A $25,000 yearling purchase from breeder MJ Farms at last year’s New Mexico-Bred Sale, CHR Racing’s Woody Rocks earned his second stakes victory and first graded stakes win in Sunday’s […]
Zia Festival Stakes Preview
New Mexico-bred Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds will be in the spotlight at Ruidoso Downs this weekend, as the track presents its annual Zia Festival races. A total of eight stakes […]
Solid is the Fastest Qualifier to the July 20, $167,171 Zia Derby
Solid (pictured), a son of Big Daddy Cartel racing for Pierre and Leslie Amestoy of Albuquerque, is the fastest qualifier to the July 20, $167,171 Zia Derby (RG2) for New […]
The Field is Set for the July 21, $368,451 Zia Futurity at Ruidoso Downs
CHR Racing’s Woody Rocks (pictured) is the fastest qualifier to the July 21, $368,451 Zia Futurity (RG1) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-old Quarter Horses. At Ruidoso Downs on Friday, Woody Rocks […]
Woody Rocks Tops the Qualifiers to the July 21, $368,451 Zia Futurity at Ruidoso Downs
CHR Racing’s Woody Rocks on Friday set the fastest qualifying time to the July 21, $368,451 Zia Futurity RG1 for state-bred 2-year-old Quarter Horses at Ruidoso Downs. Christian Ramos rode […]
Solid is the Fastest Qualifier to the July 20, $167,171 Zia Derby at Ruidoso Downs.
Solid, a homebred son of Big Daddy Cartel racing for Pierre and Leslie Amestoy of Albuquerque, on Saturday set the fastest qualifying time to the July 20, $167,171 Zia Derby […]
Zia QH Derby Trials Set for Saturday at Ruidoso Downs
Thirty-five New Mexico-bred 3-year-old Quarter Horses are entered in Saturday’s 400-yard Zia Derby (RG2) trials at Ruidoso Downs. The 10 fastest qualifiers from Saturday’s four heats will meet in the […]
Graded Stakes Winner Harken Returns in Zia Futurity Trials at Ruidoso Downs
Harken (pictured), a graded stakes winning son of Eye Am King racing for Ernesto Soto, is one of 129 New Mexico-bred 2-year-old Quarter Horses entered in Friday’s 400-yard Zia Futurity […]
Rescheduled Vista Distaff Stakes Set for Thursday at Ruidoso Downs
The 350-yard, $50,000 Vista Distaff Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred fillies and mares, originally scheduled for June 22, has been rescheduled to be contested this Thursday, July 4, at Ruidoso […]
NM-Bred Dance The Dust Off Wins Saturday’s Lip Chip Wyoming Distance Challenge
Dance The Dust Off, a registered New Mexico-bred son of the Count Corona stallion Coronas Blackdiamond owned by Jewell Ramirez, won Saturday’s 870-yard, $34,595 Lip Chip LLC Wyoming Distance Challenge […]