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Ruidoso Downs is a horse racing track in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico. The track hosts both Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing , notably the All American Futurity , the richest race in Quarter Horse racing with a purse of $3,000,000.
A division of his Santa Cruz Ranch, Namgis Quarter Horses, includes a state-of-the-art breeding and training facility for American Quarter Horse roping horses and barrel racing horses. [6] Sigman also became a partner in the Ruidoso Downs Race Track & Casino operation in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Sigman died December 21, 2020. [7]
The Hensley brothers gained their Ruidoso Downs racetrack license in 1953, as no New Mexico law barred convicted felons from race track ownership, [18] although in 1955 new Governor of New Mexico John F. Simms said he was "appalled" by the previous administration's decision to do so. [18]
Each Labor Day, two-year-old horses and their teams travel to Ruidoso Downs to run the richest quarter-horse race in the world. A $3 million purse rides on how fast these horses can sprint 440 feet.
Ruidoso Downs Racing Hall of Fame class is selected for 2024 ... Danjer died suddenly last summer of an aneurysm while in training for the All American Gold Cup for co-owner/trainer/breeder Dean ...
Horses race in the tenth 350-yard Ruidoso Futurity Quarter Horse Trials race at the Ruidoso Downs Racetrack and Casino in Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Saturday, May 27, 2023.
The All American Futurity is a race for two-year-old American Quarter Horse racehorses run at Ruidoso Downs Race Track in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico on Labor Day. It is the last leg of the AQHA Triple Crown that has only been won once, by Special Effort in 1981. A $4 million bonus was once offered to the horse that could sweep all three Triple ...
The track, its owners and members of the horse racing industry have created a special fund aimed at raising money to help with recovery efforts throughout the community, while donations have been ...