Instygator, a three-year-old gelding, turned the tables on triple crown hopeful Empressum and won the $929,225 All American Derby at Ruidoso Downs Race Track on Sunday.
Read MoreAQHA Reigning World Champion Whistle Stop Café will be retired following her appearance on Sunday in the $439,884 All American Oaks according to her owner Lainie Whitmire of Whitmire Ranch.
Read MoreEmpressum, a three-year-old gelding, withstood an off-track and stormed home a three-length winner in the eighth race Sunday to qualify for the $929,225 All American Derby at Ruidoso Downs Race Track.
Read MoreRuidoso and Rainbow Derby champ Empressum, a three-year-old gelding with six consecutive wins, has been entered in trials next Sunday for the $929,225 All American Derby as number-six in the eighth race of the day.
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 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 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 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.
Read MoreRuidoso Down’s Tim Keithley picks five horses to watch on Sunday, August 23, 2020, in Ruidoso Downs Race Track’s All American Trials.
Read MoreThere’s a First Lady of Barn 27 this summer, and her name is Ratification. She demands to be stalled in the middle of John Bucannon’s long barn on the backside of Ruidoso Downs and likes to know what is going on at all times.
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