Copyright 2012 New Mexico Horse Breeders' AssociationEsgar Ramirez rode Fury Of The Storm to a neck victory in Sunday's 400-yard, $75,000 New Mexico Breeders' Stakes (RG3) for state-bred 3-year-olds at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fury-of-the-storm-wins-new-mexico-breeders-stakes.htmlSun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT2012-05-20T00:00:00Rex Hill, a sorrel colt by Jesse James Jr racing for brothers David Hinkins and Ross Hinkins, is the fastest qualifier to this year's $75,000-added New Mexico Breeders' Futurity (RG3) final at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/rex-hill-is-fastest-new-mexico-breeders-futurity-qualifier.htmlFri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT2012-05-18T00:00:00Graded stakes winner Fury Of The Storm drew post 10 for Sunday's 400-yard, $75,000-added New Mexico Breeders' Stakes (RG2) for state-bred 3-year-olds at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fury-of-the-storm-draws-outside-post-in-nm-breeders-stakes.htmlThu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT2012-05-17T00:00:00Gary L. Thompson's Tombstone, a homebred gelding by the Mr Jess Perry stallion Get Down Perry, is one of 38 state-bred 2-year-olds entered in Friday's New Mexico Breeders' Futurity (RG3) trials at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/new-mexico-breeders-futurity-trials-set-for-friday.htmlMon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT2012-05-14T00:00:00The New Mexico Horsemen's Association honored its 2011 award winners during its annual banquet at SunRay Park Racetrack and Casino in Farmington on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-horsemens-association-honors-its-2011-award-winners.htmlMon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT2012-05-14T00:00:00A sharp break from her rail post helped Little Bit Southern score a neck victory in Sunday's $85,000 Four Corners Senora Stakes (RG3) for New Mexico-bred distaffers at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/favorite-little-bit-southern-wins-four-corners-senora-stakes.htmlSun, 29 Apr 2012 20:11:11 GMT2012-04-29T20:11:11Stable HMA's Our Choice ran his winning streak to five with a two-length score in Saturday's 1-mile, $110,000 Jack Cole Handicap (R) for New Mexico-breds at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/our-choice-extends-win-streak-in-jack-cole.htmlSun, 29 Apr 2012 14:16:12 GMT2012-04-29T14:16:12Stable HMA's Our Choice will put his four-race winning streak on the line in Saturday's 1-mile, $110,000 Jack Cole Handicap (R) at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/our-choice-puts-win-streak-on-line-in-jack-cole.htmlWed, 25 Apr 2012 16:24:43 GMT2012-04-25T16:24:43Laying just off of the pace set by favorite Shemoves, Rita Danley's I Am Lesters Gal scored her second career stakes victory in Saturday's $85,000 Russell and Hellen Foutz Distaff Handicap (R) for New Mexico-bred fillies and mares at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/i-am-lesters-gal-wins-foutz-distaff.htmlSat, 21 Apr 2012 19:56:59 GMT2012-04-21T19:56:59Sunland Park Racetrack ended its 54th racing season on Tuesday, recording increases in wagering handle and average daily purse distribution.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunland-park-meet-posts-increases-in-total-handle-average-daily-purses.htmlWed, 18 Apr 2012 22:25:16 GMT2012-04-18T22:25:16SunRay Park opens its 42-day Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse meet with an 11-race program on Friday. Post time for the first race is 3 p.m. (MDT).http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunray-park-meet-opens-friday.htmlWed, 18 Apr 2012 12:45:30 GMT2012-04-18T12:45:30Casey Lambert rode Hennessy Road to a 3 1/2-length win in Saturday's 4 1/2-furlong, $100,958 Copper Top Futurity (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-old fillies at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/hennessy-road-is-prompt-favorite-in-fillies-division-of-copper-top-futurity.htmlSat, 14 Apr 2012 21:34:13 GMT2012-04-14T21:34:13A $19,000 buy at last year's New Mexico-Bred Yearling Sale, Kiss My Hennessy paid early dividends with a half-length victory in the colts and geldings' division of the Copper Top Futurity (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds at Sunland Park on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/kiss-my-hennessy-scores-in-colts-and-geldings-division-of-copper-top-futurity.htmlSat, 14 Apr 2012 20:52:36 GMT2012-04-14T20:52:36Karolina, a homebred filly by Desirio racing for Elmer L. Criswell and Fredda Draper, broke her maiden in Saturday's $110,000 Sunburst Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 3-year-old fillies at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/karolina-breaks-maiden-in-sunburst-stakes.htmlSat, 14 Apr 2012 19:18:11 GMT2012-04-14T19:18:11The final weekend of Sunland Park's 77-day meet will feature three stakes races for New Mexico-bred Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/three-nm-bred-stakes-top-sunland-parks-saturday-program.htmlThu, 12 Apr 2012 19:52:48 GMT2012-04-12T19:52:48PJ Chick In Black remained undefeated following her victory in the 300-yard, $251,359 New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG2) at Sunland Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/pj-chick-in-black-wins-spring-futurity.htmlSun, 08 Apr 2012 16:42:02 GMT2012-04-08T16:42:02Rex Hill, a sorrel colt by Jesse James Jr racing for brothers David Hinkins and Ross Hinkins, outran his 8-1 odds to win Saturday's $50,500 New Mexican Spring Fling Stakes (R) for state-bred 2-year-olds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/rex-hill-breaks-maiden-in-new-mexican-spring-fling.htmlSat, 07 Apr 2012 21:31:40 GMT2012-04-07T21:31:40Fastest qualifier and morning-line favorite Conn Creek will break from post 4 in Sunday's 300-yard, $251,333 New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG2) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/conn-creek-draws-post-4-for-new-mexican-spring-futurity.htmlSat, 07 Apr 2012 11:20:48 GMT2012-04-07T11:20:48The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in the Mt. Cristo Rey Room at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Thursday, March 22.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-march-2012-nm-racing-commission-meeting.htmlWed, 28 Mar 2012 19:14:29 GMT2012-03-28T19:14:29SunRay Park Racetrack has announced its Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse stakes schedule for its 42-day meet, which opens April 20.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunray-park-releases-2012-stakes-schedule.htmlTue, 27 Mar 2012 15:21:25 GMT2012-03-27T15:21:25Daddy Nose Best came from off the pace to win Sunday's Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby in front of a crowd of 18,384 at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/daddy-nose-best-rallies-to-win-sunland-derby.htmlSun, 25 Mar 2012 22:25:18 GMT2012-03-25T22:25:18Castaway, a Kentucky-bred colt by Street Sense trained by Bob Baffert, is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Sunday's 1 1/8-mile, $800,000 Sunland Derby (G3) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/castaway-is-morning-line-choice-in-grade-3-800000-sunland-derby.htmlFri, 23 Mar 2012 16:31:46 GMT2012-03-23T16:31:46Indication N M remained undefeated following his half-length victory in the first of three Copper Top Futurity (R) (colts and geldings division) trials at Sunland Park on Tuesday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/indication-n-m-tops-list-of-copper-top-futurity-(colts--geldings-division)-qualifiers.htmlWed, 21 Mar 2012 13:45:54 GMT2012-03-21T13:45:54Hennessy Road, a homebred daughter of Roll Hennessy Roll racing for W. Davis and Lisa Moore, is one of 10 finalists in this the fillies division of this year's $75,000-added Copper Top Futurity (R) for New Mexico-breds.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/field-set-for-fillies-division-of-copper-top-futurity.htmlWed, 21 Mar 2012 12:23:29 GMT2012-03-21T12:23:29Sent to post at odds of 11-1, Pierre and Leslie Amestoy's Daddy O. rallied to win Sunday's $110,000 New Mexico State University Handicap (R) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/longshot-daddy-o.-survives-inquiry-scores-upset-victory-in-nm-state-university-cap.htmlSun, 18 Mar 2012 22:07:18 GMT2012-03-18T22:07:18A total of 44 New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds have been entered in Tuesday's 4 1/2-furlong Copper Top Futurity (R) trials at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/copper-top-futurity-trials-set-for-tuesday.htmlSun, 18 Mar 2012 21:27:44 GMT2012-03-18T21:27:44Paul Blanchard's Conn Creek, a sorrel colt by Dash Ta Fame, is the fastest qualifier for this year's $251,333 New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG2) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/dash-ta-fame-colt-is-fastest-spring-futurity-qualifier.htmlFri, 16 Mar 2012 21:36:50 GMT2012-03-16T21:36:50Brother Louie, the 121-pound highweight and 3-1 morning-line favorite, drew post 12 for Sunday's $110,000 New Mexico State University Handicap (R) for state-breds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/highweight-brother-louie-draws-outside-post-for-nm-state-university-cap.htmlFri, 16 Mar 2012 13:22:46 GMT2012-03-16T13:22:46Friday's 300-yard New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG1) trials at Sunland Park have attracted a total of 74 state-bred 2-year-olds in eight trial heats. Post time for the first heat is...http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/spring-futurity-trials-draw-74-entries.htmlMon, 12 Mar 2012 23:40:06 GMT2012-03-12T23:40:06A sharp break from post 10 helped Here Kittykittykitty score his fourth career stakes win in Sunday's Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap (RG3) for New Mexico-bred Quarter Horses at Sunland Park. ...http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/here-kittykittykitty-is-prompt-favorite-in-mesilla-valley-speed-cap.htmlSun, 11 Mar 2012 16:48:33 GMT2012-03-11T16:48:33Our Choice was a prompt even-money favorite in Saturday's $110,000 Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap (R) for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/our-choice-rallies-to-win-mt.-cristo-rey.htmlSat, 10 Mar 2012 20:30:34 GMT2012-03-10T20:30:34Morning-line favorite Here Kittykittykitty drew post 10 for Sunday's 350-yard, $110,000 Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap (RG2) for New Mexico-bred Quarter Horses at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/favorite-here-kittykittykitty-draws-outside-post-for-mesilla-valley-speed-cap.htmlFri, 09 Mar 2012 16:09:00 GMT2012-03-09T16:09:00Smash Dancer, a homebred 5-year-old Robyn Dancer gelding racing for Barbara M. Coleman of Farmington, is the morning-line favorite in Saturday's 4 1/2-furlong, $110,000 Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap (R) for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/smash-dancer-tops-field-in-mt.-cristo-rey.htmlWed, 07 Mar 2012 13:33:27 GMT2012-03-07T13:33:27Fifth-fastest qualifier First Corona Call, a homebred 5-year-old gelding racing for Richard R. Shearer of Portales, New Mexico, scored another victory against open company in Saturday's $99,826 West Texas Maturity (G2) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-bred-first-corona-call-scores-in-grade-2-west-texas-maturity.htmlSat, 03 Mar 2012 17:32:00 GMT2012-03-03T17:32:00Isn't He Clever, a gelding by Smarty Jones racing for J. Kirk and Judy Robson, scored a decisive victory in Saturday's $150,000 Borderland Derby at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/isnt-he-clever-wins-borderland-derby.htmlSat, 25 Feb 2012 19:55:54 GMT2012-02-25T19:55:54Easy Loving Who, a New Mexico-bred racing for Sam E. Stevens of Lamesa, Texas, is one of nine 3-year-old fillies entered in Sunday's $50,000 Island Fashion Stakes at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-bred-filly-easy-loving-who-entered-in-island-fashion-stakes.htmlWed, 22 Feb 2012 13:22:07 GMT2012-02-22T13:22:07A fundraiser for injured jockey Jacky Martin is being held at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino through Sunday, February 26.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunland-park-racetrack-and-casino-hosting-fundraiser-for-jacky-martin.htmlTue, 21 Feb 2012 16:15:40 GMT2012-02-21T16:15:40Fury Of The Storm earned his first career stakes victory in Sunday's $110,000 New Mexico Horse Breeders' Association Quarter Horse Stakes (RG2) for state-bred sophomores at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fury-of-the-storm-wins-nmhba-stakes.htmlSun, 19 Feb 2012 22:01:08 GMT2012-02-19T22:01:08Ken Tohill rode Iplaytricks to a three-quarter length victory in Saturday's 1-mile, $110,000 Sydney Valentini Handicap (R) for New Mexico-bred fillies and mares at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/iplaytricks-scores-upset-victory-in-sydney-valentini-handicap.htmlSat, 18 Feb 2012 23:15:18 GMT2012-02-18T23:15:18A full field of 3-year-old Quarter Horses, plus two also-eligibles, has been entered in Sunday's 400-yard, $110,000 New Mexico Horse Breeders' Association Stakes (RG2) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/full-field-set-for-nmhba-quarter-horse-stakes.htmlThu, 16 Feb 2012 22:13:22 GMT2012-02-16T22:13:22Rose's Desert, a homebred 4-year-old Desert God filly racing for Joe Peacock, is the 5-2 morning-line favorite for Saturday's 1-mile, $110,000 Sydney Valentini Handicap (R) for New Mexico-bred distaffers at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/roses-desert-is-morning-line-favorite-in-sydney-valentini.htmlWed, 15 Feb 2012 11:40:02 GMT2012-02-15T11:40:02This year's 1 1/8-mile, $800,000 Sunland Derby (G3) – New Mexico's only graded Thoroughbred stakes – has attracted 175 nominations.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/grade-3-sunland-derby-draws-175-nominations.htmlMon, 13 Feb 2012 22:57:14 GMT2012-02-13T22:57:14First Corona Call, a homebred 5-year-old Southern Corona gelding racing for Richard R. Shearer of Portales, made the final of this year's West Texas Maturity (G2) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-bred-first-corona-call-makes-west-texas-maturity-final.htmlFri, 10 Feb 2012 23:56:10 GMT2012-02-10T23:56:10First Corona Call, a homebred 5-year-old gelding by Southern Corona racing for Richard R. Shearer, is one of four New Mexico-bred runners entered in Friday's West Texas Maturity (G2) trials at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/new-mexico-bred-first-corona-call-entered-in-west-texas-maturity-trials.htmlMon, 06 Feb 2012 15:52:43 GMT2012-02-06T15:52:43The 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.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nmhba-honors-its-2011-state-bred-champions.htmlFri, 27 Jan 2012 00:13:46 GMT2012-01-27T00:13:46The New Mexico Racing Commission held its first monthly meeting of 2012 at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Wednesday, January 25.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-january-2012-nm-racing-commission-meeting.htmlThu, 26 Jan 2012 00:02:29 GMT2012-01-26T00:02:29That's Who was a prompt 13-10 favorite in Saturday's $110,000 Pepsi Cola Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 3-year-olds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/favored-thats-who-scores-in-pepsi-cola-stakes.htmlSat, 21 Jan 2012 20:06:51 GMT2012-01-21T20:06:51That's Who, a homebred Quinton's Gold gelding racing for Sam and Latane Stevens, is the 9-5 morning-line choice in Saturday's 6-furlong, $110,000 Pepsi Cola Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 3-year-olds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/thats-who-is-morning-line-favorite-in-pepsi-cola-stakes.htmlWed, 18 Jan 2012 12:36:04 GMT2012-01-18T12:36:04Garretsghostlygirl, a filly by Ghostly Moves campaigned by MJ Racing, led at every call en route to a 3 3/4-length victory in Saturday's 6-furlong La Senora Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred sophomore fillies at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/garretsghostlygirl-wins-la-senora-stakes.htmlSun, 15 Jan 2012 12:25:31 GMT2012-01-15T12:25:31The 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.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nmhba-annual-meeting-zia-awards-banquet-set-for-january-26.htmlWed, 11 Jan 2012 13:14:11 GMT2012-01-11T13:14:11Whisper's Sister, the winner of the $110,000 Enchantress Stakes (R) on December 18, will make her 3-year-old debut in Saturday's 6-furlong, $110,000 La Senora Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred sophomore fillies at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/whispers-sister-returns-in-la-senora.htmlTue, 10 Jan 2012 13:22:48 GMT2012-01-10T13:22:48Ninth-fastest qualifier First Blazin Love outran his 9-1 odds to win Saturday's $286,364 Shue Fly Stakes (RG2) for New Mexico-bred 3-year-olds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/first-blazin-love-scores-upset-victory-in-shue-fly.htmlSat, 07 Jan 2012 21:40:50 GMT2012-01-07T21:40:50Fastest qualifier Call Me A Blazn Chic has drawn post 1 for Saturday's 400-yard, $286,364 Shue Fly Stakes (RG2) for New Mexico-bred 3-year-olds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/call-me-a-blazn-chic-draws-rail-post-for-shue-fly.htmlWed, 04 Jan 2012 13:37:07 GMT2012-01-04T13:37:07Ribald, a 7-year-old gelding by Unusual Heat racing for BAM Racing LLC, broke Sunland Park's 6-furlong track record in a $12,000 starter allowance sprint on Tuesday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/6-furlong-track-record-broken-at-sunland-park.htmlWed, 04 Jan 2012 00:32:26 GMT2012-01-04T00:32:26Desert Hennessy, a newly turned 4-year-old Desert God gelding racing for Cleber J. Massey, scored his third consecutive victory in Sunday's $110,000 Albert Dominguez Memorial Handicap (R) for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/desert-hennessy-extends-win-streak-in-dominguez-memorial.htmlSun, 01 Jan 2012 22:38:49 GMT2012-01-01T22:38:49Cold Cash 123, a homebred 3-year-old gelding racing for T-Bill Stables Inc., put the finishing touches on an outstanding season with a one-length win in Saturday's Grade 1, $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/favorite-cold-cash-123-wins-championship-at-sunland-park.htmlSat, 31 Dec 2011 21:19:55 GMT2011-12-31T21:19:55Sent to post as the 7-5 choice, That's Who scored a three-quarter length victory in Saturday's $110,000 Red Hedeman Mile Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/thats-who-is-prompt-favorite-in-red-hedeman-mile.htmlSat, 31 Dec 2011 20:57:16 GMT2011-12-31T20:57:16Sunland Park's racing schedule during the New Year's weekend holiday features six stakes, including two for New Mexico-bred Thoroughbreds.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/big-holiday-stakes-weekend-on-tap-at-sunland-park.htmlTue, 27 Dec 2011 19:15:54 GMT2011-12-27T19:15:54Whisper's Sister outran her 19-1 odds to win the 1-mile, $110,000 Enchantress Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-old fillies at Sunland Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/whispers-sister-rallies-to-win-enchantress-stakes.htmlMon, 19 Dec 2011 12:45:38 GMT2011-12-19T12:45:38Oscar Rincon rode Little Bit Southern to a 1 1/4-length win in Sunday's 400-yard, $110,000 Lou Wooten Handicap (RG1) for New Mexico-bred fillies and mares at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/little-bit-southern-wins-lou-wooten-handicap.htmlMon, 19 Dec 2011 12:15:31 GMT2011-12-19T12:15:31KC Royal Flush, a homebred 4-year-old Sixes Royal gelding racing for Kathryn Maynard and Carla Feerer, rallied to win Saturday's $110,000 Challenger Six Handicap (R) for New Mexico-bred Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/kc-royal-flush-scores-upset-victory-in-challenger-six.htmlSun, 18 Dec 2011 11:43:47 GMT2011-12-18T11:43:47Call Me A Blazn Chic, a daughter of Chicks A Blazin racing for J & M Racing and Farm, won the sixth of seven Shue Fly Stakes (RG1) trials at Sunland Park on Friday, and the filly is the fastest qualifier to the $296,332 final on January 7.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/call-me-a-blazn-chic-is-fastest-shue-fly-qualifier.htmlSat, 17 Dec 2011 13:28:00 GMT2011-12-17T13:28:00Sunland Park will present three more stakes for New Mexico-breds on its racing programs this weekend, starting with the 870-yard, $110,000 Challenger Six Handicap (R) for Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/another-big-weekend-coming-up-for-new-mexico-breds-at-sunland-park.htmlThu, 15 Dec 2011 13:26:10 GMT2011-12-15T13:26:10Zia 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.