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MEDIA GUIDE 2016 – 2017 WELCOME TO THE NEWS MEDIA TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 The Area | The Property Live racing at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino begins on Friday, December 16, and the 3 Historical Highlights | Track Facts 72-day meet will be powered by a highly lucrative stakes schedule worth over $5 million. 4 Rick Baugh General Manager | Sunland Park & The Kentucky Derby Over $1.5 million in purses will be offered on Sunland Derby (GR III) day – Sunday, 5 NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance March 26, 2017. The 14th running of the $800,000 Sunland Derby (GR III) at one and 6-7 2016 – 2017 Stakes Schedule one-eighth miles will be the richest and most important race of the meet for three-year-old 8-9 Leading Thoroughbred Trainers Thoroughbreds seeking a berth in the 2017 Kentucky Derby. The winner of the Sunland Derby (GR III) receives 50 critical qualifying points for entry into the Kentucky Derby. A record 10-11 Leading Thoroughbred Jockeys crowd of 19,081 fans came to witness the 2015 edition of the Sunland Derby (GR III). 12 Sunland Park Handicap The 2015 Sunland Derby (GR III) winner, Firing Line, ran second to eventual Triple Crown 13 Harry W. Henson Handicap | Copper Top Futurity winner American Pharoah in the 2015 Kentucky Derby. Sunland Derby (GR III) winners Chitu 14-15 Sunland Derby (GR III) History | Sunland Park Oaks (2014), Governor Charlie (2013), Daddy Nose Best (2012) and Twice the Appeal (2011) all ran 16 Leading Owner | The Albert Dominguez Memorial Handicap in the Kentucky Derby. In 2009, Mine That Bird parlayed a fourth-place finish in the Sunland Derby to a victory in the Kentucky Derby at 50-1 odds. 17 Riley Allison Derby | The Mine That Bird Derby 18 Leading Quarter Horse Trainers In addition to the Sunland Derby (GR III), the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks, $100,000 Harry W. Henson Handicap, $100,000 Bill Thomas Memorial Handicap, $100,000 La Coneja 19 Leading Quarter Horse Jockeys Stakes, $100,000 New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks and $100,000 New Mexico Breeders’ Derby 20 The Championship at Sunland Park | Shue Fly Stakes will help propel Sunland Park’s greatest day on March 26. 21 West Texas Futurity History Thoroughbred stakes races are abundant on opening weekend. The $65,000 KLAQ 22 General Information Handicap for open Thoroughbreds racing five furlongs is set for Saturday, December 17. Elite New Mexico-bred horses compete in the $85,000 Johnie L. Jamison Handicap at six and one-half furlongs on Sunday, December 18. New Mexico-bred fillies and mares also race on December 18, going six furlongs in the $85,000 New Mexico State Racing Commission Handicap. 2016-2017 RACING CALENDAR The $100,000 Riley Allison Derby at one mile on Sunday, January 29 and the $100,000 Mine That Bird Derby at one and one-sixteenth miles on Sunday, February 26 serve as the chief local prep races for the $800,000 Sunland Derby (GR III). DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY On Sunday, April 16, the $150,000 Sunland Park Handicap and the $110,000 added Copper S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Top Futurity get the limelight. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 World-class Quarter Horse racing will also be part of the Sunland product. The 16th running of the $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park (GR 1) and the $200,000 Sunland Park 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Juvenile Championship are set for Saturday, December 31. The sensational older Quarter 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Horse star Zoomin Effortlessly won last year’s edition of the Championship at Sunland Park. 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31 26 27 28 The $150,000 estimated West Texas Derby will be on Saturday, April 1, 2017. The $200,000 estimated West Texas Futurity finale is set for Saturday, April 15. Live racing at Sunland Park will take place on a primarily Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday basis through April 18, 2017. The only exceptions will be two Wednesday afternoon cards MARCH APRIL in December because of the Christmas holidays. Live racing will take place on Wednesday, December 21 and Wednesday, December 28. There will be no racing on Saturday, December S M T W T F S S M T W T F S DECEMBER 16 – FEBRUARY 14 24 (Christmas Eve) or Sunday, December 25 (Christmas Day). Post time to start the meet will 1 2 3 4 1 FIRST POST 12:45PM MST be 12:45PM. Nine races will be carded each day. Please let me know how we can best serve 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FEBRUARY 17 – APRIL 18 your media needs. