The fastest 2-year-old and 3-year-old Quarter Horses in the industry have their eyes set on qualifying for the All American this weekend at Ruidoso Downs. More than 300 2-year-olds will run 440-yards in 32 time trial heats over the course of Friday and Saturday, vying for a spot in the Grade I, $3 Million All American Futurity, the final leg of the Quarter Horse Triple Crown.
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 MoreGoing into today’s co-featured races, nine of the 20 horses in the two Rio Grande Futurities came out of the Todd Fincher barn. In the end, the winners of both the Rio Grande Senorita Thoroughbred Futurity and the Rio Grande Senor Thoroughbred Futurity were Fincher-trained. Comic Hot Toddy captured the win for the fillies in the Senorita, and Delbert Too hit the wire first for the colts and gelding in the Senor on a fast track with no wind.
Read MoreThe Rio Grande Senorita and Rio Grande Senor were the highlights of this Sunday card and trainer Todd Fincher took home the top prize in both. Comic Hot Toddy dueled outside a rival through pretty quick opening fractions of 21.75 and 44.50 then took charge and drew away under jockey Shane Laviolette to cover five-and-one-half furlongs in 1.03.97 for the Senorita restricted to fillies.
Read MoreOn a day that celebrated the versatility of the American Quarter Horse, Luchador, Bad Monkey, and Lynnder 16 all won their AQHA Challenge races today at Ruidoso Downs Race Track. The wins qualify each of them to compete in the 2020 Bank of America Challenge Championships currently scheduled to be held on October 24th at The Downs at Albuquerque.
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 MoreSaturday features the Ruidoso Downs Distaff Challenge, John Deer Ruidoso Downs Challenge, and Adequan Ruidoso Downs Derby Challenge, all for quarter horses, while Sunday's attention is on New Mexico-bred thoroughbreds with the Rio Grande Senorita and Rio Grande Senor Thoroughbred Futurities.
Read MoreThis weekend, New Mexico-bred Thoroughbreds will take center stage on Sunday in the finals of the $134,667 Rio Grande Senor Futurity and the $133,828 Rio Grande Senorita Futurity.
Read MoreTuesday morning workouts for Quarter Horses were a little light on numbers compared to most of the prior week but not light on impressiveness when looking at the fastest 330-yard work of the day.
Read MoreOn a warm and sunny afternoon with no wind and a fast track, Flying Eagle 07 hit the wire with a time of :26.64, ¾ of a length ahead of Ratatattat to win the $20,000 Brigand Handicap. Morning line favorite Why Buy the Cow finished third, and a $2 win ticket on Flying Eagle 07 paid $19.20.
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.
Read MoreThursday morning training saw a handful of good contenders. Of note were several older horses from the barn of Wes Giles who worked an easy 220 yards in hand. Tres of Hero, the finalist for the Ruidoso Derby, went in 12.27 while after the break were KJ Frankie B in 12.31 and Cat Daddys Lil Girl in 11.64.
Read MoreSunday featured two stakes for quarter horses, the Bobby Dan Crenshaw Memorial going 1000 yards for three-year-olds and upward and the Mr Jet Moore Handicap going 400 yards also for three-year-olds and
upward.
In a race that was loaded with talent, Valiant Tiberias charged to the wire with a time of 19.784 and finished ¾ of a length ahead of Sc Money Maker (2nd) and Shockinglyfamous (3rd) to win the $40,000 Grade 2 Mr Jet Moore Handicap. Apocalyptical Jess, the 2018 All American Futurity champion, finished fourth by a length.
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