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/handle-purses-increase-at-zia-park.htmlWed, 14 Dec 2011 12:26:10 GMT2011-12-14T12:26:10Horsemen are reminded that nominations for the 2012 New Mexico Breeders' Futurity (RG3) at SunRay Park close on Monday, January 2.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/new-mexico-breeders-futurity-nominations-close-january-2.htmlMon, 12 Dec 2011 22:10:48 GMT2011-12-12T22:10:48Carlos Madeira rode Desert Hennessy to a one-length win in the $110,000 Johnie L. Jamison Handicap (R) for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/longshot-desert-hennessy-scores-in-johnie-l.-jamison-handicap.htmlSun, 11 Dec 2011 20:47:02 GMT2011-12-11T20:47:02Joe Peacock's Rose's Desert unleashed a strong stretch run to win Sunday's 6-furlong, $110,000 New Mexico State Racing Commission Handicap (R) for state-bred fillies and mares at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/favored-roses-desert-rallies-to-win-nm-racing-commission-handicap.htmlSun, 11 Dec 2011 20:21:28 GMT2011-12-11T20:21:28A sharp break from post 10 helped Here Kittykittykitty earn a hard-fought wire-to-wire victory in Saturday's $110,000 Jess Burner Memorial Handicap (RG1) for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/here-kittykittykitty-scores-in-jess-burner.htmlSat, 10 Dec 2011 20:54:49 GMT2011-12-10T20:54:49Sunland Park will present three New Mexico-bred stakes – two for Thoroughbreds and one for Quarter Horses – during its racing programs this weekend.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/big-weekend-on-tap-for-nm-breds-at-sunland-park.htmlThu, 08 Dec 2011 14:32:56 GMT2011-12-08T14:32:56Sunland Park Racetrack opens its 77-day Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse meet on Tuesday. Post time for the first of 11 races is 12:25 p.m. (MST).http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunland-park-meet-opens-tuesday.htmlMon, 05 Dec 2011 15:28:43 GMT2011-12-05T15:28:43E Bar Way unleashed a strong stretch rally under jockey Duane Sterling to win the $129,860 New Mexico Eddy County Stakes (R) for state-bred 2-year-olds at Zia Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/e-bar-way-rallies-to-win-new-mexico-eddy-county-stakes.htmlSun, 04 Dec 2011 21:22:51 GMT2011-12-04T21:22:51The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Wednesday, November 30.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-november-2011-nm-racing-commission-meeting.htmlWed, 30 Nov 2011 16:52:57 GMT2011-11-30T16:52:57Snow Regard, the biggest longshot in the field of eight, scored her second career stakes victory in Saturday's New Mexico Quarter Horse Filly and Mare Championship (RG2) for state-bred distaffers at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/snow-regard-pulls-big-upset-in-nm-quarter-horse-filly--mare-championship.htmlSat, 26 Nov 2011 17:38:45 GMT2011-11-26T17:38:45Jenuine Joy, a homebred 5-year-old mare by Genuine Strawfly owned by Fredda Draper of Ruidoso Downs, is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday's 400-yard, $140,000 New Mexico Quarter Horse Fillies & Mares Championship (RG2) for state-bred distaffers at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/jenuine-joy-is-favorite-in-nm-fillies--mares-championship.htmlThu, 24 Nov 2011 18:50:21 GMT2011-11-24T18:50:21Richard R. Shearer's A First Caller, a homebred 6-year-old gelding by Calligrapher, sprinted to a half-length victory in the 440-yard, $50,000 New Mexico Breeders' Quarter Horse Championship (RG3), as The Downs at Albuquerque ended its 54-day meet on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/a-first-caller-wins-nm-breeders-quarter-horse-championship.htmlSun, 13 Nov 2011 22:00:35 GMT2011-11-13T22:00:35A full field of 10 state-bred Quarter Horses have been entered in Sunday's 440-yard, $50,000 New Mexico Breeders' Quarter Horse Championship (RG3), as the curtain closes on The Downs at Albuquerque's 54-day meet.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-quarter-horse-breeders-championship-tops-closing-day-card-at-albuquerque.htmlFri, 11 Nov 2011 10:50:02 GMT2011-11-11T10:50:02Trainers 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.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/trainers-fincher-marr-enjoy-big-new-mexico-cup-days.htmlSun, 30 Oct 2011 20:39:02 GMT2011-10-30T20:39:02New Mexico Horse Breeders' Association executive director Anna Fay Davis will speak during the New Mexico Equine Industry Summit at the Joint Stockmen's Convention, to be held December 3-4 at the Marriott Pyramid North in Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nmhba-executive-director-davis-to-speak-at-state-equine-summit.htmlFri, 28 Oct 2011 14:48:53 GMT2011-10-28T14:48:53The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Thursday, October 27.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-october-2011-nm-racing-commission-meeting.htmlThu, 27 Oct 2011 22:06:29 GMT2011-10-27T22:06:29A total of 121 state-bred Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses have been entered in Sunday's New Mexico Cup races at Zia Park. Eleven stakes will be contested, seven for Thoroughbreds and four for Quarter Horses. Post time for the first race is 12:15 p.m. (MDT).http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/rich-new-mexico-cup-races-draw-121-entries.htmlWed, 26 Oct 2011 21:22:38 GMT2011-10-26T21:22:38Quatro Menudos was a prompt 1-2 favorite in the first of three New Mexico Cup Derby (RG2) trials at Zia Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/quatro-menudos-posts-fastest-new-mexico-cup-derby-qualifying-time.htmlSun, 16 Oct 2011 17:56:08 GMT2011-10-16T17:56:08Call A Fast Corona, a homebred Southern Corona gelding racing for Richard Shearer, won the first of seven trials on Saturday and posted the fastest qualifying time for the October 30 New Mexico Cup Futurity (RG2) at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/call-a-fast-corona-is-fastest-new-mexico-cup-futurity-qualifier.htmlSat, 15 Oct 2011 20:52:42 GMT2011-10-15T20:52:42The best state-bred 2- and 3-year-old Quarter Horses will be on display this weekend at Zia Park, as the track presents trials for the New Mexico Cup Futurity (RG2) on Saturday and New Mexico Cup Derby (RG2) on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/new-mexico-cup-futurity-derby-trials-set-for-this-weekend.htmlTue, 11 Oct 2011 23:57:01 GMT2011-10-11T23:57:01A $12,500 claim back in July, Rosa's Catena paid big dividends with a wire-to-wire victory in Sunday's 1-mile University of New Mexico Handicap (R) for state-breds at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/rosas-catena-scores-in-unm-handicap.htmlSun, 09 Oct 2011 20:35:28 GMT2011-10-09T20:35:28The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Thursday, September 22.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-september-2011-nm-racing-commission-meeting.htmlMon, 26 Sep 2011 14:04:18 GMT2011-09-26T14:04:18Patiently ridden by Don Frazier, Roll Bloomers Roll rallied to win Sunday's $68,864 Dessie & Fern Sawyer Futurity (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-old fillies at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/roll-bloomers-roll-rallies-to-win-dessie--fern-sawyer-futurity.htmlSun, 25 Sep 2011 22:43:51 GMT2011-09-25T22:43:51Racing for Suzanne Byrd, who also trains the dark bay or brown colt by Fusaichi Zenon (JPN), Honshu City covered his three-quarter mile trip in 1:11.29 under jockey Don Frazier. His margin of victory was a neck from 5-2 favorite Boy Ego.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/honshu-city-breaks-maiden-in-george-maloof-futurity.htmlSun, 25 Sep 2011 22:06:54 GMT2011-09-25T22:06:54Fastest qualifier Visible Injun, a homebred colt by Invisible Injun racing for Verona Vaughn of Edgewood, New Mexico, sprinted to a wire-to-wire victory in Sunday's $66,507 New Mexico State Fair Breeders' Derby (RG3) for state-bred 3-year-olds.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fastest-qualifier-visible-injun-is-best-in-nm-state-fair-breeders-derby.htmlSun, 25 Sep 2011 21:28:09 GMT2011-09-25T21:28:09Breaking sharply from post 5, Jess Dungarees outran his 21-1 odds to win Saturday's $91,275 New Mexico State Fair Senor Futurity (RG3) for state-bred colts and geldings at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/longshot-jess-dungarees-breaks-stakes-record-in-senor-futurity.htmlSat, 24 Sep 2011 22:57:27 GMT2011-09-24T22:57:27Sparklin Royal, a homebred Sixes Royal filly owned by Gary C. Kloppenburg, was a prompt 19-10 favorite in Saturday's New Mexico State Fair Senorita Futurity (RG3) for state-bred fillies at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/favorite-sparklin-royal-wins-senorita-futurity.htmlSat, 24 Sep 2011 22:14:15 GMT2011-09-24T22:14:15Rogers Farms' Jenna's Miracle led at every call en route to a neck victory in Saturday's $50,000 New Mexico State Fair Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (R) for 3-year-olds at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/jennas-miracle-goes-wire-to-wire-in-nm-state-fair-breeders-stakes.htmlSat, 24 Sep 2011 21:24:15 GMT2011-09-24T21:24:15The New Mexico State Fair portion of The Downs at Albuquerque meet ends this weekend with seven stakes races for Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses, including six that are restricted to state-breds.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/seven-stakes-on-tap-this-weekend-at-the-downs-at-albuquerque.htmlFri, 23 Sep 2011 11:45:32 GMT2011-09-23T11:45:32Stela, a New Mexico-bred daughter of Stel Corona owned and trained by Mario Montoya, led at every call en route to a three-quarter length win in Sunday's $30,000 La Mariposa Stakes for fillies and mares at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-bred-stela-wins-la-mariposa-stakes.htmlSun, 18 Sep 2011 20:20:00 GMT2011-09-18T20:20:00Contessa Del Norte, the lone New Mexico-bred in the field of six 3-year-old fillies, scored an upset victory in Saturday's Fair Queen Handicap at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/contessa-del-norte-scores-upset-win-in-albuquerques-fair-queen.htmlSat, 17 Sep 2011 20:46:17 GMT2011-09-17T20:46:17Sunland Park has released its Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse stakes schedules and first condition book for its 2011-12 meet, which opens on December 6. Located in south central New Mexico, across the border from El Paso, Texas, Sunland Park will run 55 stakes – 35 for Thoroughbreds and 20 for Quarter Horses – worth more than $5.7 million in purses.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunland-park-releases-lucrative-2011-12-stakes-schedule.htmlTue, 13 Sep 2011 15:38:25 GMT2011-09-13T15:38:25Alfredo Juarez Jr. rode Our Choice to a three-quarter length victory in Saturday's 7-furlong, $50,000 E. T. Springer Stakes (R) for New Mexico-breds at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/our-choice-rallies-to-win-e.t.-springer-stakes.htmlSat, 10 Sep 2011 23:13:45 GMT2011-09-10T23:13:45Sandia Sonata, a bay daughter of Sandia Slew racing for Dan Delaney of Las Cruces, was a prompt 11-10 favorite in the second of two Dessie and Fern Sawyer Futurity (R) trials at The Downs at Albuquerque on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sandia-sonata-roll-bloomers-roll-make-dessie-and-fern-sawyer-futurity-field.htmlSat, 10 Sep 2011 22:23:02 GMT2011-09-10T22:23:02Oak Barrel is one of 12 New Mexico-bred 2-year-old colts and geldings who will meet in the 6-furlong, $40,000-added George Maloof Futurity (R) at The Downs at Albuquerque on September 25.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/field-set-for-george-maloof-futurity.htmlSat, 10 Sep 2011 21:06:10 GMT2011-09-10T21:06:10Verona Vaughn's Visible Injun is the fastest qualifier to the September 25, $50,000-added New Mexico State Fair Breeders' Derby (RG3) at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/visible-injun-posts-fastest-nm-breeders-derby-trial-time.htmlSat, 10 Sep 2011 20:15:30 GMT2011-09-10T20:15:30Fysta, a gray daughter of Gonna Ro Sham Bo racing for David Hinkins and Ross Hinkins, broke her maiden in the first of three New Mexico State Fair Senorita Futurity (RG3) trials at The Downs at Albuquerque on Friday, and the filly is the fastest qualifier to the $50,000-added final on September 24.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fysta-posts-fastest-nm-state-fair-senorita-futurity-qualifying-time.htmlSat, 10 Sep 2011 00:17:51 GMT2011-09-10T00:17:51Osbaldo remained undefeated following his one-length victory in the third of four New Mexico State Fair Senor Futurity (RG3) trials at The Downs at Albuquerque on Friday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/osbaldo-is-fastest-nm-state-fair-senor-futurity-qualifier.htmlFri, 09 Sep 2011 23:42:43 GMT2011-09-09T23:42:43Llano Teller and Quiet Again have been named horses of the meet at Ruidoso Downs, which ended its 60-day meet on Monday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/llano-teller-quiet-again-are-horses-of-meet-at-ruidoso.htmlThu, 08 Sep 2011 13:13:29 GMT2011-09-08T13:13:29The 13-day New Mexico State Fair portion of The Downs at Albuquerque meet gets underway on Friday, as the track presents trials for several state-bred Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse stakes.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-bred-stakes-trials-set-for-this-weekend-at-albuquerque.htmlThu, 08 Sep 2011 12:57:51 GMT2011-09-08T12:57:51Zia Park in Hobbs, New Mexico, opens its 50-day Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse meet on Saturday. Post time for the first of 12 races is 12:15 p.m. (MDT).http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/zia-park-meet-opens-saturday.htmlWed, 07 Sep 2011 18:49:23 GMT2011-09-07T18:49:23Preliminary numbers show that the September 2-4 Ruidoso Select Quarter Horse Yearling and Broodmare Sale registered across-the-board increases.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/ruidoso-select-sale-shows-big-gains.htmlTue, 06 Sep 2011 14:29:54 GMT2011-09-06T14:29:54A sharp break from post 9 helped fastest qualifier Ochoa win Monday's 440-yard, $2.4-million All American Futurity (G1) at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fastest-qualifier-ochoa-takes-53rd-all-american-futurity.htmlMon, 05 Sep 2011 20:43:34 GMT2011-09-05T20:43:34Ramon Sanchez rode sixth-fastest qualifier Llano Teller to a half-length victory in Sunday's $1,317,015 All American Derby (G1), witnessed by a crowd of 14,643 at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/llano-teller-breaks-stakes-record-in-all-american-derby.htmlSun, 04 Sep 2011 20:56:44 GMT2011-09-04T20:56:44Monday's 440-yard, $2.4-million All American Futurity (G1) is just one of six stakes races this weekend at Ruidoso Downs, as the track closes out its 2011 summer race meet.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/rich-all-american-futurity-tops-big-closing-weekend-at-ruidoso-downs.htmlSat, 03 Sep 2011 11:35:03 GMT2011-09-03T11:35:03The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Thursday, August 25.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-august-2011-nm-racing-commission-meeting.htmlSun, 28 Aug 2011 01:14:43 GMT2011-08-28T01:14:43A total of 20 New Mexico-bred yearlings are among the 427 yearlings consigned to this year's Ruidoso Select Yearling and Broodmare Sale, which will be held September 2-4 at the Sales Pavilion at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/twenty-nm-bred-yearlings-consigned-to-ruidoso-select-sale.htmlSat, 27 Aug 2011 19:49:19 GMT2011-08-27T19:49:19Full Moon Dasher, a New Mexico-bred daughter of the late Dash Ta Fame, is the 3-1 morning-line favorite in Sunday's 400-yard, $34,470 Merial Ruidoso Distaff Challenge Stakes at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-bred-full-moon-dasher-is-morning-line-choice-in-ruidoso-distaff-challenge.htmlSat, 27 Aug 2011 01:47:11 GMT2011-08-27T01:47:11Esgar Ramirez rode the winners of three races during Saturday's Lineage Day racing program for New Mexico-breds at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/jockey-esgar-ramirez-rides-three-winners-on-lineage-day-program.htmlSun, 21 Aug 2011 21:33:16 GMT2011-08-21T21:33:16Dome's Victory, a chestnut filly by the unraced Storm Cat stallion Dome, sold for $75,000 to top the New Mexico-Bred Thoroughbred Yearling Sale at the Ruidoso Horse Sale Pavilion on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/dome-filly-tops-nm-bred-thoroughbred-yearling-sale.htmlSun, 21 Aug 2011 00:18:37 GMT2011-08-21T00:18:37Dashes Best, a sorrel colt by the late Dash Ta Fame, was the co sale-topper at Friday's New Mexico-Bred Quarter Horse Yearling Sale at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/dash-ta-fame-jesse-james-jr-colts-top-nm-bred-quarter-horse-yearling-sale.htmlSat, 20 Aug 2011 11:57:10 GMT2011-08-20T11:57:10T Bill Stables Inc.'s Cold Cash 123 on Friday won the sixth of nine All American Derby (G1) trials at Ruidoso Downs, posting the fastest qualifying time to the September 4 final.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/cold-cash-123-runs-win-streak-to-three-in-all-american-derby-trials.htmlSat, 20 Aug 2011 02:08:29 GMT2011-08-20T02:08:29Ochoa won the 14th of 26 All American Futurity (G1) trials at Ruidoso Downs on Thursday, posting the fastest qualifying time for the stakes-record $2.4-million final on Labor Day.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/ochoa-is-fastest-all-american-futurity-qualifier.htmlThu, 18 Aug 2011 23:28:00 GMT2011-08-18T23:28:00A total of 96 New Mexico-bred Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses have been entered in Sunday's Lineage Day races at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/lineage-day-races-at-albuquerque-attract-96-entries.htmlThu, 18 Aug 2011 16:33:41 GMT2011-08-18T16:33:41Friday's 440-yard All American Derby (G1) trials at Ruidoso Downs have attracted 73 3-year-olds, including five New Mexico-breds.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/all-american-derby-trials-draw-73-sophomores-including-five-new-mexico-breds.htmlSun, 14 Aug 2011 19:06:05 GMT2011-08-14T19:06:05Iplaytricks, a New Mexico-bred daughter of Desert God racing for Joe Allen and Michael Stinson, sprinted to a 1 1/2-length victory in Saturday's $40,000 Aspen Cup Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-bred-filly-iplaytricks-wins-aspen-cup-stakes.htmlSun, 14 Aug 2011 16:35:18 GMT2011-08-14T16:35:18A total of 252 2-year-olds – including eight New Mexico-breds – have been entered in Thursday's 440-yard All American Futurity (G1) trials at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/all-american-futurity-trials-draw-eight-new-mexico-breds.htmlSun, 14 Aug 2011 16:10:35 GMT2011-08-14T16:10:35The Downs at Albuquerque opens its 54-day season with a 10-race program on Saturday. Post time for the first race is 1:30 p.m. (MDT).http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/downs-at-albuquerque-meet-opens-saturday.htmlWed, 10 Aug 2011 15:20:21 GMT2011-08-10T15:20:21Two New Mexico-bred fillies, Iplaytricks and Charleston Bound, are among the nine 3-year-old fillies entered in Saturday's $40,000 Aspen Cup Stakes at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/new-mexico-bred-fillies-entered-in-saturdays-aspen-cup.htmlWed, 10 Aug 2011 13:21:35 GMT2011-08-10T13:21:35Jockey G.R. Carter Jr. rode PK Bay to a one-length victory in Monday's $20,000 Gwendolyn Eaves Overnight Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/favorite-pk-bay-wins-gwendolyn-eaves-stakes.htmlMon, 01 Aug 2011 18:20:47 GMT2011-08-01T18:20:47Trainer Todd Fincher and jockey Juan Ochoa won three races on Sunday, as Ruidoso Downs Racetrack presented the Zia Festival races for New Mexico-breds.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/trainer-fincher-jockey-ochoa-have-big-days-at-zia-festival.htmlSun, 31 Jul 2011 22:09:10 GMT2011-07-31T22:09:10A total of 370 state-bred Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses have been consigned to this year's New Mexico-Bred Sale, set for August 19-20 at the Ruidoso Horse Sale Pavilion at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/new-mexico-bred-sale-catalog-available-online.htmlMon, 25 Jul 2011 13:32:48 GMT2011-07-25T13:32:48The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Thursday, July 21.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-july-2011-nm-racing-commission-meeting.htmlFri, 22 Jul 2011 11:13:01 GMT2011-07-22T11:13:01Making his career debut, Who Left Who scored a wire-to-wire victory in the first of three trials on Sunday and is one of 10 qualifiers to the July 31 Rio Grande Senor Futurity (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-old colts and geldings at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/field-set-for-rio-grande-senor-futurity.htmlSun, 17 Jul 2011 22:06:00 GMT2011-07-17T22:06:00Rita J. Danley's Roll Bloomers Roll, a homebred daughter of the Hennessy stallion Roll Hennessy Roll, is one of 10 New Mexico-bred 2-year-old fillies who will race in the July 31 Rio Grande Senorita Futurity (R) at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/stakes-winner-roll-bloomers-roll-makes-final-of-rio-grande-senorita-futurity.htmlSun, 17 Jul 2011 22:04:00 GMT2011-07-17T22:04:00Winning the first of three Zia Derby (RG2) trials at Ruidoso Downs on Saturday, Viva La Moon recorded the fastest qualifying time for the $121,219 final for New Mexico-breds on July 31.