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University Stakes, $100,000 New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks and $100,000 New Mexico Breeders’ Derby help support Sunland Park’s greatest day on March 24.

Leading trainers Henry Dominguez, Justin Evans, Todd Fincher and Miguel Hernandez are loaded with extremely powerful stables for the upcoming season.

The $100,000 Riley Allison Derby at one mile on Sunday, Jan. 27 and the $100,000 Derby at one and one-sixteenth miles on Sunday, Feb. 24 serve as the local prep races for the $800,000 (Gr. III).

Eric Alwan The $75,000 Island Fashion Stakes at one mile for three-year- old fillies on Sunday, Feb. 24 is the main lead in race for the $200,000 at one and one-sixteenth miles.

Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino’s 60th live racing season Excellent open stakes opportunities are available returns on Friday, Dec. 28 and extends into Sunday, May 5, 2019. in the $65,000 Bold Ego Handicap on Sunday, Jan. 6, the The expanded 75-day meet will be energized by the $800,000 $65,000 Winsham Lad Handicap on Sunday, Jan. 13, the $65,000 Sunland Derby (Gr. III) and a highly lucrative stakes schedule Borderplex Stakes on Sunday, Jan 27, the $75,000 Ft. Bliss worth over $5 million. The much anticipated race meet will also Stakes on Saturday, Feb. 2 and the $75,000 Curribot Handicap integrate the simulcasting of the (Saturday, on Sunday, Feb. 24. May 4) into the live meet. On Saturday, May 4, the 60th running of the $150,000 Sunland Over $1.5 million in purses will be offered on Sunland Derby Park Handicap and the $110,000-added Copper Top Futurity are (Gr. III) day – Sunday, March 24, 2019. The 16th running of the showcased. $800,000 Sunland Derby (Gr. III) at one and one-eighth miles is the richest and most impactful race of the meet for World class Quarter will also be part of the Sunland three-year-olds seeking a berth in the . product. The 18th running of the $350,000 Championship at The winner of the Sunland Derby (Gr. III) receives 50 critical Sunland Park (Gr. I) at 440 yards is set for Sunday, Dec. 30. qualifying points for entry into the Kentucky Derby. 2017 Sunland Two-time World Champion Quarter Horse Jessies First Down Derby (Gr. III) winner Hence went on to win the Iowa Derby at is targeting the Championship at Sunland Park. He will try to Prairie Meadows. Irap, fourth place finisher in the 2017 Sunland become the first three-time World Champion Quarter Horse Derby (Gr. III), raced on to win the (Gr. II), the since Go Man Go and Shue Fly. Jessies First Down won the 2016 Ohio Derby (Gr. III) and the Indiana Derby (Gr. III) and was third Championship at Sunland Park. The $175,000 est. West in the Grade I . Derby will be run on Saturday, April 20. The $375,000 est. New Last year’s Sunland Derby (Gr. III) winner Runaway Ghost is back Mexican Spring Futurity and $275,000 est. West Texas Futurity in training and may aim for Sunland Park’s handicaps for older happen on closing day Sunday, May 5, 2019. runners. 2018 Sunland Park Oaks winner Blamed recently scored Live racing at Sunland Park takes place on a Friday, Saturday, a smashing win in the Comely Stakes (Gr. III) at Aqueduct. Sunday and Tuesday basis through Sunday, May 5, 2019. Post A state record all-sources handle of over $4.3 million was set on time for the season is 12:30 p.m. Nine races will be carded each the 2018 Sunland Derby (Gr. III) day card. A record crowd of 19,081 day except on weekend days presenting Quarter Horse stakes fans came to witness the 2015 edition of the Sunland Derby (Gr. where there can be 10 to 11 races. Please let me know how we III) won by . He would run second to eventual Triple may best serve your media needs. Crown winner in the . Cheers, Sunland Derby (Gr. III) winners Hence (2017), Chitu (2014), Govenor Charlie (2013), Daddy Nose Best (2012) and Twice the Appeal (2011) all ran 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. Eric Alwan In addition to the Sunland Derby (Gr. III), the $200,000 Sunland Director of Publicity Park Oaks, $100,000 Harry W. Henson Handicap, $100,000 Bill Thomas Memorial Stakes, $100,000 New Mexico State TABLE OF CONTENTS

2 The Area | The Property 3 Historical Highlights | Track Facts 4 Rick Baugh General Manager | Sunland Park & The Kentucky Derby 5 NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance 6-7 2018 – 2019 Stakes Schedule 8-9 Leading Thoroughbred Trainers 10-11 Leading Thoroughbred Jockeys 12 Sunland Park Handicap 13 Leading Owner 14 Harry W. Henson Handicap 15 Copper Top Futurity 16 Riley Allison Derby 17 The Mine That Bird Derby 18-19 Sunland Derby (GR III) 20-21 Sunland Park Oaks 22 Leading Quarter Horse Trainers 23 Leading Quarter Horse Jockeys 24 The Championship at Sunland Park (GR I) | Shue Fly Stakes 25 West Texas Futurity (GR II) 26 General Information

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DECEMBER 28 – MAY 5 LIVE RACING FIRST POST 12:30PM MST SUNLAND DERBY & OAKS 1 THE AREA THE PROPERTY

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, or shine. In fact, it shines over 300 days a year! Winters are usually you may take advantage of our free courteous valet parking at both mild with an average daytime temperature of 60° F and an the Turf Club and Casino entrances. Our Turf Club is open through average low of 32.5° F. Occasionally, temperatures will drop the year for Simulcast Wagering. However, during our racing season, enough to see snow, but it never lasts long, just enough for kids all seating is reserved. Tables may be purchased for the season or and some young-at-heart adults to get excited about the unusual reserved on a daily basis. To reserve your seat or inquire about winter-wonderland scene covering the desert, mountains and Turf Club seating, call 575-874-5200. valley. Then, it’s gone as quickly as it came. The summers are hot and dry with a little less than 9 inches of rainfall each year. The HOTEL average temperature during the day is 95° F if you just count Our new boutique hotel is June, July and August. When you consider the five months of a unique reflection of the May through September that actually make up the summer, the local community and offers average daytime temperature drops to 91.5° F. It isn’t uncommon upscale accommodations. for the thermometer to drop 20 degrees or more during the Get ready for an exciting summer night. and memorable stay.

LOCATION CASINO Situated on the border of two nations and three states, Our casino is open every day at 10AM with the hottest slots in the Sunland Park lies in the Chihuahuan Desert, 3,762 feet above Southwest. We offer free membership to our Players Club. Earn sea level. The Rio Grande River flows directly parallel to Fiesta Bonus Play and entries to promotions while using your player’s the track, separating Texas from Mexico, and it creates a card. Our promotions will fill your pockets with extra cash. lush green valley ripe for farming and ranching. The area’s varied topography presents a scenic landscape and provides ENTERTAINMENT a pleasing contrast between arid desert, green valley and There’s always something happening here. From festivals to rugged mountains. concerts, the fun never ends! Catch live music in Franklin’s Lounge every Friday, Saturday and Sunday featuring all the best acts from TIME ZONE the past and present. El Paso and Sunland Park are in the Mountain Time Zone and observe Daylight Saving Time from mid-March DINING through October. We offer four different dining options to satisfy your hunger. Ventanas Bar & Grill serves everything from the best burgers POPULATION in the region to brick oven-baked pizza, all at an affordable El Paso is the sixth largest city in the state of Texas, with 649,121 price. Our snack bars include the Jackpot Grill and the Cantina inhabitants per the 2000 census (including El Paso County Grill. Open every race day and for special events, Riley’s, a residents, that number is raised to 728,943). With its proximity full-service restaurant, cooks up the best of everything from to Juarez, Mexico, El Paso’s sister city, it’s difficult to talk about steaks and seafood to soups and salads. the population of one city without considering that of the other. Just across the border and within walking distance of each SPECIAL OCCASIONS other’s downtown areas, Juarez is home to 1,700,000 people. Looking for the best Conference Rooms and Meeting Space Las Cruces is the fastest-growing city in New Mexico and the 11th fastest growing in the nation. Las Cruces, New Mexico, lies in in El Paso & Southern New Mexico? Sunland Park Racetrack & the heart of the fertile Mesilla Valley and claims a population of Casino has the ultimate place to host your Business Meeting, 74,267. The population of Sunland Park, New Mexico, the home Conference, Wedding, Gala, Reception, Anniversary or Birthday of Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino, is approximately 8,179. This Party. We can accommodate any size function from 30 guests makes for a combined total population of over 2 million, creating to 500 guests. For appointments to view our Director’s Room, the largest metropolitan area on the border between the United Mt. Cristo Rey Room, Lakeview Room or Signature Showroom, States and Mexico. contact Group Sales at 575-874-5200.

2 TRACK FACTS HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS • The track opened on October 9, 1959 and will begin its 60th season of racing on Friday, OF SUNLAND PARK December 28, 2018. • Sunland Park employs an average of 500 • Built in 1959 for an original cost of $4 million, Sunland Park people during the live racing season (combined Racetrack opened to great fanfare and large crowds. Located Track and Casino operations). just 10 minutes west of Downtown El Paso, Texas, Sunland Park enjoyed positive early results. Within four years, the • Largest employer and property tax payer in track was firmly in the black. Sunland Park, NM

• For decades, Sunland Park Racetrack was a gateway • Annual payroll is in excess of $13 million dollars. to the East and West for top race horses. Stakes stars like • 26% of casino slot win (before expenses) is paid Winsham Lad, Curribot, Prince Astro, Nevada Phil, Bold Liz, in taxes to the state of New Mexico. Easy Jet and Dash For Cash campaigned at Sunland Park. • 20% of casino slot win (before expenses) goes • The 1980 Riley Allison Futurity winner Bold Ego finished a directly into the purse account. close second to Pleasant Colony in the 1981 . Racing greats Willie Shoemaker , Garrett Gomez, • Casino revenue has generated expenditures , Mike Smith, D. Wayne Lukas and and anticipated expenditures of over have all competed at Sunland Park. $200,000 annually. This is used specifically for responsible gaming awareness, problem • In 1999, Sunland Park opened its casino and began a new era gambler treatment and other assistance. of unparalleled success. Powered by over 700 slot machines, • Purses have increased from $30,000 per day in Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino offers a daily purse ’98-99 to over $200,000 this coming 2018-2019 distribution of over $200,000, a far cry from the $35,000 racing season. average of the early 1990s. • Handle has increased by 362% from ’98-99 • 2005 WinStar Derby winner Thor’s Echo won the 2006 season (first year of the casino) to 2017-2018 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (GR I) and was named the Eclipse season. Award winner as Champion Sprinter. • During the 2017-2018 season, handle exceeded • The legendary Peppers Pride completed her unbeaten one million dollars on sixteen occasions and on 19-race career at Sunland Park in 2008. March 25, 2015 the handle exceeded 4.3 million dollars becoming a new state of New Mexico • In 2009, former Sunland Park runner Mine That Bird shocked record handle. the world by winning the Kentucky Derby at 50-1 odds. • Over 800 off track sites around the world wager on our races including: New York, Las • On Sunday, March 22, 2015, an all-time record crowd of 19,081 Vegas, Canada, South America, Europe and the fans roared as Firing Line won the $800,000 Sunland Derby Caribbean. (Gr. III). Firing Line went on to finish second to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in the 2015 Kentucky Derby. • Organizations who have received contributions generated from the facility are NMSU, El Paso • Last year’s Sunland Derby (Gr. III) day card generated a Child Crisis Center, La Casa, New Mexico state record all sources handle of over $4.3 million. The 2019 Alliance for Hispanic Education, UTEP, EP Sunland Derby (Gr. III) worth $800,000 will be run on Sunday, Community College, Valley Community Library, March 24. El Paso Diablos, Westside YMCA-specifically the new Westside facility for the children of Southern New Mexico, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Alzheimer’s Association and the United Blood Services.