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 FIRST POST 1:30PM MST Cheers, 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 LIVE RACING 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 SUNLAND DERBY & OAKS 30 Eric Alwan Director of Publicity 1 THE AREA THE PROPERTY TRACK FACTS CLIMATE It’s rare to have a day in summer or winter when the sun doesn’t Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino offers free general parking, HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS • The track opened on October 9, 1959 and shine. In fact, it shines over 300 days a year! Winters are or you may take advantage of our free courteous valet parking will begin its 58th season of racing on usually mild with an average daytime temperature of 60° F at both the Turf Club and Casino entrances. Our Turf Club is OF SUNLAND PARK December 16, 2016. and an average low of 32.5° F. Occasionally, temperatures will open throughout the year. However, during our racing season, all • Sunland Park employs an average of drop enough to see snow, but it never lasts long, just enough seating is reserved. Tables may be purchased for the season or • Built in 1959 for an original cost of $4 million, for kids and some young-at-heart adults to get excited about reserved on a daily basis. To reserve your seat or inquire about 500 people during the live racing season Sunland Park Racetrack opened to great fanfare (combined Track and Casino operations). the unusual winter-wonderland scene covering the desert, Turf Club seating, call 575-874-5200. Our facility also offers free and large crowds. Located just 10 minutes west of mountains and valley. Then, it’s gone as quickly as it came. seating in the Grandstand, below in the Horsemen’s Lounge, or Downtown El Paso, Texas, Sunland Park enjoyed • Largest employer and property tax payer The summers are hot and dry with a little less than 9 inches of enjoy the sunny Southwest weather on the apron of our racetrack. positive early results. Within four years, the track in Sunland Park, NM rainfall each year. The average temperature during the day is was firmly in the black. • Annual payroll is in excess of $13 million 95° F if you just count June, July and August. When you consider CASINO dollars. the five months of May through September that actually make Our casino is open every day at 10AM with the hottest slots in the • For decades, Sunland Park Racetrack was a up the summer, the average daytime temperature drops to 91.5° Southwest. We offer free membership to our Players Club. Earn gateway to the East and West for top race horses. • 26% of casino slot win (before expenses) is F. It isn’t uncommon for the thermometer to drop 20 degrees or Fiesta Bonus Play and entries to promotions while using your player’s Stakes stars like Winsham Lad, Curribot, Prince paid in taxes to the state of New Mexico. more during the summer night. card. Our weekday promotions will fill your pockets with extra cash. Astro, Nevada Phil, Bold Liz, Easy Jet and Dash • 20% of casino slot win (before expenses) For Cash campaigned at Sunland Park. goes directly into the purse account. LOCATION SIMULCAST WAGERING Situated on the border of two nations and three states, Keep up with all the action from tracks all over the world • The 1980 Riley Allison Futurity winner Bold Ego • Casino revenue has generated Sunland Park lies in the Chihuahuan Desert, 3,762 feet with year-round simulcast wagering all day, every day. finished a close second to Pleasant Colony in expenditures of $250,000 annually above sea level. The Rio Grande River flows directly parallel Monitors located in our Simulcast Lounge and throughout the the 1981 Preakness Stakes. Racing greats Willie to specifically aid responsible gaming to the track, separating Texas from Mexico, and it creates a Grandstand and Turf Club guarantee you’ll never miss a quick Shoemaker Jerry Bailey, Garrett Gomez, Pat awareness and problem gambler lush green valley ripe for farming and ranching. The area’s start or a photo finish. Valenzuela, Mike Smith, D. Wayne Lukas and Bob treatment. varied topography presents a scenic landscape and provides Baffert have all competed at Sunland Park. • Purses have increased from $30,000 per a pleasing contrast between arid desert, green valley and ENTERTAINMENT day in ’98 - ’99 to over $250,000 per day rugged mountains.
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