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/viva-la-moon-posts-fastest-zia-derby-trial-time.htmlSun, 17 Jul 2011 00:54:21 GMT2011-07-17T00:54:21Erasmus B Dragon, a homebred Stel Corona colt owned and trained by Paul Jones, on Friday posted the fastest qualifying time for the July 31 Zia Futurity (RG1) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/stel-corona-colt-is-fastest-zia-futurity-qualifier.htmlFri, 15 Jul 2011 22:09:17 GMT2011-07-15T22:09:17Dash Ta Fame, a son of all-time leading Quarter Horse sire First Down Dash, died at Smart Ranches in Temecula, California, on Wednesday. He was 22.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/longtime-new-mexico-based-stallion-dash-ta-fame-dies.htmlFri, 15 Jul 2011 12:30:42 GMT2011-07-15T12:30:42Vicente Grajeda and Justin Evans were SunRay Park's leading jockey and trainer, respectively, as the track ended its 48-day meet on Tuesday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunray-park-ends-season-meet-leaders-announced.htmlWed, 13 Jul 2011 10:43:13 GMT2011-07-13T10:43:13New Mexico-bred 2- and 3-year-old Quarter Horses will be on display at Ruidoso Downs, as the track presents trials for the Zia Futurity (RG1) and Zia Derby (RG2).http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/zia-futurity-derby-trials-set-for-this-weekend.htmlMon, 11 Jul 2011 14:47:15 GMT2011-07-11T14:47:15BRT Opulence came off of an eight-month layoff to win the 870-yard, $85,000 New Mexico Horsemen's Association Handicap (R) at SunRay Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/brt-opulence-successfully-defends-nm-horsemens-association-handicap.htmlMon, 11 Jul 2011 01:05:38 GMT2011-07-11T01:05:38Breaking sharply from post 10, Miss Chicks Vision led at every call en route to a three-quarter length victory in Saturday's $85,000 Firecracker Quarter Horse Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 3-year-old fillies at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/miss-chicks-vision-is-wire-to-wire-winner-of-sunray-firecracker-stakes.htmlSun, 10 Jul 2011 02:03:41 GMT2011-07-10T02:03:41Confidently ridden by Carlos Madeira, Attitude E Racer was able to avoid the trouble on the first turn and win the $85,000 Dine Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 3-year-olds at SunRay Park on July 5.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/attitude-e-racer-wins-dine-stakes.htmlTue, 05 Jul 2011 22:40:42 GMT2011-07-05T22:40:42Enrique Gomez rode Lesters Secret to a one-length victory in the $50,000 Sierra Blanca Handicap for New Mexico-breds on the Fourth of July at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/lesters-secret-scores-third-stakes-victory-in-sierra-blanca-handicap.htmlTue, 05 Jul 2011 02:00:33 GMT2011-07-05T02:00:33The lone mare in the field of eight aged New Mexico-bred sprinters, Jenuine Joy sprinted to a neck victory in Sunday's $85,000 Tommy “Duke” Smith Handicap (RG2) at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/jenuine-joy-wins-tommy-“duke”-smith-stakes.htmlSun, 03 Jul 2011 23:19:56 GMT2011-07-03T23:19:56My Homey ran his win streak to three following a wire-to-wire, 2 1/4-length victory in Saturday's Totah Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/my-homey-extends-win-streak-in-totah-stakes.htmlSun, 03 Jul 2011 11:34:29 GMT2011-07-03T11:34:29Sent to post at odds of 3-5, My Homey responded with a neck victory in Sunday's $136,426 Mountain Top Thoroughbred Futurity (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/my-homey-is-prompt-favorite-in-mountain-top-thoroughbred-futurity.htmlMon, 27 Jun 2011 01:53:16 GMT2011-06-27T01:53:16Ridden for the first time in a race by Casey Lambert, Bev's Fast Lane sprinted to a 1 1/2-length win in the $85,000 C.O. “Ken” Kendrick Memorial Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-old fillies at SunRay Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/bevs-fast-lane-scores-first-stakes-victory-in-kendrick-memorial.htmlMon, 27 Jun 2011 01:50:09 GMT2011-06-27T01:50:09A one-time $12,500 claimer, Ghostly Beach earned her first stakes win in Monday's Aztec Oaks (R) for New Mexico-bred 3-year-old fillies at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/ghostly-beach-earns-first-stakes-win-in-aztec-oaks.htmlMon, 20 Jun 2011 20:26:55 GMT2011-06-20T20:26:55Ricky Ramirez rode fastest qualifier Sammy James to a wire-to-wire, two-length victory in the $286,609 Mountain Top Quarter Horse Futurity (RG2) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds at Ruidoso Downs on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fastest-qualifier-sammy-james-wins-mountain-top-qh-futurity.htmlSun, 19 Jun 2011 20:46:08 GMT2011-06-19T20:46:08One of two New Mexico-bred 3-year-olds in the seven horse field, Mostly Dust led at every call en route to a half-length victory in Saturday's $40,000 Norgor Thoroughbred Derby at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/mostly-dust-scores-wire-to-wire-victory-in-norgor-derby.htmlSat, 18 Jun 2011 23:18:50 GMT2011-06-18T23:18:50The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Wednesday, June 15.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-june-2011-nm-racing-commission-meeting.htmlThu, 16 Jun 2011 12:42:02 GMT2011-06-16T12:42:02Leave N Legal, a gelding by Illegal Runaway owned and trained by Jaime Aldavaz Jr., sprinted to a half-length victory in Saturday's $85,000 New Mexico Breeders' Stakes (RG2) for state-bred 3-year-olds at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/leave-n-legal-wins-new-mexico-breeders-stakes.htmlSun, 12 Jun 2011 11:26:17 GMT2011-06-12T11:26:17Joe Dee Brooks' I Play Dirty won the first of three Mountain Top Thoroughbred Futurity (R) trials at Ruidoso Downs on Friday, and the Roll Hennessy Roll gelding is one of 10 qualifiers to the $136,000 final on June 26.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/stakes-winner-i-play-dirty-makes-mountain-top-futurity-final.htmlFri, 10 Jun 2011 20:21:31 GMT2011-06-10T20:21:31As of midnight on Sunday morning, jockey Ricky Ramirez was listed in serious condition at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington. Ramirez sustained multiple injuries when his mount, First Place Seis, fell and unseated the rider in Saturday's first race at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/update-on-jockey-ricky-ramirezs-injury.htmlMon, 06 Jun 2011 01:04:39 GMT2011-06-06T01:04:39Hubaldo Solis' Osbaldo, the fastest qualifier and 3-5 favorite, ran his career-opening winning streak to five following his neck victory in Sunday's $176,040 New Mexico Breeders' Futurity (RG3) at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/osbaldo-remains-undefeated-following-nm-breeders-futurity-score.htmlMon, 06 Jun 2011 00:52:48 GMT2011-06-06T00:52:48Chick Town, a New Mexico-bred Chicks A Blazin colt racing for Jim and Michele Laird, posted the 10th-fastest qualifying time for this year's $40,000-added Four Corners Futurity in trials held at SunRay Park on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-bred-colt-chick-town-makes-four-corners-futurity-final.htmlSat, 04 Jun 2011 23:23:30 GMT2011-06-04T23:23:30Sammy James, a sorrel colt by the stakes-winning Mr Jess Perry colt Jesse James Jr, won the fifth of eight Mountain Top Futurity (RG2) trials at Ruidoso Downs on Saturday, and he is the fastest qualifier to the $276,000 final for New Mexico-breds on June 19.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/jesse-james-jr-colt-is-fastest-mountain-top-qh-futurity-qualifier.htmlFri, 03 Jun 2011 23:23:51 GMT2011-06-03T23:23:51The Downs at Albuquerque has released its stakes schedule for its 54-day meet that opens on Saturday, August 13. Located at the New Mexico State Fairgrounds, Expo New Mexico, the Downs at Albuquerque will run 34 stakes worth more than $1.3 million in purses. As in recent years, the highlight of the track's stakes schedule will be Lineage Day on August 21, during which 11 stakes for New Mexico-bred Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses will be run. Purses for Lineage Day will total nearly $500,000.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/downs-at-albuquerque-releases-2011-stakes-schedule.htmlWed, 01 Jun 2011 12:17:45 GMT2011-06-01T12:17:45A total of 80 New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds have been entered in Friday's Mountain Top Quarter Horse Futurity (RG2) trials at Ruidoso Downs. Eight 350-yard trials will be run, with the 10 fastest qualifiers making the $250,000-est Mountain Top Futurity final on Sunday, June 19. Post time for the first trial will be 1 p.m. (MDT), while the eighth and final heat scheduled for 4:02 p.m.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/mountain-top-qh-futurity-trials-set-for-friday.htmlTue, 31 May 2011 13:38:59 GMT2011-05-31T13:38:59Ruidoso Downs opened its 60-day meet on May 27, and the track recorded an 18-percent increase in total wagering handle over its 2010 opening weekend. According to figures provided to Equibase, a total of $1,949,152 was wagered on Ruidoso Downs' 50 races from Friday-Monday, compared to $1,646,295 bet on 49 races during the track's four-day opening weekend last year.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/ruidoso-downs-has-big-opening-weekend.htmlTue, 31 May 2011 13:07:44 GMT2011-05-31T13:07:44A select Thoroughbred broodmare sale will be held at the Ruidoso Horse Sale Company on Saturday, August 20, prior to the New Mexico-Bred Thoroughbred Yearling Sale.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-bred-sale-to-include-select-thoroughbred-broodmare-session.htmlThu, 26 May 2011 16:42:18 GMT2011-05-26T16:42:18Nestled in the mountains of southern New Mexico, Ruidoso Downs opens its 60-day summer meet with a 21-race program on Friday. Post time for the first race will be 11 a.m. (MDT).http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/futurity-trials-open-60-day-ruidoso-meet.htmlMon, 23 May 2011 14:01:16 GMT2011-05-23T14:01:16Hubaldo Solis' Osbaldo won the fourth of six New Mexico Breeders' Futurity (RG3) trials on Sunday and is the fastest qualifier for the June 5, $85,000-added final at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/osbaldo-is-fastest-new-mexico-breeders-futurity-qualifier.htmlSun, 22 May 2011 20:38:13 GMT2011-05-22T20:38:13The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on May 12.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-may-2011-nm-racing-commission-meeting.htmlFri, 20 May 2011 18:33:05 GMT2011-05-20T18:33:05Longtime New Mexico horseman Bobby Dan Crenshaw of Carrizozo died on May 11 following a bout with pancreatic cancer. He was 67.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/longtime-horseman-bobby-dan-crenshaw-dies.htmlMon, 16 May 2011 13:00:06 GMT2011-05-16T13:00:06A pair of New Mexico-breds, Sacred Stone and KO Calyx RF, have qualified to the May 22 Pfizer SunRay Park Starter Allowance Challenge.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-breds-sacred-stone-ko-calyx-rf-make-pfizer-challenge-final-at-sunray.htmlMon, 09 May 2011 10:08:04 GMT2011-05-09T10:08:04Casey Lambert rode longshot Double Smart to a three-length victory in Saturday's $110,000 Jack Cole Handicap (R) for New Mexico-breds at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/double-smart-upsets-jack-cole-handicap.htmlSun, 08 May 2011 10:47:22 GMT2011-05-08T10:47:22Bielau Oaks' Full Moon Dasher led at every call en route to a head victory in Sunday's $85,000 Four Corners Senora Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred fillies and mares at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/full-moon-dasher-wins-four-corners-senora-stakes.htmlMon, 02 May 2011 11:19:22 GMT2011-05-02T11:19:22Sent to post as the 11-10 favorite, Gallegos Del Norte Racing's La Sorpresa rallied to win Sunday's $85,000 Russell and Helen Foutz Distaff Handicap (R) for state-bred fillies and mares at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/la-sorpresa-is-prompt-choice-in-foutz-distaff.htmlMon, 25 Apr 2011 00:40:59 GMT2011-04-25T00:40:59Making his first start in more than five months, Shivers Me won the $50,000 Inaugural Handicap on Saturday, as SunRay Park opened its 48-day meet in front of a crowd of 2,750.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/shivers-me-wins-sunray-inaugural-handicap.htmlSat, 23 Apr 2011 20:17:53 GMT2011-04-23T20:17:53SunRay Park in Farmington, New Mexico, opens its 48-day meet with a 10-race program on Saturday. Post time for the first race is 1 p.m. (MDT). SunRay's opening day feature is the 6 1/2-furlong, $50,000 Inaugural Handicap, which drew a field of nine older runners. Arthur C. Olivier's Tactful, a 5-year-old gelding by Grade 1 winner Bertrando trained by David Wolochuk, is the 123-pound high weight and 5-2 morning-line favorite.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunray-park-opens-48-day-meet-saturday.htmlThu, 21 Apr 2011 16:17:44 GMT2011-04-21T16:17:44Sunland Park Racetrack, which ended its 77-day season on Tuesday, has announced its horses of the meet. Twice The Appeal and Noconi were Sunland's top Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse, respectively.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunland-park-announces-top-horses-of-its-2010-11-meet.htmlWed, 20 Apr 2011 21:53:36 GMT2011-04-20T21:53:36It's My Party scored his first career stakes victory in the 6-furlong, $50,000 KHEY Y-96 Stakes for 3-year-olds at Sunland Park on Tuesday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/its-my-party-is-prompt-favorite-in-khey-y-96-stakes.htmlTue, 19 Apr 2011 23:40:46 GMT2011-04-19T23:40:46One of just two fillies in the field of eight, Robert and Barbara Bauer's Mary For Money scored her first career stakes win in Tuesday's $50,000 Getaway Stakes for 3-year-old Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-bred-mary-for-money-wins-sunlands-getaway-stakes.htmlTue, 19 Apr 2011 21:33:29 GMT2011-04-19T21:33:29Black Hills made his return to New Mexico a winning one, as the 7-year-old Judge TC gelding captured the $100,000 Sunland Park Handicap at Sunland Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/black-hills-returns-to-new-mexico-wins-sunland-park-handicap.htmlSun, 17 Apr 2011 21:55:06 GMT2011-04-17T21:55:06Helped by a tail wind listed at 20 miles-per-hour, seventh-fastest qualifier Valiant War Hero broke the 300-yard world record in Sunday's Grade 1, $253,004 West Texas Futurity at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/valiant-hero-gelding-breaks-world-record-in-west-texas-futurity.htmlSun, 17 Apr 2011 21:26:00 GMT2011-04-17T21:26:00Esgar Ramirez rode longshot Foolin The Chicks to a half-length win in Saturday's 300-yard, $50,000 West Texas Juvenile Stakes at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/foolin-the-chicks-takes-west-texas-juvenile.htmlSun, 17 Apr 2011 01:27:33 GMT2011-04-17T01:27:33Rita Danley's Roll Bloomers Roll, a homebred chestnut daughter of Roll Hennessy Roll, rallied to win Saturday's fillies division of the $75,000-added Copper Top Futurity (R) for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/longshot-roll-bloomers-roll-upsets-fillies-division-of-copper-top-futurity.htmlSun, 17 Apr 2011 00:03:36 GMT2011-04-17T00:03:36I Play Dirty, a gelding by Roll Hennessy Roll, broke his maiden with a neck victory in the colts and geldings division of the Copper Top Futurity (R) for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/roll-hennessy-roll-gelding-wins-colts-and-geldings-division-of-copper-top-futurity.htmlSat, 16 Apr 2011 23:35:34 GMT2011-04-16T23:35:34A quick start from post 5 helped Snow Regard score a wire-to-wire, one-length victory in Saturday's $75,000 Sunburst Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred sophomore fillies at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/snow-regard-wins-sunburst-stakes.htmlSat, 16 Apr 2011 22:58:21 GMT2011-04-16T22:58:21The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on April 14. The meeting was led by the commission's new chairman, Robert Doughty. An attorney based in Albuquerque, Doughty was elected to the post before the start of the meeting's public session. Also, Beverly Bourguet of Albuquerque was elected to the post of vice chair.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-april-2011-nm-racing-commission-meeting.htmlFri, 15 Apr 2011 11:02:32 GMT2011-04-15T11:02:32Fastest qualifier Rylees Boy led at every call en route to a 1 1/4-length victory in Sunday's 440-yard, $117,000 Bank of America New Mexico Challenge Championship (G2) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/rylees-boy-successfully-defends-bank-of-america-nm-challenge-championship.htmlMon, 11 Apr 2011 01:06:47 GMT2011-04-11T01:06:47Osbaldo parlayed a quick start from the rail post into a wire-to-wire victory in the $248,491 New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG2) for state-bred 2-year-olds at Sunland Park on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/osbaldo-wins-new-mexican-spring-futurity.htmlSun, 10 Apr 2011 23:46:15 GMT2011-04-10T23:46:15Sent to post as the 7-10 favorite, Hayley's Halo responded with a convincing 7 1/2-length win in the Saturday's $50,000 Czaria Stakes for fillies and mares at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/hayleys-halo-is-prompt-choice-in-czaria-stakes.htmlSun, 10 Apr 2011 00:56:40 GMT2011-04-10T00:56:40Dick Harp's Preacher James, a homebred bay gelding by Brookstone Bay, scored his first career victory in Saturday's 300-yard, $75,000 New Mexican Spring Fling Stakes (R) for state-bred 2-year-olds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/preacher-james-breaks-maiden-in-new-mexico-spring-fling.htmlSat, 09 Apr 2011 21:46:24 GMT2011-04-09T21:46:24A 28-1 longshot, Jose Angel Esparza's Hez Our Rock rewarded his backers with a 1 1/2-length victory in Sunday's Red Cell New Mexico Distance Challenge (G3) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/hez-our-rock-wins-nm-distance-challenge.htmlSun, 03 Apr 2011 22:06:33 GMT2011-04-03T22:06:33Joel Tavarez's Prospect To The Top, the fifth-fastest qualifier and 2-1 favorite, recorded his second career stakes victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $160,400 West Texas Derby at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/favorite-prospect-to-the-top-scores-in-west-texas-derby.htmlSat, 02 Apr 2011 22:49:49 GMT2011-04-02T22:49:49RC Black Mamba, a brown filly by the Grade 3-winning Strawfly Special stallion Desirio, won the third of nine West Texas Futurity (G1) trials at Sunland Park on Friday, and she is the fastest qualifier for the $253,004 final on April 17.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/desirio-filly-is-fastest-west-texas-futurity-qualifier.htmlFri, 01 Apr 2011 22:10:51 GMT2011-04-01T22:10:51Sent to post as the 7-5 favorite while making her career debut, Miss Bullette won the first of four Copper Top Futurity (R)--fillies division trials at Sunland Park on Tuesday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/miss-bullette-leads-copper-top-futurity-(fillies-division)-qualifiers.htmlWed, 30 Mar 2011 13:01:55 GMT2011-03-30T13:01:55My Homey broke his maiden with a six-length victory in the first of three Copper Top Futurity (R)--colts and geldings division trials at Sunland Park on Tuesday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/my-homey-tops-copper-top-futurity-(colts-and-geldings-division)-finalists.htmlWed, 30 Mar 2011 12:55:48 GMT2011-03-30T12:55:48Longshot Twice The Appeal rallied to win Sunday's $800,000 Sunland Derby (G3) in front of a track-record crowd of 18,571 at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/twice-the-appeal-scores-upset-victory-in-sunland-derby.htmlSun, 27 Mar 2011 23:02:59 GMT2011-03-27T23:02:59Gerardo Ochoa's Rylees Boy is the fastest qualifier to the April 10, $110,000-added Bank of America Sunland Challenge (G2).http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/rylees-boy-tops-bank-of-america-sunland-challenge-trials.htmlSat, 26 Mar 2011 22:29:41 GMT2011-03-26T22:29:41PK Bay, a chestnut colt by Brookstone Bay racing for David Barrett and Sue H. May, is the fastest qualifier to the April 10, $120,000-added New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG1) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/brookstone-bay-colt-posts-fastest-new-mexican-spring-futurity-trial-time.htmlFri, 25 Mar 2011 19:38:23 GMT2011-03-25T19:38:23A field of 11 Triple Crown hopefuls, including morning-line favorite Astrology, are entered in Sunday's Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby at Sunland Park, one of six Thoroughbred stakes on a rich 13-race card that will offer a total of $1,577,300. Post time for the first race is 12:45 p.m. (MDT). Scheduled post time for the Sunland Derby is 5:45.