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RACING NEWS
ZIA PARK MEET OPENS OCTOBER 4
ia Park in Hobbs, New Mexico, will open its Day will feature a dozen stakes restricted to day of camel, ostrich and zebra racing set for 48-day Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse state-bred Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses, Saturday, October 29.
season on Saturday, October 4. Throughout the entire meet -- with no
exceptions -- live racing will be conducted four days a week, Saturdays through Tuesdays. Post time every day is scheduled for 12 p.m. (MST).
Zia Park’s stakes highlights include its annual New Mexico Cup Day, which this year will be held on Sunday, October 30, and its’ annual Land of Enchantment Day, which this year will feature an all Thoroughbred program on Tuesday, November 22. New Mexico Cup
topped by the afternoon’s richest race, the 400- yard, $325,000-est. New Mexico Cup Futurity (RG2) for 2-year-old Quarter Horses.
The New Mexico Cup is annually the richest day of state-bred racing in North America.
Zia Park’s Land of Enchantment Day is topped by the Zia Park Derby for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds and Zia Park Oaks for 3-year- old Thoroughbred fillies.
Other highlights of the Zia Park meet, which runs through December 20, include a
General admission to Zia Park is free. According to the track’s website, the cover charge for the track’s Turf Club is $10 on Saturdays and Sundays. A season table seating up to four guests can be purchased for $800, and a season box seating up to five guests can be purchased for $1,150.
For more information on the Zia Park meet, visit www.ziaparkcasino.com, and click on the “Racing” link at the top of the homepage, or call the track at (888) ZIA-PARK.
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