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NM BRED STAKES RACES
SUNLAND PARK
Quarter Horse
Jess Burner Memorial Handicap RG I • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund Lou Wooten - Sydney Valentini RG II • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund Dona Ana County • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund
The Shue Fly RG III • $115,000 - Added - $65,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund
NMHBA QH Stakes RG II • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund
Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap RG III • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund Sunburst Stakes RG III • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund
New Mexican Spring Futurity RG II • $160,000 - Added - $85,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund
Thoroughbred
NMRC Handicap • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund
4 Rivers/John Deere Stakes • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund La Senora Stakes • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund
Johnie L. Jamison Handicap • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund La Coneja Stakes • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund
The Enchantress Stakes • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund Memorial Handicap • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund
Red Hedeman Mile • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund
NM Breeders’ Oaks • $120,000 - Guaranteed - $55,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund
NM Breeders’ Derby • $120,000 - Guaranteed - $55,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund
NM State University Stakes • $120,000 - Guaranteed - $55,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund The Peppers Pride Stakes • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap • $100,000 - Guaranteed - $50,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund Copper Top Futurity • $130,000 - Added - $70,000 - est. from NMHBA Enhancement Fund
Subject To Change and Approval of the New Mexico Racing Commission.
Sunland Park Releases 2019-20 Stakes Schedule
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Sunland Park
(575) 874-5200 www.sunland-park.com
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Ruidoso Downs
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The Downs at Albuquerque
(505) 266-5555 www.abqdowns.com
Zia Park
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New Mexico Racing Commission
(505) 222-0700 www.nmrc.state.nm.us
Sunland Park has released its $5.8-million stakes schedule for its 2019-20 Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse meet, which opens Thursday Dec. 26.
Once again, Sunland Park’s stakes schedule will be headed by the 1 1/8-mile, $700,000 Sunland Derby (G3) for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds on the Triple Crown trail. The Sunland Derby will be one of seven Thoroughbred stakes contested on Sunday, March 22. The other stakes scheduled for that date include the 1 1/16-mile, $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks for 3-year-old fillies, and three $120,000-guaranteed stakes restricted to registered New Mexico-breds -- the 1 1/16-mile New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks (R) for 3-year-old fillies, the 1 1/16-mile New Mexico Breeders’ Derby (R) for 3-year-olds, and the 1-mile & 70-yard New Mexico
State University Stakes (R) for 4-year-olds and older.
Other prominent Thoroughbred stakes include the 1 1/8-mile, $150,000 Sunland Park Handicap on Saturday, April 18, and
the 4 1/2-furlong, $150,000-est. Copper Top Futurity (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds on Tuesday, April 21.
Sunland Park will offer 29 Thoroughbred stakes worth $3,520,000 in purses, and
15 Quarter Horse stakes offering purses of $2,310,000. The track’s Quarter Horse stakes schedule is topped by the 440-yard, $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park (G1) on Sunday, Dec. 29.
Sunland Park’s richest Quarter Horse stakes, the 300-yard, $400,000-est. New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG2) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-olds, will be run on Sunday, April 19. Other Quarter Horse stakes highlights include the 300-yard, $325,000 West Texas Futurity (G2) on April 19.
With the exception of opening week, Sunland Park will offer live racing on a Friday- through-Sunday and Tuesday schedule. First post time from opening day-February 11 is set for 12:25 p.m. (Mountain time), and first post time from February 14 through closing day, April 21, is set for 1 p.m.
Sunland Park’s barn area opens Wednesday, Dec. 11, and the track will open for training on Monday, Dec. 16. For more information on the track’s season, including a complete stakes schedule, visit www.sunland-park.com.
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