The "other" big showdown on a Sunday filled with huge horse racing stakes races at Sunland Park is the Oaks. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has dominated this race with five wins over the last seven years, and he plans to send another top filly to compete in Awesome Baby...
On Sunday, 85 total qualifying points, $800,000, and a trip to the Kentucky Derby are on the line for the 12th running of the Sunland Derby. Leading trainers Bob Baffert and Todd Pletcher are each sending a pair of contenders to Sunland to race in the Derby...
This live racing season, Team 600 is teaming up with Sunland Park Racetrack to offer our radio listeners a little extra edge in trying to correctly handicap the live races. Eric Alwan, the longtime Director of Publicity at Sunland Park Racetrack is offering us his selections before every race day...
Daddy Nose Best closed with a furious late charge to win the $800,000 Sunland Derby (Gr. III) in front of a throng of 18,384 fans and stamped himself a ticket for this year’s Kentucky Derby.
First, it was Mine That Bird's miracle win at the 2009 Kentucky Derby. That one race launched the Sunland Derby into graded status for the first time in the race's history. Today's shocking win by Ruler On Ice at the Belmont Stakes gives another huge push to Sunland Park Racetrack.