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/grade-3-derby-tops-rich-sunland-park-program.htmlFri, 25 Mar 2011 15:03:36 GMT2011-03-25T15:03:36The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Thursday. The meeting was chaired by interim chairman Ray Willis of Roswell, and it was the first meeting attended by the four new commissioners recently appointed by new governor Susana Martinez – Beverly Bourguet of Albuquerque, Jerald G. Cosper of Los Lunas, Robert M. Doughty III of Albuquerque, and Gayla McCulloch of Farmington.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-march-2011-nm-racing-commission-meeting.htmlThu, 24 Mar 2011 19:10:16 GMT2011-03-24T19:10:16Michael Fuhs' Spinning Touch outran his 24-1 odds to win Sunday's $120,000 New Mexico State University Handicap (R) for state-breds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/spinning-touch-scores-24-1-upset-in-nmsu-cap.htmlMon, 21 Mar 2011 00:32:08 GMT2011-03-21T00:32:08Sheet Burns, a 9-year-old gelding by champion Okey Dokey Dale racing for Maclovio Regalado, won the first of two Red Cell Sunland Distance Challenge (G3) trials on Saturday, posting the fastest qualifying time for the $55,000-added final on April 3.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sheet-burns-tops-red-cell-sunland-distance-challenge-trials.htmlSun, 20 Mar 2011 00:30:51 GMT2011-03-20T00:30:51Ken Tohill rode Bonndaddy's to a come-from-behind 1 1/4-length victory in Saturday's $100,000 Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap (R) for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/bonndaddys-rallies-to-win-mt.-cristo-rey.htmlSat, 19 Mar 2011 23:50:13 GMT2011-03-19T23:50:13Oscar Salcito Gortarez's Cobrita is the fastest qualifier for the $65,000-added West Texas Derby (G3) at Sunland Park on April 2.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/cobrita-is-fastest-west-texas-derby-finalist.htmlSat, 19 Mar 2011 00:01:46 GMT2011-03-19T00:01:46Fredda Draper's Jenuine Joy sprinted to a half-length victory in the 350-yard, $100,000 Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap (RG2) for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/jenuine-joy-wins-mesilla-valley-speed-handicap.htmlSun, 13 Mar 2011 20:59:39 GMT2011-03-13T20:59:39Leading at every call, longshot Winter Camp won Saturday's $50,000 Bill Thomas Memorial Handicap at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/winter-camp-scores-upset-victory-in-bill-thomas-memorial.htmlSat, 12 Mar 2011 23:59:00 GMT2011-03-12T23:59:00SunRay Park in Farmington, New Mexico, has released its 2011 stakes schedule and the first condition book of its 48-day meet, which opens April 23.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunray-park-releases-stakes-schedule-first-condition-book.htmlFri, 11 Mar 2011 16:35:01 GMT2011-03-11T16:35:01A Tincup Cocktail outran his 17-1 odds and scored his first stakes victory in Saturday's 400-yard, $98,376 West Texas Maturity (G2) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/a-tincup-cocktail-upsets-west-texas-maturity.htmlSun, 06 Mar 2011 00:57:06 GMT2011-03-06T00:57:06Ruidoso Downs has released its stakes schedule for its 2011 summer meet, which runs May 27-September 5.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/ruidoso-downs-releases-stakes-schedule.htmlMon, 28 Feb 2011 16:26:52 GMT2011-02-28T16:26:52Golden Springs outran her 42-1 odds to win Sunday's one-mile, $50,000 Island Fashion Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/longshot-golden-springs-wins-island-fashion-stakes.htmlSun, 27 Feb 2011 22:55:41 GMT2011-02-27T22:55:41Fusa Code, a Kentucky-bred gelding by Fusaichi Pegasus racing for Bob and Cathy Zollars of Dallas, broke his maiden in Saturday's $100,000 Borderland Derby at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fusa-code-breaks-maiden-in-borderland-derby.htmlSun, 27 Feb 2011 00:03:33 GMT2011-02-27T00:03:33The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Thursday. Thursday's meeting was the commission's first since November 18. The regularly scheduled January meeting was cancelled.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-february-nm-racing-commission-meeting-in-albuquerque.htmlFri, 25 Feb 2011 12:55:22 GMT2011-02-25T12:55:22Esgar Ramirez rode Stel Gone Corona to a wire-to-wire, head victory in the $120,000 New Mexico Horse Breeders' Association Stakes (RG2) for state-bred 3-year-olds at Sunland Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/stel-gone-corona-extends-win-streak-in-nmhba-stakes.htmlMon, 21 Feb 2011 00:10:03 GMT2011-02-21T00:10:03Strike It Quick won the second of three West Texas Maturity (G2) trials at Sunland Park on Friday, posting the fastest qualifying time for the March 5, $65,000-added final.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/strike-it-quick-tops-west-texas-maturity-trials.htmlSun, 20 Feb 2011 16:03:54 GMT2011-02-20T16:03:54Gallegos Del Norte Racing's La Sorpresa rallied to win Saturday's one-mile, $100,000 Sydney Valentini Handicap (R) for New Mexico-bred fillies and mares at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/la-sorpresa-wins-sydney-valentini-handicap.htmlSun, 20 Feb 2011 11:05:53 GMT2011-02-20T11:05:53Paul B. Thomason's Quiet Again, a homebred 6-year-old gelding by Real Quiet, scored a wire-to-wire, one-length victory in the $50,000 Curribot Stakes at Sunland Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/quiet-again-leads-from-start-to-finish-in-curribot-stakes.htmlMon, 14 Feb 2011 01:15:35 GMT2011-02-14T01:15:35Leading at every call, Lathrop Hoffman's Hayley's Halo scored a two-length victory in Saturday's $50,000 El Diario Stakes for fillies and mares at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/hayleys-halo-scores-wire-to-wire-victory-in-el-diario-stakes.htmlSat, 12 Feb 2011 23:59:25 GMT2011-02-12T23:59:25United Spirit, an 11-year-old stallion by Mr Prospector, will stand the 2011 season in Anthony, New Mexico.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/united-spirit-to-stand-in-new-mexico.htmlThu, 10 Feb 2011 16:34:49 GMT2011-02-10T16:34:49Class Racing Stable's Wiredfortwotwenty scored his first career stakes win in Saturday's $50,000 Budweiser Stakes at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/wiredfortwotwenty-rallies-to-win-budweiser-stakes.htmlSun, 06 Feb 2011 11:53:28 GMT2011-02-06T11:53:28Freddie Martinez rode Strike It Quick to a three-quarter length victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $50,000 KOFX Radio Handicap at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/strike-it-quick-wins-kofx-radio-handicap.htmlSun, 30 Jan 2011 11:43:29 GMT2011-01-30T11:43:29Chris and Tina Hourigan were presented the 2010 Julep Cup by The Blood-Horse Magazine during Thursday's New Mexico Horse Breeders' Association's Zia Awards Banquet at the Marriott Uptown Hotel in Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/chris-and-tina-hourigan-honored-with-blood-horse-julep-cup.htmlFri, 28 Jan 2011 01:45:16 GMT2011-01-28T01:45:16Enrique Gomez rode 9-10 favorite Angel At Home to a come-from-behind victory in the $50,000 El Paso Times Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Sunland Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/odds-on-choice-angel-at-home-wins-el-paso-times-stakes.htmlSun, 23 Jan 2011 23:28:48 GMT2011-01-23T23:28:48Outrunning his 19-1 odds, Beau Wizer won Saturday's $120,000 Pepsi Cola Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 3-year-olds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/longshot-beau-wizer-wins-pepsi-cola-stakes.htmlSat, 22 Jan 2011 22:28:59 GMT2011-01-22T22:28:59Shamrock Girl was a prompt 13-10 favorite in Saturday’s $120,000 La Senora Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred sophomore fillies at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/favored-shamrock-girl-victorious-in-la-senora.htmlSun, 16 Jan 2011 15:43:06 GMT2011-01-16T15:43:06Miguel Hernandez rode Black Hills to a half-length victory in Saturday’s $50,000 Winsham Lad Stakes at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/black-hills-scores-mild-upset-in-winsham-lad.htmlSat, 08 Jan 2011 21:50:53 GMT2011-01-08T21:50:53The New Mexico Horse Breeders’ Association’s annual meeting and Zia Awards banquet will be held on Thursday, January 27, at the Albuquerque Marriott Hotel at 2101 Louisiana Blvd. NE.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nmhba-annual-meeting-zia-awards-banquet-set-for-january-27.htmlThu, 06 Jan 2011 15:50:47 GMT2011-01-06T15:50:47Desert Gamble, a 16-1 longshot, rallied to win Sunday’s $100,000 Albert Dominguez Memorial Handicap (R) for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/longshot-desert-gamble-scores-in-dominguez-memorial.htmlSun, 02 Jan 2011 21:30:39 GMT2011-01-02T21:30:39Quatro Menudos remained undefeated following his one-length victory in the $313,502 Shue Fly Stakes (RG1) for New Mexico-bred newly turned 3-year-olds at Sunland Park on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fastest-qualifier-quatro-menudos-wins-shue-fly.htmlSat, 01 Jan 2011 20:36:47 GMT2011-01-01T20:36:47Juan Ochoa rode Jannas Pride to a come-from-behind, 1 ½-length victory in Thursday’s Red Hedeman Mile Stakes for New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/jannas-pride-is-prompt-choice-in-red-hedeman-mile.htmlFri, 31 Dec 2010 22:10:17 GMT2010-12-31T22:10:17Weather Warning, a stakes-winning 2004 foal by Storm Cat, will stand the '11 breeding season at Brunacini Farms at Belen, New Mexico.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/weather-warning-to-stand-2011-season-at-brunacini-farms.htmlThu, 30 Dec 2010 19:29:57 GMT2010-12-30T19:29:57Tony and Molly Doughtie’s Whathaveigottado, the fastest qualifier, earned his first stakes victory in Wednesday’s 400-yard, $138,471 Sunland Park Winter Derby (G3) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fastest-qualifier-whathaveigottado-wins-sunland-winter-derby.htmlWed, 29 Dec 2010 17:45:59 GMT2010-12-29T17:45:59City Cool, a City Zip colt racing for Mike McCarty, cruised to a wire-to-wire, 7 ¼-length victory in Tuesday’s Riley Allison Futurity at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/city-cool-cruises-to-big-riley-allison-futurity-score.htmlWed, 29 Dec 2010 13:52:44 GMT2010-12-29T13:52:44Facil Catana, the 2-1 favorite, led at every call en route to a convincing 5 ¾-length win in Sunday’s $50,000 Bold Ego Handicap for fillies and mares at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/favorite-facil-catana-posts-wire-to-wire-victory-in-bold-ego-‘cap.htmlMon, 27 Dec 2010 15:10:13 GMT2010-12-27T15:10:13Jacky Martin rode sixth-fastest qualifier and 5-2 second choice Giorgino to a half-length win in the Sunland Park Winter Futurity (G2) at Sunland Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sixth-fastest-qualifier-giorgino-scores-in-sunland-winter-futurity.htmlMon, 27 Dec 2010 14:18:11 GMT2010-12-27T14:18:11Champion Noconi extended his winning streak to four with a neck victory in Sunday’s $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park (G1).http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/noconi-extends-win-streak-in-sunland-qh-championship.htmlMon, 27 Dec 2010 13:39:15 GMT2010-12-27T13:39:15Highspeed Rescue overcame a poor start to win Sunday’s one-mile, $120,000 Enchantress Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-old fillies at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/highspeed-rescue-rallies-to-win-enchantress-stakes.htmlMon, 20 Dec 2010 13:42:18 GMT2010-12-20T13:42:18Jenuine Joy, a homebred 4-year-old mare racing for Fredda Draper of Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico, led at every call en route to a win in the Lou Wooten Handicap (RG2) for state-bred distaffers at Sunland Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/jenuine-joy-wins-lou-wooten-handicap.htmlMon, 20 Dec 2010 13:06:25 GMT2010-12-20T13:06:25Sent to post at odds of 20-1, Alvaro Castro’s Canadian Mash won Saturday’s 870-yard, $120,000 Challenger Six Handicap (R) for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/canadian-mash-scores-upset-in-challenger-six.htmlMon, 20 Dec 2010 12:18:58 GMT2010-12-20T12:18:58Quatro Menudos, an undefeated 2-year-old gelding by Furyofthewind, won the first of six trials on Friday and posted the fastest qualifying time for the January 2 Shue Fly Stakes (RG2) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/quatro-menudos-is-fastest-shue-fly-finalist.htmlSat, 18 Dec 2010 13:14:03 GMT2010-12-18T13:14:03Alfredo Juarez Jr. rode Cali Baby to a come-from-behind 1 ½-length victory in Sunday’s $120,000 New Mexico State Racing Commission Handicap (R) for state-bred distaffers at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/cali-baby-extends-win-streak-in-nm-racing-commission-handicap.htmlSun, 12 Dec 2010 23:31:44 GMT2010-12-12T23:31:44Ridden for the first time in a race by Justin Shepherd, Chuchuluco scored a one-length victory in the $120,000 Johnnie L. Jamison Handicap (R) for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/chuchuluco-scores-in-johnnie-l.-jamison-cap.htmlSun, 12 Dec 2010 22:54:56 GMT2010-12-12T22:54:56Ducky Drake came from off of the pace to win the 5 ½-furlong, $50,000 KLAQ Handicap at Sunland Park on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/ducky-drake-rallies-to-win-klaq-handicap.htmlSat, 11 Dec 2010 23:34:19 GMT2010-12-11T23:34:19Freddie Martinez rode One Diamond Kitty to victory in Saturday’s $120,000 Jess Burner Memorial Handicap (RG1) for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/one-diamond-kitty-is-prompt-choice-in-jess-burner.htmlSat, 11 Dec 2010 22:57:01 GMT2010-12-11T22:57:01Whathaveigottado, a gray colt by Shazoom racing for Tony and Molly Doughtie, won the second of four Sunland Park Winter Derby (G2) trials on Saturday and posted the fastest qualifying time for the December 29, $50,000-added final.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/whathaveigottado-posts-fastest-sunland-winter-derby-trial-time.htmlSat, 11 Dec 2010 19:27:42 GMT2010-12-11T19:27:42BF Sonic Boom posted the fastest Sunland Park Winter Futurity (G2) qualifying time, as the southern New Mexico track opened its 77-day meet before an announced crowd of 3,609 on Friday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/bf-sonic-boom-is-fastest-sunland-winter-futurity-finalist.htmlFri, 10 Dec 2010 22:38:41 GMT2010-12-10T22:38:41The National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s Safety and Integrity Alliance has fully accredited Sunland Park Racetrack in southern New Mexico, following a complete review of all racing operations at the facility.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunland-park-racetrack-earns-full-accreditation-from-ntra.htmlThu, 09 Dec 2010 12:31:30 GMT2010-12-09T12:31:30Graded stakes winners Prospect To The Top, Fast Movin Vic, and Jumpn Shake are among the 52 2-year-olds entered in Friday’s Sunland Park Winter Futurity (G2) trials, as Sunland Park opens its 77-day meet with an 11-race program. Post time for the first race is 12:25 p.m. (MST).http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunland-park-meet-opens-friday.htmlTue, 07 Dec 2010 23:42:10 GMT2010-12-07T23:42:10Jannas Pride, a Desert God gelding campaigned by Charles W. Hunter and Dale Taylor, pushed his winning streak to three following his convincing victory in Sunday’s $129,845 New Mexico Eddy County Stakes (R) for state-bred 2-year-olds at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/jannas-pride-extends-win-streak-in-eddy-county-stakes.htmlMon, 06 Dec 2010 00:35:50 GMT2010-12-06T00:35:50Jacky Martin rode AQHA champion Noconi to a three-quarter length victory in Sunday’s 440-yard, $150,000 Zia Park Quarter Horse Championship (G1) at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/noconi-becomes-millionaire-with-victory-in-zia-qh-championship.htmlSun, 05 Dec 2010 23:48:05 GMT2010-12-05T23:48:05Imco Spirit (IRE) outran his 9-1 odds to win the 1 1/8-mile, $218,000 Zia Park Distance Championship Handicap at Zia Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/imco-spirit-(ire)-scores-come-from-behind-upset-in-zia-distance-championship.htmlSun, 05 Dec 2010 23:19:24 GMT2010-12-05T23:19:24Stachys, a Kentucky-bred gelding by Candy Ride (ARG) racing by Al Ulwelling and Bill Ulwelling, rallied to win Saturday’s $150,000 Zia Park Derby at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/stachys-is-prompt-choice-in-zia-park-derby.htmlSun, 05 Dec 2010 11:00:09 GMT2010-12-05T11:00:09Zia Park’s final weekend of live racing will feature four stakes, three for Thoroughbreds and one for Quarter Horses. Three of Zia Park’s final stakes – the 440-yard, $150,000 Zia Park Quarter Horse Championship (G1), the 1-mile, $120,000 New Mexico Eddy County Stakes (R) for state-bred 2-year-olds, and the 1 1/8-mile, $200,000 Zia Park Distance Championship – will be run as part of an 11-race card on Sunday. The other stakes, the 1 1/16-mile, $150,000 Zia Park Derby, is scheduled as the 10th race of an 11-race program on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/closing-weekend-at-zia-park-features-four-stakes.htmlThu, 02 Dec 2010 15:27:30 GMT2010-12-02T15:27:30Sent to post at odds of nearly 10-1, Cold Cash 123 responded with a neck victory in Sunday’s $200,000 Southwest Juvenile Championship (G1) at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/cold-cash-123-scores-upset-victory-in-southwest-juvenile-championship.htmlSun, 28 Nov 2010 21:52:13 GMT2010-11-28T21:52:13Hayley’s Halo, a homebred daughter of Sea Of Secrets racing for Lathrop G. Hoffman, ran her winning streak to three in the 6-furlong, $55,360 Zia Park Distaff Stakes on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/hayley’s-halo-extends-win-streak-in-zia-park-distaff.htmlSat, 27 Nov 2010 22:44:53 GMT2010-11-27T22:44:53Making just her second start of the season, Mike Abraham’s Blazin N Shakin won Saturday’s $150,460 New Mexico Quarter Horse Fillies & Mares Championship at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/blazin-n-shakin-wins-new-mexico-qh-fillies--mares-championship.htmlSat, 27 Nov 2010 21:44:33 GMT2010-11-27T21:44:33Rancho El Alacran Inc.’s Fighter On Fire, a Grade 1-winning son of all-time leading sire First Down Dash, will stand the 2011 season at MJ Farms at Veguita, New Mexico. The 5-year-old stallion’s fee will be $2,500.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/grade-1-winner-fighter-on-fire-to-stand-in-new-mexico.htmlFri, 26 Nov 2010 20:32:21 GMT2010-11-26T20:32:21Racing at Zia Park in Hobbs, New Mexico, kicks off a day early this weekend, as the track presents a special day-after-Thanksgiving Friday program. Post time for the first race will be 12:15 p.m. (MST). Zia Park’s purses for the three-day holiday weekend will reach $959,800 for 33 races, an average of $29,085 per race. Of that total, $318,800 in purses will be for races restricted to New Mexico-breds.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/holiday-weekend-at-zia-park-features-friday-racing-three-stakes.htmlWed, 24 Nov 2010 18:21:02 GMT2010-11-24T18:21:02Freddie Martinez rode Tango Blue to a 3 ½-length victory in the Grade 2, $55,000 King Rick Rack Handicap at Zia Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/tango-blue-gets-first-stakes-victory-in-king-rick-rack.htmlSun, 21 Nov 2010 23:45:29 GMT2010-11-21T23:45:29The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Thursday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-november-nm-racing-commission-meeting-in-albuquerque.htmlSun, 21 Nov 2010 00:59:01 GMT2010-11-21T00:59:01David Bloomer’s Posies Woodette won Sunday’s $40,000 New Mexico Breeders’ Quarter Horse Championship (RG3), as The Downs at Albuquerque ended its 2010 meet in front of a closing-day crowd of 1,276.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/posies-woodette-breaks-track-record-in-new-mexico-breeders’-qh-championship.htmlSun, 14 Nov 2010 23:48:44 GMT2010-11-14T23:48:44Miguel Hernandez rode Ducky Drake to a neck victory in Sunday’s $55,090 Lea County Sprint Stakes at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/ducky-drake-wins-lea-county-sprint-stakes.htmlSun, 14 Nov 2010 23:00:47 GMT2010-11-14T23:00:47Noconi, the AQHA champion 3-year-old gelding two years ago, scored his seventh graded stakes victory in the Grade 2, 400-yard Lovington Stakes at Zia Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/champion-noconi-wins-lovington-stakes.htmlMon, 08 Nov 2010 00:40:19 GMT2010-11-08T00:40:19Cody Jensen rode favorite Anywhere Bully to a neck victory in Sunday’s $30,000 O.B. Cockerell Handicap at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/favored-anywhere-bully-takes-o.b.