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Champion, Grade 1 Horses Supplemented To Ruidoso Derbies
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM - Feb. 12, 2012 – Recently named
champion two-year-old colt Feature Mr Bojangles, Los
Alamitos Winter Derby fastest-qualifier Deniro and
two-time grade 1 qualifier Fast Prize Jordan have been
supplemented to the record-setting grade 1 derbies this
summer at Ruidoso Downs. |
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NM trainer Gonzalez caught in drug bust:
update -
Albuquerque, NM - Feb. 6, 2012 - New
Mexico Horse Racing Commission officials
have suspended the licenses of three
trainers and a horse owner who federal
agents allege were part of a massive
drug operation that involved millions of
dollars in drugs and had ties with the
Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico. |
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Sunland trainer passes half million in
earnings - By Ray
Sanchez - Sunland Pk., NM - Feb. 6, 2012
- Joel Marr isn’t leading the trainer
standings in number of victories at
Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino at
this point of the current live horse
racing season. No, but he’s on top in an
even better category – money earned. |
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HOME-BREDS HAVEN: Doubletree Farm scores
big in 2011 - By
PETE HERRERA for SureBet Racing News -
February 2012 - There was a time when
Texan Sam Stevens was running horses
from coast to coast with iconic
Thoroughbred trainer D. Wayne Lukas. |
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SUPER SIRE: Desert God repeats as top
stallion; NMHBA Zia Awards
- By PETE HERRERA for SureBet - February
2012 - He’s a senior citizen now, but
Desert God is still one heck of a stud.
- The 21-year-old was honored for the
second consecutive time as New Mexico’s
Stallion of The Year. Owned by a
partnership headed by H. Joe Allen,
Desert God’s progeny earned just over $2
million in 2011. |
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ON A RIDE TO THE TOP - by Robert
Geller for SureBet - February 2012 - He
is the most exciting emerging riding
talent on the New Mexico circuit with
the drive and dedication to send him to
the top. Zacatecas native Enrique Gomez
is a throwback to the good old days in
the best possible way. |
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EPA orders Downs of Albuquerque to halt
discharges -
Albuquerque, NM - Jan. 31, 2012 - The
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Protection Agency has
issued an order against the Downs at
Albuquerque and EXPO New Mexico to stop
discharges into the Rio Grande. The EPA
ordered a halt to discharges of animal
waste, industrial runoff and other
pollutants into the river. The facility
has a 93-acre racetrack and casino that
accommodates up to 1,400 horses during
racing season. |
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Ex-police chief leads Racing Commission
- Jan 30, 2012 - Former Raton Police
Chief Vince Mares has been appointed
executive director of the New Mexico
Racing Commission, a position he had
been serving in on an interim basis
since September. |
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Trainer Caught Up in Drug Busts
- Federal Indictment Charges 15 Men from
New Mexico with Drug Trafficking and
Financial Crimes
January 28, 2012 — Federal authorities
said Friday they've taken down two major
drug trafficking and money laundering
operations in different parts of New
Mexico. Agents have seized caches of
drugs, cars, cash, guns and even a
tractor from a pecan growing operation
near the New Mexico-Texas border. |
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NMHBA Honors Its 2011 State-Bred
Champions - Jan. 27, 2012
- The New Mexico Horse Breeders'
Association honored its 2011
Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse champions
during its Zia Awards Banquet at the
Marriott Uptown Hotel in Albuquerque on
Thursday. |
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Enrique Portillo Gomez pilots 4 winners
takes over lead in standings
- Sunland Park, NM - Jan. 25, 2012 -
Enrique Portillo Gomez shot to the top
of the Sunland Park jockey standings on
Tuesday by piloting four winners on the
card. |
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Veteran
Sunland jockey hits another milestone -
By Ray Sanchez -
Sunland Park, NM - Jan. 22, 2012 - Like Old Man River, Joe Martinez
just keeps rolling along. And winning. The grizzled veteran jockey,
often described as the “Iron Man” of New
Mexico horse racing, doesn’t get as many
horses to ride as he used to. |
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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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Championship winner Cold Cash 123 named
2011 World Champion Quarter Horse
- Sunland Park, NM - Jan. 21, 2012 -
$350,000 Championship at Sunland Park
(Gr. 1) winner Cold Cash 123 was named
