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All American Futurity
The All American Futurity is a race for two-year-old American Quarter Horse racehorses run at Ruidoso Downs (track), Ruidoso Downs Race Track in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico on Labor Day. It is the last leg of the AQHA Triple Crown that has only been won once, by Special Effort in 1981. A $4 million bonus was once offered to the horse that could sweep all three Triple Crown races. It started in 1959, with a purse of $129,686.85.Ruidoso Downs History of the All American Futurity accessed on September 24, 2007 It has always billed itself as the richest race in American Quarter Horse racing;Wiggins ''Great American Speedhorse'' p. 59-65 in 1978, the purse was over a million dollars and in 1982, the winner's portion of the purse totaled over a million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Mexico State Fair
The New Mexico State Fair is an annual state fair held in September at Expo New Mexico (formerly the New Mexico State Fairgrounds) in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The event features concerts, competitions, rodeos, carnival rides, games, farm animals, horses, agriculture, art of the American Southwest, New Mexican cuisine, and New Mexico music. The Tingley Coliseum is on the fairgrounds. History The fair was first held in October 1881 under the direction of Elias S. Stover. Originally referred to as the territorial fair, it became a state fair in 1911 in anticipation of New Mexico's upcoming statehood. The original fairgrounds, also known as Traction Park, were southwest of Old Town Plaza and were promoted as a year-round destination by the Albuquerque streetcar company in order to boost ridership on their line. In 1917, the fair was canceled and replaced with a "great patriotic demonstration" marking the recent U.S. entry into World War I. Subsequently, the State Fai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocket Wrangler
Winner of the All American Futurity, Rocket Wrangler (1968–1992) went on to sire Dash For Cash. Life Rocket Wrangler was a 1968 son of American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame member Rocket Bar a Thoroughbred stallion. Rocket Wrangler was out of Go Galla Go, a daughter of another Hall of Fame member Go Man Go Go Man Go (1953–1983) was an American Quarter Horse stallion and race horse. He was named World Champion Quarter Running Horse three times in a row, one of only two horses to achieve that distinction. Go Man Go was considered to be of difficu ....Pitzer ''Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires'' p. 106 Racing career Rocket Wrangler won ten times on the racetrack, finishing second four times and third another four times, earning $252,167 in race earnings. His highest speed index was 97. He won the All American Futurity and the Rainbow Futurity, and finished second in the All American Congress Futurity. Breeding record After retiring, Rocket Wrangler went on to sire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports In New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also borders the state of Texas to the east and southeast, Oklahoma to the northeast, and shares Mexico-United States border, an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua and Sonora to the south. New Mexico's largest city is Albuquerque, and its List of capitals in the United States, state capital is Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe, the oldest state capital in the U.S., founded in 1610 as the government seat of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, Nuevo México in New Spain. It also has the highest elevation of any state capital, at . New Mexico is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, fifth-largest of the fifty states by area, but with just over 2.1 million residents, ranks List of U.S. states and terri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horse Races In New Mexico
The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, ''Eohippus'', into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began domesticating horses around 4000 BCE in Central Asia, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BCE. Horses in the subspecies ''caballus'' are domesticated, although some domesticated populations live in the wild as feral horses. These feral populations are not true wild horses, which are horses that have never been domesticated. There is an extensive, specialized vocabulary used to describe equine-related concepts, covering everything from anatomy to life stages, size, colors, markings, breeds, locomotion, and behavior. Horses are adapted to run, allowing them to quickly escape predators, and posses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refrigerator (horse)
Refrigerator (1988–1999) was an Appendix Quarter Horse racehorse who won the Champions of Champions race three times. He was a 1988 bay gelding sired by Rare Jet and out of Native Parr. Rare Jet was a grandson of Easy Jet and also a double descendant of both Depth Charge (TB) and Three Bars (TB). His dam was a daughter of Heisanative, a son of Raise a Native (TB) and a grandson of Native Dancer (TB).All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Refrigerator' During his race career he earned over $2 million and won twenty-two races, eleven of them stakes races. He won the 1990 All American Futurity The All American Futurity is a race for two-year-old American Quarter Horse racehorses run at Ruidoso Downs (track), Ruidoso Downs Race Track in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico on Labor Day. It is the last leg of the AQHA Triple Crown that has only been .... Nine of the stakes races were Grade I races.Refrigerator at Quarter Horse Directory' He was bred by Sonny Vaughn, and died in February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronas Ryon
