade 1, $500,000 Ruidoso Futurity after they raced to the top-two qualifying
times from the 19 trial races on Friday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
qualifiers
Vital Winner In Fine Loom, Tops Memorial Day Ruidoso Card RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (May 28, 2010)
– Debra Gotovac’s well-traveled and hard-knocking gelding Vital Winner shoots
for his 21st career when he starts in the $30,000 Fine Loom Handicap over 870
yards on Memorial Day at Ruidoso Downs.
Future Wager Announced For All American Futurity
-
Ruidoso Downs, NM (May 27, 2010) - Wagering on the All American Futurity,
quarter horse racing showcase event, reaches an new level this summer with the
introduction of the All American Future Wager.
Six Stakes-Class Trials Set For Record Smashing Ruidoso
Derby -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (May 26, 2010) – A meeting
between All American Futurity runner-up Shesa First Ratify and Rainbow Futurity
winner Zoomin With Ease in the fifth race tops the six 400-yard trials to the
record-smashing Grade 1, $538,965 Ruidoso Derby on Saturday at Ruidoso Downs.
Top West Texas Finishers Return In 19 Opening Day Ruidoso
Trials - First Post 11 AM -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (May 23, 2009) — The top-three
finishers in the Grade 1, $302,000 West Texas Futurity return in the impressive
19 trials to the Grade 1, $500,000 Ruidoso Futurity on Friday at Ruidoso Downs.
May
3, 2010 - The horses are back at Ruidoso Downs as of this morning preparing for
the opening of the 2010 summer season on May 28. Opening day features a full
card of trials to the Grade 1, $500,000 Ruidoso Futurity. Racing runs through
Labor Day with the running of the 440-yard finals to the Grade 1, $2,050,000 All
American Futurity, Quarter Horse racing's richest event.
- Photos by Gay Harris
Ruidoso yearlings victorious
Ruidoso Downs, NM – April 20, 2010 - Ruidoso Select Quarter Horse Yearling Sale
graduates vaulted to the top of the 2-year-old division with wins in the Grade
1, $596,041 Remington Park Futurity and the Grade 1, $302,339 West Texas
Futurity last weekend.
Ruidoso Stakes Produce
Champions
January 14, 2010 - Once
again in 2009 the six grade 1 races at Ruidoso Downs produced champions, headed
by All American Futurity winner Runnning Brook Gal and two-time derby winner
Inseperable.
Ruidoso Stakes Produce
Champions
January 14, 2010 - Once
again in 2009 the six grade 1 races at Ruidoso Downs produced champions, headed
by All American Futurity winner Runnning Brook Gal and two-time derby winner
Inseperable.
Early Returns Show Superb
All American Triple Crown Nominees
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (January 13, 2010) – The deadline for the
2011 All American Triple Crown races, headed by
the Grade 1, $2,400,000 All American Futurity,
approaches on January 15 and already some of
quarter horse racing’s leading breeders have
nominated their premier foals of 2009.
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
Jack
Brooks Statue Unveiled Next To Ruidoso
Saddling Paddock
May
3, 2010 - The horses are back at Ruidoso Downs as of this morning preparing for
the opening of the 2010 summer season on May 28. Opening day features a full
card of trials to the Grade 1, $500,000 Ruidoso Futurity. Racing runs through
Labor Day with the running of the 440-yard finals to the Grade 1, $2,050,000 All
American Futurity, Quarter Horse racing's richest event. 