2011 World Champion Quarter Horse by the
American Quarter Horse Association. The
world’s best Quarter Horse was one of
three Sunland Park horses to earn major
titles. |
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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. |
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One Person Will Be A Jockey For The Day with KY Derby
Winner Mine That Bird -
Roswell, N.M. – January 20, 2012 – One lucky person will
get to experience life as a jockey and hang out for the
day with the winner of the 135th Kentucky Derby – Mine
That Bird. The horse’s story continues to inspire people
across the globe. The winner, and the winner’s
companion, will be flown to Roswell, New Mexico. |
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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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NMHBA Annual Meeting, Zia Awards Banquet Set for January
26 - Albuquerque, NM - Jan. 13, 2013
- The New Mexico Horse Breeders' Association's annual
meeting and Zia Awards banquet will be held on Thursday,
January 26, at the Albuquerque Marriott Hotel at 2101
Louisiana Blvd. NE. |
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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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FINDING YOUR NICHE: Race Track Lifer Kathy Bui Finds
Success and Fulfillment - By
PETE HERRERA for SureBet - SUNLAND PARK, N.M. - January
2012 - Sometimes when opportunity knocks, it has a
familiar ring. It goes right to the heart. It takes you
back to your roots. It lends credence to the idea that
things happen for a reason. |
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Appeals Court To Get Racino Case -
Jan. 4, 2012 - Eighth Judicial District Court Judge John
M. Paternoster of Raton has denied a request by the New
Mexico Racing Commission to lift an injunction that has
prevented the governor-appointed commission, which
regulates the state’s pari-mutuel horse racing industry,
from accepting applications for a license to operate
what would be the state’s sixth racetrack/casino. |
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Ribald sets new 6 furlong track record; Miguel Hernandez
wins 3 on the day to take lead in standings
- Sunland Park, NM - Jan. 3, 2012 - Ribald scorched his
way through the stretch to set a new 6 furlong track
record at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Tuesday. |
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Drought-tolerant drought-tolerant varieties of alfalfa
show promise - Las Cruces, NM - Jan.
3, 2012 - With much of the Southwest struggling with
drought, many ranchers and dairy farmers are having
difficulty finding enough hay for their livestock and
making tough choices: pay up to twice as much as last
year and ship it in from hundreds of miles away or do
without and sell off some of their herd. |
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Ex-apprentice jockey just keeps on winning
- Sunland Park, NM - Jan. 2, 2012 - It’s not unusual for
a young jockey with any kind of talent to win some races
as an apprentice. After all, apprentices are given a
five pound edge over journeymen for a year. Some of
those apprentice jockeys ride into oblivion when they
lose that advantage, which is called a “bug” because an
asterisk is used by their name in programs. Some others
go on to greatness. |
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La Mesa license appeal sent to higher court; Two other
entities allowed to intervene in case
- Santa Fe, NM - Dec. 21, 2011 - The legal fight
regarding the state’s final horseracing license is going
to a higher court, which means reaching the finish line
of final resolution in the case probably will take even
longer than first anticipated. |
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Board OKs new fairgrounds casino lease
- Santa Fe, NM - Dec. 21, 2011 - A state board led by
Republican Gov. Susana Martinez approved a new 25-year
lease Tuesday with the Downs at Albuquerque that will
allow the construction of a larger casino at the state
fairgrounds. |
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Good News for Sunland Park - By Ray
Sanchez - Sunland Park, NM - Dec. 19, 2011 - Friendship
can be a wonderful thing. Just ask Dustin Dix, director
of operations at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. |
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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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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. |
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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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SunRay Park's 2012 stall
applications available; Futurity deadlines near -
Farmington, NM - Dec. 10, 2011 - The 2012 stakes schedule and stall
applications are now available for SunRay Park, in Farmington, NM.
