A 14-1 longshot in a field of nine New Mexico-bred Thoroughbreds, Ancient Land won Monday’s 1-mile & 70-yard, $200,000 Rocky Gulch New Mexico Classics Championship (R) at Zia Park. Ernesto Valdez-Jiminez rode the 6-year-old Monterey Jazz gelding for owners Martin Riley, D. Carroll, C. Scott, and J. Howard, and trainer Casey Lambert.