-cockerell-handicap.htmlMon, 08 Nov 2010 00:03:40 GMT2010-11-08T00:03:40Mine That Bird, the New Mexico-based longshot winner of last year’s Kentucky Derby (G1), has been retired.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/new-mexico-based-mine-that-bird-retired.htmlSun, 07 Nov 2010 15:25:42 GMT2010-11-07T15:25:42A & C Racing and Roping’s Winners Version, the winner of last year’s $147,927 Hobbs America Derby (G2) at Zia Park, will stand the 2011 season at Mac Murray and Janis Spencer Murray’s MJ Farms near Veguita, New Mexico.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/grade-3-winner-winners-version-to-stand-in-new-mexico.htmlSun, 07 Nov 2010 10:52:21 GMT2010-11-07T10:52:21The well-traveled Sunday Sunrise outran his 7-1 odds to win the $55,000 Veteran Stakes at Zia Park on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunday-sunrise-rallies-to-win-veteran-stakes.htmlSat, 06 Nov 2010 21:24:16 GMT2010-11-06T21:24:16The Quarter Horse Streak Of Sixes and Thoroughbred Glory Be Mine added to their impressive resumes during Sunday’s $1.977-million New Mexico Cup program at Zia Park in Hobbs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/streak-of-sixes-glory-be-mine-among-new-mexico-cup-winners.htmlSun, 31 Oct 2010 23:50:28 GMT2010-10-31T23:50:28The best New Mexico-bred Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses in training will square off in Sunday’s New Mexico Cup program at Zia Park. More than $1,878,200 in purse money will be available in 11 races, eight of which are for Thoroughbreds and four of which are for Quarter Horses. The 2009 New Mexico Cup program was the year’s richest state-bred day of racing in North America.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/rich-new-mexico-cup-program-set-for-sunday.htmlFri, 29 Oct 2010 19:09:45 GMT2010-10-29T19:09:45The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Thursday, during which it approved a 289-date racing calendar for 2011.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-october-nm-racing-commission-meeting-in-albuquerque.htmlFri, 29 Oct 2010 11:55:20 GMT2010-10-29T11:55:20Pulgarcito, a bay gelding by the Mr. Prospector stallion Greatness, scored his first stakes victory in Sunday’s $55,000 Governor’s Cup Stakes for 2-year-olds at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/pulgarcito-wins-governor’s-cup-stakes.htmlMon, 25 Oct 2010 01:15:49 GMT2010-10-25T01:15:49Ken Tohill rode 3-10 choice Fastation to a half-length win in the $55,000 Permian Basin Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Zia Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fastation-is-prompt-favorite-in-permian-basin-stakes.htmlMon, 18 Oct 2010 01:21:34 GMT2010-10-18T01:21:34Quiet Again, a homebred 5-year-old gelding racing for Paul B. Thomason, sprinted to a three-quarter length victory in Sunday’s 6 ½-furlong, $30,000 Budweiser Special Stakes at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/quiet-again-wins-albuquerque’s-budweiser-special-stakes.htmlMon, 18 Oct 2010 00:40:57 GMT2010-10-18T00:40:57Here Kittykittykitty, a graded stakes winning gelding bred and owned by Jay and Mary Lou Standefer of Roswell, New Mexico, is the fastest qualifier for the October 31, $200,000-est. New Mexico Cup Derby (G2) at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/here-kittykittykitty-posts-fastest-nm-cup-derby-trial-time.htmlSun, 17 Oct 2010 22:12:40 GMT2010-10-17T22:12:40Sent to post as the 11-10 favorite, Sheet Burns scored a three-quarter length victory in Saturday’s 870-yard, $55,090 Herman Jefferson Stakes (G3) at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sheet-burns-is-prompt-choice-in-herman-jefferson-stakes.htmlSun, 17 Oct 2010 00:01:16 GMT2010-10-17T00:01:16Valle Guadiana Corporation’s Moro Moon on Saturday posted the fastest qualifying time for the October 31 New Mexico Cup Futurity (RG2) at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/moro-moon-is-fastest-new-mexico-cup-futurity-qualifier.htmlSat, 16 Oct 2010 23:35:28 GMT2010-10-16T23:35:28Jacky Martin rode fastest qualifier and 1-2 favorite Prospect To The Top to a dominating 1 ½-length victory in the Grade 2, 400-yard Hobbs America Futurity before 2,315 fans at Zia Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fastest-qualifier-prospect-to-the-top-wins-hobbs-america-futurity.htmlSun, 10 Oct 2010 23:45:09 GMT2010-10-10T23:45:09Carlos Quevado’s Corona For The Lady sprinted to a neck victory in Sunday’s Grade 2, $125,130 Hobbs America Derby at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/corona-for-the-lady-scores-first-stakes-win-in-hobbs-america-derby.htmlSun, 10 Oct 2010 23:08:33 GMT2010-10-10T23:08:33He’s A Tough Dude, a 5-year-old gelding by Tough Men racing for Valle Racing LLC, scored a wire-to-wire victory in Saturday’s University of New Mexico Handicap (R) for state-bred older horses at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/he’s-a-tough-dude-leads-from-start-to-finish,-wins-unm-handicap.htmlSat, 09 Oct 2010 23:21:44 GMT2010-10-09T23:21:44Hayley’s Halo, a homebred sophomore filly racing for Lathrop G. Hoffman, led at every call en route to a three-quarter length victory in the $60,090 Chaves County Stakes for distaffers at Zia Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/hayley’s-halo-posts-wire-to-wire-victory-in-chaves-county-stakes.htmlSun, 03 Oct 2010 23:32:13 GMT2010-10-03T23:32:13Brian Mundell’s Race For Jake rallied through the homestretch to win Sunday’s $30,000 A.C. Kemp Stakes for 2-year-olds at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/race-for-jake-rallies-to-win-a.c.-kemp-stakes.htmlSun, 03 Oct 2010 22:53:03 GMT2010-10-03T22:53:03The successful comeback of Jacky Martin continued on track on Saturday, as the veteran jockey rode favorite Shesa First Ratify to a one-length victory in the $55,090 Lubbock Stakes (G2) for distaffers at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/shesa-first-ratify-scores-first-stakes-win-in-lubbock-stakes.htmlSun, 03 Oct 2010 01:38:29 GMT2010-10-03T01:38:29A memorial fund for Mark Villa has been established. Villa, 44, was killed in an accident after a Quarter Horse race at Zia Park on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/memorial-fund-established-for-mark-villa.htmlWed, 29 Sep 2010 21:53:17 GMT2010-09-29T21:53:17J. Martin Bourdieu rode Russian Lane to a convincing 6 1/4-length victory in the 6-furlong, $77,567 George Maloof Futurity (R) for New Mexico-bred colts and geldings at The Downs at Albuquerque on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/russian-lane-scores-convincing-win-in-george-maloof-futurity.htmlMon, 27 Sep 2010 03:39:51 GMT2010-09-27T03:39:51David Wolochuk’s Shamrock Girl earned her first stakes victory in Sunday’s $67,412 Dessie & Fern Sawyer Futurity (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-old fillies at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/shamrock-girl-wins-dessie-and-fern-sawyer-futurity.htmlMon, 27 Sep 2010 03:08:27 GMT2010-09-27T03:08:27Woody Dungarees, a homebred filly racing for Ron and Kay Jenkins’ Holy Bucket LLC, ran her winning streak to five with a head victory in the 400-yard, $55,188 New Mexico State Fair Breeders’ Derby (RG3) at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/woody-dungarees-extends-win-streak-in-nm-state-fair-qh-breeders’-derby.htmlSun, 26 Sep 2010 23:41:21 GMT2010-09-26T23:41:21Sent to post as the 9-5 favorite, Shivers Me held on at the wire to win Sunday’s 1 1/8-mile, $40,000 New Mexico State Fair Handicap at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/shivers-me-is-prompt-favorite-in-nm-state-fair-handicap.htmlSun, 26 Sep 2010 22:57:15 GMT2010-09-26T22:57:15Second-fastest qualifier Primvvera, a Stel Corona gelding owned and trained by Dominic Duree, sprinted to a half-length victory in Saturday’s $77,476 New Mexico State Fair Senor Futurity (RG3) for state-bred colts and geldings at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/primvvera-gets-first-stakes-win-in-senor-futurity.htmlSun, 26 Sep 2010 00:01:14 GMT2010-09-26T00:01:14Ronald Ulibarri’s U R A Fury Lady broke her maiden in the 400-yard, $71,483 New Mexico State Fair Senorita Futurity (RG3) at The Downs at Albuquerque on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/u-r-a-fury-lady-breaks-maiden-in-senorita-futurity.htmlSat, 25 Sep 2010 23:19:00 GMT2010-09-25T23:19:00Ridden by Freddy Fong Jr. for the first time in a race, Spinning Touch came from off the pace to win Saturday’s $40,000 New Mexico State Fair Breeders’ Stakes (R) for state-bred sophomores at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/spinning-touch-rallies-for-nm-state-fair-breeders’-stakes-victory.htmlSat, 25 Sep 2010 22:43:06 GMT2010-09-25T22:43:06A sharp break from post 9 helped Prospect To The Top post a two-length victory in the last of six Hobbs America Futurity (G3) trials at Zia Park on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/prospect-to-the-top-breaks-track-record-in-hobbs-america-futurity-trials.htmlSat, 25 Sep 2010 21:53:09 GMT2010-09-25T21:53:09The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Thursday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-september-nm-racing-commission-meeting-in-albuquerque.htmlFri, 24 Sep 2010 16:00:23 GMT2010-09-24T16:00:23The New Mexico State Fair portion of The Downs at Albuquerque meet ends this weekend with seven stakes, four for Thoroughbreds and three for Quarter Horses.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-state-fair-meet-ends-this-weekend-with-seven-stakes.htmlThu, 23 Sep 2010 19:03:38 GMT2010-09-23T19:03:38Voters in Lincoln County, New Mexico, on Tuesday approved a three-sixteenths of 1 percent sales tax increase that will help keep Ruidoso Downs Racetrack in the county. The referendum to raise the business retention gross receipts tax passed by a margin of 53-47 percent. A total of 3,719 voted in favor of the tax increase, while 3,299 voted against.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/lincoln-county-voters-approve-tax-increase.htmlWed, 22 Sep 2010 11:55:38 GMT2010-09-22T11:55:38The New Mexico Horse Breeders’ Association will hold its annual Youth Day at the Races at The Downs at Albuquerque on Saturday, October 9. The activity is limited to 25 people, aged 12 or older, and it includes the observation of morning workouts, touring the racing office and test barn, lunch in the Jockey Club, and a visit to the jockeys’ quarters and paddock to observe the duties of the clerk of scales, paddock judge, and horse identifier.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nmhba-youth-day-at-the-races-set-for-october-9.htmlMon, 20 Sep 2010 08:55:25 GMT2010-09-20T08:55:25Corona For You, a one-time $20,000 claimer racing for Hugo Barron Sierra and Romaldo Tarango, scored her first stakes victory in Sunday’s 400-yard, $30,000 La Mariposa Handicap (G3) for distaffers at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/corona-for-you-rallies-for-la-mariposa-victory.htmlSun, 19 Sep 2010 22:42:23 GMT2010-09-19T22:42:23Freddie Martinez rode Strike It Quick to a three-quarter length win in the Grade 2, $55,360 James Isaac Hobbs Stakes at Zia Park on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/strike-it-quick-breaks-stakes-record-in-james-isaac-hobbs.htmlSat, 18 Sep 2010 23:00:13 GMT2010-09-18T23:00:13Sent to post as the 3-5 favorite, Facil Catana recorded her third consecutive victory in Saturday’s $30,000 Fair Queen Handicap for 3-year-old fillies at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/facil-catana-extends-win-streak-in-albuquerque’s-fair-queen.htmlSat, 18 Sep 2010 22:20:21 GMT2010-09-18T22:20:21A full field of 10 sprinters will face off in Saturday’s 350-yard, $55,000 James Isaac Hobbs Stakes (G2) at Zia Park. The James Isaac Hobbs is one of three stakes races scheduled for New Mexico tracks this weekend. The others, Saturday’s 6 ½-furlong, $30,000 Fair Queen Stakes, and Sunday’s 400-yard, $30,000 La Mariposa Stakes (G3), will be contested during the New Mexico State Fair meet at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/grade-2-james-isaac-hobbs-stakes-tops-nm-weekend-stakes-action.htmlFri, 17 Sep 2010 13:19:03 GMT2010-09-17T13:19:03Outrunning his 19-1 odds, River Echo sprinted to a 1 ¾-length win in Sunday’s 6-furlong, $100,000 Premier Cup Handicap at Zia Park, the first stakes race of the track’s 53-day fall meet.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/river-echo-scores-upset-victory-in-zia-park’s-premier-cup-handicap.htmlSun, 12 Sep 2010 23:16:08 GMT2010-09-12T23:16:08Haitian Hero, a colt by Petionville racing for Ramon O. Gonzalez and Homero Varela, won Sunday’s $30,000 Harvest Stakes for 3-year-olds at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/haitian-hero-wins-harvest-stakes.htmlSun, 12 Sep 2010 22:43:14 GMT2010-09-12T22:43:14Fred Danley will be a busy man on September 26, as the veteran trainer has qualified six New Mexico-bred 2-year-old fillies and mares to that day’s $40,000-added Dessie & Fern Sawyer Futurity (R) at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/trainer-fred-danley-qualifies-six-dessie-fern-sawyer-futurity-finalists.htmlSun, 12 Sep 2010 00:51:17 GMT2010-09-12T00:51:17A field of 12 New Mexico-bred 2-year-old colts and geldings, including two each from the barns of Fred Danley and Gary Cross, will meet in the 6-furlong, $40,000-added George Maloof Futurity (R) on September 26, closing day of the New Mexico State Fair portion of The Downs at Albuquerque meet.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/field-of-12-set-for-george-maloof-futurity.htmlSun, 12 Sep 2010 00:17:13 GMT2010-09-12T00:17:13Sent to post as the 13-10 choice and the only filly or mare in the field of eight, Cali Baby responded with a 1 ¼-length win in Saturday’s 7-furlong, $40,000 E.T. Springer Handicap (R) for New Mexico-breds at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/cali-baby-beats-males-to-win-e.t.-springer-handicap.htmlSat, 11 Sep 2010 20:53:55 GMT2010-09-11T20:53:55David Bloomer’s Posies Woodette, a homebred daughter of the Dash Ta Fame stallion Woodbridge, outran her 10-1 odds to win the second of two New Mexico State Fair Breeders’ Derby (RG3) trials at The Downs at Albuquerque on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/posies-woodette-tops-nm-state-fair-breeders’-derby-finalists.htmlSat, 11 Sep 2010 18:34:32 GMT2010-09-11T18:34:32J. Martin Bourdieu rode RGR Lyon A Tac to a wire-to-wire, three-quarters of a length victory in the second of five New Mexico State Fair Senor Futurity (RG3) trials at The Downs at Albuquerque on Friday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/rgr-lyon-a-tac-is-fastest-nm-state-fair-senor-futurity-qualifier.htmlSat, 11 Sep 2010 01:54:38 GMT2010-09-11T01:54:38Spice Girl, a homebred bay filly owned and trained by Raymond Carlisle Jr., won the last of four New Mexico State Fair Senorita Futurity (RG3) trials on Friday and posted the fastest qualifying time for the September 25, $40,000-added final at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/spice-girl-breaks-maiden-in-nm-state-fair-senorita-futurity-trials.htmlSat, 11 Sep 2010 01:23:26 GMT2010-09-11T01:23:26Vanessa Bartoo’s Double Down Special and Rose Chandler’s Skip A Smile were named the Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred of the 2010 meet, respectively, at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/double-down-special,-skip-a-smile-earn-horse-of-meet-honors-at-ruidoso.htmlThu, 09 Sep 2010 22:35:45 GMT2010-09-09T22:35:45Zia Park opens its 53-day meet with an 11-race program on Saturday. Post time for the first race is 12:15 p.m. (MDT). Saturday’s program consists of six Quarter Horse and five Thoroughbred races. Five of the 11 races are restricted to New Mexico-breds and offer purses totaling $145,000. All told, $251,300 will be up for grab on the opening-day card.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/zia-park-meet-opens-saturday.htmlWed, 08 Sep 2010 17:13:37 GMT2010-09-08T17:13:37Harvey Baeza’s Van Zant earned a hard-fought victory in the 350-yard, $30,000 Manuel Lujan Stakes for 3-year-olds at The Downs at Albuquerque on Monday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/van-zant-wins-manuel-lujan-stakes.htmlTue, 07 Sep 2010 02:27:19 GMT2010-09-07T02:27:19Cold Cash 123, a 13-1 longshot, sprinted to a two-length victory in Monday’s $150,000 All American Juvenile Stakes at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/cold-cash-123-leads-longshot-parade-in-all-american-juvenile.htmlTue, 07 Sep 2010 01:52:53 GMT2010-09-07T01:52:53Quiet Again was a prompt 4-5 favorite in the $50,000 Ruidoso Thoroughbred Championship at Ruidoso Downs on Monday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/quiet-again-rolls-to-ruidoso-championship-victory.htmlMon, 06 Sep 2010 22:47:03 GMT2010-09-06T22:47:03Tenth-fastest qualifier Mr Piloto outran his 22-1 odds to win Monday’s Grade 1, $1.9-million All American Futurity in front of 21,402 fans at Ruidoso Downs. Saddled by Felipe Quintero for Tremor Enterprises LLC, Mr Piloto covered 440 yards in :21.553 while defeating fastest qualifier and 2-1 favorite JLS Mr Bigtime. The $1-million winner’s share of the purse increased the sorrel colt’s earnings to $1,002,240, making him Quarter Horse racing’s 58th millionaire.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/mr-piloto-pulls-upset-win-in-52nd-all-american-futurity.htmlMon, 06 Sep 2010 22:16:49 GMT2010-09-06T22:16:49Second-fastest qualifier Double Down Special earned his third stakes victory of the season in the 440-yard All American Derby (G1) at Ruidoso Downs on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/favorite-double-down-special-takes-all-american-derby.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 23:14:28 GMT2010-09-05T23:14:28Ridden for the first time by Jacky Martin, Noconi parlayed a sharp break from post 1 into a victory in Sunday’s 440-yard, $40,000 All American Gold Cup (G3) at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/champion-noconi-wins-all-american-gold-cup.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 22:39:00 GMT2010-09-05T22:39:00Rose Mary Chandler’s Skip A Smile closed off of a slow pace to win Saturday’s $40,000 Ruidoso Thoroughbred Derby at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/skip-a-smile-rallies-to-win-ruidoso-thoroughbred-derby.htmlSat, 04 Sep 2010 21:00:12 GMT2010-09-04T21:00:12Ruidoso Downs will end its 60-day summer meet this weekend, and the track’s schedule features six stakes – four for Quarter Horses and two for Thoroughbreds. Post time for all three days will be 12 p.m. (MDT).http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/all-american-futurity,-derby-top-big-closing-weekend-at-ruidoso.htmlFri, 03 Sep 2010 19:54:10 GMT2010-09-03T19:54:10Noe Garcia rode 11-10 favorite Sheet Burns to a neck victory in the 870-yard, $30,000 Special Hank Stakes at The Downs at Albuquerque on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sheet-burns-wins-870-yard-special-hank-stakes.htmlMon, 30 Aug 2010 01:40:45 GMT2010-08-30T01:40:45Seventh-fastest qualifier Jacque Seis outran her 10-1 odds to win Sunday’s $38,700 Merial New Mexico Distaff Challenge at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/jacque-seis-upsets-merial-new-mexico-distaff-challenge.htmlMon, 30 Aug 2010 01:02:19 GMT2010-08-30T01:02:19Sent to post as the 11-10 favorite, Kineticat Yankee responded with a wire-to-wire, 1 ¼-length victory in Saturday’s $40,000 Free Spirits Handicap at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/kineticat-yankee-is-prompt-choice-in-free-spirits-‘cap.htmlSat, 28 Aug 2010 22:03:43 GMT2010-08-28T22:03:43Rancho el Cabresto Inc.’s Apollitical Jess is the fastest qualifier for the 440-yard All American Derby (G1) at Ruidoso Downs on September 5.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/apollitical-jess-posts-fastest-all-american-derby-trial-time.htmlMon, 23 Aug 2010 14:01:09 GMT2010-08-23T14:01:09JLS Mr Bigtime, a homebred gelding racing for JLS Speedhorse Ranch Inc. of Opelousas, Louisiana, won the 13th of 20 All American Futurity (G1) trials on Thursday and posted the fastest qualifying time for the $2,050,000 final on September 6.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/jls-mr-bigtime-is-fastest-all-american-futurity-qualifier.htmlMon, 23 Aug 2010 13:23:08 GMT2010-08-23T13:23:08Trainer Fred Danley saddled the winners of three of the nine $40,000 stakes on the 21st annual Lineage Day card at The Downs at Albuquerque on Sunday. Also, W.L. Mooring, the owner of Double L Farms in Bosque, New Mexico, was honored as the 2010 Lineage Legend during a ceremony after the 10th race.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/trainer-fred-danley-wins-three-races,-w.l.