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The fourth Land of Enchantment card and New Mexico Cup day highlight Zia Park’s 2016 stakes schedule that, all told, includes 32 races for both thoroughbreds and quarter horses totaling $3,850,000 in purses. Zia’s 56-day meet will get underway on September 10 and run through December 13.
The Land of Enchantment day on November 23 will again serve as the centerpiece of the Zia Park meet and is led by the fourth running of the $300,000 Zia Park Oaks for three-year-old fillies run at 1 1/16 miles. West Point Thoroughbred’s Lavender Chrissie won the 2015 edition of the Zia Park Oaks, which came on the heels of Fox Hill Farm’s Cassatt’s triumph in 2014. The $200,000 Zia Park Derby and $150,000 Zia Park Championship round out the six-figure unrestricted stakes for thoroughbreds. A trio of quarter horse races, including the $150,000 Zia Park Quarter Horse Championship (G1) and $140,000 New Mexico Quarter Horse Filly & Mare Championship (RG1) will also be run on Land of Enchantment day once again.
While the Zia Park Oaks and Zia Park Derby may lure some of the country’s top sophomores to the track on November 23, the richest racing on the Zia Park schedule will be October 30 with the New Mexico Cup lineup featuring the top New Mexico-breds in training. With $1,810,000 in total purses, the 12 stakes on New Mexico Cup day represents nearly half the monetary value of the meet’s stakes calendar. The 8 thoroughbred stakes are headlined by the $180,000 New Mexico Classic Rocky Gulch Championship, while the $170,000 New Mexico Classic Quarter Horse Championship (RGI) leads the 4 quarter horse stakes.
Zia Park’s Land of Enchantment card, as well as Penn National’s Fabulous Strike card later in the day on November 23 will be the final events in the 2016 Penn Gaming Racing Challenge, which, ties together 22 stakes races worth more than $5 million purse money at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley, Sam Houston Race Park, and Zia Park. The Challenge includes tie-ins between groups of races in the series, as well as bonuses and prizes that include free nominations, refund of entry and starter fees, and trips to the PNGI owned M Resort in Las Vegas.
All owners, trainers, and jockeys who participate in the unrestricted stakes on the designated event days will receive two points. Additionally, points are awarded for Top 5 finishes in varying scales, based on the value or grade of the race. The additional points range from the 25 received as a result of a win in a Grade 2, to one (1) point for a fifth place finish in an unrestricted stakes race worth between $50,000 and $75,000.
At the end of the Challenge, the owner, trainer, and jockey with the most points will each receive two round-trip airfare tickets and a three-night stay at the 390 room M Resort located on South Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas. In addition to the travel rewards, the owner and trainer accumulating the most points at the end of all six events will have their entry and starting fees refunded in any unrestricted stakes race run at a PNGI thoroughbred track in 2017, with the exception of Penn National itself.
The 2016 Penn Gaming Challenge was won by owner Fox Hill Farms, trainer Mike Maker and jockey Javier Castellano.
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