Horsemen are reminded that nominations for the 2012 New
Mexico Breeders' Futurity (RG3) close on Monday, January
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Sunland looks to ‘competitive, exciting’ season
- Sunland Park, NM - Nov. 28, 2011 -
Business wasn’t exactly been overwhelming during the
summer at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. In fact,
because of the state of the economy, it’s been what
businessmen like to call “slow.” |
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State challenges La Mesa appeal of license decision
- Albuquerque, NM - Nov. 17, 2011 - The New Mexico
Racing Commission is asking a Raton judge to dismiss La
Mesa Racetrack and Casino’s appeal of the commission’s
decision that La Mesa’s horseracing license for the
unbuilt racino expired last year. |
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MJ
Farms Releases Stallion Fees - Nov.
10, 2011 - MJ Farms of Veguita, New Mexico, released
their 2012 stallion roster fee schedule for the 2012
breeding season. |
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Horsemen Say Problems at The Downs of Albuquerque Must
Be Addressed - Nov. 5, 2011 - The
New Mexico Horsemen’s Association – which represents
about 5,000 licensed racehorse owners, trainers and
grooms – says problems at the Downs of Albuquerque are
hurting horse racing, and that negotiations with any new
lessee should address the problems. |
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Story of Mine
That Bird Comes Out in Children's Graphic Novels
- 135th KY Derby Winner Story – Just in Time for the
Holidays - Roswell, N.M. – November 4, 2011 – People
say the story of Mine That Bird is the real life story
of “Rocky”, except this “Rocky” has four legs. Against
all odds, the remarkable little horse from Roswell, New
Mexico became the winner of the 2009, 135th Kentucky
Derby. Picked to run dead last, with odds against him at
50:1, Mine That Bird’s victory is the second largest
upset in Kentucky Derby history. |
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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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Champion Ketel Won to A&A Ranch -
ANTHONY, NM—OCTOBER 29, 2011—Three-time champion Ketel
Won will stand the 2012 season at A & A Ranch, near
Anthony, New Mexico. |
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Attila's Storm Relocated to A & A Ranch
- Oct. 28, 2011 - Attila's Storm has moved from Jim and
Marilyn Helzer’s JEH Stallion Station-New Mexico
Division near Hondo to Fred and Linda Alexander’s A & A
Ranch near Anthony. |
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State-bred racing remains strong in New Mexico
- Albuquerque, NM - Oct. 28,2011 - Albuquerque, NM -
Oct. 28,2011 - New Mexico Horse Breeders’
Association executive director Anna Fay Davis presented
to the New Mexico Racing Commission on October 27th, her
race-a-day reports for Zia Park and The Downs at
Albuquerque. |
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Audit
says Fair in the Red -
Santa Fe, NM. — Oct. 21, 2011 - The New
Mexico State Fair is running in the red and doesn't have
enough money to finance day-to-day operations, according
to a new audit that prompted legislators on Thursday to
question whether taxpayers should be subsidizing the
fair. Auditors for the Legislative Finance Committee
said the fair has been losing money for years as
revenues and fair attendance dropped, but it has
continued to operate because it's not paying some debts.
This year's fair ended last month. |
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Martin encounters delays in rehab
- Houston, TX - Oct. 20, 2011 - This was to have been
their Christmas "away." - Hall of Fame quarter horse
jockey Jacky Martin and his wife/agent Tracey, a former
jockey, had purchased a creek-side log cabin outside
Ruidoso, N.M. |
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JEH STALLION STATION Announces Major Reorganization, New
Mexico Station closure - PILOT
POINT, TX—OCTOBER 19, 2011—Jim and Marilyn Helzer
announced a major reorganization today of their JEH
Stallion Stations, with divisions in Texas, New Mexico
and Oklahoma. |
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Bachelor Blues to Hourigan Horse Farm
- Anthony, NM - Sept. 28, 2011 - Grade II winner
Bachelor Blues will stand the 2012 breeding season at
Chris and Tina Hourigan’s farm near Anthony, N.M. The
10-year-old son of champion sprinter Smoke Glacken out
of the El Prado mare Wedding Day Blues will stand for
$1,200. |
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Two groups vie for multimillion-dollar casino at Expo
New Mexico - Albuquerque, NM - Sept.