3 LEADERSHIP

R.D. Hubbard build Zia Park and in 2006 and 2007 was in charge of the racing operations at both tracks. When Zia Park was purchased by Penn National for $200 million, Baugh remained as a consultant and was named assistant general manager for Zia Park in 2007. In the years that followed, Zia Park experienced tremendous growth. Baugh continued in that capacity until accepting the position of general manager at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino in 2013. The well diversified property has excelled under his direction. Baugh said, “I’ve been fortunate enough to work with B.F. Phillips, R.D. Hubbard, the largest pari-mutuel gaming company in the world Penn National, and Stan Fulton.” Rick Baugh Under his leadership, Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino continues to thrive and develop. The $800,000 Sunland GENERAL MANAGER HELPS SUNLAND PARK Derby (Gr. III) is the most important Thoroughbred race in the RACETRACK & CASINO EXCEL Southwest and rates an increasingly significant Kentucky Derby prep race. Mr. Baugh works at a frenetic pace to streamline Less than six years ago, Rick Baugh was named the new general and plot new avenues of success for Sunland Park Racetrack manager of Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino. Baugh took over and Casino. Proof positive is the Hotel at Sunland Park which the helm at Sunland Park armed with a wealth of racing and opened less than two years ago and continues to impress gaming experience. Early in his racing career, Baugh worked at guests. The beautiful Hotel overlooks the home stretch of the the fabled Phillips Ranch, the home of the great Dash For Cash. track. Renovations of the Sunland Park Turf Club are certain to During an 11-year stint at the ranch, he fulfilled numerous duties enhance the fan experience. Four aerial 16 ft. by 9 ft. HD Video including preparing young horses for the prestigious sales. Projector screens are in place and make a powerful impression. In 1991, Baugh left the Phillips Ranch to work for Ruidoso Rick and his lovely wife Kim have made a new home in the upper Downs. Five years later, the hard working Texan took over as valley just west of El Paso, Texas. general manager of the mountain oval. Baugh went on to help

$800,000 SUNLAND DERBY (GR III) LEADS TO KENTUCKY DERBY

Entry into the 2019 Kentucky 50-20-10-5 scale. The Sunland Derby (Gr. III) winner earns a

16th Running Derby and Oaks will be coveted 50 points for entry to the . The based on a points qualifying other 50 point Derby preps include the Risen Star at Fair system. Candidates earn Grounds, the Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream, the Gotham at points by placing in a series Aqueduct, the Tampa Bay Derby at Tampa Bay Downs, the San of important prep races. Here Felipe at Santa Anita and the Rebel at Oaklawn. 2014 Sunland is the schedule including the Derby (Gr. III) winner Chitu split the field in the Kentucky Derby $800,000 Sunland Derby (Gr. III) and the $200,000 Sunland (Gr. 1). Third place Sunland Derby (Gr. III) finisher Commissioner Park Oaks to be run on Sunday, March 24, 2019 was a very close second in the 2014 (Gr. I). 2015 Sunland Derby (Gr. III) winner Firing Line ran second to Triple The top four finishers of the at Gulfstream Park, Crown winner American Pharoah in the 2015 Kentucky Derby. the at Fair Grounds, the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, the at Santa Anita, the The $200,000 SUNLAND PARK OAKS rates a serious prep at Oaklawn Park, and the Blue Grass Stakes at for the with a 50-20-10-5 point scale. The Fair and the UAE Derby in Dubai will earn points on a Grounds Oaks, Gulfstream Park Oaks, Santa Anita Oaks, 100-40-20-10 system Ashland Stakes, Comely Stakes and Fantasy Stakes will award a 100-40-20-10 point basis. 2011 Sunland Park Oaks winner Plum The $800,000 SUNLAND DERBY (Gr. III) will be part of Pretty went on to win the 2011 Kentucky Oaks. seven races where the top four finishers earn points on a

4 NTRA SAFETY AND INTEGRITY ALLIANCE

The NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance is a standing organization as Sunland hosted several meetings with Alliance officials. whose purpose is to establish standards and practices to An on-site review included inspections of all facets of the racing promote safety and integrity in horse racing and to secure their facility. Interviews were also conducted with track executives, implementation. Corporate partners of the Alliance include racetrack personnel, jockeys, owners, trainers, stewards Pfizer Animal Health and Hagyard Equine Medical Institute. and fans. Information on the Alliance, including the Alliance Code of In areas intended to create a safer racing environment, Standards, can be found at www.NTRAalliance.com. best practices in use at Sunland Park include an on-site “Sunland Park has done an extraordinary job of working with the substance abuse and addiction treatment program; utilization New Mexico Racing Commission to make the safety of horses of the Uniform National Trainers Test (adopted by the and riders, and the integrity of the sport top priorities at its track New Mexico State Racing Commission); and notification in New Mexico,” said Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the of House Rules in the Condition Book. In areas of equine NTRA and acting head of the Alliance. “We commend Sunland drug testing and penalties, best practices identified include for making great strides since their initial accreditation with the out-of-competition testing for blood and/or gene doping agents; implementation of a number of best practices track-wide.” frozen storage and retroactive “supertesting” of suspect plasma Sunland Park received its initial Alliance accreditation in 2011 or urine samples; and use of an official testing laboratory that is and is one of 23 racing facilities currently fully accredited by fully-accredited by the Racing Medication and Testing the Alliance. All accreditations and reaccreditations carry Consortium (RMTC); and proper security assessment and an effective period of two years. The accreditation was the training. Regarding the health and safety of jockeys, best culmination of a lengthy process that began with the track’s practices recognized include adherence to the Association completion of a 48-page written application and continued of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) model rules pertaining to the scale of weights and qualifications.

NTRA ACCREDITED MEMBERS MAP 5 2018 • 2019 STAKES SCHEDULE

JESS BURNER MEMORIAL HANDICAP RG I (22nd Running) Friday, December 28 400 Yards THE SHUE FLY RG III (47th Running) $85,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older Saturday, January 26 400 Yards Registered New Mexico Bred $95,000 Added 3-year-olds Registered New Mexico Bred KLAQ HANDICAP (29th Running) Saturday, December 29 Five Furlongs RILEY ALLISON DERBY (56th Running) $65,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older Sunday, January 27 One Mile $100,000 Added 3-year-olds JOHNIE L. JAMISON HANDICAP (17th Running) Saturday, December 29 Six & One-Half Furlongs BORDERPLEX STAKES (22nd Running) $85,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older Sunday, January 27 Six & One-Half Furlongs Registered New Mexico Bred $65,000 Guaranteed 3-year-old Fillies NEW MEXICO STATE RACING COMMISSION HANDICAP (19th Running) Saturday, December 29 Five & One-Half Furlongs FT. BLISS STAKES (15th Running) $85,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older Saturday, February 2 Six Furlongs Registered New Mexico Bred Fillies & Mares $75,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older

LOU WOOTEN – SYDNEY VALENTINI HCP RG II (19th Running) RED HEDEMAN MILE (17th Running) Saturday, December 29 400 Yards Saturday, February 2 One Mile $85,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older $85,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds Registered New Mexico Bred Fillies & Mares Registered New Mexico Bred

THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT SUNLAND PARK G1 (18th Running) THE ENCHANTRESS STAKES (10th Running) Sunday, December 30 440 Yards Saturday, February 2 One Mile $350,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older $85,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds Registered New Mexico Bred Fillies BOLD EGO HANDICAP (27th Running) Sunday, January 6 Five & One-Half Furlongs NMHBA QUARTER HORSE STAKES RG II (27th Running) $65,000 Guaranteed 4-year-olds & older Saturday, February 16 400 Yards Fillies & Mares $85,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds Registered New Mexico Bred 4 RIVERS/JOHN DEERE STAKES (19th Running) Sunday, January 6 Six Furlongs LA CONEJA STAKES (17th Running) $85,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds Sunday, February 17 Six Furlongs Registered New Mexico Bred $85,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older Registered New Mexico Bred Fillies & Mares LA SEÑORA STAKES (19th Running) Sunday, January 6 Six Furlongs CURRIBOT HANDICAP (19th Running) $85,000 Guaranteed 3-year-old Sunday, February 24 One Mile & One-Sixteenth Registered New Mexico Bred Fillies $75,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older

WINSHAM LAD HANDICAP (43rd Running) THE ISLAND FASHION STAKES (14th Running) Sunday, January 13 One Mile Sunday, February 24 One Mile $65,000 Guaranteed 4-year-olds & older $75,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds Fillies DOÑA ANA COUNTY (3rd Running) Saturday, January 19 440 Yards MINE THAT BIRD DERBY (19th Running) $85,000 Guaranteed 4-year-olds & older Sunday, February 24 One Mile & One-Sixteenth Registered New Mexico Bred $100,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds

ALBERT DOMINGUEZ MEMORIAL HANDICAP (15th Running) WEST TEXAS MATURITY GR III (32nd Running) Sunday, January 20 One Mile & One-Sixteenth Saturday, March 9 400 yards $85,000 Guaranteed 4-year-olds & older $65,000 Added 3-year-olds & older Registered New Mexico Bred MESILLA VALLEY SPEED HANDICAP RG III (17th Running) RIO GRANDE HANDICAP GRIII (13th Running) Saturday, March 16 350 Yards Saturday, January 26 350 Yards $85,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older $50,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older Registered New Mexico Bred

6 2018 • 2019 STAKES SCHEDULE

HARRY W. HENSON HANDICAP (27th Running) COPPER TOP FUTURITY (20th Running) Sunday, March 24 One Mile Saturday, May 4 Four & One-Half Furlongs $100,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older $110,000 Added 2-year-olds Fillies & Mares Registered New Mexico Bred

BILL THOMAS MEMORIAL STAKES (30th Running) WEST TEXAS FUTURITY GR II (61st Running) Sunday, March 24 Six & One-Half Furlongs Sunday, May 5 300 Yards $100,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older $100,000 Added 2-year-olds

NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY STAKES (18th Running) NEW MEXICAN SPRING FUTURITY RG II (25th Running) Sunday, March 24 One Mile & 70 Yards Sunday, May 5 300 Yards $85,000 Guaranteed 4-year-olds & older $140,000 Added 2-year-olds Registered New Mexico Bred Registered New Mexico Bred

SUNLAND PARK OAKS (18th Running) WEST TEXAS JUVENILE STAKES (17th Running) Sunday, March 24 One Mile & One-Sixteenth Sunday, May 5 300 Yards $200,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds $50,000 Purse 2-year-olds Fillies NEW MEXICAN SPRING FLING (16th Running) SUNLAND DERBY GR III (16th Running) Sunday, May 5 300 Yards Sunday, March 24 One Mile & One-Eighth $50,000 Added 2-year-olds $800,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds

NEW MEXICO BREEDERS’ OAKS (11th Running) Sunday, March 24 One Mile & One-Sixteenth THOROUGHBRED TRACK RECORDS $100,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds Registered New Mexico Bred Fillies DISTANCE HORSE TIME DATE 2 Furlongs Bekky’s Star :21.20 2/12/68 NEW MEXICO BREEDERS’ DERBY (16th Running) Sunday, March 24 One Mile & One-Sixteenth 4 Furlongs Tamran’s Jet :44.80 3/22/68 $100,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds Western Hand :44.80 4/7/79 Registered New Mexico Bred 4 1/2 Furlongs Key’s Band :49.43 3/21/09 SUNBURST STAKES RG III (11th Running) 5 Furlongs Fearless Anthony :55.86 3/4/08 Saturday, April 6 350 Yards 5 1/2 Furlongs Fearless Anthony 1:01.62 2/12/08 $85,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds Registered New Mexico Bred Fillies 6 Furlongs Redneck Humor 1:07.42 2/12/17 6 1/2 Furlongs Isn’t He Clever 1:13.45 3/24/13 THE PEPPERS PRIDE STAKES (14th Running) 1 Mile American Dubai 1:34.62 3/7/17 Sunday, April 7 One Mile $85,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older 1 Mile 70 yards Forest Mouse 1:39.01 1/6/13 Registered New Mexico Bred Fillies & Mares 1 1/16 Miles Midnight Lucky 1:41.06 3/24/13 1 1/8 Miles Oh So Regal 1:47.21 4/15/18 WEST TEXAS DERBY GR III (56th Running) Saturday, April 20 400 Yards 1 3/16 Miles Mickey J. 1:58.20 11/4/70 $65,000 Added 3-year-olds 1 1/4 Miles Curribot 2:01.40 5/6/84 1 1/2 Miles Houston Blaze 2:33.20 5/3/64 NEON DESERT HANDICAP (10th Running) Sunday, April 21 Six & One-Half Furlongs $75,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older Fillies & Mares QUARTER HORSE TRACK RECORDS MT. CRISTO REY HANDICAP (15th Running) Sunday, April 28 Four & One-Half Furlongs DISTANCE HORSE TIME DATE $85,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older 300 Yards Valiant War Hero 14.594 4/17/11 Registered New Mexico Bred 330 Yards Neversaynever 15.859 2/27/11 SUNLAND PARK HANDICAP (60th Running) 350 Yards Strike It Quick 16.642 12/30/10 Saturday, May 4 One Mile & One Eighth 400 Yards Double Down Special 18.613 4/3/10 $150,000 Guaranteed 3-year-olds & older 440 Yards First Moonflash 20.274 4/12/09

7 THOROUGHBRED TRAINERS

LEADING THOROUGHBRED TRAINERS

NAME STARTS 1ST 2ND 3RD WIN% $% Purses Henry Dominguez 230 39 41 29 17 47 $859,392 Justin R. Evans 130 35 19 21 27 58 $636,673 Miguel L. Hernandez 168 33 29 32 20 56 $663,638 Susan F. Arnett 144 33 26 20 23 55 $492,037 Todd W. Fincher 134 31 21 23 23 56 $1,433,056 Casey T. Lambert 104 17 10 10 16 36 $239,781 Dick Cappellucci 108 16 12 20 15 44 $200,376 Jose R. Gonzalez, Jr. 80 16 10 13 20 49 $257,899 Simon J. Buechler 83 14 10 6 17 36 $259,330 Nancy Summers 66 13 10 9 20 48 $211,886

HENRY DOMINGUEZ Henry Dominguez is coming off another sensational season at Sunland Park, in which he topped the trainers standings with 39 wins, including multiple stakes winner Blazing Navarone, who captured the Four Rivers/John Deere Stakes as a 2-year-old, as well as the Red Hedeman Mile and New Mexico Breeders’ Derby during his 3-year-old campaign, which was capped off with an upset score in the New Mexico Classic Cup Derby Championship Stakes at Zia Park last November. Dominguez also saddled Fast Gator to a win in the La Señora Stakes last season. Dominguez’s runners earned nearly $860,000 during the Sunland season, winning at a 17 percent clip. Dominguez recently finished second in the trainer standings at the Downs at Albuquerque, with 19 winners and earnings topping $367,000. During the New Mexico Classic Cup day at Zia Park last November, Dominguez also sent out Diabolical Ruler to victory in the New Mexico Classic Cup Juvenile Championship Stakes. Dominguez has been a mainstay atop the trainer standings in New Mexico, finishing third in the 2016-17 Sunland season as well as winning the training title at Albuquerque in 2016. Among his most popular campaigners in recent years was Forest Mouse, a multiple stakes winner across the state of New Mexico. Many of his top runners are locally owned by J. Kirk and Judy Robison including former Sunland Park Handicap winner Isn’t He Clever. Dominguez won the 2007 WinStar Derby with Song of Navarone. A trainer since 1990, the El Paso native has become one of the leading trainers in the region, with more than 1,830 career wins and over $36 million in purses won.

TODD FINCHER Todd Fincher captured one of the highlights of his training career when he saddled Runaway Ghost to victory in the $800,000 Grade 3 Sunland Derby this past season. That victory was one of many highlights this past season, in which he recorded 31 winners with purse monies topping $1.43 million. Runaway Ghost, who is preparing to relaunch his racing career this season and is owned by Joe Peacock, was one of several stakes winners trained by Fincher at Sunland, including the likes of Hustle Up, winner of the Copper Top Futurity, as well as Sippin, who scored in the Peppers Pride Handicap, Tilla Cat, who won both the La Coneja Handicap in addition to the New Mexico Racing Commission Handicap and Hennessy Express, winner of the New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks and the Enchantress Stakes. This past summer, Fincher also saddled Kris Who to victory in the Casino at the Downs Derby at Albuquerque Downs. Fincher trained a pair of winners on New Mexico Classic Cup Day last November at Zia Park, including Roll On Matilda, winner of the New Mexico Classic Cup Lassie Championship Stakes as well as Bryn’s Fancy Pants, who scored in the New Mexico Classic Cup Distaff Sprint Championship Stakes. Fincher is fast approaching 1,000 career training victories and may well achieve that mark this season. Fincher is also coming off a strong season at Ruidoso Downs last summer, season, where he was the leading thoroughbred trainer with 21 wins from 77 starters and earnings of more than $368,000. Some of Fincher’s past stakes stars include Diabolical Dame, Smash Dancer, Enchanted Outlaw, Glory Be Mine, Chuchuluco and Queen Greeley. In his career, Fincher’s starters have earned more than $25 million. 8 THOROUGHBRED TRAINERS

JUSTIN EVANS One of America’s leading trainers based upon win percentage, Justin Evans just missed capturing his sixth consecutive Sunland Park training title this past season, finishing second behind Henry Dominguez with 35 winners and purse monies topping $636,000. His top stakes winners this past season included Bill and Sue Tomasic’s multiple stakes winner Mt Veeder, winner of the KLAQ Handicap, as well as Budweiser Handicap winner Concord Fast for Teed Off Stables LLC, and Mt Cristo Rey winner Citizen Geller for UKUSA stables. Evans took top honors in the trainer standings at both the Downs at Albuquerque and SunRay Park and Casino meetings in 2018. In all, Evans runners have won nearly 90 races in 2018. In his career, which started in 1999, Evans has won nearly 2,000 races from over 8,300 starters with total earnings approaching $24 million. He is without question one of the most prolific trainers in Sunland Park history. His latest additions to a powerful stable include Veterans Stakes winner Harlan Punch and the $1.7 million winning sprinter Stallwalkin’ Dude. The well-bred Pendleton is another horse to watch. Justin owns a home in Santa Teresa, New Mexico and is joined on the racing circuit by wife Vanessa and their children Austin, Addison and Anderson.

MIGUEL HERNANDEZ In addition to his tremendous success as a jockey, Miguel Hernandez has blossomed into a leading trainer. Last season, Hernandez won 33 times from 168 starters, placing him third in the trainer standings. His biggest win during the past Sunland season was with Oh So Regal, who he saddled to victory in the $150,000 Sunland Park Handicap for Judge Lanier Racing. Hernandez has finished in the top 10 in the standings at both SunRay Park and Casino as well as the Downs at Albuquerque. The career defining moment for Hernandez came in 2017 when he saddled Conquest Mo Money to victories in the Riley Allison Stakes as well as the Mine That Bird Derby. Conquest Mo Money would parlay those efforts into a pair of second place finishes in both the Grade 3 $800,000 Sunland Derby and the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby. Hernandez has also teamed with Judge Lanier Racing to send out stakes winners like African Rose in the 2016 El Diario Handicap. Hernandez has won more than 170 races with earnings topping $3.7 million as a trainer since 2014 after a successful riding career that began in 1986 and has taken him from Mexico to various locations around the southwest, including Turf Paradise and southern California. Miguel’s riding career came to an abrupt end in 2013 after he was injured in a spill at Ruidoso Downs.

SUSAN ARNETT The Arnett family, long regarded as one of the top operations in the region, is coming off a spectacular run of success in 2018. Last season, Susan -- alongside husband Jon -- finished fourth in the trainer standings with 33 wins and earnings topping $492,000 from 144 starters. Included in their barn’s winners last season was multiple stakes winner Sky Defence, winner of both the Curribot and Winsham Lad Handicaps. Jon once again found success last summer at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa, finishing third in the trainer standings with 37 winners and earnings topping $650,000. Susan continued with the barn’s success at Zia Park where she won the Roadrunner Handicap with Shred The Rules. Susan was among the leading trainers at the recent Zia Park season. She has been an active trainer since 2010 and is coming off her best career year, winning nearly 40 races with purse monies approaching $600,000. Between husband and wife, they’ve won more than 2,000 races with earnings topping $20 million. Under Jon’s direction, Happy Humor won the 2009 KLAQ Handicap and was a leading sprinter. Arnett turned American Classic into a sprinting champ during the 2009-10 campaign. He also trained the fast Winter Camp to victory in the 2011 Bill Thomas Memorial Stakes. Jon began training at Sunland Park in 1979 when he was 18 and won the combined training title during the 1993-94 season. Jon of course is the son of legendary Sunland Park trainer Bob E. Arnett.

CASEY LAMBERT Another former rider who has found massive success as a trainer, Lambert is coming off a strong 2017-18 season at Sunland, in which he recorded 17 winners from 104 starters with earnings topping $239,000. Lambert also found success at last summer’s Ruidoso Downs season, finishing second in the standings while amassing 17 winners from 89 starters. He sent out stakes winner Stealing Home, who captured the C.O. Ken Kendrick Memorial Futurity at SunRay Park and Casino. Lambert is entering this season coming off his best year as a trainer, with more than 44 winners in 2018. The 53-year-old Lambert retired from riding in 2015 after a career that spanned more than 30 years. In his time as a rider, Lambert won nearly 3,400 races on both and quarter horses. The most famous horse that Lambert ever rode is Mine That Bird, winner of the . Lambert rode Mine That Bird in the WinStar Derby (now the Grade 3 $800,000 Sunland Park Derby) that year, just weeks before the horse pulled off a historic upset in the Run for the Roses. 9 THOROUGHBRED JOCKEYS

LEADING THOROUGHBRED JOCKEYS NAME STARTS 1ST 2ND 3RD WIN% $% Purses Alfredo J. Juarez, Jr. 328 72 51 53 22 54 $1,519,917 Ry Eikleberry 310 62 49 46 20 51 $1,169,947 Tracy J. Hebert 247 41 32 39 17 45 $1,350,850 Roimes Chirinos 188 39 35 32 21 56 $939,392 Ken S. Tohill 249 31 38 33 12 41 $890,712 Francisco Amparan* 238 29 36 32 12 41 $474,508 Enrique Portillo Gomez 288 28 44 33 10 36 $580,004 Alejandro Medellin 209 23 23 23 11 33 $358,456 Frank Reyes 220 22 27 21 10 32 $421,242 Miguel A. Perez 153 19 21 23 12 41 $309,658 *Denotes Apprentice Rider

ALFREDO JUAREZ JR. Alfredo Juarez, Jr., captured the Sunland Park jockey title last season, with a phenomenal 72-win mark, including a number of stakes winners highlighted by Oh So Regal in the $150,000 Sunland Park Handicap. He also guided Mt Veeder to stakes scores in both the KLAQ Handicap and the Bill Thomas Memorial Stakes. Juarez also rode Reride to victory in the Mine That Bird Derby. His mounts won at a 22 percent clip last season with earnings topping $1.5 million. Juarez was also the leading jockey this past summer at the Downs at Albuquerque, winning 47 times with earnings topping $736,000, and at SunRay Park and Casino, winning 38 times from 105 mounts and earnings topping $304,000. At Zia Park this season, Juarez captured stakes wins aboard Diabolical Ruler in the New Mexico Classic Cup Lassie Championship Stakes and aboard Thunder Dome in the Rocky Gulch New Mexico Classic Cup Championship Stakes. In 2017, Juarez won the Grade 3 $800,000 Sunland Derby aboard -trained Hence for owner Calumet Farms. That victory was among the 54 Juarez at Sunland in 2017, good for second in the win category to go along with topping the earnings category with more than $1.5 million in purse money. In a career that dates back to 1996, Juarez has won more than 2,930 races and is rapidly approaching a career milestone with his 3,000th lifetime victory. Juarez’s career mounts have earned over $52.4 million. He has enjoyed successful ventures at Arlington Park, Lone Star Park and Turf Paradise. In , he rode eventual 2003 Kentucky Derby winner to two victories. Alfredo was the leading rider at The Downs at Albuquerque and Zia Park in 2015 and is joined at Sunland Park by his wife Lisa and daughter Ashley.

