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The live racing season is highlighted by the Sunland Park Derby, run at 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles for three-year-olds on February 18, 2024. The purse is currently $400,000. The race, which was granted grade 3 status in 2010, is included in the Road to the Kentucky Derby, awarding 20 points to the winner, 10 to second, 6 to third, 4 to fourth, and 2 to fifth.
Jockey Joel Rosario and Stronghold (5) cross the finish line to win the Sunland Park Derby at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino, in Sunland Park, New Mexico, Sunday, February 18, 2024.
At far right, Sunland Park Derby winner Slow Down Andy takes the lead in the first half of the race as Straight Up G tries to keep up during the 2022 Sunland Derby at Sunland Park racetrack and ...
The Sunland Park Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Sunland Park Racetrack in Sunland Park, New Mexico.Inaugurated in 2003, the race is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt and is sponsored by WinStar Farm of Versailles, Kentucky.
The Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino is located in the city; [13] in the 2010s, it was the main economic driver of the city, which suffers from a high poverty rate. [12]
Trainer Todd Fincher at the paddock at the Sunland Park Racetrack on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, leading up to Sunland Derby, Oaks. Felix Chavez' best bets Community Leader , Thursday, eighth race.
The Sunland Park Oaks (formerly the WinStar Oaks) is an American Thoroughbred horse race open to three-year-old fillies and mares racing one mile (formerly one and one sixteenth miles) on the dirt. The Oaks, an ungraded stakes event, is currently held in February at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino (founded in 1959) in New Mexico.
Horse racing resumed at Sunland Park this winter and spring and this season's meet wrapped up on a positive note.