If 40-percent of the field is coming from your barn and scheduled to run in the $678,253 Rainbow Derby at Ruidoso Downs Race Track, anyone would probably like their chances. “It’s a tremendous race,” Health Taylor said in his barn this week. “In my opinion, it’s a stellar field of horses that are going in the gate on Saturday. We’re not taking anything for granted—they are all very capable race horses.”
Read MorePainted Snowclouds is expected to be 9-to-5 betting choice on Saturday’s race card in the $96,969 Ruidoso Maiden Stakes to be run as the 8th race on the card.
Read MoreWith the real money on the line, can Empressum continue to impress following the gelding’s track record performance in the trials for the $700,000 Ruidoso Derby?
Read MoreJockey Kelsi Purcell will attempt to stay unbeaten for the season when she rides Arranged Vows in the 8th race as the 5/2 favorite Friday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs Race Track. Kelsi has four wins in four races.
Read MoreTim Keithley picks horses to watch on Friday, June 4, 2021, in Ruidoso Downs Race Track’s Mountain Top Futurity Trials..
Read MoreTim Keithley picks horses to watch on Saturday, May 29, 2021, in Ruidoso Downs Race Track’s Memorial Day weekend.
Read MoreWhistle Stop Café, undefeated winner of 2020 All American and Rainbow Futurities, will skip the trials for the $1 million (est.) Ruidoso Derby opening weekend and is expected to resume her racing career in the trials for the Rainbow Derby on July 11, 2021.
Read MoreA Field of Stars in Storied Race Featuring Older Horses. 2018 All American Futurity Champion Apocalyptical Jess highlights the field of eight runners in Sunday’s running of the $125,000 All American Gold Cup going 440-yards at Ruidoso Downs.
Read MoreWhen Jockey Benito Baca is introduced making his first-ever appearance in the All American Futurity Monday afternoon aboard Flashing My PJs, his number-one fan is likely to make some noise--in support of his dad.
Read MoreAs Ratification steps into the starting gate for the inaugural running of the All American Oaks on Sunday, the memory of trainer John Buchanan won’t be far away from her jockey Francisco Calderon.
Read MoreIf there’s a jockey in Monday’s All American Futurity lineup that’s hungry for the winner’s circle it’s Ricky Ramirez. He’ll take that appetite to the starting gate with Whistle Stop Café, the undefeated filly named after a restaurant in breeder Bobby Cox’s hometown of Weatherford, Texas.
Read MoreRuidoso Down’s Tim Keithley picks five horses to watch on Sunday, August 23, 2020, in Ruidoso Downs Race Track’s All American Trials.
Read MoreRuidoso Down’s Tim Keithley picks five horses to watch on Saturday, August 22, 2020, in Ruidoso Downs Race Track’s All American Trials.
Read MoreRuidoso Down’s Tim Keithley picks five horses to watch on Friday, August 21, 2020, in Ruidoso Downs Race Track’s All American Trials.
Read MoreWhistle Stop Café brings Rainbow victory and undefeated record to All American Futurity trials at Ruidoso Downs. If there’s a favorite to make the final of the $3 million All American Futurity this weekend it might be 2020 Rainbow Futurity winner and undefeated Whistle Stop Café.
Read MoreAbout 1,700 miles away from Ruidoso Downs Race Track, Imperial Eagle, the six-year-old retired 2016 All American Futurity champion, relishes his new life of luxury on a sixty-acre farm located in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
Read MoreTaylor, Windham Hope Second All American Futurity Is No “Illusion.” There’s a gleam once again in trainer Health Taylor’s eyes these days around Ruidoso Downs that maybe he’ll return to the winner’s circle on Labor Day in the All American Futurity.
Read MoreThere’s a First Lady of Barn 27 this summer, and her name is Ratification. She demands to be stalled in the middle of John Bucannon’s long barn on the backside of Ruidoso Downs and likes to know what is going on at all times.
Read MoreThe last name Fincher is used regularly in the winner’s circle at Ruidoso Downs Race Track for a winning trainer, but it’s been a while since that same family-name has been used to announce the name of a winning jockey.
Read MoreWith just two weeks to go before the All American Futurity trials at Ruidoso Downs, it’s getting late for a two-year-old to be making a racing debut. Most potential AA candidates have made at least a couple appearances on the race track.
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