TRACY HEBERT In his second full season at Sunland Park, Tracy Hebert made another big imprint on the local scene, finishing third in the standings with 41 winners and earnings topping $1.35 million, good for second place among the highest earnings. His most notable win last season was aboard Runaway Ghost, who captured the Grade 3 $800,000 Sunland Derby and $106,600 Riley Allison Derby for trainer Todd Fincher and owner Joe Peacock. Fincher and Hebert teamed up several more times during the Sunland season, most notably aboard Tilla Cat in both the New Mexico Racing Commission Handicap and the La Coneja Handicap and winning the Copper Top Futurity aboard Hustle Up. Hebert was the leading rider at Ruidoso Downs last season, winning 34 times from 118 mounts and earnings approaching $320,000. Hebert found success at the recent Zia Park season as well, winning the Peppers Pride New Mexico Classic Championship Fillies and Mares Stakes aboard Movin On for trainer Joel Marr. Hebert passed the 4,000 win milestone in 2017, and his mounts have earned nearly $57 million. In a career that dates back to 1979, Hebert’s best year may have been 2012, when he entered the winners circle 162 times from 962 starts, with mounts earning more than $3.2 million. Early in his career, Hebert had tremendous success in Louisiana, winning riding titles at Jefferson Downs and Delta Downs. Later, Hebert would move his tack to Thistledown, near Cleveland, where he was one of the top riders for several seasons in the 1990s before finding success in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, finishing third in the jockey standings during the 1997 season at . He also won riding titles at Ellis Park and Turfway Park. After a hiatus in the early 2000s, Hebert returned as the leading rider in 2004 at Delta Downs before riding at Canterbury Park, Remington Park and Mountaineer Park. According to Equibase, Hebert currently ranks 68th all time for career victories and 26th among those still active. Hebert is the husband of active trainer Joy Marlin. 10 THOROUGHBRED JOCKEYS

ROIMES CHIRINOS Chirinos has made quite the impression at Sunland Park in a short amount of time. He finished fourth in the standings last season, good for 39 wins and earnings worth more than $939,000. He earned a great deal of his stakes success this past year with Todd Fincher, picking up wins aboard Hennessy Express in both the Enchantress Stakes and New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks as well as with Sippin in the Peppers Pride Handicap. Chirinos also scored a stakes win aboard K P Wildcat for trainer Weston Martin in the El Diario Handicap. During the summer season at the Downs at Albuquerque, Chirinos and Fincher found the winner’s circle again aboard Kris Who in the Casino at the Downs Derby. During the most recent Zia Park season, Chirinos earned a pair of stakes wins for Fincher, guiding Bryn’s Fancy Pants to the winners circle in the New Mexico Classic Cup Distaff Sprint Championship Stakes as well as Roll On Matilda, winner of the New Mexico Classic Cup Lassie Championship Stakes. Chirinos had a breakout season here in 2017, finishing in the top ten of the standings with 25 wins from 106 mounts and earnings topping $474,000. In 2016, Chirinos was impressive in his first season at Sunland, with 22 wins from 106 mounts. Also in 2016, Chirinos scored a pair of stakes wins during the season with Weston Martin-trained Tipsy Tea, scoring in the New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks and the Enchantress Stakes. He also rode Gary Cross-trained GM Gage to victory in the New Mexico State University Handicap. A lifetime winner of more than 620 races with purse earnings amassing $10.7 million, the 35-year-old Venezuelan native has been riding for more than 15 years and is a three-time winner of the Venezuelan Triple Crown. In 2006, Chirinos won six races in one day riding at Retama Park in Texas.

KEN TOHILL For nearly 16 years, Ken Tohill has won the most races at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. Tohill is a six-time Sunland Park Thoroughbred riding champion and a winner of more than 3,700 races in his career with nearly $61 million in earnings. Last season at Sunland, Tohill finished fifth in the thoroughbred jockey standings with 31 wins and more than $890,000 in earnings. His stakes wins last season included a trio of wins aboard Joel Marr-trained Blamed, winner of the El Paso Times Stakes, as well as the Island Fashion Stakes and the Sunland Park Oaks. Tohill also teamed with trainer Susan Arnett aboard Sky Defence, who won both the Curribot Handicap and the Winsham Lad Handicap. Tohill was once again among the leading riders this past summer at Prairie Meadows this past summer. The former Northern California jockey ranks as one of the all-time leading riders in Sunland Park history. In 2005, he rode four stakes winners in one program. Tohill is joined on the racing circuit by his wife Robyn.

RY EIKLEBERRY Eikleberry had another successful season locally last year, finishing second in the jockey standings with 62 winners. His mounts earned more than $1.1 million and included stakes winners like Blazing Navarone, who won both the Red Hedeman Mile and New Mexico Breeders’ Derby for trainer Henry Dominguez. Eikleberry and Dominguez also found stakes together with Fast Gator in the La Senora Stakes and with trainer Justin Evans aboard Citizen Geller in the Mt Cristo Rey Handicap and with Concord Fast in the Budweiser Handicap. His second-place finish in the local jockeys’ room broke a 5-year streak in which he topped the standings. Eikleberry’s success was not just limited to New Mexico, as he captured the jockeys title last summer at Canterbury Park in Minnesota, winning 87 times with earnings topping $1.7 million. Eikleberry comes into this season off another strong campaign at Zia Park, where he was once again among the leading rider and earned a stakes win aboard Blazing Navarone in the New Mexico Classic Cup Derby Championship Stakes. Shifting his tack from Arizona to Sunland Park over five years ago has proven to be a lucrative move for Eikleberry. Hailing from a racing family, the young gun finished fifth in his first full season at Sunland Park in 2012 and completed the meet with four prestigious stakes wins. Currently, Eikleberry has won nearly 2,000 races with purse earnings topping $32.1 million. Eikleberry has also won titles at Turf Paradise, SunRay Park and Canterbury Park. Ry’s wife Jilique is a constant support on the circuit, and they have two young daughters named Revy and Roan.

ENRIQUE GOMEZ Gomez had a strong season at Sunland Park in 2017-18, finishing seventh in the standings with 28 winners and earnings nearing $600,000. Among his notable winners here last season was aboard Blazing Navarone, who earned a win in the Four Rivers/John Deere Stakes for trainer Henry Dominguez. Gomez enjoyed a great deal of success this past summer at the Downs at Albuquerque, where he was fourth in the local standings, earning stakes success with the likes of Fred Danley-trained Storm The Beach in the Manzano Stakes and Secular Nation, who captured the Duke City Sprint Stakes for trainer Henry Dominguez. Gomez also found success at SunRay Park in 2018, finishing in the top 10 among the local riding colony, earning a stakes win for Henry Dominguez aboard PJ’s Gold in the Totah Stakes. At the recent Zia Park season where Gomez is again among the meet’s leading riders , Gomez scored a stakes win aboard Susans Violette in the New Mexico Classic Cup Oaks Championship Stakes for trainer Chip Woolley. Since becoming a full time rider in 2010, Gomez has won nearly 900 thoroughbred races and more than 50 quarter horse races. His combined mount earnings are approaching $18 million. 11 SUNLAND PARK HANDICAP 60th running to be held Sunday, May 4, 2019 $150,000 Guaranteed • One Mile & One-Eighth • 3-Year-Olds & Older (TB)

OH SO REGAL 2018 WINNER

Oh So Regal scored a mammoth win with a track record setting performance in the 59th running of the $150,000 Sunland Park Handicap. Ridden by Alfredo Juarez Jr., Oh So Regal led every step of the way in the one mile and one-eighth feature for older horses. The four-year-old Sidney’s Candy colt controlled the tempo throughout and had plenty left for the stretch drive. The Judge Lanier owned star roared to a comprehensive 4-length win in a track record time of 1:47.21. The timing broke the former standard of 1:47.37 held by Proceed since April 12, 2015. Oh So Regal responded with a huge effort defeating stablemate Sphene and a talented group of stakes winners including Curribot and Winsham Lad Handicap winner Sky Defence. The recent allowance winner got away at 6-1 odds and returned $14.60 to win. Oh So Regal served notice with that allowance win in March and scored his first stakes triumph for trainer Miguel Hernandez. Oh So Regal earned $90,000 for owner Tom McKenna of Judge Lanier Racing. The Taiban, New Mexico resident is the leading Thoroughbred owner at Sunland Park Racetrack.

