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Pictured is the Ruidoso Downs New Mexico Racetrack and Casino, where the All American Futurity is held annually. After a flood covered fields in gravel and silt in the small village of Ruidoso Downs, an informal race track was built on the fields in the 1940s. Bets varied from as "little as a bag of oats or $10,000 to $50,000 was being bet."
Ruidoso Downs is located in southern Lincoln County and is bordered to the west by Ruidoso. U.S. Route 70 passes through the city, leading east 69 miles (111 km) to Roswell and southwest over Apache Summit 34 miles (55 km) to Tularosa. New Mexico State Road 48 departs US 70 just west of the city limits, leading north 22 miles (35 km) to Capitan.
Jessica Onsurez, Ruidoso News August 29, 2023 at 3:56 AM Each Labor Day, two-year-old horses and their teams travel to Ruidoso Downs to run the richest quarter-horse race in the world.
The All American Futurity is a race for two-year-old American Quarter Horse racehorses run at Ruidoso Downs Race Track in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico on Labor Day. It is the last leg of the AQHA Triple Crown that has only been won once, by Special Effort in 1981. A $4 million bonus was once offered to the horse that could sweep all three Triple ...
Horse racing begins at Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino with big opening weekend, including trials for the Ruidoso Futurity and Derby
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Flash flooding causes problems in Ruidoso as 10 horses qualify for Rainbow Futurity at Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino.