Let go at 39-1 odds, Hez Our Rock stormed home a narrow winner in the $86,854 West Texas Maturity at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday.

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Queen Greeley made short work of her rivals in the $50,000 Island Fashion Stakes at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday. The El Paso Times Stakes winner delivered a signature performance with an expansive 4 and 1/4 length victory in her first test at one mile.





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After a stirring stretch drive with stablemate Raise The Bridle, Storming Saint was placed first through disqualification in the $100,000 Borderland Derby sponsored by Casa Ford at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday.

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Dismissed at nearly 15-1, One Hot Mecanic outran his odds and sped to a neck victory in the $125,000 NMHBA Quarter Horse Stakes at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Sunday.



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Under a cool ride from Alejandro Medellin, La Sorpresa finished with a flurry to win the $100,000 Sydney Valentini Handicap at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday.

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Red Lead rocketed to a commanding 2-length win in the $50,000 Curribot Stakes at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Sunday. Under a thoughtful ride from 5-time Sunland Park riding champ Ken Tohill, Red Lead surged from off the pace to earn his first career stakes win.


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Stormy Express bounced back nicely from a 4-month layoff to take a driving win in the $50,000 El Diario Stakes on Saturday at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. Racing at nearly 6-1 odds against a stellar field of fillies and mares, Stormy Express broke alertly and quickly assumed a stalking position down the backstretch run of the six and one-half furlong race.



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Dismissed at over 10-1 odds, American Classic surged in deep stretch to gain a dramatic victory in the $50,000 Budweiser Stakes at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday.


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Rylees Boy exploded in deep stretch to win the $50,000 KOFX-Radio Handicap at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday.

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Trained by red hot Todd Fincher, Queen Greeley launched a wide run on the far turn to take an upset win in the $50,000 El Paso Times Stakes at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Sunday.

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Chuchuluco made his Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino debut a winning one and scored a dominating two and one-quarter length victory in the $125,000 Pepsi Cola Stakes on Saturday.

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The superlative filly Glory Be Mine dominated her foes by over 4 lengths to capture the $125,000 La Senora Stakes on Saturday at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. Under a cool ride from jockey Martin Bourdieu, the New Mexico-bred sensation slipped through along the rail down the backstretch and secured her stranglehold on the 6 furlong stakes race for three-year-old New Mexico-bred fillies.



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Arthur Pegg, the 2009-10 Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino Responsible Gaming Scholarship Award winner, conducted responsible gaming training meetings at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Monday and Tuesday.



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Black Hills mowed down his rivals with a devastating kick and rolled to a dominant 3-length win in the $50,000 Winsham Lad Handicap at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino at Saturday. Under jockey Catalino Martinez, Black Hills handed Song of Navarone his first defeat over Sunland Park soil since 2006.



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Enchanted Outlaw stormed home to a dominating four and one-half length victory in the $100,000 Albert Dominguez Memorial Handicap at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Sunday. The former $5,000 claimer served notice to his route prowess by snapping the four-year reign of Some Ghost in this race.


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Mr Regard steamrolled to an impressive three-quarter length victory in the 38th running of the $338,638 Shue Fly at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday. Let go at nearly 7-1 in the betting, the sharp grey son of Chicks Regard poured on the pressure early and gained an unassailable lead mid-way through the 400 yard dash.



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Kentucky Derby winning owner Mark Allen wins

$131,707 Sunland Winter Quarter Horse Derby with Time for a Cigar

Double Eagle Ranch and Mark Allen sweep the day with

Templar Knight in the $224,407 Sunland Winter Quarter Horse Futurity

Stealth Cat finishes fast to win $50,000 Bold Ego Handicap



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Huntin The Trash won the eighth running of the $125,000 Red Hedeman Mile on Saturday at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. Under an expert ride from jockey Mark Villa, Huntin The Trash generated an emphatic move around the turn for home and swept to the front. The two-year-old colt by Halory Hunter drove past a determined effort from arch rival Rig’s Runner and won by one-length.



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First Moonflash defended his title with a courageous victory in the $350,000 Grade 1 Championship at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday. The sensational brown stallion by First to Flash became the first horse to win the Championship at Sunland Park twice in its nine runnings.



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Blazin N Shakin takes repeat win $125,000 Lou Wooten Handicap

King’s Water Lily dominates in $125,000 Enchantress Stakes




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Under jockey Ricardo Jaime, Mr Frenchman closed stoutly to win the $125,000 Challenger Six Handicap at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday.





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Cattleman Prospect takes nose victory in $125,000 Johnie L. Jamison Stakes

Happy Me cruises in $125,000 New Mexico State Racing Commission Handicap

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Harold Payne, general manager of Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino, was named El Paso’s Sportsman of the Year for 2009 in an article in El Paso Inc. newspaper.


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First Moonflash roars home in $125,000 Jess Burner Memorial Handicap

Happy Humor wins $50,000 KLAQ Handicap




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The $800,000 Sunland Derby has achieved Grade 3 status following an announcement made today by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association in Lexington, Kentucky.



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