-mooring-honored-on-lineage-day.htmlSun, 22 Aug 2010 22:37:29 GMT2010-08-22T22:37:29An unnamed Thoroughbred filly by Devon Lane was sold for $53,500 on Saturday, topping the two-day New Mexico-Bred Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse Yearling Sale at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/thoroughbred-devon-lake-filly-tops-nm-bred-yearling-sale.htmlSun, 22 Aug 2010 10:11:50 GMT2010-08-22T10:11:50Comanche Moon, a sorrel Quarter Horse colt by Get Down Perry, was sold for $35,000 on Friday, the first night of the New Mexico-Bred Yearling Sale at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/top-sellers-bring-$35,000-during-first-night-of-nm-yearling-sale.htmlSat, 21 Aug 2010 15:22:47 GMT2010-08-21T15:22:47A program-record 11 races will be featured on Sunday’s $380,000 Lineage program for New Mexico-bred Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses at The Downs at Albuquerque. Post time for the first race will be 1:30 p.m. (MDT).http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunday’s-lineage-program-features-record-11-races.htmlFri, 20 Aug 2010 02:38:13 GMT2010-08-20T02:38:13The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Monday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-august-nm-racing-commission-meeting-in-albuquerque.htmlTue, 17 Aug 2010 15:12:51 GMT2010-08-17T15:12:51Ruidoso Downs will be at the center of the Quarter Horse racing world this week, as the track hosts 20 All American Futurity (G1) trials on Thursday and seven All American Derby (G1) trials on Friday. First post time for Thursday’s card will be 11 a.m. (MDT), while Friday’s nine-race program will get underway at 12 p.m. Friday’s last race is scheduled for 3:28, which is about one hour before the New Mexico-Bred Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse Yearling Sale is scheduled to begin at the Ruidoso Horse Sales Pavilion.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/all-american-futurity,-derby-trials-set-at-ruidoso.htmlTue, 17 Aug 2010 01:23:37 GMT2010-08-17T01:23:37Oscar Ceballos rode longshot Tyee to a half-length victory in Sunday’s $30,000 Charles Taylor Derby for 3-year-olds at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/longshot-tyee-wins-charles-taylor-derby.htmlSun, 15 Aug 2010 20:04:39 GMT2010-08-15T20:04:39Jesstifiably Stoli won the first of two Merial New Mexico Distaff Challenge trials on Thursday and posted the fastest qualifying time for the August 29, $22,500-added final at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/jesstifiably-stoli-is-fastest-nm-distaff-challenge-qualifier.htmlSun, 15 Aug 2010 18:33:02 GMT2010-08-15T18:33:02A.P. Flatter won Saturday’s 6 ½-furlong, $30,000 Chamisa Handicap for fillies and mares, as The Downs at Albuquerque opened its 59-day meet in front of a crowd of 3,142.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/a.p.-flatter-rallies-to-win-albuquerque’s-chamisa-handicap.htmlSun, 15 Aug 2010 02:14:30 GMT2010-08-15T02:14:30The Downs at Albuquerque opens its 59-day meet with a nine-race program on Saturday. Post time for the first race is 1:30 p.m. (MDT). The track will run primarily on a Friday-Monday schedule through closing day, November 14, with first post scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Fridays and Mondays and 1:30 on Saturdays and Sundays. The only exception to this schedule is during the 17-day New Mexico State Fair meet, which will run every day from September 10-26.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/albuquerque-meet-opens-saturday.htmlMon, 09 Aug 2010 18:01:15 GMT2010-08-09T18:01:15Chicks Gotta Secret, a New Mexico-bred stallion by Chicks A Blazin, was a prompt 2-1 favorite in the Grade 3, $30,000 Mr Jet Moore Handicap at Ruidoso Downs on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-bred-chicks-gotta-secret-beats-open-company-in-mr-jet-moore.htmlSun, 08 Aug 2010 23:02:36 GMT2010-08-08T23:02:36Jockey G.R. Carter Jr. rode Fast Movin Vic to a half-length victory in Saturday’s $60,210 John Deere New Mexico Juvenile Challenge (G3) at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fast-movin-vic-scores-first-stakes-win-in-nm-juvenile-challenge.htmlSat, 07 Aug 2010 22:37:19 GMT2010-08-07T22:37:19Ruidoso Downs Racetrack will play host to a pair of Quarter Horse stakes this weekend. On Saturday, a full field of 10 2-year-olds will square off in the 350-yard, $60,210 John Deere New Mexico Juvenile Challenge (G3). This race will be followed by the $30,000 Mr Jet Moore Handicap (G3) on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/john-deere-nm-juvenile-challenge-tops-ruidoso-downs-weekend-slate.htmlThu, 05 Aug 2010 23:36:34 GMT2010-08-05T23:36:34The 10th annual Zia Festival at Ruidoso Downs is in the books. On Sunday, a crowd of 6,800 saw 10 New Mexico-bred stakes – six for Thoroughbreds and four for Quarter Horses – and it witnessed history when Fullofenergy won the $50,000 Land of Enchantment Handicap (R) for the fourth consecutive season.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fullofenergy-makes-history-on-zia-festival-day.htmlMon, 02 Aug 2010 00:12:09 GMT2010-08-02T00:12:09Holding off a late charge from longshot Mr. Golden Ruler (TB), reigning champion distance horse Gone To The Mountain scored his seventh career stakes victory in Saturday’s $30,000 Master Salls Handicap at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/champion-gone-to-the-mountain-holds-on-for-master-salls-win.htmlSat, 31 Jul 2010 19:54:54 GMT2010-07-31T19:54:54A total of 99 New Mexico-bred Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses have been entered in Sunday’s Zia Festival races at Ruidoso Downs Racetrack. Six of the Zia Festival races are for Thoroughbreds and four are for Quarter Horses. The Thoroughbred races will be topped by the 7 ½-furlong, $50,000 Land of Enchantment Handicap, in which Fullofenergy will be vying for his fourth consecutive victory.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/new-mexico-breds-prepared-to-shine-in-zia-festival.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:38 GMT2010-07-30T21:20:38Jacky Martin rode second-fastest qualifier Hes Too Icy For Me to a victory in the $625,000 Rainbow Futurity (G1) at Ruidoso Downs on Sunday. The win marked the first stakes victory for Martin since the jockey’s return to riding earlier this month. The 55-year-old rider has won the Rainbow Futurity, which began in 1964, five times, more than any other jockey.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/second-fastest-qualifier-hes-too-icy-for-me-wins-rainbow-futurity.htmlMon, 26 Jul 2010 01:27:01 GMT2010-07-26T01:27:01Miss Dash Ta Dial, a black filly by the Make My Mark stallion Mark My Dial, broke her maiden in Sunday’s 400-yard, $20,000 Rainbow Juvenile Invitational Stakes at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/mark-my-dial-filly-wins-rainbow-juvenile-invitational.htmlMon, 26 Jul 2010 00:48:22 GMT2010-07-26T00:48:22More than 400 Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse yearlings have been consigned to this year’s New Mexico-Bred Yearling Sale, to be held August 20-21 at the Ruidoso Horse Sale Pavilion in Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/new-mexico-bred-yearling-sale-set-for-august-20-21.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 17:34:02 GMT2010-07-25T17:34:02A sharp break from post 1 helped Swingin Daddyo score his first stakes victory in Saturday’s Grade 1, $873,441 Rainbow Derby at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/swingin-daddyo-wins-richest-ever-rainbow-derby.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:58:42 GMT2010-07-25T00:58:42Zia Park has released its stakes schedule and first condition book for its 2010 meet, which opens September 11.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/zia-park-releases-$3.5-million-stakes-schedule,-first-condition-book.htmlSat, 24 Jul 2010 11:39:57 GMT2010-07-24T11:39:57Dominyun, a homebred Mr Jess Perry colt racing for Bobby D. Cox, won the fourth of seven John Deere New Mexico Juvenile Challenge (G3) trials at Ruidoso Downs on Thursday, posting the fastest qualifying time for the August 7 final.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/dominyun-breaks-maiden-in-john-deere-nm-juvenile-challenge-trials.htmlFri, 23 Jul 2010 16:09:35 GMT2010-07-23T16:09:35Ruidoso Downs Racetrack will be the center of Quarter Horse racing this weekend, as the track hosts a pair of significant Grade 1 stakes. Saturday’s 440-yard Rainbow Derby (G1) will be worth a stakes-record purse of $873,441, which breaks the previous mark of $567,167 set 28 years ago. The Rainbow Derby will be followed by the 400-yard, $625,000 Rainbow Futurity (G1) on Sunday, which features the continuing quest of American Runaway toward this year’s All American Triple Crown.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/rich-rainbow-derby,-futurity-top-weekend-action-at-ruidoso-downs.htmlFri, 23 Jul 2010 02:57:48 GMT2010-07-23T02:57:48Red Rock Springs, a stakes-winning colt by Your Eminence owned and trained by Tony Sedillo, tops the list of qualifiers for the August 1 Rio Grande Senor Futurity (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/red-rock-springs-tops-rio-grande-senor-futurity-qualifiers.htmlTue, 20 Jul 2010 12:13:59 GMT2010-07-20T12:13:59A field of 10 New Mexico-bred 2-year-old fillies, including three homebreds racing for W.T. Stradley and Tom Williams, will meet in the $50,000-added Rio Grande Senorita Futurity (R) at Ruidoso Downs on August 1.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/field-set-for-rio-grande-senorita-futurity.htmlTue, 20 Jul 2010 12:10:31 GMT2010-07-20T12:10:31Down With You, a homebred colt by The Down Side racing for R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard, on Friday recorded the fastest qualifying time for August 1, $126,924 Zia Derby (RG2) for New Mexico-bred 3-year-olds at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/down-with-you-tops-zia-derby-qualifiers.htmlSun, 18 Jul 2010 18:00:37 GMT2010-07-18T18:00:37Peter and Marjorie Gallegos’ Streak Of Sixes on Thursday posted the fastest Zia Futurity (RG1) qualifying time for the $351,963 final on August 1.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/streak-of-sixes-rolls-in-zia-futurity-trials.htmlFri, 16 Jul 2010 14:56:00 GMT2010-07-16T14:56:00Mark Villa rode A.P. Flatter to a come-from-behind victory in Saturday’s $40,000 Fern Sawyer Handicap for fillies and mares at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/a.p.-flatter-rallies-to-win-ruidoso’s-fern-sawyer-‘cap.htmlMon, 12 Jul 2010 01:54:27 GMT2010-07-12T01:54:27Love Samba, a sorrel Corona Cartel filly racing for Jim D. Pitts, won the second of five Rainbow Derby (G1) trials on Friday and recorded the fastest qualifying time for the July 24 final. Other prominent finalists include 2009 AQHA champion 2-year-old gelding First Klas Fred and Heritage Place Derby (G1) winner Streakin Down.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/love-samba-posts-fastest-rainbow-derby-trial-time.htmlFri, 09 Jul 2010 22:10:41 GMT2010-07-09T22:10:41American Runaway stayed alive for the All American Triple Crown when the Ocean Runaway colt on Thursday posted the fastest qualifying time for the July 25 Rainbow Futurity (G1) at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/american-runaway-is-fastest-rainbow-futurity-finalist.htmlThu, 08 Jul 2010 22:45:24 GMT2010-07-08T22:45:24A total of 179 2-year-olds have been entered in Thursday’s Rainbow Futurity (G1) trials at Ruidoso Downs. Post time for the first of the 18 400-yard trials is 12 p.m. (MDT). The top 10 qualifiers will meet in the $625,000 Rainbow Futurity final on July 25.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/rainbow-futurity,-derby-trials-top-week-at-ruidoso-downs.htmlWed, 07 Jul 2010 12:08:34 GMT2010-07-07T12:08:34A one-time $5,000 claimer, Martin Orona’s BRT Opulence scored a wire-to-wire, 1 ½-length win in the $75,000 New Mexico Horsemen’s Association Handicap (R) at SunRay Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/brt-opulence-wins-new-mexico-horsemens-association-handicap.htmlMon, 05 Jul 2010 11:22:25 GMT2010-07-05T11:22:25A sharp break from post 1 helped Woody Dungarees score a 1 ½-length victory in Sunday’s $75,000 SunRay Park Firecracker Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 3-year-old fillies at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/woody-dungarees-earns-first-stakes-victory-in-sunray-firecracker.htmlMon, 05 Jul 2010 10:29:50 GMT2010-07-05T10:29:50Isaias Enriquez rode 8-5 favorite Lefty Who to a come-from-behind victory in the $50,000 Sierra Blanca Handicap (R) for New Mexico-breds at Ruidoso Downs on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/lefty-who-rallies-to-win-sierra-blanca-handicap.htmlMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:48:45 GMT2010-07-05T00:48:45Facil Catana, a Florida-bred filly racing for Lathrop G. Hoffman of Sierra Madre, California, earned her first career stakes win in Sunday’s 6 ½-furlong, $50,000 Frontier Trophy Buckles Allowance Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/facil-catana-wins-frontier-trophy-buckles-allowance-stakes.htmlSun, 04 Jul 2010 23:50:54 GMT2010-07-04T23:50:54The only 3-year-old in the field of seven, Rogers Farms’ Tizsosexy led from start to finish to win the $100,000 San Juan County Commissioners Handicap at SunRay Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sophomore-tizsosexy-posts-mild-upset-in-san-juan-county-commissioners-‘cap.htmlSun, 04 Jul 2010 21:27:19 GMT2010-07-04T21:27:19Train Rider Blues was a prompt 2-1 favorite in Saturday’s 6 ½-furlong, $75,000 Dine Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 3-year-olds at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/train-rider-blues-rallies-to-win-dine-stakes.htmlSun, 04 Jul 2010 12:09:33 GMT2010-07-04T12:09:33Willard Burbach’s Verny remained undefeated following his victory in Sunday’s $75,000 Totah Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-old colts and geldings at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/verny-stays-unbeaten-following-totah-stakes-win.htmlSun, 04 Jul 2010 11:36:37 GMT2010-07-04T11:36:37James J. Gonzales II and Dennis Means, two horsemen with past ties to Quarter Horse racing's most prestigious race, combined to win Saturday’s Tommy “Duke” Smith Handicap (RG2) for New Mexico-bred aged runners at SunRay Park. Saddled by Gonzales and ridden by Means for owner Victor R. Diaz of Sunland Park, New Mexico, the 4-year-old gelding Salt On The Side outran his 16-1 odds to win the $75,000 stakes by a nose from A First Caller.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/all-american-connections-combine-to-win-sunrays-duke-smith-handicap.htmlSun, 04 Jul 2010 01:25:41 GMT2010-07-04T01:25:41Sent to post as the 6-5 favorite, Shy Ann Jess sprinted to a wire-to-wire, one-length victory in the 350-yard Higheasterjet Handicap (G3) at Ruidoso Downs on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/shy-ann-jess-is-prompt-choice-in-higheasterjet-handicap.htmlSat, 03 Jul 2010 23:59:40 GMT2010-07-03T23:59:40Fastest qualifier An Ocean Rocket sprinted to a nose victory in Friday’s Grade 3, $52,560 Adequan New Mexico Derby Challenge at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fastest-qualifier-an-ocean-rocket-wins-adequan-new-mexico-derby-challenge.htmlSat, 03 Jul 2010 21:19:07 GMT2010-07-03T21:19:07SunRay Park in Farmington, New Mexico, ends its 2010 meet with seven stakes this weekend.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunray-park-closing-weekend-features-seven-stakes.htmlThu, 01 Jul 2010 18:14:22 GMT2010-07-01T18:14:22Sent to post as the 4-5 favorite, Betternilook responded with a one-length win in Saturday’s $50,000 Dr. O.G. Fischer Memorial Handicap for fillies and mares at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/betternilook-is-prompt-choice-in-o.g.-fischer-memorial.htmlSun, 27 Jun 2010 10:36:30 GMT2010-06-27T10:36:30Chocolate Mountain, a homebred 4-year-old Panther Mountain gelding racing for Lewis R. Dillree, picked up his second stakes victory in the 870-yard, $50,000 Marathon Handicap at SunRay Park on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/chocolate-mountain-wins-sunray-marathon.htmlSun, 27 Jun 2010 09:54:08 GMT2010-06-27T09:54:08Rated perfectly by jockey Mark Villa, Red Rock Springs sprinted to a wire-to-wire, half-length victory in Saturday’s $136,221 Mountain Top Thoroughbred Futurity (R) for New Mexico-breds before a crowd of 3,340 at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/red-rock-springs-leads-from-start-to-finish-in-mountain-top-thoroughbred-futurity.htmlSun, 27 Jun 2010 00:59:35 GMT2010-06-27T00:59:35A buyer’s seminar will be held during the weekend of this year’s New Mexico-Bred Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse Yearling Sale at Ruidoso Downs. The seminar will take place on Saturday, August 21, from 10-11 a.m. and will be held at the Ruidoso Horse Sale Pavilion at 304 N. Joe Welch, just east of the racetrack.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/buyer’s-seminar-set-for-new-mexico-bred-yearling-sale.htmlWed, 23 Jun 2010 13:32:36 GMT2010-06-23T13:32:36Streak Of Sixes got back on the winning track in Sunday’s 350-yard Mountain Top Quarter Horse Futurity (RG2) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/streak-of-sixes-gets-second-stakes-win-in-mountain-top-futurity.htmlSun, 20 Jun 2010 20:53:59 GMT2010-06-20T20:53:59Pressing a moderate pace, Cherry One scored a 2 ¼-length victory in the $40,000 First Lady Handicap for fillies and mares at Ruidoso Downs on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/cherry-one-wins-ruidoso’s-first-lady-‘cap.htmlSun, 20 Jun 2010 16:39:40 GMT2010-06-20T16:39:40Second-fastest qualifier W R Carver, a homebred Wave Carver gelding racing for Rose Webb, broke his maiden with a neck victory in Saturday’s 350-yard, $100,800 Four Corners Futurity (G3) at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/w-r-carver-breaks-maiden-in-four-corners-futurity.htmlSun, 20 Jun 2010 15:50:30 GMT2010-06-20T15:50:30Catalino Martinez rode Tin Can Kitty to a one-length win in the $75,000 C.O. “Ken” Kendrick Memorial Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-old fillies at SunRay Park on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/tin-can-kitty-earns-first-stakes-win-in-kendrick-memorial.htmlSun, 20 Jun 2010 10:27:08 GMT2010-06-20T10:27:08Joe D. Brooks’ Awintersdream earned her second career stakes victory in Saturday’s 6 ½-furlong, $75,000 Aztec Oaks (R) for New Mexico-bred sophomore fillies at SunRay Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/awintersdream-leads-from-start-to-finish-to-win-aztec-oaks.htmlSun, 20 Jun 2010 09:43:29 GMT2010-06-20T09:43:29The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Wednesday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-june-nm-racing-commission-meeting-in-albuquerque.htmlFri, 18 Jun 2010 18:09:58 GMT2010-06-18T18:09:58An Ocean Rocket, a Texas-bred gelding by champion Ocean Runaway, won the first of three Adequan New Mexico Derby Challenge (G3) trials at Ruidoso Downs on Thursday, posting the fastest qualifying time for the July 2 final.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/ocean-runaway-gelding-posts-fastest-nm-derby-challenge-trial-time.htmlFri, 18 Jun 2010 00:16:17 GMT2010-06-18T00:16:17Sent to post as the 3-5 favorite, fastest qualifier American Runaway responded with an easy 1 ¼-length win in the $500,000 Ruidoso Quarter Horse Futurity (G1) at Ruidoso Downs on Sunday. American Runaway went 350 yards in :17.467 and earned a 94 speed index under jockey Cody Jensen, who rode the gray colt by Ocean Runaway to a 4 ¾-length victory in the sixth of 19 trials on May 28. Paul Jones saddled American Runaway for owners Sammy Martinez, Johnny Martinez, and Bobby D. Cox.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fastest-qualifier-american-runaway-is-prompt-choice-in-ruidoso-qh-futurity.htmlSun, 13 Jun 2010 23:07:19 GMT2010-06-13T23:07:19A sharp break from his rail post helped favorite Jess Dellaree earn a half-length win in Sunday’s 400-yard, $50,000 La Plata Stakes (G3) at SunRay Park. Ridden by Alejandro Medellin for owner Maria G. Gonzalez of Edgewood, New Mexico, and trainer Ramon Gonzalez, Jess Dellaree made his trip in :19.214, breaking by 3/100ths of a second the previous stakes record set last year by Arturo Orozco’s Texas Version.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/jess-dellaree-breaks-stakes-record-in-sunray’s-la-plata-stakes.htmlSun, 13 Jun 2010 22:31:40 GMT2010-06-13T22:31:40The longest shot in the field of 10, Gene A. Voss’ Zoomin Away sprinted to a wire-to-wire, 1 ¼-length victory in Sunday’s $20,000 Ruidoso Juvenile Invitational Stakes at Ruidoso Downs. Zoomin Away went 350 yards in :17.749 while recording her first win in three starts. David Pinon rode the gray daughter of Grade 1 winner Azoom for trainer Russell Harris.