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Ruidoso Downs Race Track will open its summer meet as scheduled on Friday, May 22^nd, with the trials for the first leg of the Quarter Horse Triple Crown – the Ruidoso Futurity and Derby.

The Grade 1, $1-million Ruidoso Futurity Trials will run on Friday, May 22 and Saturday, May 23. There are 277 two-year-olds entered in the trials with 14 350-yard trials each day. Post time is noon on Friday and Saturday. The horses with the five-fastest times from each day of Ruidoso Futurity trials qualify to advance to the Ruidoso Futurity on June 7. The two-year-olds with the next five-fastest times may race on the $100,000 Ruidoso Juvenile on June 7.

Memorial Day Weekend racing continues on Sunday with the Grade 1, $950,000 Ruidoso Derby trials and concludes on Memorial Day with the $40,000 John Andreini Memorial Stakes. Post time is 1 p.m. on Sunday and Monday. The horses with the 10-fastest times from the trials earn a spot in the 400-yard Ruidoso Derby and the horses with the next 10-fastest times are eligible to race in the $100,000 Ruidoso Sophomore Stakes. Both races are on June 6.

Ruidoso Downs will begin racing without fans in attendance. Simulcast broadcasts and online betting will be available for fans. Visit your favorite ADW product to wager on the trials all weekend. A date has not been set for when fans and owners will be allowed to attend the races as there is currently a Public Health Order in place that limits mass gatherings due to COVID-19.

Until further notice, only NMRC licensed training staff, jockeys and track officials will be allowed on the premises. Ruidoso Downs has developed an operational protocol for barn area occupants and will enforce those efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by requiring daily temperature and health screenings. Everyone will also be required to wear a face...

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1/ST chairman and president Belinda Stronach together with Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Saturday that Preakness 145 will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md.
The announcement was made during NBC Sports’ nationally televised broadcast, The Middle Jewel: American Pharoah’s Run to the Triple Crown. The Preakness Stakes, typically held on the third Saturday in May was postponed in March due to the coronavirus pandemic and, as previously announced, will not include InfieldFest. Plans for Black Eyed Susan Day, traditionally held the day before the Preakness, will be announced at a later time.

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May 18, 2020

Unhurried early from her rail post position, Smiling Shirlee, under confident handling from Mike Smith, came running late to overhaul a well meant Bella Vita in taking Saturday’s $150,000 Evening Jewel Stakes at Santa Anita.  Trained by Jeff Bonde, the 3-year-old daughter of Smiling Tiger got six furlongs in 1:10.49, which was .26 of a second slower than Big Sweep’s final clocking in the Evening Jewel’s counterpart, the Echo Eddie, which was run two races earlier.

     Sponsored by the CTBA, the Evening Jewel is part of the lucrative Golden State Series for eligible California-bred or sired horses.

     A one mile state-bred allowance winner on March 6, Smiling Shirlee, who is owned by Edward Brown, Jr., Alan Klein and Phillip Lebherz, had been Cal-bred stakes place on three occasions and notched her first stakes victory today in her eighth career start.

    “What a race she ran,” said Smith, who was aboard for the first time today.  “I thought that if she ran back to her last race, she’d be hard to beat today.  The two (Bella Vita) ran a big race but my filly dug in and got the job done.” 

     The second choice at 7-2 in a field of 10 sophomore fillies, Smiling Shirlee paid $9.60, $5.00 and $3.40.

    “We had the extra time off and she’d been training extremely well for this race,” said Bonde.  “We were concerned with the rail, but Mike fit this filly like a glove, he really did.  Like I say, she’d been training well and she rewarded us today.”

   Bred in California by Premier Thoroughbreds, LLC, Smiling Shirlee, who is out the Grand Slam mare Whobetterthanus, bagged $90,000 for the win, increasing her earnings to $239,220 and her overall mark to 8-3-2-1.

     Ridden by Umberto Rispoli, Bella Vita sat second around the turn, was three-deep at...

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We are happy to say that live racing (without spectators) will return to MGM Northfield Park on Tuesday evening, May 26, post time 6:00 (Eastern).

The May live racing schedule will consist of four dates (post time 6:00 Eastern for all of them) –

Tuesday, May 26

Wednesday, May 27

Friday, May 29 (added card — not originally on calendar)

Saturday, May 30

June calendar remains unchanged at this time.

We hope everyone is as excited about the return of live horse racing as much as we are! Thank you for your continued support of IdaBet.com! We appreciate you!