Tim Keithley picks horses to watch on Saturday, May 29, 2021, in Ruidoso Downs Race Track’s Memorial Day weekend.
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Tim Keithley picks five horses to watch on Friday, May 28, 2021, in Ruidoso Downs Race Track’s season opener.
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Ruidoso Downs has a new mobile betting app you can use while you are at the race track! Simply scan the QR code with your smartphone or tablet and set up an online account at RUIBET.com. Password: AllAmerican. You can wager on all live racing as well as all simulcast racing. Just remember to close out your account and get a voucher at the end of the race day as your funds do not carry over!
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Whistle 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.
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Ruidoso Race Track and Casino announced today that it will no longer require fully vaccinated guests to wear masks at its property. Effective July 1, 2021, New Mexico will FULLY REOPEN, with all COVID-19 restrictions on commercial and day-to-day activity removed.
The 2021 Ruidoso Downs Hall of Fame Induction class includes some of the most impressive talent in the business – and they are all ladies. On July 10, 2021, the filly Laico Bird, owner/breeder Julianna Hawn Holt, trainer Donna McArthur and jockey Tami Purcell-Burklund will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in a ceremony that will be held in the Turf Club at Ruidoso Downs Race Track.
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El Painted Eagle, a gelding trained by Health Taylor and ridden by Rodrigo Vallejo had the fastest time after two days of schooling works at Ruidoso Downs Race Track. El Painted Eagle ran the 300 yards in:15.648.
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Jess Dream of Me, the sorrel filly out of Clint Crawford’s barn posted the fastest time of :15.649 on the first day of training races at Ruidoso Downs today. Crawford-trained horses hit the wire first in four of the day’s training races run at 300 yards.
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Ruidoso Downs Race Track kicks off its summer racing season over Memorial Day Weekend when live racing begins on Friday, May 28. The 2021 season spans 15 weeks for a total of 47 days of live Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred racing. Race days are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and include Monday, May 31 and Monday, September 6, 2021.
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The All American Ruidoso Horse Sales, LLC, announced today that it would move its 2021 New Mexico-Bred Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred Yearling Sales to August 20-21, 2021. The Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale will be held as usual immediately following the races during Labor Day Weekend (September 3,4,5, 2021)
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Applications are now being accepted for the 2021 John Andreini Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually by the All American Ruidoso Downs Foundation Board of Directors in memory of former owner and partner, John Andreini. The deadline for submitting applications is April 15, 2021.
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Stall applications for the 2021 racing season are now available at RaceRuidoso.com/horsemen-information. Management at Ruidoso Downs is planning for the live race meet to open on May 28, 2021, and run through Labor Day (subject to New Mexico Racing Commission approval at its March 18 meeting).
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Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino will host the All American CowboyFest September 30 - October 3, 2021. All American CowboyFest 2021, formerly known as the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium, will be a four-day festival celebration of country and western music, cowboy culture and features a live rodeo performance on the racetrack.
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On August 9, 2021, AARD Partner, JohnnyTrotter will be inducted into the Cattle Feeder Hall of Fame at the annual Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association trade show in Nashville.
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Stan Sigman, a partner in Ruidoso Downs and a former giant in the wireless communications industry, passed away unexpectedly on December 21 on his family ranch south of Hondo, Texas.
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All American Ruidoso Downs LLC is deeply saddened by the unexpected passing of Stan Sigman this morning at his home in Hondo, Texas. Mr. Sigman was one of three members of the partnership which owns and operates Ruidoso Downs Racetrack, Billy the Kid Casino, and the Ruidoso Horse Sale Company. Services and tributes are pending.
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President and General Manager, Jeff True, speaks with Tim Keithley at KBUY-KWES Radio about the status of Billy the Kid Casino and when it may be able to reopen under COVID-Safe practices.
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Closing day and we saw the best two-year-old quarter horses in the world in the big one and its consolation. First was the All American Juvenile for horses who did not qualify to the All American Futurity.
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Jockey Ricky Ramirez Wins First All American Futurity. As the 2020 race season came to a close today a new All American champion was crowned, and her name is Whistle Stop Cafe. With her win, Whistle Stop Cafe takes home the winner’s share of $1.5 million of the $3 million purse.
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On the final day of racing at Ruidoso Downs, the top trainers, owners, and jockeys in both the Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred categories were recognized for their accomplishments during the 2020 racing season. Each of the winners received belt buckles commemorating their success this season at Ruidoso Downs.
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