YEAR WINNER OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY DIST. TIME VALUE 2018 Oh So Regal Judge Lanier Racing Miguel Hernandez Alfredo Juarez, Jr. 1 1/8m 1:47.21* $150,000 2017 American Dubai Richard Keith Rodney Richards Ken Tohill 1 1/8m 1:47.44 $150,000 2016 Mobile Bay Tigertail Ranch Victor Arceneaux Edgar S. Prado 1 1/8m 1:48.35 $150,000 2015 Proceed Michael Stinson Joel Marr Alfredo Juarez Jr. 1 1/8m 1:47.37 $75,000 2014 Isn’t He Clever Kirk & Judy Robinson Henry Dominguez Enrique Gomez 1 1/8m 1:47.95 $75,000 2013 Forest Mouse Parnell Thomas Henry Dominguez Ry Eikleberry 1 1.8 m 1:49.09 $75,000 2012 Fog Alert Art & Robin Olivier & David Wolochuk David Wolochuk Ken Tohill 1 1/8m 1:49.78 $100,000 2011 Black Hills Class Racing Stable Bart Hone Miguel Hernandez 1 1/8m 1:48.59 $100,000 2010 Red Lead Frontier Stables, LLC Chris Hartman Martin Bourdieu 1 1/8m 1:48.85 $114,400 2009 Song of Navarone George Coleman Henry Dominguez Antonio Castanon 1 1/8m 1:48.78 $100,000 2008 One Lucky Buck Adam & Paul Lewis Chris A. Hartman Ken Tohill 1 1/8m 1:48.94 $100,000 2007 Don’t Strike Out Richard R. Kasuda Raymond Carlisle Jr. Mark Villa 1 1/8m 1:50.50 $100,000 2006 Mr. Trieste Richard W. Lueck Gary W. Cross Ken Tohill 1 1/8m 1:48.58 $100,000 2005 Fin Entertainment Rafael T. Garcia Gerald E. Marr Joe Martinez 1 1/8m 1:50.44 $105,900 2004 A To The Z Susan Ray Gerald E. Marr Quyet Bui 1 1/8m 1:53.41 $105,450 2003 Night Patrol Everest Stables Nick Canani Ignacio Puglisi 1 1/8m 1:48.60 $105,300 2002 Accomodator Ramon Gonzalez Ramon Gonzalez Daryl Montoya 1 1/16m 1:42.52 $78,200 2001 Brew Crew of Brew Johnie L. Jamison Miguel Fuentes 1 1/16m 1:42.0 $72,900 2000 Brew Brew Crew Johnie L. Jamison Miguel Fuentes 1 1/16m 1:44.3 $52,050 1999 Preferred Million Jaime Herrera Ramon Gonzalez Chris Montano 1 1/8m 1:51. 3 $11,275 1998 Always My Place Jerry & Gerald Case Rogers Timothy Guidry Chris Zamora 1 1/8m 1:49.0 $12,025 12 YEAR WINNER OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY DIST. TIME VALUE 1997 Tiffy Go Home Nelda Segotta J. Doyal Roberts Nancy Summers 1 1/8m 1:51.0 $12,250 1996 Two Wise Gerald Rubin & Robert W. Brown Ted Levy Miguel Fuentes 1 1/8m 1:50.4 $11,575 1995 Tri Max Heraldo Tienario & Jimmy Wager Ramon Gonzalez Rick Houghton 1 1/8m 1:49.3 $12,325 1994 Lt. Roberts Jerry Givens J. Doyal Roberts Billy Peterson 1 1/8m 1:50.1 $11,350 1993 Dart James Furgason Clifford Lambert Oscar Ceballos 1 1/8m 1:52.3 $11,575 1992 Fouled Up Therese Flores Therese Flores Isaac Flores 1 1/8m 1:50.1 $12,250 1991 Half Halo Jerry Givens J. Doyal Roberts Jimmy Coates 1 1/8m 1:51.0 $11,800 1990 Grey Bed J. M. & Pat McMillan J. Mickey McMillan Louie Gomez 1 1/8m 1:52.3 $17,700 1989 Ruffetta Joanne Woodward J. Doyal Roberts Richard Bickel 1 1/8m 1:51.3 $17,700 1988 Curribot Juliana Winters J. Doyal Roberts Glen Murphy 1 1/8m 1:52.0 $19,700 1987 Curribot Juliana Winters J. Doyal Roberts Glen Murphy 1 1/8m 1:51.3 $17,600 1986 Curribot Juliana Winters J. Doyal Roberts Casey Lambert 1 1/8m 1:52.0 $19,700 1985 Curribot Juliana Winters J. Doyal Roberts Casey Lambert 1 1/4m 2:06.2 $22,450 1984 Curribot Juliana Winters J. Doyal Roberts Casey Lambert 1 1/4m 2:01.2* $22,100 * Denotes Track Record SUNLAND PARK’S LEADING OWNER JUDGE LANIER RACING with 24 winners from nearly 175 starters, amassing earnings of over $811,000. Judge Lanier Racing’s highlight horse of that season was Conquest Mo Money, winner of both the Riley Allison and Mine That Bird Derbies. The son of Uncle Mo ran second in the Grade 3 $800,000 Sunland Derby as well as the (GR I) Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park before finishing seventh in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. Judge Lanier Racing also presented a winner at Sunland when African Rose and Hernandez took the El Diario Handicap. In the calendar year 2017, Judge Lanier Racing won 44 races with earnings of more than $1.46 million. African Rose won the Harry Henson Handicap three straight times from 2013-2015. Judge Lanier Racing has The team of Tom and Sandy McKenna, longtime breeders in the state been at or near the top of the owners standings at nearly all five tracks of New Mexico, have also achieved tremendous success as owners, in the Land of Enchantment, winning season ending titles at Sunland particularly over the past few seasons. Once again, Judge Lanier dominated Park, Zia Park, Sunray Park as well as the Downs at Albuquerque. Judge the Sunland Park owners standings with a remarkable 35 winners from Lanier Racing has had tremendous stakes success with McKenna’s Justice, 194 starters during the 2017-18 season. In total, their starters’ earnings winning the Zia Park Distance Championship in 2011. Since the year 2000, approached $700,000, a big chunk of which came from Oh So Regal, winner Judge Lanier Racing has won more than 365 races with purse earnings of the Sunland Park Handicap. An even more glaring stat from this past approaching $7.2 million. season would be a remarkable 52% of Judge Lanier’s starters hit the board. Judge Lanier racing topped the owners standings this past summer at the The McKennas own the 1,200 acre McKenna Thoroughbreds ranch near Downs at Albuquerque, winning 11 times from 105 starters and earnings of Taiban in the eastern section of New Mexico. Tom McKenna grew up in more than $264,000. Among the stable’s stakes winners at Albuquerque El Paso, Texas and was exposed to racing at the age of 12. His grandfather was Sphene, winner of the $70,000 Charles Taylor Derby. The team also was a prominent corporate judge in El Paso and had owned both won the title of leading owners at SunRay Park and Casino and were atop Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses. The McKennas honor the memory the owners standings at press time during the Zia Park season. During the of the judge with the moniker Judge Lanier Racing. Dominique’s Cat, 2016-17 season, Judge Lanier Racing topped the Sunland Park standings K.O. Punch and McKenna’s Justice stand at stud at McKenna Thoroughbreds. 13 HARRY W. HENSON HANDICAP 27th running to be held Sunday, March 24, 2019 $100,000 Guaranteed • One Mile • Fillies & Mares • 3-Year-Olds & Older (TB)

FAYPIEN 2018 WINNER

Proving best under a heady ride from , Faypien made a triumphant return to the winner’s circle with a strong win in the $100,000 Harry W Henson Handicap for trainer Bob Baffert. Faypien, sent off as the 8-to-5 favorite in the race, dueled on the lead for much of the race, eventually overtaking pacesetter Adore on the far turn before fighting off a stiff challenge from Kell Paso, who settled for the runner up position under Ry Eikleberry. Faypien edged clear in the final sixteenth of a mile to win by nearly 2 lengths, running a mile in 1 minute, 35.28 seconds. Owned by Baoma Corporation, Faypien is a 4-year-old Florida-bred filly by Ghostzapper. A two-time stakes winner last year in southern California, including a win in the (GR II) Summertime Oaks last June, Faypien picked up her fourth win from eight career starts, increasing her lifetime earnings to more than $380,000. To her winning backers, Faypien returned $5.40. Following Kell Paso in second was Adore and The Incident.

YEAR WINNER OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY DIST. TIME VALUE 2018 Faypien Baoma Corporation Bob Baffert Martin Garcia 1 mile 1:35.28 $100,000 2017 K P Wildcat Karl Pergola Weston Martin Roimes Chirinos 1 mile 1:36.50 $100,000 2016 Caviar Kitty Dream Walkin Farms, Inc. Paul Smith Francisco Duran 1 mile 1:38.19 $100,000 2015 African Rose Judge Lanier Racing Justin R. Evans Alfredo Juarez Jr. 1 mile 1:36.22 $100,000 2014 African Rose Judge Lanier Racing Justin R. Evans Alfredo Juarez Jr. 1 mile 1:36.77 $75,000 2013 African Rose Judge Lanier Racing Justin R. Evans Miguel Hernandez 1 mile 1:36.97 $75,000 2012 Twelve Twenty Two Kirk & Judy Robison & Henry Dominguez Luis Contreras 1 mile 1:35.72 $100,000 Solitaire Stable 2011 Twelve Twenty Two Robison & Dominguez Henry Dominguez 1 mile 1:36.49 $100,000 2010 Freedom Star George Krikorian Bob Baffert Martin Garcia 1 mile 1:35.95 $103,500 2009 Prairie Farm Richard Lueck Gary Cross Ken Tohill 1 mile 1:36.80 $152,450 2008 Tough Tiz’s Sis Watson or Weitman Perf., LLC Bob Baffert Aaron T. Gryder 1 mile 1:37.14 $112,950 2007 Eyes On Eddy Stonestreet Stables, LLC Steven M. Asmussen Garrett Gomez 1 mile 1:37.37 $147,750 2006 Show Me Your Glory Tommy Town Thoroughbreds Henry Dominguez 1 mile 1:35.47 $119,500 2005 Blue Song Armando Jurado Jose A. Gonzalez Ken Tohill 1 mile 1:35.61 $104,350 2004 Academic Angel Steven M. Asmussen Ken Tohill 1 mile 1:36.83 $105,400 2003 Cielo Girl Rosendo G. Parra Steven M. Asmussen Lonnie Meche 1 mile 1:36.15 $104,350 2002 McKinney Nelson Bunker Hunt Steven M. Asmussen Donnie Meche 1 mile 1:35.88 $62,700 2001 Hava Peer John H. Williams Ralph W. Black Carlos Rivas 1 mile 1:37.40 $53,100 2000 Valid Leader Jan & Connie Chumas Doug Oliver Chad Anderson 1 mile 1:37.80 $43,300

14 COPPER TOP FUTURITY 20th running to be held Saturday, May 4, 2019 $110,000 Guaranteed • Four & One-Half Furlongs • 2-Year-Olds (TB)

HUSTLE UP 2018 WINNER

Heavily favored Hustle Up responded in kind with a dominating win in the $162,905 Copper Top Futurity going four and one-half furlongs. Ridden by Tracy Hebert, Hustle Up broke alertly and took command from the break. When challenged by Stealing Home at the quarter pole, Hustle Up switched in to high gear and galloped away to a runaway victory. The New Mexico-bred two-year-old son of Abstraction was simply too much race horse and won by 7 and 1/2 lengths in a time of 51.55 seconds. The victory was the third straight Copper Top Futurity win for trainer Todd Fincher who was named the 2018 Bob Haynsworth Sportsmanship Award winner. The unbeaten Copper Top Futurity champion earned $81,453 for owners Dale Taylor, Bobby McQueen and Suzanne Kirby. The same ownership group won the 2017 Copper Top Futurity with On The Low Down. The 3-5 favorite paid $3.40 to win.

YEAR WINNER OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY DIST. TIME VALUE 2018 Hustle Up Dale Taylor, Bobby McQueen Todd Fincher Tracy Hebert 4 1/2 f : 51.55 $162, 905 and Suzanne Kirby 2017 On The Low Down Dale Taylor, Bobby McQueen Todd Fincher Tracy Hebert 4 1/2 f : 51.17 $147,196 and Suzanne Kirby 2016 Ignored Steve and Bessie Prather Todd Fincher Ruby Gonzalez 4 1/2 f :51.12 $125,584 2015 Naevussquall W.T. Stradley & Tom Williams Fred Danley Ry Eikleberry 4 1/2 f :51.58 $74,447 2015 Rapping Mary (f) Benny Vanecek and Solitaire Stable Henry Dominguez Enrique Gomez 4 1/2 f :51.72 $68,001 2014 Raider Red Brad King & Dale Taylor Todd Fincher Alfredo Juarez, Jr. 4 1/2 f :52.75 $77,052 2014 Miss B R H (f) Tom Williams & W.T. Stradley Fred Danley Alfredo Juarez, Jr. 4 1/2 f :51.56 $77,953 2013 Dandy Don Who Sam E. & Sammy L. Stevens JTodd Fincher Aldo Arboleda 4 1/2 f :52.21 $92,125 2013 Lady Genius (f) W.D. Carson Sr., M.H. Carson Dallas Barton Carlos Madeira 4 1/2 f :51.70 $88,389 & Leach Racing LLC 2012 Kiss My Hennessy Joe Dee Brooks & Scott Bryant Todd Fincher Miguel Hernandez 4 1/2 f :52.75 $120,989 2012 Hennessy Road (f) W. Davis & Lisa Moore Todd Fincher Casey Lambert 4 1/2 f :52.35 $100,958 2011 I Play Dirty Joe Dee Brooks Todd Fincher Isaias Enriquez 4 1/2 f :51.93 $113,987 2011 Roll Bloomers Roll (f) Rita J. Danley Fred Danley Vicente Grajeda 4 1/2 f :52.09 $125,166 2010 Verny Willard Burbach Greg Green Alfredo Juarez, Jr. 4 1/2 f :52.01 $125,162 2010 Squall Wilbud (f) W. T. Stradley & Tom Williams Fred Danley Jorge Luis Gonzalez 4 1/2 f :51.60 $113,436 2009 Explosive Mine Rolling K Farm, Robert Keith J. Michael Welch Alejandro Medellin 4 1/2 f :51.55 $205,107 & Phillip Godwin 2008 Bewild Hennessy Charles W. Hunter Todd Fincher Alfredo Juarez, Jr. 4 1/2 f :50.80 $217,552 2007 Thats Our Fred George E. Coleman Henry Dominguez Ken Tohill 4 1/2 f :51.80 $200.869 2006 Fantasmo E. Gene Bradley & Sam Britt Barbara J. Brown J. Martin Bourdieu 4 1/2 f :51.02 $195,317 2005 Monolito Guadalupe S. Hernandez Jose A. Gonzalez Ken Tohill 4 1/2 f :51.18 $216,064 2004 Oso Tricky Danny Stafford & Steve Usherwood H. Ray Ashford, Jr. Robert Johnson 4 1/2 f :54.16 $186,385 2003 Hecamefromaclaim Joe Dee & Lisa Brooks Todd Fincher Ricardo Jaime 4 1/2 f .51.45 $172,375 2002 Stormy Lane Molly M. Morris Roy Marcom, Jr. Jerry Yoakum 4 1/2 f :51.56 $152,241 2001 Devon’s Prospect SMS Racing LLC Tony Sedillo Carlos Rivas 4 1/2 f :52.4 $133,661 2000 Pocketfullapozzies Pierre J. & Leslie Amestoy Fred Danley J. J. Gonzalez 4 1/2 f :53.2 $124,882 15 RILEY ALLISON DERBY (Formerly the Riley Allison Futurity) 56th running to be held Sunday, January 27, 2019 $100,000 Guaranteed • One Mile • 3-Year-Olds (TB)

