Jess Savin Candy withstood sloppy track conditions and closed in the final strides to win by a nose in the $1 million Rainbow Futurity at Ruidoso Downs Race Track Sunday. In the $100,000 Rainbow Juvenile Stakes, longshot Shesa Relentless Gal, and jockey Raul Herrera upset the field of runners by winning at 22-1 odds in a time of 19.68 seconds for 400-yards.
Read MoreCandy Dice, a two-year-old filly making only her second start of her career, recorded the fastest time of the day in the fourth trial race Saturday at Ruidoso Downs Race Track giving trainer John Stinebaugh and jockey Francisco Calderon the top qualifying race horse for both trial days.
Read MoreJess Savin Candy, winner of the $1 Million Ruidoso Futurity last month, broke sharply and galloped home a winner in the thirteenth trial race Friday afternoon to qualify for the finals of the $1 Million Rainbow Futurity at Ruidoso Downs Race Track.
Read MoreJess Savin Candy, winner of the $1 million Ruidoso Futurity on June 13, returns to compete in trials for the $1 Million Rainbow Futurity next Friday at Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino.
Read MoreNew Mexico horsemen who are blessed to train fast state-bred two-year-old quarter horses must solve this annual puzzle: Do we win the $392,537 Zia Futurity or point the horse to the $3 million All American Futurity trials in August? Or both?
Read MoreWhistle Stop Cafe broke clean and found another gear in the last 150 yards to win the Grade I $1 Million Rainbow Futurity by ¾ of a length over morning line favorite Mister Illusion. Seven ran third, and post time favorite and Ruidoso Futurity champion Cyber Monday finished fourth taking away any chance of a Triple Crown winner in the Quarter Horse division in 2020. Undefeated Whistle Stop Cafe, who ran the 400 yards in 19.492, returned $14.40 on a $2 win ticket. The race was run under partly cloudy skies on a fast track.
Read MoreThe road to the All American Futurity, the world’s richest Quarter Horse race, continues this weekend at Ruidoso Downs Race Track as 10 of the fastest 2-year-olds race 400 yards for $1 Million in the Grade I Rainbow Futurity on Sunday. One of those horses includes Cyber Monday, the winner of the 2020 Ruidoso Futurity, who with a win would keep his hopes alive for having a shot at the $2 Million Triple Crown bonus.
Read MoreTim Keithley talks with trainers for the Inside Track about the upcoming Rainbow Futurity at Ruidoso Downs Race Track.
Read MoreOn Day Two of Rainbow Futurity trials, as it was on Day One, the sixth race proved to be stacked with speed. Wryker, a Texas-bred gelding, blazed a 400-yard trail to the wire and clocked:19.524, the fastest qualifying time over the two days. Packsaddle Senator, the fifth-place finisher in the Ruidoso Futurity, also qualified from that race with a time of:19.685.
Read MoreThe first day of trials for the GI $1 Million Rainbow Futurity, the second leg of the Quarter Horse Triple Crown, started off with a bang and did not disappoint. Ruidoso Futurity winner, Cyber Monday, ran in the first heat and blazed the 400-yards with a full head of steam, crossing the wire in:19.838. This time held until the eleventh race when the sorrel gelding, Mister Illusion charged down the track with a time of:19.780.
Read MoreThe race card this weekend at Ruidoso Downs features three days of trials highlighting some of the fastest 2-year-old and 3-year-old Quarter Horses in the industry, and they will all be running against the clock. Almost 300 2-year-olds will run in 30-time trial heats vying for a spot in the GI $1 Million Rainbow Futurity, the second leg of the Quarter Horse Triple Crown on Friday and Saturday. Sunday’s card features a time trial double-header with 72 head running for a chance at the $700,000 Rainbow Derby, and 32 mares and fillies competing for a spot in the inaugural $300,000 Rainbow Oaks.
Read MoreTim Keithley picks five runners to pay attention to in Saturday’s Trials for the $1 Million Rainbow Futurity.
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