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Ruidoso Downs Horse Racetrack
Live Horse Racing Season 2008
Horse Racing Season Memorial Day through Labor Day weekend.
Ruidoso Downs Horse Racetrack boosts two tracks featuring quarter horse and thoroughbred racing.
During the live race season the race track is open:
Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from 11am to11pm
Friday from noon till midnight.
First race 1 PM
June 2008
NM Bayer Legend Derby - June 14
Ruidoso QH Sale Futurity Final - June 15
Free spirits handicap - June 21
Ruidoso TB Sale Futurity Final - June 22
July 2008
Rainbow Futurity Trials - July 3
Rainbow Derby Trials - July 4
The Higheasterjet Handicap - July 5
Zia Futurity Trials - July 10
Zia Derby Trials - July 11
Rio Grande Senorita y Senor Trials - July 12
First Lady Handicap - July 13
Ford New Mexico juvenile Challenge Trial - July 17
Rainbow Derby Final - July 19
Rainbow Futurity Final - July 20
Zia Futurity/Derby Final - July 27
August 2008
Mr. jet Moore - August 2
Ford New Mexico Challenge Final - August 3
White mountain Classic - August 3
John Deere New Mexico Distaff Trials - August 8
All American Futurity Trials - August 14
All American Derby Trials - August 15
Desert Rose Handicap - August 23
John Deere NM Distaff - August 24
Brigand Handicap - August 30
All American Gold Cup - August 30
All American Derby Final - August 31
Ruidoso Thoroughbred Derby - August 31
September 2008
Dale Wood Handicap - September 1
Ruidoso TB Championship - September 1
All American Juvenile Final - September 1
All American Futurity Final - September 1
Equibase details
Current weather
Casino at the Racetrack
The Billy the Kid Casino of the Ruidoso Downs Racetrack features slot machines, a bar and buffet.
Summer Concerts at the Track
July 5 2008, Lone Star
August 2 2008, Cross Canadian Ragweed
Concerts start at 8 PM.
Alto Hombre Gordito Hideout
1877-466-2734
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Ruidoso New Mexico
Horse races paradise.
Ruidoso Downs Race Track is home to the World’s Richest Quarter Horse Race
The All American Futurity
The first race was run at Ruidoso Downs in 1947. It would take hours to set up a race and local men would volunteer to judge the finish. The track was nothing more than a tilled road with a considerable uphill tilt.
The Birth of the All American Futurity began in 1959 when a shy two-year old filly named Galobar entered the gates at Ruidoso Downs. Twenty some odd seconds later, she made history by becoming the first All American Futurity winner. Total purse for the race was $129,686.85.
It would not be until 1982 that the winning connections of the All American Futurity would become instant millionaires when the total purse reached well over two million dollars. The notoriety and fame associated with instant millions grew the race into what it is today; a showcase of the who is who and more importantly, who is fastest in the world of American Quarter Horse racing.
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