RUNAWAY GHOST 2018 WINNER

Runaway Ghost served notice with a dazzling 7 and 3/4 length win in the 55th running of the $106,600 Riley Allison Derby. His victory was so impressive he rated a major threat for the $100,000 Mine That Bird Derby and the $800,000 Sunland Derby (Gr.III). Expertly handled by jockey Tracy Hebert, Runaway Ghost relaxed kindly on the lead during the first half of the one mile feature. The Ghostzapper colt never panicked while headed twice during the race. Rounding the final turn, Todd Fincher’s talented runner shot into a another gear and moved smartly through an opening along the rail. He blasted away for a knockout win in the a time of 1:36.02. The 6-5 favorite paid $4.40. Runaway Ghost is a home-bred owned by Joe Peacock out of the outstanding New Mexico-bred stakes winning mare Rose’s Desert. The nimble sophomore earned $63,960, pushing his lifetime bankroll past $144,000. Fincher said, “He is what we hoped he would be. Tracy did a great job. We loved the way he finished the final furlong in under 12 seconds.”

YEAR WINNER OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY DIST. TIME VALUE 2018 Runaway Ghost Joe Peacock Todd Fincher Tracy Hebert 1 mile 1:36.02 $106,600 2017 Conquest Mo Money Judge Lanier Racing Miguel Hernandez Jorge Carreno 1 mile 1:36.42 $106,000 2016 Concord Fast Teed Off Stable, LLC Justin R. Evans Ry Eikleberry 1 mile 1:35.47 $100,000 2015 Cinco Charlie William and Corinne Heiligbrodt Steve Asmussen Casey Lambert 1 mile 1:38.18 $104,800 2013 Rebranded Tony Pennington Justin Evans Ry Eikleberry 1 mile 1:38.73 $104,800 2012 Show Some Magic Kirk & Judy Robison Henry Dominguez Miguel Hernandez 1 mile 1:38.19 $106,000 2011 Isn’t He Clever Kirk & Judy Robison Henry Dominguez Alejandro Medellin 6 1/2 f 1:15.10 $104,200 2010 City Cool Mike McCarty Steven M. Asmussen Ken Tohill 6 1/2 f 1:15.53 $107,200 2009 Grand Slam Andre J. Kirk Robison Steven M. Asmussen Luis Contreras 6 1/2 f 1:18.59 $107,000 2008 Retap Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC Steven M. Asmussen Luis Contreras 6 1/2 f 1:16.67 $106,650 2007 Rapper S S Lathrop G. Hoffman Henry Dominguez Joe A. Martinez 6 1/2 f 1:15.81 $105,950 2006 Sir Five Star H. Gus King Scott Blasi Glen Murphy 6 1/2 f 1:17.72 $136,499 2005 Disappearing Trick George E. Coleman Henry Dominguez Ken Tohill 6 1/2 f 1:18.55 $166,934 2004 Cajun Pepper Eli Diamant & Harry L. Veruchi Ramon O. Gonzalez Alex Jimenez 6 1/2 f 1:15.15 $161,332 2003 Tin Can Sailor Sam Britt Joel H. Marr Carlos Madeira 6 1/2 f 1:17.29 $175,851 2002 Sum Trick Stanley E. Fulton O. D. Jamison Mike Clark 6 1/2 f 1:15.43 $161,761 2001 Interminable Gold Robert L. Beck Steven M. Asmussen Luis Quiñonez 6 1/2 f 1:16.68 $150,563 2000 Golden Tangle Jeffrey B. Keckley & Margarita Lopez Willie F. Leach Alfonso Fuentes 6 1/2 f 1:15.40 $85,138 1999 Is It Secret James. E. Nelson Clifford Lambert Casey Lambert 6 1/2 f 1:20.1 $65,759

16 MINE THAT BIRD DERBY (Formerly the Borderland Derby) 19th running to be held Sunday, February 24, 2019 $100,000 Guaranteed • One Mile & One-Sixteenth • 3-Year-Olds (TB)

RERIDE 2018 WINNER

Reride found a late burst of energy to defeat Runaway Ghost and win the $100,000 Mine That Bird Derby. Under Alfredo Juarez, Jr., Reride pulled clear in the final furlong to win the last local prep for the $800,000 Sunland Derby (Gr. III). The Steve Asmussen trained son of Candy Ride won by 2 and 1/2 lengths and covered the one mile and one sixteenth in 1:44.06. The Winchell Thoroughbreds home-bred dug in firmly to collect his second straight stakes win. Juarez, Jr. said, “I was really happy with him. I asked him a little bit and knew he had something left. But when I hit him the first time, he really had a big second gear.” Reride earned $60,000 for his Mine That Bird Derby victory. He paid $8.80 as the 3-1 second choice. Asmussen and Juarez, Jr. teamed up to win the 2017 Sunland Derby (Gr. III) with Hence.

YEAR WINNER OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY DIST. TIME VALUE 2018 Reride Winchell Thoroughbreds Steve Asmussen Alfredo Juarez, Jr. 1 1/16 m 1:44.06 $100,000 2017 Conquest Mo Money Judge Lanier Racing Miguel Hernandez Jorge Carreno 1 1/16 m 1:43.12 $100,000 2016 Concord Fast Teed Off Stable, LLC Justin R. Evans Ry Eikleberry 1 m 1:37.75 $120,000 2015 Where’s the Moon J. Kirk and Judy Robison Henry Dominguez Enrique Gomez 1 1/16 m 1:42.80 $120,000 2014 Proceed Michael Stinson Joel Marr Alfredo Juarez Jr. 1 1/16 m 1:41.09 $120,000 2013 Dry Summer Sam Britt & Michael House Joel Marr Carlos Madeira 1 1/16 m 1:45.32 $150,000 2012 Isn’t He Clever Kirk & Judy Robison Henry Dominguez Alejandro Medellin 1 1/16 m 1:43 $100,000 2011 Fusa Code Cathy & Bob Zollars Steven M. Asmussen Justin Shepherd 1 1/16 m 1:45.06 $100,000 2010 Storming Saint Lathrop Hoffman Henry Dominguez Luis Contreras 1 1/16 m 1:45.27 $100,000 2009 Scorewithcater Robert Master Doug O’Neill Michael Baze 1 1/16 m 1:43.96 $100,000 2008 Poni Colada Robert Zollars & Mark Wagner Steven M. Asmussen Alfredo Juarez, Jr. 1 1/16 m 1:47.19 $100,000 2007 Takedown Ackerly Brothers Farms Steven M. Asmussen Glen Murphy 1 1/16 m 1:44.64 $100,000 2006 Indy Wildcat Bearing Point Ventures or Paula S. Capestro M.C. Baze 1 1/16 m 1:44.82 $100,000 Paula S. Capestro 2005 Southern Africa Al & Saundra Kirkwood Michael Puhich Garrett Gomez 1 1/16 m 1:43.18 $104,800 2004 Go Kitty Go Vernon & Sylvia Hauschild Mac Miller Miguel Fuentes 1 m 1:37.84 $105,450 2003 Mr. Decatur Heiligbrodt Racing Stable Steven M. Asmussen Sal Gonzalez, Jr. 1 m 1:36.23 $104,100 2002 Premeditation William L. Clifton, Jr. William F. Leach Mike Clark 1 m 1:36.16 $32,900

17 SUNLAND DERBY (GR III) (Formerly the WinStar Derby) 16th running to be held Sunday, March 24, 2019 $800,000 Guaranteed • One Mile & One-Eighth • 3-Year-Olds (TB)

RUNAWAY GHOST WINS THE SUNLAND DERBY (GR III)

18 Runaway Ghost powers to win Winning owner and breeder Joe Peacock echoed these $800,000 Sunland Derby (Gr. III) sentiments, “He’s the number one Thoroughbred I’ve ever had. If Local star makes good in Kentucky Derby I could, I want to go the Kentucky Derby as fast as I can.” prep. State Record all sources handle of Out of the stakes winning New Mexico-bred star Rose’s Desert, nearly $4.3 million Runaway Ghost relishes the Sunland oval as much as his mother. In a bravura performance, local star Runaway Ghost blitzed He scored a runaway win in the $100,000 Riley Allison Futurity his rivals with a commanding 2 and 3/4 length win in the and came back to run a game second in the $100,000 Mine That 15th running of the $800,000 Sunland Derby (Gr. III). The Bird Derby. The bay colt earned $400,000 for his Sunland Derby Todd Fincher trainee was brilliant in the 1 and 1/8 mile (Gr. III) triumph. The mild favorite paid $9.80 to win. Kentucky Derby prep and picked up 50 valuable qualifying Dream Baby Dream and jockey Alfredo Juarez, Jr. closed with points to the Kentucky Derby. Runaway Ghost became interest to gain second place for trainer Steve Asmussen. The only the third locally based horse to win the Sunland Derby runner-up made a wide move on the turn and finished 6 lengths (Gr. III) in its 15 editions. clear of the third place finisher – Peace. Dream Baby Dream Under a very thoughtful ride from Tracy Hebert, Runaway Ghost earned $176,000 for the Dream Baby Dream Racing Stable and accelerated from 8th place passing the first quarter mile marker picked up 20 qualifying points to the Kentucky Derby. Peace to taking a confident lead heading into the stretch. The 7-2 post earned $96,000 for the Spendthrift Farm LLC and Town and time favorite used a 4 to 6 wide run on the final turn to put his Country Racing LLC. The Violence colt trained by Richard stamp on the race. The Ghostzapper colt was 4 lengths in front Mandella acquired 10 points for entry to the Kentucky Derby. at the top of the stretch and cruised home an easy winner in a Wagering on the 12-race Sunland Derby (Gr. III) day card set a time of 1:49.20. new state record for all sources handle. Nearly $4.3 million was Fincher said in the winner’s circle, “We knew he was legit since wagered on the card. A robust crowd of 16,717 fans came out to we was a baby. We raised him and had great luck with his mother watch and wager on Sunland Park’s biggest day. (Rose’s Desert). Everything worked out perfectly. We got a good smooth run into the first turn. He was a little further back than normal, but he had plenty left at the end.”

