The final weekend of racing at Ruidoso Downs promises to deliver exciting action as some of the fastest 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds take to the track for the All American Futurity, the All American Derby and the inaugural running of the All American Oaks. In addition, the All American Gold Cup, the All American Juvenile, the All American Invitational Stakes, the Governor’s Handicap, and the Bill Reed Memorial Stake round out a weekend full of stakes racing to cap off the season.
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 MoreFlashing My Pjs went out to the track today for trainer John Stinebaugh to jog and stretch her legs. The two-year-old filly will be one of the top choices in Monday's All American Futurity having posted a quick time in the trials.
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 MoreTrainer Bret Vickery has been pretty quiet this meet, to say the least. "Things started out pretty slow," he said, adding that "I only brought 10 head over this year" to make a total of 23 starts thus far compared to 42 starts in 2019. But one horse who was highly thought of as a two-year-old by Vickery and others "is gonna pull us out."
Read MorePost positions were drawn this morning for the All American Futurity, the All American Derby, and the inaugural running of the All American Oaks that will headline the All American Weekend race card at Ruidoso Downs Race Track beginning Friday and running through Labor Day.
Read MoreAll American Ruidoso Horse Sale, LLC concluded its re-formatted three-day sale at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, OK, Saturday night with a second day of Select Quarter Horse yearlings and the final Hubbard dispersal consignments.
Read MoreSession 2 of the re-formatted All American Ruidoso Select Horse Sale held at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma featured the first round of Select QH Yearlings, the Foals-in-Utero and the R.D. Hubbard dispersal.
Read MoreNo stakes action this weekend, but that's just the calm before the storm as next weekend is closing weekend and you know what that means.
Read MoreNew Mexico Bred Quarter Horse Yearlings were featured in the first session of the re-formatted All American Ruidoso Select Horse Sale held at the Lazy E Arena today in Guthrie, Oklahoma. The Ruidoso Select Horse Sale, which is usually held over Labor Day Weekend at Ruidoso Downs, was temporarily relocated to Oklahoma this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreThe story for the first four races, the All American Oaks Trials, wasRatification who won by five lengths in a time of 21.269 with the next-fastest time in the Oaks Trials coming from Kieva in 21.533. Coming off a head victory in the Rainbow Oaks and now having four straight victories, Ratification left no doubt as to who the favorite will be for the AA Oaks in two weeks' time.
Read MoreThe excitement that has built up for the much anticipated All American Derby trials did not disappoint. After nine trial heats today, it was Gold Heart Eagle V that ended the day with the fastest qualifying time going into the finals of the $1,077,688 All American Derby finals on Sunday, September 6th. Gold Heart Eagle V ran a blistering 21:108 which was the fastest time at 440 yards all weekend.
Read MoreIn the trials for the inaugural running of the All American Oaks, the new division of the All American created for fillies, Ratification put on a clinic and demonstrated why she is the 2020 Rainbow Oaks champion. With a slight tailwind on a fast track, the filly dominated the second trial heat beating the second-place finisher by five lengths to finish with the fastest qualifying time over the 440 yards of 21.269. No other horse qualified from Ratification’s heat.
Read MoreAll American Futurity trials continued today, and the filly Flashing My Pjs was the star of the show as she covered the 440 yards today in a blistering 21.203 to record not only the fastest time of the day but the fastest qualifying time across the board. The track was fast, and a 4-16 MPH tailwind was present on a day that saw the top five qualifiers run faster times than Whistle Stop Cafe, the top qualifier from the first day of trials.
Read MoreThe wind today was mostly tail with the occasional shift to a mild cross-wind, all steady and generally between 6 and 14 mph throughout the card.
Read MoreDay one of All American Futurity Trials is in the books, and an exciting day it was. The wind picked up just past midway through the card with a 10 mile per hour tailwind benefitting horses in the 10th race.
Read MoreWhistle Stop Cafe, the winner of the 2020 Rainbow Futurity, had another great day on the race track as she won the most anticipated trial heat on day one by 1/2-length to advance to the finals of the $3 million Grade I All American Futurity that will be run on Labor Day at Ruidoso Downs. The still-undefeated filly, who ran a swift 21.615 today, comes out of the barn of Blane Wood who also had a banner day as horses from his stable secured three of the five spots that were up for grabs.
Read MoreThe big one is here, as this weekend provides plenty of action with 32 trials for the All American Futurity on Friday and Saturday along with four trials for the All American Oaks and nine for the All American Derby on Sunday.
Read MoreThe 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.
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