BF Shes Outrageous, a stakes-winning daughter of Big Daddy Cartel and a Grade 1 finalist at Ruidoso Downs, is one of 58 state-bred 2-year-olds entered in Friday’s 400-yard New Mexico […]
Slammed Takes On Older Distaffers in Sunday’s $100,000 Carlos Salazar Stakes
Slammed (pictured), a homebred 3-year-old Marking filly racing for Fincher Racing LLC, Brad King, and Suzanne Kirby, will face older fillies and mares for the first time in Sunday’s 6 […]
A Closer Look at the Registered New Mexico-Breds Entered in This Year’s All American Futurity Trials
The trials for Quarter Horse racing’s richest and most prestigious race, the 440-yard, $3-million All American Futurity (G1), will be run at Ruidoso Downs this weekend, and 17 registered New […]
Hollywood Henry Headlines $100,000 Casey Darnell Stakes
Hollywood Henry (pictured), a 6-year-old Roll Hennessy Roll gelding owned by Bennie A. Vanecek, is the 3-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 5 1/2-furlong, $100,000 Casey Darnell Stakes (R) for New […]
2021 Zia Festival Recap
Nine New Mexico-bred stakes — five for Thoroughbreds and four for Quarter Horses — were contested at Ruidoso Downs during the track’s annual Zia Festival, held July 31-August 1. A […]
Zia Festival Races Set for This Weekend at Ruidoso Downs
Nine New Mexico-bred stakes — five for Thoroughbreds and four for Quarter Horses — are on the schedule for this weekend’s Zia Festival races at Ruidoso Downs. Purses totaling $863,284 […]
Out N Gone Tops the Qualifiers to the July 31, $203,478 Zia Derby
Out N Gone, a bay son of Jesse James Jr owned by Cream of the Crop Inc., is the fastest qualifier to the July 31, $203,478 Zia Derby (RG2) at Ruidoso […]
Field Set for $319,804 Zia Futurity
Jose E. Guzman’s Flashin Fire (pictured, white cap), a gelded son of champion First Moonflash, is the fastest qualifier to the August 1, $319,804 Zia Futurity (RG1) for New Mexico-bred […]
Fifty-Four New Mexico-Bred 3-Year-Olds Entered in Zia Derby Trials
A total of 54 New Mexico-bred 3-year-old Quarter Horses, headed by the streaking Icy Morning Breeze, are entered in Saturday’s 400-yard Zia Derby (RG2) trials at Ruidoso Downs. The 10 […]
Undefeated Mr Innovator Headlines Zia Futurity Trials
Cody Cobb’s Mr Innovator (pictured), an undefeated son of Big Daddy Cartel, will make his next start in Friday’s 400-yard Zia Futurity (RG1) trials for New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds at Ruidoso […]