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Show Some Magic Steps Up in Allison Futurity

Show Some Magic Steps Up in Allison Futurity

Show Some Magic, a maiden winner at Saratoga Race Course in August, broke through against winners for the first time in the $100,000 Riley Allison Futurity Dec. 23 at Sunland Park in New Mexico.

 Sunday, December 23, 2012
Forest Mouse Gets Cheese in Zia Championship

Forest Mouse Gets Cheese in Zia Championship

Top local handicap horse Forest Mouse had his consistency rewarded with the most lucrative win of his career in the $218,120 Zia Park Distance Championship Dec. 2 at the Hobbs, N.M. track.

 Sunday, December 02, 2012
Ten Set for Zia Park Distance Championship

Ten Set for Zia Park Distance Championship

Global Stage and Forest Mouse, the first two finishers in the Veteran Stakes at Zia Park, head the field for the $200,000 Zia Park Distance Championship Dec. 3, the richest Thoroughbred race of the season at Hobbs, N.M.

 Thursday, November 29, 2012

Zia Park's Rich New Mexico Classic Cup Sunday

Cross Chris Run faces Brother Louie again Oct. 28 after the two finished a neck apart in last year's $180,000 Rocky Gulch New Mexico Classic Cup Championship at Zia Park in Hobbs, N.M.

 Thursday, October 25, 2012
Asmussen Gets Isn't He Clever

Asmussen Gets Isn't He Clever

Sunland Derby (gr. III) runner-up Isn't He Clever, most recently eighth in the Arkansas Derby (gr. I), has been transferred to trainer Steve Amussen, according to owner J. Kirk Robison.

 Sunday, April 22, 2012

Total Handle Increases 5% at Sunland Park

The 2011-12 season at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino ended with a total handle increase of nearly 5%, the track reported April 18.

 Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Two Added to Arkansas Derby Probable Field

Two Added to Arkansas Derby Probable Field

New Mexico-based Isn't He Clever and the Todd Pletcher-trained Heavy Breathing were added to the mix for the $1 million Arkansas Derby (gr. I) when nominations closed with 97 horses being made eligible for the race.

 Thursday, April 05, 2012
Isn't He Clever Defends Turf in Sunland Derby

Isn't He Clever Defends Turf in Sunland Derby

There's something special about defending your home turf against an army of formidable invaders, and Isn't He Clever and trainer Henry Dominguez will get that chance in the $800,000 Sunland Derby (gr. III) March 25.

 Friday, March 23, 2012
Top Barns to Battle in Sunland Derby

Top Barns to Battle in Sunland Derby

One need only scan the names of multiple Eclipse Award-winning trainers Bob Baffert, Todd Pletcher, and Steve Asmussen to realize that in 2012, New Mexico's $800,000 Sunland Derby (gr. III) has come of age.

 Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Isn't He Clever Feeling at Home in Borderland

Isn't He Clever Feeling at Home in Borderland

Isn't He Clever happily returned to New Mexico for trainer Henry Dominguez, where he produced a sharp 1 3/4-length tally in the $150,000 Borderland Derby at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino Feb. 25.

 Saturday, February 25, 2012
Isn't He Clever Favored in Borderland Derby

Isn't He Clever Favored in Borderland Derby

Isn't He Clever, returning to New Mexico after a fourth-place finish in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita earlier this month, heads a field of seven entered for Sunland Park's $150,000 Borderland Derby.

 Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Zia Park Reports Increases in Purses, Handle

Zia Park Reports Increases in Purses, Handle

New Mexico's Zia Park reported an increase in wagering handle and purses during its 50-day Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse meet, which ran Sept. 10 through Dec. 4.

 Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Plum Pretty Squishes Sunland Oaks Foes by 25

Plum Pretty Squishes Sunland Oaks Foes by 25

Plum Pretty, shipping from Southern California for trainer Bob Baffert, humbled five rivals by a Rachel Alexandra-like 25 lengths as the 1-20 favorite in the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks in New Mexico March 27.

 Sunday, March 27, 2011
Imco Spirit Named Zia Park Horse of the Meet

Imco Spirit Named Zia Park Horse of the Meet

Zia Park Distance Championship winner Imco Spirit has been named Thoroughbred of the meet, for the Zia Park season that concluded Dec. 7.

 Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Imco Spirit Upsets Zia Distance Championship

Imco Spirit Upsets Zia Distance Championship

Imco Spirit, a 9-1 outsider, completed his rise from $12,500 claimer to stakes winner in three months with a track-record victory in the $218,000 Zia Park Distance Championship Dec. 5 in Hobbs, N.M.

 Sunday, December 05, 2010
Five Questions: Henry Dominguez

Five Questions: Henry Dominguez

Trainer ran two 3-year-olds in the Feb. 27 Borderland Derby at Sunland Park. Raise the Bar finished first, but was DQ'd to second behind his other colt, Storming Saint. It was 8 3/4 lengths back to the third-placed runner.

 Monday, March 01, 2010
Storming Saint Elevated to Borderland Win

Storming Saint Elevated to Borderland Win

Trainer Henry Dominguez was the only one not sweating out the inquiry following the $100,000 Borderland Derby since he saddled both Storming Saint, the eventual winner, and Raise the Bridle, whose neck victory was overturned.

 Saturday, February 27, 2010

No Quit in Quindici Man in Zia Park Derby

Quindici Man outfought favored Red Lead down the stretch to win the $150,000 Zia Park Derby Dec. 5 on a sloppy track at Hobbs, N.M.

 Saturday, December 05, 2009
Rapper S S Sinks Yonegwa at Sunland

Rapper S S Sinks Yonegwa at Sunland

Rapper S S wore down the 4-5 favorite Yonegwa in the final furlong to capture the $105,950 Riley Allison Futurity at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Dec. 30.

 Sunday, December 30, 2007

Song of Navarone Whistles Home in WinStar Derby

A slightly wide trip proved to be no problem for Song of Navarone, who ditched his rivals when urged home by jockey Victor Espinoza and tallied his first stakes win in the rich $600,000 WinStar Derby Sunday at Sunland Park in New Mexico.

 Sunday, March 18, 2007

Speedy Falcon on Railbird Perch

Speedy Falcon and Aspen Gal, a pair of 3-year-old fillies who have dominated stakes opposition in the Midwest and Southwest, seek graded stakes stature on Sunday in Hollywood Park's $100,000 Railbird Stakes (gr. III) at seven furlongs.

 Friday, April 30, 2004

Sunland Ends Meet on High Note

Sunland Park closed out its 2003-2004 season April 11 on a high note, with across the board increases, including establishing a new record for total amount handled in one day ($2,194,229) on Feb. 3. The track also established a record of 21 days where more than $1 million was handled.

 Tuesday, April 13, 2004

Speedy Falcon Flies to WinStar Oaks Win

Sprinter Speedy Falcon, making her first start around two turns, got loose on the front end and ran her foes ragged in the stretch, romping home in the $260,193 WinStar Sunland Park Oaks in New Mexico by six lengths.

 Saturday, March 27, 2004