Winner of the All American Futurity and the All American Derby, Ronas Ryon (born 1984) only finished off the board in a Quarter Horse race once in twenty-three starts, winning eighteen of his starts, and placing second in four.Staff "Hall of Fame" ''Quarter Horse Journal'' p. 53 Life Ronas Ryon was a 1984 son of Windy Ryon, out of a daughter of Three Bargains. Three Bargains was a son of Three Bars (TB). Ronas Ryon second dam was a descendant of Wimpy P-1.All Breed Pedigree of Ronas Ryon' He died in May 2000. Racing career Ronas Ryon started twenty-three times on the Quarter tracks, winning eighteen times, coming in second four times. He only finished off the board once. He won the 1986 All American Futurity. He also won the All American Derby and over $1,700,000.00 in racing earnings. Breeding record After retiring, Ronas Ryon went on to sire over a thousand foal A foal is an equine up to one year old; this term is used mainly for horses, but can be used for don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Effort
Special Effort (April 9, 1979 – March 11, 2006) was an American Quarter Horse stallion who won the 1981 All American Futurity. He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) Hall of Fame in 2008.Staff "Hall of Fame: Inductees Represent the Best of AQHA" ''Quarter Horse Journal'' p. 48 Life Special Effort was foaled in 1979 and was bred by Allen and Jeanette Moehrig of Seguin, Texas Seguin ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Guadalupe County, Texas, Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. The population was 29,433 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, and according to 2023 census estimates, the city is estima .... He was bought in 1981 by Dan and Jolene Urschel for $1,000,000. He won the 1981 Kansas Futurity, Rainbow Futurity and the All American Futurity to become a Triple Crown winner. Trained by Johnnie Goodman. In 1982, he won the Kansas Derby and was undefeated 13 for 13 going into the All American Derby, but finished third. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Date (horse)
Easy Date (born 1972) was an outstanding Quarter Horse racehorse and broodmare. Life Easy Date was a 1972 bay daughter of American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) Hall of Fame member Easy Jet out of a Thoroughbred mare named Spot Cash. Spot Cash was a descendant of Teddy and Man o' War.Easy Date Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree Database accessed on October 6, 2007 Racing career Easy Date won the 1974 as well as the 1975 Rainbow Derby and the 1975 Golden State Derby. She was named AQHA World Champion Quarter Running Horse in 1975, and the 1974 AQHA Champion Quarter Running Two-Year-Old Filly. During her race career, she w ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Jet (horse)
Easy Jet (1967–1992) was a racing champion American Quarter Horse. He was one of only two horses to have been a member of the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Hall of Fame as well as being an offspring of members. Easy Jet won the 1969 All American Futurity, the highest race for Quarter Horse racehorses, and was named World Champion Quarter Race Horse in the same year. He earned the highest speed rating awarded at the time—AAAT. After winning 27 out of his 38 races in two years of racing, he retired from the race track and became a breeding stallion. As a sire, he was the first All American Futurity winner to sire an All American Futurity winner, and went on to sire three winners of that race, and nine Champion Quarter Running Horses. Ultimately, his ownership and breeding rights were split into 60 shares worth $500,000 each—a total of $30 million. By 1993, the year after his death, his foals had earned more than $25 million on the racetrack. Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque ( ; ), also known as ABQ, Burque, the Duke City, and in the past 'the Q', is the List of municipalities in New Mexico, most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, Bernalillo County. Founded in 1706 as ' by Santa Fe de Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, and named in honor of Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque and List of viceroys of New Spain, Viceroy of New Spain, it was an Old Town Albuquerque, outpost on Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, El Camino Real linking Mexico City to the northernmost territories of New Spain. Located in the Albuquerque Basin, the city is flanked by the Sandia Mountains to the east and the West Mesa to the west, with the Rio Grande and bosque flowing north-to-south through the middle of the city. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Albuquerque had 564,559 residents, making it the List of United States cities by population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goetta (horse)
Goetta was the World Champion Quarter Running Horse for 1964, and for a time led the list of all time money-earning Quarter Horse racehorses.Nye ''Great Moments in Quarter Racing History'' p. 202-205 Life Goetta was a 1961 sorrel foal, sired by Go Man Go and out of a daughter of Leo named Etta Leo.Wagoner ''Quarter Racing Digest'' p. 437 Her dam was out of a daughter of Band Play, and the third dam descended from Peter McCueGoetta Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree retrieved on June 30, 2007 Racing career Goetta raced for three years, with thirty-one starts. She won twenty-two of her starts, placing second twice and was third twice. The |
Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico
Ruidoso Downs is a city in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located within the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 1,824 at the 2000 census and 2,815 at the 2010 census. Originally incorporated as a village, it became a city in May 2002. Known locally as "the Downs", Ruidoso Downs is a suburb of adjacent Ruidoso and is a part of the Ruidoso Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city, located along U.S. Route 70, is named after the Ruidoso Downs Race Track, which is located in the city along with the Billy the Kid Casino and the Hubbard Museum of the American West. History According to a local Ruidoso Downs historian, early on Hispanos settlers called the area "San Juanito". The settlers began arriving in the early in the late 1840s, and introduced rodeo and horse racing to the area. Originally the area had scattered farms and ranches, with the Dowlin Mill constructed in 1868. A new wave of families arrived after the Lincoln County War. By around 1907 the ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