YEAR WINNER OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY DIST. TIME VALUE 2018 Runaway Ghost Joe Peacock Todd Fincher Tracy Hebert 1 1/8 miles 1:49.20 $800,000 2017 Hence Steve Asmussen Alfredo Juarez, Jr. 1 1/8 miles 1:47.37 $800,000 2016* Collected Speedway Stable, Inc. Bob Baffert Martin Garcia 1 1/8 miles 1:48.90 $415,000 2015 Firing Line Arnold Zetcher Simon Callaghan 1 1/8 miles 1:47.39 $800,000 2014 Chitu Tanma Corporation Bob Baffert Martin Garcia 1 1/8 miles 1:47.88 $800,000 2013 Govenor Charlie Mike Pegram Bob Baffert Martin Garcia 1 1/8 miles 1:47.54 $800,000 2012 Daddy Nose Best Cathy & Bob Zollars Steve Asmussen Julien Leparoux 1 1/8 miles 1:48.59 $800,000 2011 Twice The Appeal Edward Brown Jr., Victor Flores Jeff Bonde Christian Santiago Reyes 1 1/8 miles 1:50.91 $800,000 & Henry Hernandez 2010 Endorsement WinStar Farm LLC, Shannon Ritter 1 1/8 miles 1:48.46 $800,000 Bill Casner et al. 2009 Kelly Leak Blahut Racing, Dennis Avila Michael Machowsky Mike Smith 1 1/8 miles 1:50.02 $900,000 & 2008 Liberty Bull Kenneth Maier Thomas M. Amoss Gerard Melancon 1 1/8 miles 1:49.82 $600,000 2007 Song Of Navarone George E. Coleman Henry Dominguez Victor Espinoza 1 1/8 miles 1:49.53 $600,000 2006 Wanna Runner Mike Pegram Bob Baffert Victor Espinoza 1 1/8 miles 1:48.88 $600,000 2005 Thor’s Echo Suarez Racing, Inc. & Doug O’Neill 1 1/8 miles 1:49.59 $500,000 Royce S. Jaime Racing, Inc. 2004 Hi Teck Man Hassel R. & Bonnie V. Spraberry Johnnie L. Nall Ricardo Jaime 1 1/16 miles 1:43.20 $500,000 2003 Excessivepleasure Ty & Leroy Leatherman Doug O’Neill 1 1/16 miles 1:42.84 $500,000 *Because of EHV-1 virus outbreak, the 2016 Sunland Derby (GR III) was canceled and replaced by the Sunland Park Festival of Racing Stakes.

19 SUNLAND PARK OAKS 18th running to be held Sunday, March 24, 2019 $200,000 Guaranteed • One Mile & One-Sixteenth • Fillies • 3-Year-Olds

miles. Under jockey Ken Tohill, Blamed waited patiently before attacking front runner Kram at the quarter pole.

The immensely talented daughter of took off energetically, and the race was never in doubt. Blame earned her ticket for the Kentucky Oaks with a dominating 6 and 1/4 length win in a time of 1:43.32. The victory was her fifth in a row and third consecutive stakes triumph. The three-year-old filly was coming off local wins in the $65,000 El Paso Times Stakes and the $75,000 Island Fashion Stakes. She earned 50 qualifying points for the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.

Blamed is owned by long time Southwest horseman Cleber Massey and conditioned by Joel Marr.

Marr said in the winner’s circle, “We are very proud of her. She relaxed very well today and gave us a different look. You never know what can happen when you don’t get the early lead. She Blamed demolishes field in showed us a new dimension today.” $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks Blamed earned $124,000 from her fifth career win in six starts. Blamed was let loose at the top of the stretch en route to a She paid $2.80 as the 2-5 favorite. Kram finished a good second demolition win in the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks at 1 and 1/16 place, 8 lengths in front of Charge Back.

YEAR WINNER OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY DIST. TIME VALUE 2018 Blamed Cleber Massey Joel Marr Ken Tohill 1 1/16 miles 1:43.32 $200,000 2017 Ghalia Sumaya U.S. Stable Jose Ortiz 1 1/16 miles 1:44.24 $200,000 2016* Thrilled Michael Tabor Todd Pletcher 1 1/16 miles 1:43.35 $200,000 2015 Maybellene Natalie J. Baffert Bob Baffert Victor Espinoza 1 1/16 miles 1:42.90 $200,000 2014 Awesome Baby , Inc. Bob Baffert Mike E. Smith 1 1/16 miles 1:43.80 $200,000 2013 Midnight Lucky Watson, Pegram & Weitman Bob Baffert 1 1/16 miles 1:41.06 $200,000 2012 Princess Arabella Peachtree Stable Bob Baffert Martin Garcia 1 1/16 miles 1:43.52 $200,000 2011 Plum Pretty Peachtree Stable Bob Baffert Martin Garcia 1 1/16 miles 1:43.18 $200,000 2010 Harissa Gem, Inc. Tyler Baze 1 1/16 miles 1:42.90 $200,000 2009 Gabby’s Golden Gal Arnold Zetcher Bob Baffert Victor Espinoza 1 1/16 miles 1:43.31 $200,000 2008 Sky Mom Heather Stark Steven Asmussen Garrett K. Gomez 1 1/16 miles 1:44.50 $200,000 2007 Tough Tiz’s Sis Watson or Weitman Bob Baffert Victor Espinoza 1 1/16 miles 1:45.18 $200,000 Performances, LLC 2006 Sweet Fourty Michael House Jeff Mullins Victor Espinoza 1 1/16 miles 1:43.73 $250,000 2005 Cee’s Irish Merv Griffin Ranch Co. Doug O’ Neill Corey Nakatani 1 1/16 miles 1:44.66 $259,000 2004 Speedy Falcon Chris Coleman Henry Dominguez Ricardo Jaime 1 1/16 miles 1:36.57 $260,193 2003 Island Fashion Everest Stable, Inc Nick Canani Ignacio Puglisi 1 mile 1:36.29 $256,450 2002 No Turbulence Frank Lewkowitz & J. Eric Kruljac Daryl Montoya 1 mile 1:38.11 $77,700 Dennis & Norine Grenier 2001 Gems And Gold Anthony J. & Aimee Trujillo Ramon Gonzalez Daryl Montoya 1 mile 1.38.3 $42,300 *Because of EHV-1 virus outbreak, the 2016 Sunland Park Oaks was canceled and replaced by the Plum Pretty Stakes.

20 BLAMED WINS SUNLAND PARK OAKS

21 QUARTER HORSE TRAINERS LEADING QUARTER HORSE TRAINERS NAME STARTS 1ST 2ND 3RD WIN% $% Purses Wesley T. Giles 70 11 13 9 16 47 $455,539 Jose Luis Muela 56 10 12 10 18 57 $320,390 Cynthia G. Gonzalez 60 7 3 3 12 22 $175,155 John M. Cooper 23 7 2 4 30 57 $120,757 Fernando Carrete 13 7 1 1 54 69 $135,020 Jackie E. Sanchez 9 7 1 0 78 89 $110,300 Ricardo G. Armendariz 25 6 6 1 24 52 $333,060 Juan Carlos Gonzalez 33 5 4 4 15 39 $107,869 Adam A. Tapia 28 5 4 2 18 39 $113,125 Salvador R. Soto 43 5 3 6 12 33 $69,734

WES GILES Six-time Sunland Park Quarter Horse training champion Wes Giles returns for another impactful campaign. The 2018 Quarter Horse training champion at Sunland Park enjoyed a big win with Zee James in the rich $396,412 New Mexican Spring Futurity. In 2015, Giles was the number one trainer with 25 wins from 106 starters for a powerful 24% winning clip. His horses finished in the money nearly 50% of the time and earned over $595,000. Herekittykittykitty was a major star for the Giles barn four seasons ago winning both the $85,000 Jess Burner and $85,000 Mesilla Valley Speed Handicaps. Wes won the $85,000 NMHBA Quarter Horse Stakes with Too Flash For You who went on to win the 2014 All American Derby. His career resume glitters with two victories in the Grade 1 West Texas Futurity with Wild Six in 2007 and Fast Prize Zoom in 2008. Giles also trained 870 yard multiple stakes champion Gone to the Mountain who still holds the world record for the distance in 43.02 seconds, a mark which may never be broken. The native of Utah won Sunland Park training titles in 2005-06, 2007-08, 2011-12 and 2013-14. Giles saddled 44-1 long shot Trendi to a victory in the 2014 Rainbow Futurity. Giles won the 2016 Ruidoso Quarter Horse Futurity with Apolltical Chad. In 2017, Giles saddled Uptown Dynasty to win the Ruidoso Quarter Horse Futurity and directed Bigg Daddy to a second place finish in the $3 million All American Futurity. Wife Jill Giles works extremely hard helping to manage the large operation throughout New Mexico.

ZEE JAMES EXPLODES LATE TWO-TIME WORLD TO WIN THE $396,412 NEW CHAMPION JESSIES FIRST MEXICAN SPRING FUTURITY DOWN RETURNS FOR THIS YEAR’S $350,000 The top qualifier made no mistakes to win CHAMPIONSHIP AT the $936,412 New Mexican Spring Futurity SUNLAND PARK (GR I) at 300 yards by a neck. Racing as the 7-5 favorite, Zee James broke cleanly from her #9 post position and held 2016 Championship at Sunland Park winner Jessies First Down a narrow advantage at the break. The New Mexico-bred daughter returns to Sunland Park for more glory. With Rodrigo Vallejo in the of Jesse James Jr found her top gears under Adrian A. Ramos and saddle, Jessies First Down edged Zoomin Effortlessly to take the remained unbeaten in two starts for trainer Wes Giles. The talented 2016 edition. Owned by Ted Abrams and trained by James Padgett, two-year-old caught the distance in a quick 15.057 seconds, good Jessies First Down returns to Sunland Park on December 30, 2018 for a 98 speed index. The precocious freshman had won her trial for the 18th running of the $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park. heat by nearly 4 lengths. Zee James sizzled through the stretch for He will try to become the first 3-time World Champion Quarter the lucrative triumph and earned a hefty $186,314 for owners Robert Horse since Go Man Go and Shue Fly. M. Driggers and Ben Lee Ivey. She returned $4.80 to win.

22 QUARTER HORSE JOCKEYS LEADING QUARTER HORSE JOCKEYS NAME STARTS 1ST 2ND 3RD WIN% $% Purses Manuel Gutierrez 121 26 16 10 21 43 $591,221 Esgar Ramirez 116 14 14 22 12 43 $357,358 Adrian A. Ramos 95 12 14 10 13 38 $413,770 Jose Luis Enriquez 85 12 9 12 14 38 $370,841 Raul Herrera 92 10 11 14 11 38 $495,648 Jaime Parga Leos 98 9 10 8 9 28 $367,832 Jose Enrique Ortiz 77 9 6 11 12 34 $187,809 Daniel Ruiz Amaya 60 9 6 5 15 33 $136,983 Roberto Meraz, Jr 26 9 3 2 35 54 $166,899 Oscar Cordova 56 8 5 4 14 30 $149,249

ESGAR RAMIREZ The masterful Esgar Ramirez is a record 9-time Sunland Park Quarter Horse jockey champion and rates as one of the world’s best. Ramirez earned his 9th Sunland Park riding title during the 2016-17 season with 26 wins. His horses earned nearly $650,000. In 2015, Ramirez won 43 races from 214 mounts and was 16 wins in front of his nearest rival. During the 2012-13 meet, he won the $203,148 West Texas Derby, the $126,512 Sunland Park Winter Quarter Derby and the $107,370 Bank of America New Challenge Championship. Esgar won 7 stakes races in 2011-12 including the $251,358 New Mexican Spring Futurity with Pj Chick In Black. Esgar also won the West Texas Derby and Sunland Winter Quarter Horse Derby. Ramirez won the 2010 All American Futurity and has been the leading rider at both Ruidoso Downs and Zia Park. Esgar and his wife, Veronica Alcarez Ramirez, have two sons – Esgar, Jr. and Eli. Esgar’s book is handled expertly by jockey agent Kathy Murphy. In 2016, Ramirez hit a career high at Ruidoso Downs winning both $2.4 million All American Derby with EC Jet One and the $3 million All American Futurity with Imperial Eagle. Esgar led the nation in Quarter Horse earnings topping $4.1 million in 2016 including a clutch score in the $200,000 Sunland Park Juvenile Championship aboard Imperial Eagle. In 2017, Ramirez gained a win in the $162,609 West Texas Derby with Wild Mares Milk. He won the 2018 West Texas Maturity with Imperial Eagle.