26, 2011 - The Albuquerque Journal reports the Downs at
Albuquerque and Laguna Development Corp. have submitted
proposals. Downs has leased more than one-third of Expo
New Mexico's 236-acre fairgrounds since 1985 for its
racetrack and casino. |
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Sunland Park Releases Lucrative 2011-12 Stakes Schedule
- Sept. 18, 2011 - Sunland Park has released its
Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse stakes schedules and
first condition book for its 2011-12 meet, which opens
on December 6.
Sunland Park will run 55 stakes – 35 for Thoroughbreds
and 20 for Quarter Horses – worth more than $5.7 million
in purses. |
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G1
Sire Quick Action to New Mexico -
BOSQUE, NM—Sept. 13, 2011—Quick Action (TB), sire of
2010 Los Alamitos Two Million winner One Quick First
Down, will stand the 2012 season at TNL Farm, Inc. near
Bosque, New Mexico. |
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After receiving input from its Medication
Committee, the New Mexico Racing Commission has
announced that it will resume testing of Aminocaproic
Acid. If the presence of this drug is detected in a
sample provided by a racehorse, the trainer may be
charged with a penalty assessed with a Class 4 drug. |
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Interior again rejects Jemez casino project in Anthony,
New Mexico -
Sept. 10, 2011 - The proposed Jemez Indian gaming casino
in Anthony, N.M., has again become an idea too far away
– literally – as a federal official again rejected the
pueblo’s application for an off-reservation casino. |
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Long-term, Tax Deductible Fund For Jacky Martin Through
Chaplaincy -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM - Sept. 10, 2011 — A long-term,
tax-deductible fund, called the Jacky Martin Fund, has been
established through the Ruidoso Downs Racetrack Chaplaincy
to aid paralyzed jockey Jacky Martin. |
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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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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. |
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Court halts license process for NM track
- Sept. 7 2011 - Quay County’s effort to land the
state’s last racing license was halted Friday when Raton
District Judge John Paternoster granted an injunction to
La Mesa, the original license holder. |
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Ruidoso Yearling Sale Up 26 Percent, Final Session Shows
59-Percent Gain
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM - Sept. 5, 2011 – The Ruidoso Select
Yearling Sale concluded its three-day run with
exceptional gains for the entire offering and for the
final session on Sunday night. |
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Ruidoso Select QH Yearling Sale -
Preliminary results |
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Hubbard All American Theater and Exhibit Open
- AMARILLO, TX—AUGUST 30, 2011—The R.D. and Joan Dale
Hubbard All American Futurity Theater and Exhibit opened
in August at the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame &
Museum in Amarillo, Texas. It includes a dynamic exhibit
with unique All American Futurity memorabilia, including
photos, silks and trophies, as well as a theater which
features documentaries of past All American Futurities. |
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Everyday Heroes to Stand in Roswell, New Mexico
- Roswell, NM - August 27, 2011 - Grade III stakes
winner Everyday Heroes has been retired from racing and
will enter stud at Dr. Kevin Blach’s South Springs
Stallion Station in Roswell, N.M. |
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GAME PLAN: Raton city officials say new investors have
surfaced for racino - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - August
26, 2011 - There’s a new lineup of players in the city
of Raton’s ongoing efforts to acquire New Mexico’s sixth
racino license. |
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Quarter Horse Racing’s Premier Yearlings Set For Ruidoso
Select Sale Next Week -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (August 26, 2011) — Once again the top quarter
horse yearling prospects are heading to Ruidoso Downs
for the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale on September 2-4 at
Ruidoso Downs. |
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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. |
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