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/zoomin-away-scores-upset-victory-in-ruidoso-juvenile-invitational.htmlSun, 13 Jun 2010 22:02:59 GMT2010-06-13T22:02:59Capitol Guy made his career debut with a three-quarter length victory in the first of three Mountain Top Thoroughbred Futurity (R) trials at Ruidoso Downs on Thursday. Saddled by Carlos Sedillo and ridden by Ken Tohill for owner James R. McClintic, Capitol Guy covered 5 furlongs in :58.11, the fastest clocking in the trials.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/field-set-for-mountain-top-thoroughbred-futurity.htmlSun, 13 Jun 2010 15:41:02 GMT2010-06-13T15:41:02Here Kittykittykitty, a sorrel gelding by Genuine Strawfly racing for Jay and Mary Lou Standefer, recorded his second career stakes victory in the $75,000 New Mexico Breeders’ Stakes (R) for state-bred 3-year-olds at SunRay Park on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/here-kittykittykitty-wins-new-mexico-breeders’-stakes.htmlSun, 13 Jun 2010 00:49:43 GMT2010-06-13T00:49:43Vanessa Bartoo’s Double Down Special, the fastest qualifier and 9-10 favorite, extended his win streak to four in Saturday’s Grade 1, $569,153 Ruidoso Derby (G1) at Ruidoso Downs. Saddled by John Stinebaugh and ridden by Salvador Martinez, Double Down Special covered 400 yards in :19.642 while defeating 21-1 longshot Swingin Daddyo by a neck.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/double-down-special-wins-richest-ever-ruidoso-derby.htmlSat, 12 Jun 2010 23:19:56 GMT2010-06-12T23:19:56Quarter horses will be in the spotlight this weekend at Ruidoso Downs, as the track hosts the 400-yard, $568,965 Ruidoso Derby (G1) on Saturday, and the 350-yard, $500,000 Ruidoso Futurity (G1) on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/rich-futurity,-derby-top-weekend-action-at-ruidoso.htmlThu, 10 Jun 2010 17:14:47 GMT2010-06-10T17:14:47A total of 21 New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds are entered in Thursday’s Mountain Top Futurity (R) trials at Ruidoso Downs. Dodson, a gelding by Roll Hennessy Roll racing for Tyler Holstein and Renee Carter and trained by Todd Fincher, is the morning-line even-money favorite in the last of three 5-furlong trials.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/mountain-top-thoroughbred-futurity-trials-set-for-thursday.htmlMon, 07 Jun 2010 13:49:10 GMT2010-06-07T13:49:10Rogers Farms’ Tizsosexy outran his 15-1 odds to win Sunday’s one-mile, $50,000 SunRay Park and Casino Handicap for 3-year-olds. Trained by Gerald Richards and ridden by Enrique Garcia, Tizsosexy defeated Cheatin A Little by 3 ½ lengths while stopping the timer in 1:36.95. The victory was the bay Tizbud gelding’s second in six starts and first since he was claimed by his current connections for $10,000 at Sunland Park on April 9.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/longshot-tizsosexy-wins-sunray-park-and-casino-handicap.htmlMon, 07 Jun 2010 12:18:40 GMT2010-06-07T12:18:40Mark Villa rode Pick Me Up to a wire-to-wire win in Saturday’s $40,000 Aspen Cup Handicap for 3-year-old fillies at Ruidoso Downs. Prepped by Bart Hone for owner R. Legacy Racing Inc. of Layton, Utah, Pick Me Up covered 6 furlongs in 1:10.39 after setting fractions of :23.47 and :46.27. The filly by Yankee Gentleman’s margin of victory was three lengths from Badgett’s Royal, and she returned a $2.80 win mutuel as the 2-5 favorite.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/pick-me-up-scores-wire-to-wire-victory-in-aspen-cup.htmlSun, 06 Jun 2010 09:35:33 GMT2010-06-06T09:35:33New Mexico Streaker, an undefeated gelding by Brookstone Bay, posted the fastest qualifying time in Friday’s Mountain Top Futurity (RG2) trials for state-bred 2-year-olds at Ruidoso Downs.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/new-mexico-streaker-is-fastest-mountain-top-futurity-finalist.htmlFri, 04 Jun 2010 19:33:11 GMT2010-06-04T19:33:11Officials for La Mesa Racetrack and Casino have filed an appeal of the New Mexico Gaming Control Board’s decision to revoke its gaming license.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/la-mesa-racetrack-appeals-gaming-license-revocation.htmlFri, 04 Jun 2010 13:38:12 GMT2010-06-04T13:38:12The Essentials, a Texas-bred colt by 1991 world champion Special Leader, outran his 8-1 odds to win the last of four Four Corners Futurity (G3) trials at SunRay Park on Thursday. Racing for Fun 4 Racing and prepped by Bennie L. “Chip” Woolley Jr., The Essentials covered 350 yards in :17.409 while recording his first win in three outs and the fastest qualifying time for the $40,000-added Four Corners final on June 19.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/special-leader-colt-posts-fastest-four-corners-futurity-qualifying-time.htmlFri, 04 Jun 2010 01:48:20 GMT2010-06-04T01:48:20The Downs at Albuquerque has released its first condition book and complete stakes schedule for its 59-day meet, which runs August 14-November 14. Located at Expo New Mexico in central Albuquerque, The Downs at Albuquerque will race four days a week on a Friday-Monday schedule. The lone exception will be during the New Mexico State Fair, when racing will be conducted for 17 consecutive days from September 10-26.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/downs-at-albuquerque-releases-$1.13-million-stakes-schedule,-first-condition-book.htmlWed, 02 Jun 2010 13:58:06 GMT2010-06-02T13:58:06La Especial Corona earned his fourth career stakes win in the 870-yard, $30,000 Fine Loom Handicap, which was contested in front of a Memorial Day holiday crowd of 3,459 at Ruidoso Downs. Breaking sharply from post 3 under jockey Ricardo Jaime, La Especial Corona led at every call and reached the wire a half of a length in front of Loves Bonus (TB) in :45.060. La Especial Corona was saddled by H. Armando Orozco of El Paso, Texas, who campaigns the gray 7-year-old gelding with Saul Garcia.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/la-especial-corona-scores-fourth-stakes-win-in-fine-loom.htmlTue, 01 Jun 2010 02:47:08 GMT2010-06-01T02:47:08Rose Webb’s WR Aces Fame picked up her first stakes victory in the $172,100 New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity (RG3) at SunRay Park on Sunday. Prepped by Wes Giles, who gave a leg up to jockey Freddie Martinez, WR Aces Fame covered 350 yards in :17.324 to earn a career-best 95 speed index. The winner’s share of the stakes-record purse increased her earnings to $114,345.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/wr-aces-fame-wins-new-mexico-breeders’-futurity.htmlMon, 31 May 2010 10:30:57 GMT2010-05-31T10:30:57Juan Ochoa rode Blue Memo to a come-from-behind victory in Sunday’s 6-furlong, $40,000 Norgor Derby, the first stakes race of Ruidoso Downs’ summer meet. Trained by Weston Martin for owners Brad and Kim Bingham and Ken and Nancy Blewet, Blue Memo stopped the timer in 1:12.13 after closing on fractions of :23.05 and :46.04 set by pacesetter D G Wimbledon. The gelding’s margin of victory was a nose from Train Rider Blues.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/blue-note-rallies-to-win-norgor-derby.htmlMon, 31 May 2010 00:50:39 GMT2010-05-31T00:50:39Van Zant, a California-bred colt by Hawkinson owned and trained by Harvey Baeza, sprinted to a wire-to-wire victory in Saturday’s $50,000 Animas Stakes for 3-year-olds at SunRay Park. Covering 400 yards in :19.426 under jockey Esgar Ramirez, Van Zant defeated recorded his first career stakes win. The colt was sent to post as the 9-2 third choice, and his margin of victory was a head from 30-1 longshot Jess Eye.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/van-zant-wins-animas-stakes.htmlSun, 30 May 2010 12:00:43 GMT2010-05-30T12:00:43Vanessa Bartoo’s Double Down Special increased his win streak to three races with a 1 ¾-length victory in the fourth of six Ruidoso Derby (G1) trials at Ruidoso Downs on Saturday. Prepped by John Stinebaugh, ridden by Salvador Martinez, and sent to post as the 9-10 favorite, Double Down Special went 400 yards in :19.246 while posting the fastest qualifying time.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/double-down-special-runs-win-streak-to-three-in-ruidoso-derby-trials.htmlSun, 30 May 2010 01:20:24 GMT2010-05-30T01:20:24American Runaway, a colt by Ocean Runaway racing for Sammy Martinez and Johnny Martinez, won the sixth of 19 Ruidoso Futurity (G1) trials on Friday and posted the fastest qualifying time for the $500,000 final on June 13. Saddled by Paul Jones and ridden by Cody Jensen, American Runaway went 350 yards on a fast track in :17.138 while recording a 104 speed index and defeating first-time starter Downtown Fantasy by 4 ¾ lengths.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/american-runaway-is-fastest-ruidoso-futurity-qualifier.htmlFri, 28 May 2010 22:51:40 GMT2010-05-28T22:51:40Ruidoso Downs’ 60-day summer season opens with 19 Ruidoso Futurity (G1) trials on Friday. Post time for the first race is 11 a.m. (MDT). A total of 189 2-year-olds have been entered in the trials, including West Texas Futurity (G1) winner No Dice Special and runner-up First Class Lacy B, and Remington Park Futurity (G1) runner-up American Runaway.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/ruidoso-downs-meet-opens-friday.htmlWed, 26 May 2010 13:52:42 GMT2010-05-26T13:52:42Avenue Of Flags, a Grade 2-placed stallion by 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, was euthanized following an accident in his paddock on May 14. He was 22. At the time of his death, Avenue Of Flags was standing at James Wasson’s Winner’s Circle Farm near Las Cruces, New Mexico, where he had been moved to for the 2010 breeding season.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/new-mexico-based-stallion-avenue-of-flags-dies-at-22.htmlSat, 22 May 2010 21:08:47 GMT2010-05-22T21:08:47Fifteen jockeys have been sanctioned by the New Mexico Racing Commission for their roles in a walkout that caused SunRay Park officials to cancel racing just minutes before post time on April 24.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-commission-hands-sanctions-to-15-sunray-park-jockeys.htmlSat, 22 May 2010 18:19:25 GMT2010-05-22T18:19:25The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Wednesday. The meeting was originally scheduled to be held in Farmington but was moved to Albuquerque due to NMRC budget constraints. NMRC deputy director India Hatch said that all commission meetings scheduled for the next six months will be held in Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-may-nm-racing-commission-meeting-in-albuquerque.htmlThu, 20 May 2010 21:26:59 GMT2010-05-20T21:26:59A Spring Snow, a 5-year-old gelding by champion This Snow Is Royal, is the fastest qualifier to this year’s 350-yard Pfizer New Mexico Starter Allowance Challenge at SunRay Park. Ridden by Esgar Ramirez for owner and trainer Abraham Jaquez of Albuquerque, A Spring Snow won the second of two trials by 2 ¼ lengths as the 1-2 favorite. The gelding covered 350 yards in :17.087 and earned a 103 speed index.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/a-spring-snow-posts-fastest-pfizer-new-mexico-challenge-trial-time.htmlSat, 15 May 2010 23:50:14 GMT2010-05-15T23:50:14Holy Bucket LLC’s Famous Dungarees on Thursday won the second of five New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity (RG3) trials and posted the fastest qualifying time for the May 30, $75,000-added final. Sent to post at odds of 12-1, Famous Dungarees defeated 17-10 favorite WR Dash by a neck while covering 350 yards in :17.614 and recording an 87 speed index. Esgar Ramirez rode the Dash Ta Fame gelding for trainer Mike Barber.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/famous-dungarees-is-fastest-new-mexico-breeders-futurity-qualifiers.htmlThu, 13 May 2010 21:19:44 GMT2010-05-13T21:19:44The NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance has given Sunland Park Racetrack “provisional accreditation” after finding that the track did not comply with all of the requirements of the program. Daily Racing Form reports that Sunland could receive full accreditation in the future if the track and the New Mexico Racing Commission addressed a number of issues that left the track short of the program’s requirements.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunland-park-gets-conditional-safety-approval.htmlThu, 13 May 2010 16:56:53 GMT2010-05-13T16:56:53A total of 45 state-bred 2-year-olds have been entered in Thursday’s New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity (RG2) trials at SunRay Park. The 10 fastest qualifiers will meet in the 350-yard, $75,000-added final on May 30.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/five-new-mexico-breeders’-futurity-trials-set-for-thursday.htmlMon, 10 May 2010 12:38:03 GMT2010-05-10T12:38:03Fullofenergy, a 7-year-old Desert God gelding racing for Joe Allen and Michael Stinson, recorded his fifth career stakes victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Jack Cole Handicap (R) for New Mexico-breds at SunRay Park. Saddled by Joel Marr and ridden by Carlos Madeira, Fullofenergy covered one mile in 1:37.34 while defeating 2009 Jack Cole Handicap winner Some Ghost by a half of a length. The $60,000 winner’s share of the purse boosted Fullofenergy’s earnings to $472,537.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fullofenergy-scores-fifth-stakes-win-in-jack-cole-handicap.htmlMon, 10 May 2010 12:07:05 GMT2010-05-10T12:07:05Daddy Warbucks, a 6-year-old son of Valid Expectations, has been retired from racing and will stand at Hourigan Horse Farm near Anthony, New Mexico.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/stakes-winner-daddy-warbucks-retired,-to-stand-in-new-mexico.htmlSun, 09 May 2010 18:34:32 GMT2010-05-09T18:34:32The first condition book for Ruidoso Downs’ 2010 race meet is now available at www.raceruidoso.com. The first book covers the first 12 days of the meet, May 28-June 13, and it includes a complete stakes schedule.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/first-edition-of-ruidoso-condition-book-available.htmlFri, 07 May 2010 12:52:16 GMT2010-05-07T12:52:16The New Mexico Gaming Control Board on Tuesday denied a request by Horse Racing at Raton LLC to renew its gaming license. The denial means that it’s likely that Horse Racing at Raton and its president, Toronto-based developer Michael Moldenhauer, will cease further construction on the planned $50-milion racino project. On May 19 in Albuquerque, the New Mexico Racing Commission will vote on whether or not to revoke the company’s racing license, and at this time it appears that the five-member board will do just that.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/gaming-board-denies-request-for-raton-license-renewal.htmlTue, 04 May 2010 23:06:35 GMT2010-05-04T23:06:35Rated perfectly from post 4 by jockey Ken Tohill, Happy Me scored a wire-to-wire, 3 ¾-length victory in Friday’s $75,000 Russell and Helen Foutz Distaff Handicap (R) at SunRay Park. Happy Me covered 6 ½ furlongs in 1:17.44 after setting fractional splits of :23.05 and :46.61. Fred Danley saddled the homebred 4-year-old filly by Lesters Boy for his wife, owner Rita Danley of Anthony, New Mexico.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/happy-me-wins-russell-and-helen-foutz-handicap.htmlSat, 01 May 2010 00:13:48 GMT2010-05-01T00:13:48Sent to post as the 6-5 favorite, Jenuine Joy ran her win streak to four following a half-length victory in Sunday’s Four Corners Senora Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred fillies and mares at SunRay Park. Sunday’s 10-race program at SunRay went off without a hitch after a jockey’s strike forced cancellation of the track’s scheduled 10-race card on Saturday. According to a report in the Farmington Daily Times, the track planned to run the cancelled program in its entirety on Friday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/jenuine-joy-keeps-streak-going-in-four-corners-senora.htmlMon, 26 Apr 2010 01:08:58 GMT2010-04-26T01:08:58First Moonflash, a New Mexico-bred 5-year-old stallion by the late First To Flash, was named the top Quarter Horse during Sunland Park’s 2009-10 meet, which ended last Tuesday. Also, WinStar Farm’s Endorsement, the winner of the March 28, $800,000 Sunland Derby (G3), earned Thoroughbred of the meet honors.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/endorsement,-nm-bred-first-moonflash-named-horses-of-meet-at-sunland-park.htmlFri, 23 Apr 2010 20:45:05 GMT2010-04-23T20:45:05Happy Me, a homebred 4-year-old filly racing for Rita Danley of Anthony, New Mexico, is the 5-2 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s Russell and Helen Foutz Handicap (R) for state-bred Thoroughbred distaffers at SunRay Park. The Foutz is one of two stakes scheduled for SunRay this weekend. The other, the $75,000 Four Corners Senora Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred fillies and mares, will be run as the fourth race on Sunday’s 10-race program.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunray-park-weekend-preview-–-april-24-25.htmlThu, 22 Apr 2010 17:58:00 GMT2010-04-22T17:58:00Sunland Park Racetrack ended its 2009-10 meet on Tuesday, and the track near El Paso, Texas, recorded increases in overall and off-track handle. A total of $65,568,593 was wagered on Sunland Park’s races, an increase of nearly 5.5 percent over the track’s 2008-09 meet. Of that total, $7,294,312 was handled on track, a decrease of 1.2 percent, but that was offset by the $58,274,281 bet at Sunland’s off-track outlets. That $58.2 million represented a 6.34-percent increase over the previous season.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunland-park-meet-ends-with-increase-in-handle.htmlThu, 22 Apr 2010 16:34:48 GMT2010-04-22T16:34:48Riding the gelding for the first time in a race, J. Martin Bourdieu piloted Corona Dream to a three-quarter length win in the 870-yard, $50,000 Getaway Stakes for sophomores at Sunland Park on Tuesday. Corona Dream was prepped by Roberto Sanchez for owner SM Cattle Export Co. of Socorro, Texas, and the gelding covered 870 yards in :45.067 and posted an 88 speed index while making his first start at the distance. The $30,000 winner’s share of the purse pushed his earnings to $55,790.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/new-mexico-breds-sweep-top-three-places-in-sunland’s-getaway-stakes.htmlTue, 20 Apr 2010 21:18:27 GMT2010-04-20T21:18:27A one-time $15,000 claimer, Haitian Hero recorded his first stakes win in Tuesday’s $50,000 KHEY-Y96 Sprint Stakes for 3-year-olds at Sunland Park. Haitian Hero covered 6 furlongs in 1:10.40 while defeating runner-up El Confidential by a neck. Alejandro Medellin rode the Petionville colt for owners Ramon O. Gonzalez and Homero Valera and trainer Andres Gonzalez.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/haitian-hero-earns-first-stakes-victory-in-khey-y96-sprint-stakes.htmlTue, 20 Apr 2010 20:40:06 GMT2010-04-20T20:40:06SunRay Park in Farmington, New Mexico, opens its 46-day meet on Thursday. Post time for the first race is 2:15 p.m. (MDT).http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunray-park-meet-opens-thursday.htmlTue, 20 Apr 2010 11:18:28 GMT2010-04-20T11:18:28Jockey J. Martin Bourdieu rode Red Lead to a 2 ¼-length victory in the 1 1/8-mile, $114,400 Sunland Park Handicap on Sunday. In front of a crowd of 5,167 on the final Sunday of Sunland Park’s 2009-10 meet, Red Lead rallied off of fractions of :24.37, :48.49, and 1:11.63 and reached the wire in 1:48.85. Chris Hartman trains the chestnut 4-year-old Red Bullet gelding for owner Frontier Stables LLC of Palestine, Texas.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/red-lead-rallies-to-win-$114,400-sunland-park-handicap.htmlSun, 18 Apr 2010 21:14:36 GMT2010-04-18T21:14:36Eighth-fastest qualifier No Dice Special outran his 18-1 odds to win Sunday’s $302,339 West Texas Futurity (G1) at Sunland Park. Racing for VWP Jr. Inc. of Holdenville, Oklahoma, No Dice Special defeated second-fastest qualifier and 2-1 favorite First Class Lacy B by a nose while going 300 yards in :14.959. Salvador Martinez rode the bay gelding by Eyesa Special for trainer John Stinebaugh.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/longshot-no-dice-special-wins-grade-1-west-texas-futurity.htmlSun, 18 Apr 2010 20:37:32 GMT2010-04-18T20:37:32A homebred chestnut gelding by Gold Case, Verny dueled down the stretch with favorite Dodson and won Saturday’s $125,162 Copper Top Futurity (R) for New Mexico-bred colts and geldings at Sunland Park. Verny was sent to post at odds of 7-1 and earned $62,581 for his owner, Willard Burbach of Greeley, Colorado. Prepped by Greg Green and ridden by Alfredo Juarez Jr., Verny covered 4 ½ furlongs in :52.01 and posted his second victory in as many starts.