ADRIAN A. RAMOS Adrian A. Ramos garnered the title of leading Quarter Horse Jockey at Sunland Park in 2016, winning 22 races from 142 mounts. His mounts earned over $2.1 million over the last four seasons as Ramos excelled in big money stakes races. Ramos guided Zee James to a lucrative win in the $396,412 New Mexican Spring futurity last April. One of his career best wins came aboard Wagon Full of Gold in the 2016 Bank of America New Mexico Challenge. Ramos rode the upset winner for trainer Wes Giles in a terrific performance. Ramos enjoyed another lucrative score aboard Jess Cruzin on By in the $229,860 New Mexican Spring Futurity. Ramos rode Major Moonflash to victory in the 2016 New Mexico Classic Derby worth $199,621 at Zia Park. Adrian was among the top ten riders. Ramos rode Apolltical Chad to victory in the Ruidoso Quarter Horse Futurity in 2016. In 2017, horses ridden by Adrian Ramos had generated over $1 million. He rode Running Dragon to three straight stakes wins two seasons ago including the Shue Fly Stakes. Currently, Adrian is the 12th leading Quarter Horse jockey in the country. His horses have earned over $1.4 million in 2018.

SALVADOR MARTINEZ Not only is Salvador Martinez one of the leading Quarter Horse jockeys at Sunland Park, but he has become a premier riding powerhouse nationally. Salvador was ranked 14th in the nation with earnings nearing $1.7 million in 2015. He won two major stakes that year including the prestigious $198,924 West Texas Futurity (Gr. II) with Nucky. Sunland Park’s third leading Quarter Horse rider in 2015 won 28 races from 135 mounts resulting in a strong 21 percent winning clip. His mounts generated over $616,000 in earnings. In 2012, Martinez piloted Little Bit Southern to a driving win in the $85,000 Lou Wooten-Sydney Valentini Handicap and came back two weeks later to win the $126,512 Sunland Park Winter Quarter Horse Derby with Our First Corona. Martinez was the perfect teammate for AQHA Distance Champion All About Larry in 2013. The pair rocketed to a 4-length victory in the Red Cell New Mexico Challenge. Salvador’s versatile riding skills make him an attractive choice for New Mexico trainers. Martinez frequently rides for such top outfits as Mike Joiner and Paul Jones. Salvador had over 44 wins in 2017 and his mounts approached $1 million in earnings.

23 THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT SUNLAND PARK (GR I) 18th running to be held Sunday, December 30, 2018 $350,000 Guaranteed • 440 Yards • 3-Year-Olds & Older (QH)

TF IM THAT GUY 2017 WINNER

Tf Im That Guy parlayed a quick getaway into a major win in the 17th running of the $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park (GR I). Under red hot jockey Manuel Gutierrez, Tf Im That Guy got a huge jump on 2016 World Champion Jessies First Down at the start, and that was the key to victory for the 4-year-old First Down Dash stallion. The 7-1 shot held off a late rally from Once Over to win by a neck. Tf Im That Guy ran a flawless race and earned a much deserved victory for trainer Lorenzo Vega and owner Victor Diaz. He clocked the 440 yard distance in 21.49 seconds. The impressive stallion prospect earned $162,330, pushing his rich bankroll to nearly $700,000. His sterling record stands at 6 wins, 5 seconds and 5 thirds from 24 starts. 2016 West Texas Maturity winner Once Over was flying in deep stretch but came up just short. Defending champion Jessies First Down broke slowly and was bumped hard at the start. The favorite could only manage a third place finish. YEAR WINNER OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY DIST. TIME VALUE 2017 Tf Im That Guy Victor Diaz Lorenzo Vega Manuel Gutierrez 440 yd :21.49 $350,000 2016 Jessies First Down Ted Abrams Judd Kearl Rodrigo Vallejo 440 yd : 21.232 $350,000 2015 Zoomin Effortlessly Perrett Telesforo Edelmiro Carrizales Santos Carrizales 400 yd :19.349 $350,000 2014 Rcj Major Storm Alfredo Sanchez Alfredo Sanchez Jesse Lee Levario 400 yd :19.14 $350,000 2013 Feature Mr. Bojangles R.D. Hubbard & Heysol Howlet Paul Jones Cody Jensen 400 yd :19.612 $350,000 2012 Prospect to the Top Joel Tavarez Brandon Muniz Oscar Rincon 400 yd :19.033 $350,000 2011 Cold Cash 123 T. Bill Stables, Inc. C. Dwayne Gilbreath Roy Baldillez 400 yd :18.73 $350,000 2010 Noconi R.D. Hubbard & John T.L. Paul Jones Jacky Martin 400 yd :19.13 $350,000 Jones, Jr. Interests, Ltd. 2009 First Moonflash Amestoy & Gonzalez Andres Gonzalez Alejandro Medellin 400 yd :19.057 $350,000 THE SHUE FLY STAKES (RG III) 47th running to be held Sunday, January 26, 2019 $95,000 Added • 400 Yards • 3-Year-Olds (QH) EVERYBUDDYS TALKIN 2018 WINNER

Everybuddys Talkin picked a lucrative time to break her maiden by winning the 46th running of the $206,852 Shue Fly Stakes at 400 yards. Under jockey Raul Herrera, the three-year-old New Mexico Bred filly by Gonna Ro Sham Bo broke strongly and was in command early. The 7-1 shot turned the screws on her rivals and powered past Mountain Top Futurity winner Daddys Blushing to win by three-parts of a length. The Shue Fly victory was her first in 7 career starts. Everybuddys Talkin had recorded five second place finishes prior to the Shue Fly finale. The winner earned $97,221 for owner Eric Pineda of Odessa, Texas. Ricardo Armendariz trains the newly crowned stakes winner. The winning time was 19.62 seconds. Everybuddys Talkin paid $16.20 to win.

YEAR WINNER OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY DIST. TIME VALUE 2018 Everybuddys Talkin Eric Pineda Richardo Armendariz Raul Herrera 400 yd :19.62 $206,852 2017 Running Dragon By By JJ LLC Juan M. Gonzalez Adrian A. Ramos 400 yd :19.146 $205,973 2016 Carson City Girl David E. & Sandra K. Barrett Fred I. Danley Larry Gamez 400 yd :19.27 $190,119 2015 Moonstruck Love Jose Luis Ozona Paul Jones Joe Badilla, Jr. 400 yd :19.155 $201,609 2014 Woodys Allstar Brooks, Rushing and Lewis Mike Joiner Salvador Martinez 400 yd :19.067 $290,656 2013 Slew By You Valle Guadiana Corp. Juan M. Gonzalez Ramon Sanchez 400 yd :19.345 $252,796 2012 First Blazin Love Johnson, Saumell & Martinez Paul Jones G.R. Carter 400 yd :19.15 $286,364 2011 Quatro Menudos William McCarty, W.P. Wood Hermenegildo Aldavaz Salvador Martinez 400 yd :18.97 $313,502 & SW Paving & Grading, Inc. 2010 Mr Regard KH Logax, Inc. Juan M. Gonzalez Tony Guymon 400 yd :19.319 $338,638 2009 Lethal Delight P.K. Thomas Blane Wood Ricky Ramirez 400 yd :19.02 $334,257 24 WEST TEXAS FUTURITY (GR II) 61st running to be held Sunday, May 5, 2019 $100,000 Added • 300 Yards • 2-Year-Olds (QH)

SUZE RETURNS 2018 WINNER

Suze Returns surged in the final strides to win the 60th running of the $269,528 West Texas Futurity (GR II). The top qualifier validated her 2-1 favoritism with a strong effort in the finale. Under jockey Jamie Parga Leos, Suze Returns broke well but had to play catch up on a spirited All Sophia Wanted who gave her quite a battle in the 300 yard feature. Both fillies ran magnificently. Suze Returns found an explosive gear in the final 50 yards to eclipse All Sophia Wanted in a thrilling photo finish. Trained by Juan M. Gonzalez, Suze Returns won by a neck and remained unbeaten in two starts. She earned a hefty $126,678 for owner Joe Rios of El Paso, Texas. The winner is a two-year-old filly by High Rate of Return. She paid $6.20 to win. Suze Returns covered the distance in a fast 15.14 seconds, good for a 95 speed index.

YEAR WINNER OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY DIST. TIME VALUE 2018 Suze Returns Joe Rios Juan M. Gonzalez Jamie Parga Leos 300 yd :15.14 $269,528 2017 Suenos Dineros Victor Lozano Shae Cox Jose Luis Enriquez 300 yd :15.29 $230,131 2016 Eyema Blue Wagon Regal Racing Stables, LLC Albert Franco Sergio Becerra Jr. 300 yd :15.18 $217,904 2015 Nucky Julie and Denis Schoenhofer Justin Joiner Salvador Martinez 300 yd :15.052 $198,924 2014 Boi George Miguel & Mauricio Gallegos Gene Burden Adrian A. Ramos 300 yd :14.873 $267,651 2013 Wr Golden Eagle Rose Webb Roy Marcom Jr. Freddie Martinez 300 yd :14.862 $284,461 2012 El Duero R/T Stables Toby Keeton Agustin Silva 300 yd :14.68 $217,146 2011 Valiant War Hero Texas Broads Trey Wood Oscar Rincon 300 yd :14.59 $253,004 2010 No Dice Special Vwp, Jr. Inc. John Stinebaugh Salvador Martinez 300 yd :14.95 $302,339 2009 Varsity Girl Enrique Hernandez Ralph Muniz Ricky Ramirez 300 yd :15.18 $252,625 2008 Fast Prize Zoom Weetona Stanley & William E. Smith Wesley T. Giles G.R. Carter Jr. 300 yd :14.67 $300,958 2007 Wild Six Herman K. Mineer & Wesley T. Giles Tony Guymon 300 yd :14.95 $266,771 Lee A. Sherwood Partnership 2006 Jess Destined J&L Stables (J McBride et al) Carl W. Draper Oscar Hernandez 300 yd :15.24 $230,855 & Fredda Draper 2005 Leading Spirit Barry B. Thompson G. Blane Wood James Gonzales II 300 yd :14:92 $269,778 2004 A Stone Runaway Terry K. Wood Sam H. Howard Alvin Brossette 300 yd :15:18 $316,906 2003 Quik Jolla Jose & Victor Diaz Lorenzo Vega Jerry Yoakum 300 yd :15:06 $306,378 2002 Eye Opening Episode Sandra L. Erwin James Lackey Freddie Martinez 300 yd :14:93 $277,008 2001 Illusioneiress Miguel Caro Jose R. Gonzalez Sr. Jacky Martin 300 yd :15.02 $265,302 2000 Stoli Jackie Spencer Clair Greenwood Joe Martinez 300 yd :15.36 $180,649 1999 JP Streak Ivan Tafoya Jose R. Gonzalez Sr. David Mitchell 330 yd :17.06 $151,270 1998 Rabbits Rainbow James T. Lewter Timothy Cross Jerry Rodriguez 330 yd :16.60 $127,102 1997 Honor Ease R. Craig Iverson Jonna D. Rosa Nancy Summers 330 yd :16:72 $129,045 1996 Haulin Pass Doyle Norris G. Blane Wood Darrell Blevins 330 yd :16.70 $147,410 1995 Run Em Up Susan Alwan, Nelda Segotta Timothy Guidry Kenneth Hart 330 yd :16.52 $147,020 & Margaret Musso 1994 Andrews EZ Effort Frank & Mary Richardson Fred Danley Billy Peterson 330 yd :16.64 $74,765 1993 Six Kix James T. Armer Jack Brooks Kenneth Hart 330 yd :17.03 $114,642 1992 Mr Eye Opener Dale J. Smith Jack Brooks Kenneth Hart 330 yd :16.45 $154,115 1991 Special Task Ronald Shalz & E. Cersovsky Jack Brooks Jacky Martin 330 yd :16.72 $172,746 1990 Dashing Lion C. G. Porter Jim Brock Joe Martinez 330 yd :16.63 $192,267 1989 Johnnys Night Suzann Marney Alfred Fontenot Mike Lidberg 330 yd :16:61 $168,699 25 A Subsidiary of MY WAY HOLDINGS, LLC. RICK BAUGH - GENERAL MANAGER

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