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/verny-stays-unbeaten-after-copper-top-score.htmlSun, 18 Apr 2010 01:41:36 GMT2010-04-18T01:41:36A 29-1 longshot, Squall Wilbud came from off the pace to win the fillies division of the 4 ½-furlong Copper Top Futurity (R) at Sunland Park on Saturday. Saddled by Fred Danley for owners W.T. Stradley of Tom Williams, both of Hobbs, New Mexico, Squall Wilbud stopped the timer in :51.60 after closing off of a :21.61 opening quarter-mile fraction set by Tin Can Kitty. Jorge Gonzalez rode the filly to her first career victory.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/squall-wilbud-outruns-odds-to-win-fillies-division-of-copper-top-futurity.htmlSun, 18 Apr 2010 00:59:04 GMT2010-04-18T00:59:04Sent to post at odds of 9-10, Sixy Chamisa led at every call en route to a 1 ¼-length victory in the Sunburst Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred 3-year-old fillies at Sunland Park on Saturday. Sixy Chamisa races for SM Cattle Export Co. of Socorro, Texas, and the Sixes Royal filly covered 350 yards in :17.030 while scoring her second stakes win. Freddie Martinez rode Sixy Chamisa for trainer Roberto Sanchez.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sixy-chamisa-is-prompt-favorite-in-sunburst-stakes.htmlSun, 18 Apr 2010 00:18:06 GMT2010-04-18T00:18:06Deepwater B, a colt by Ocean Runaway racing for Bielau Oaks, earned his first victory in Saturday’s $50,500 West Texas Juvenile Stakes (R) at Sunland Park. Saddled by John Stinebaugh and ridden by Esgar Ramirez, Deepwater B went 300 yards in :15.080, and his winning margin was a head from W R Carver. Unashamed, the 3-2 favorite, finished in a dead heat for third with 28-1 longshot Imdancinwiththestars.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/ocean-runaway-colt-wins-west-texas-juvenile.htmlSat, 17 Apr 2010 23:51:56 GMT2010-04-17T23:51:56Shamrock Girl, a filly by the Holy Bull stallion King Bull, has been made the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the $75,000-added fillies division of the Copper Top Futurity (R) at Sunland Park on Saturday. The 4 ½-furlong race is restricted to 2-year-old New Mexico-bred fillies, and it is one of eight stakes races presented by Sunland Park during the track’s closing weekend, which runs Saturday-Tuesday. Four of the stakes are for Thoroughbreds and four are for Quarter Horses.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/shamrock-girl-is-morning-line-favorite-for-fillies-division-of-copper-top-futurity.htmlFri, 16 Apr 2010 16:32:46 GMT2010-04-16T16:32:46The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting at its headquarters in Albuquerque on Thursday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-april-nm-racing-commission-meeting-in-albuquerque.htmlFri, 16 Apr 2010 13:45:54 GMT2010-04-16T13:45:54CD Frontier Justice, a homebred gelding by the Strawfly Special stallion Desirio, broke Sunland Park’s 330-yard track record in a $32,000 entry-level allowance for 3-year-olds on Saturday. Racing for Fredda Draper of Ruidoso Downs, and trained by her husband, Carl Draper, CD Frontier Justice stopped the timer in :15.999, breaking the previous mark of :16.062 set by Dun On Project in a $6,250 claiming dash on March 30.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/330-yard-track-record-falls-at-sunland-park.htmlMon, 12 Apr 2010 12:43:28 GMT2010-04-12T12:43:28Rylees Boy broke sharply from post 3 and led at every call en route to a head victory in the 440-yard, $112,410 Bank of America New Mexico Challenge (G1) at Sunland Park on Sunday. Racing for Gerardo Ochoa and trained by Gerardo Ochoa-Pena, Rylees Boy went 440 yards in :20.786 under jockey Joe Ruiz. The victory boosted Rylees Boy’s earnings to $269,443, and it earned the 5-year-old gelding by Heza Motor Scooter a berth in the November 14, $350,000 Bank of America Challenge Championship (G1) at Fair Grounds Racecourse in New Orleans.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/rylees-boy-is-prompt-favorite-in-bank-of-america-new-mexico-challenge.htmlMon, 12 Apr 2010 12:19:59 GMT2010-04-12T12:19:59Fastest qualifier and 6-5 favorite Streak Of Sixes remained undefeated following her victory in Sunday’s $283,555 New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG1) at Sunland Park. Racing for Peter and Marjorie Gallegos of Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, Streak Of Sixes covered 300 yards in :14.994, and her winning margin was a head from 26-1 longshot Miss Chicks Vision. Cody Jensen rode the sorrel daughter of Sixes Royal for trainer Juan Gonzalez.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/fastest-qualifier-streak-of-sixes-wins-new-mexican-spring-futurity.htmlMon, 12 Apr 2010 11:20:25 GMT2010-04-12T11:20:25Love Me Caliente, a Corona Caliente gelding racing for Jose M. Vigil, earned his first victory in the 300-yard, $75,000 New Mexican Spring Fling Stakes (R) for state-bred 2-year-olds at Sunland Park on Saturday. Prepped by former jockey James J. Gonzales II and ridden by J. Martin Bourdieu, Love Me Caliente went 300 yards in :15.001 while defeating 3-1 choice Favorite Caillie by a head and recording a 96 speed index.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/love-me-caliente-breaks-maiden-in-new-mexican-spring-fling-stakes.htmlSun, 11 Apr 2010 11:56:49 GMT2010-04-11T11:56:49Ridden for the first time in a race by Alejandro Medellin, Apollean earned her first stakes victory in Saturday’s $50,000 Czaria Stakes at Sunland Park. Apollean covered 6 furlongs in 1:10.01, and her winning margin was a neck from Came West. Saddled by Alberto Amperan for owner Fernando de la Cruz of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the 4-year-old daughter of Apollo returned a $32.60 win mutuel as the longest shot in the field of eight fillies and mares.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/longshot-apollean-wins-czaria-stakes.htmlSun, 11 Apr 2010 10:49:57 GMT2010-04-11T10:49:57A full field of 10 state-bred 2-year-olds, including fastest qualifier Streak Of Sixes, will match strides in Sunday’s 300-yard, $283,555 New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG1) at Sunland Park. The New Mexican Spring Futurity is just one of four stakes scheduled for Sunland Park this weekend. The others are Saturday’s 300-yard, $75,000 New Mexican Spring Fling Stakes (R) for state-bred 2-year-olds, and 6-furlong, $50,000 Czaria Stakes for fillies and mares, and the 440-yard, $110,000-added Bank of America New Mexico Challenge (G1) on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/new-mexican-spring-futurity-tops-sunland-parks-weekend-stakes-schedule.htmlFri, 09 Apr 2010 12:14:53 GMT2010-04-09T12:14:53Clyde Woerner’s Gone To The Mountain made quick work of three opponents on Sunday, as the reigning AQHA champion distance horse won the 870-yard, $53,280 Red Cell New Mexico Distance Challenge (G3) at Sunland Park. The homebred 5-year-old stallion by Panther Mountain was winning the stakes for the second consecutive year, and he returned a $2.10 win mutuel, as $23,870 of the $26,777 bet in the win pool was wagered on him. There was no place or show wagering offered.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/gone.htmlSun, 04 Apr 2010 23:21:22 GMT2010-04-04T23:21:22Fourth-fastest qualifier Double Down Special broke sharply from post 6 and sprinted to a one-length victory in Saturday’s 400-yard, $168,685 West Texas Derby (G3) at Sunland Park. Racing for Vanessa Bartoo of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, Double Down Special covered 400 yards in :18.613, posting a 107 speed index and breaking by 122/1000ths the world record set by reigning champion aged stallion First Moonflash in the 2008 Championship at Sunland Park (G1).http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/double-down-special-breaks-world-record-in-grade-3-west-texas-derby.htmlSat, 03 Apr 2010 23:25:11 GMT2010-04-03T23:25:11Hes Too Icy For Me, a California-bred colt by First Down Dash racing for Robert and Dolores Gerhardt, is the fastest qualifier to the April 18, $302,222 West Texas Futurity (G1) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/first-down-dash-colt-posts-fastest-west-texas-futurity-trial-time.htmlSat, 03 Apr 2010 11:55:31 GMT2010-04-03T11:55:31Making his career debut, Dodson won the second of four Copper Top Futurity (R)-colts and geldings division trials at Sunland Park on Tuesday. Dodson was sent to post as the 5-2 second choice, and the colt by Roll Hennessy Roll responded with a half-length victory over Elijah’s Elite. Prepped by Todd Fincher and ridden by Juan Ochoa for owners Tyler Holstein and Renee Taylor, Dodson covered 4 ½ furlongs in :51.92 while closing off of fractions of :22.74 and :45.81 set by pacesetter Mesh.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/dodson-tops-copper-top-futurity-(colts-and-geldings-division)-finalists.htmlFri, 02 Apr 2010 14:26:37 GMT2010-04-02T14:26:37Shamrock Girl, a bay daughter of the Holy Bull stallion King Bull owned and trained by David Wolochuk, on Tuesday won the first of four Copper Top Futurity (R)-fillies division trials to lead all qualifiers to the April 17 final at Sunland Park. Ridden by Patrick Valenzuela, Shamrock Girl defeated Highspeed Rescue by five lengths and covered 4 ½ furlongs in :51.16. The filly led at every call while recording fractions of :22.09 and :44.90.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/shamrock-girl-leads-copper-top-futurity-(fillies-division)-qualifiers.htmlFri, 02 Apr 2010 14:24:33 GMT2010-04-02T14:24:33Joe Allen's Peppers Pride, a New Mexico-bred daughter of Desert God who holds the modern-day American record for consecutive wins, was bred to Grade 2 winner Distorted Humor on March 27. Now 7, the mare was retired from racing in 2008, after she won all 19 of her lifetime starts and earned $1,066,085 while racing exclusively at New Mexico tracks against state-breds.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/nm-bred-champion-peppers-pride-bred-to-distorted-humor.htmlThu, 01 Apr 2010 22:36:41 GMT2010-04-01T22:36:41Penn National Gaming Inc. has adopted a policy that punishes horsemen who sell horses for slaughter. The company currently owns five horse racing tracks, including Zia Park in Hobbs, New Mexico, and has an agreement to purchase a sixth. The company-wide anti-slaughter policy is similar to those in place at other tracks.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/penn-national-gaming-tracks,-including-zia-park,-adopt-anti-slaughter-policy.htmlTue, 30 Mar 2010 20:23:40 GMT2010-03-30T20:23:40Endorsement, a Kentucky-bred colt by Distorted Humor racing for Bill and Susan Casner’s WinStar Farm LLC, came from slightly off the pace to win Sunday’s Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby at Sunland Park, New Mexico’s first-ever graded Thoroughbred stakes. The Sunland Derby drew a track-record crowd of 17,564. A total of $2,798,980 was wagered on the 13-race program, including $408,426 on track.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/grade-3-sunland-derby-produces-upset-winner----endorsement.htmlSun, 28 Mar 2010 22:46:07 GMT2010-03-28T22:46:07Double Chiseled, a 4-year-old gelding campaigned by Sunset Well Service Inc., on Saturday recorded the fastest qualifying time for the April 11 Bank of America New Mexico Challenge (G1) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/double-chiseled-leads-all-bank-of-america-nm-challenge-qualifiers.htmlSun, 28 Mar 2010 00:54:59 GMT2010-03-28T00:54:59Peter and Marjorie Gallegos’ Streak Of Sixes won the fifth of 11 New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG1) trials at Sunland Park on Friday and posted the fastest qualifying time for the April 11, $120,000-added final.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/streak-of-sixes-posts-fastest-qualifying-time-for-nm-spring-futurity.htmlFri, 26 Mar 2010 21:07:54 GMT2010-03-26T21:07:54The National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s website, NTRA.com, will offer free, live video streaming of Sunday’s 1 1/8-mile, $800,000 Sunland Derby (G3) at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/ntra-website-to-offer-video-streaming-of-sunland-derby.htmlFri, 26 Mar 2010 20:30:21 GMT2010-03-26T20:30:21Sunday’s 11-race program at Sunland Park will feature the first-ever graded Thoroughbred stakes in New Mexico racing history, but state-bred runners will also share in a bit of the spotlight. In addition to the Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby, which has attracted eight 3-year-olds with Triple Crown aspirations, Sunland Park’s card will feature three races restricted to New Mexico-breds – the 5 ½-furlong, $125,000 La Coneja Stakes (R) for fillies and mares; the 1 1/16-mile, $100,000 New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks (R) for 3-year-old fillies; and the 1 1/16-mile, $100,000 New Mexico Breeders’ Derby (R) for 3-year-olds.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/new-mexico-breds-will-share-some-of-the-spotlight-on-sunland-derby-day.htmlFri, 26 Mar 2010 20:19:26 GMT2010-03-26T20:19:26Conveyance, a colt by Indian Charlie racing for Zabeel International Racing Corp., has been made the 9-5 morning-line favorite for the Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby at Sunland Park on Sunday. Undefeated in four starts, Conveyance has earned $254,400 and is coming off of a three-quarter length victory in the $250,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) on February 20 at Oaklawn Park. The colt’s stakes record also includes a win in the January 16, $100,000 San Rafael Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/grade-3-winner-conveyance-is-favored-in-sundays-$800,000-sunland-derby.htmlWed, 24 Mar 2010 22:26:28 GMT2010-03-24T22:26:28SunRay Park has released its 2010 stakes schedule and first condition book, which covers the first 12 days of its 46-day Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse meet. Located in Farmington, in the Four Corners region of New Mexico, SunRay will run a total of 22 stakes – 11 for each breed – worth approximately $1,427,500 in purse money.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sunray-park-releases-stakes-schedule,-first-condition-book.htmlWed, 24 Mar 2010 21:54:12 GMT2010-03-24T21:54:12This year’s Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby at Sunland Park has drawn 130 nominations. New Mexico’s first-ever graded Thoroughbred stakes, the 2010 Sunland Derby will be run on Sunday, March 28. The winner will earn the $400,000 winner’s share of the purse.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/grade-3-sunland-derby-attracts-130-nominations.htmlSat, 13 Feb 2010 22:36:26 GMT2010-02-13T22:36:26Richard and Connie Snyder’s Stormy Express ran her win streak to three in Saturday’s 6 ½-furlong, $50,000 El Diario Stakes for fillies and mares at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/stormy-express-extends-win-streak-in-el-diario-stakes.htmlSat, 13 Feb 2010 22:34:43 GMT2010-02-13T22:34:43Red Lead, a 4-year-old chestnut gelding by Red Bullet, earned his first career stakes victory in the $50,000 Curribot Handicap at Sunland Park on Sunday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/red-lead-takes-curribot-handicap.htmlSat, 13 Feb 2010 22:32:23 GMT2010-02-13T22:32:23American Classic, a 6 yearold gelding by Distorted Humor, outran his 10 -1 odds to win Saturday’s 5 furlong Budweiser Handicap at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/american-classic-scores-upset-in-budweiser-handicapp.htmlSun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT2010-02-07T00:00:00A benefit dinner/dance and silent auction for injured or ill jockeys and trainers will be held at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Tuesday, February 16.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/benefit-for-injured-trainer-jockeys-set-for-february-16-at-sunland-park.htmlTue, 02 Feb 2010 12:32:29 GMT2010-02-02T12:32:29Sent to post as the 6-5 choice, Rylees Boy responded with a neck victory in the 350 yard, $50,000 KOFX Radio Handicap (G2) at Sunland Park on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/rylees-boy-is-prompt-favorite-in-kofx-radio-handicap.htmlSun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT2010-01-31T00:00:00Chuchuluco, the 9-5 favorite, stayed close to the pace while sprinting to his second stakes win in Saturday’s 6-furlong, $125,000 Pepsi Cola Handicap (R) for New Mexico bred sophomores at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/favorite-chuchuluco-takes-pepsi-cola-cap.htmlTue, 26 Jan 2010 12:58:19 GMT2010-01-26T12:58:19Outrunning her 10-1 odds, Queen Greeley won Sunday’s $50,000 El Paso Times Stakes for 3 year old fillies at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/queen-greely-posts-upset-in-el-paso-times-stakes.htmlTue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT2010-01-26T00:00:00The New Mexico Racing Commission held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, January 20, in Albuquerque...http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/report-from-january-nm-racing-commission-meeting.htmlFri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT2010-01-22T00:00:00Leading at every call, Glory Be Mine earned a 4 ½ length victory in Saturday’s $125,000 La Senora Handicap (R) for New Mexico bred sophomore fillies before an announced crowd of 3,204 at Sunland Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/glory-be-mine-posts-wire-to-wire-victory-in-la-senora.htmlSun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT2010-01-17T00:00:00First Moonflash, a New Mexico-bred 5-year-old stallion by the late First To Flash, was named AQHA champion aged stallion for 2009, during an awards ceremony at Heritage Place in Oklahoma City on Wednesday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/new-mexicobred-first-moonflash-named-2009-aqha-champion-aged-stallion.htmlWed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT2010-01-13T00:00:00Enchanted Outlaw, a 5-year-old Prospector Jones gelding racing for Texans Ted Rushing and Lee Lewis, ran his win streak to four following his victory in the 1 1/16-mile, $100,000 Albert Dominguez Memorial Handicap (R) for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park on Sunday...http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/favored-enchanted-outlaw-takes-dominguez-memorial.htmlMon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT2010-01-04T00:00:00Louisiana Senator was a prompt 11-10 favorite in the last of four Sunland Park Winter Derby (G3) trials on Saturday, as the California bred colt by champion Jess Louisiana Blue won by a half of a length while posting the fastest qualifying time.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/louisiana-senator-posts-fastest-sunland-winter-derby-qualifying-time.htmlWed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT2009-12-09T00:00:00Catalino Martinez rode Black Hills to a come-from-behind, 1 ¼ length victory in Sunday’s $200,000 Zia Park Distance Championship at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/black-hills-rallies-to-win-zia-park-distance-championship.htmlMon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT2009-12-07T00:00:00Reed Land and Cattle Co.’s DM Hot Hot Hot won the first of three New Mexico Cup Derby (RG1) trials at Zia Park on Sunday, posting the fastest qualifying time for the $140,000 added final on November 8.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/dm-hot-hot-hot-posts-fastest-new-mexico-cup-derby-qualifying-time.htmlSun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT2009-10-25T00:00:00Winning the fourth of six trials on Saturday as the 4-5 favorite, SM Cattle Export Company’s Sixy Chamisa posted the fastest qualifying time for the November 8, $140,000 added New Mexico Cup Futurity (RG1) at Zia Park.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/sixy-chamisa-is-fastest-new-mexico-cup-futurity-finalist.htmlSun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT2009-10-25T00:00:00http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/all-american-runner-up-is-fastest-hobbs-america-futurity-qualifier.htmlSun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT2009-09-27T00:00:00Posting his fifth win in 12 races on Saturday, Rita J. Danley’s Rabbit Revival recorded the fastest qualifying time for the September 27 New Mexico State Fair Breeders’ Derby (RG3) at The Downs at Albuquerque.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/rabbit-revival-is-fastest-new-mexico-state-fair-breeders-derby-qualifier.htmlSat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT2009-09-12T00:00:00In the second-biggest upset in the 136-year history of America's most famous race, the New Mexico-based Mine That Bird shocked the racing world with a 6 3/4-Iength victory in the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs on Saturday.http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/wow-new-mexico-based-mine-that-bird-wins-kentucky-derby.htmlSat, 02 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT2009-05-02T00:00:00http://www.nmhorsebreeders.com/racing-news.htmlWed, 10 Feb 2010 16:05:43 GMTen-us