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COVER STORY

An All American weekendGet the scoop on what’s happening at the track on the biggest racing weekend of the season. 3

GET THE FACTS

All American Futurity and Derby fact sheetsExperts break it down for you on all of the qualifying horses. 4,6

UP CLOSE

Meet the trainers and the horsesFuturity and Derby trainers talk about their horses that will compete this weekend. 8,12

NM WINE FESTIVALS

Wine festivals kick off this weekendTwo wine festivals close to home promise fine New Mexico offerings this year. 25

After the All American weekend races, celebrate at Billy’s Sports Bar & Grill at the RuidosoDowns Racetrack and Casino with great country music by the Yarbrough Band, Saturday andSunday nights starting at 7 p.m. No cover charge.

Cover story: 3 YOUR WEEKEND: 14-15 Events Calendar: 27 On Stage: 27

CLUB SCENE

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The flags are flying red, white andblue as you drive into the complex ofRuidoso Downs Race Track and Casinofor the running of the richest quarterhorse race in the world this weekend,the $3 million All American Futurity, onLabor Day.

“This is what it’s all about,” said presi-dent and general manager Shawn Hub-bard. “So many owners, trainers, jock-eys and our employees prepare all yearlong for Labor Day weekend. We’reready to put on a great show for thefans.”

The horseracing is the centerpiece.There will be $7 million in stakes eventscovering the four racing days startingwith first post Friday through Sunday atnoon.

The featured races include the $2.5million All American Derby to be run onSunday, and the main attraction occurson Labor Day itself with the running ofthe $3 million All American Futurity.The Labor Day first post time is 12:30p.m.

Imperial Eagle, owned by CharlesRobinson of Southern Pines, North Car-olina, was the fastest qualifying two-year-old in the All American Futuritytrials two weeks ago.

The gelding is trained by Tony Sedilloand has even more local ties — FreddaDraper, longtime resident of Ruidoso

Downs, owns the mother of the horse,Jenuine Joy.

Fredda’s late husband Carl passedaway in December of last year. “Heloved that mare so much,” Fredda said.“We noticed that there seemed to be a lit-tle tailwind at just the right time whenImperial Eagle was about to step in thegates for his trial race. I think that wasCarl doing that.”

The All American will be run at 5:20p.m. Monday afternoon and can be seenby a statewide and national televisionaudience. RIDE-TV, which is availableon Dish Network, is broadcasting therace live throughout the country, whileKASA FOX Channel 2 will be broadcast-ing the race live throughout New Mex-ico.

“The interest in the All American andRuidoso Downs racing continues togrow throughout the nation,” said Hub-bard. “This race places our communityin a positive light in households acrossthe country and gives our community atremendous amount of positive publici-ty.”

For fans who love to play the slot ma-chines, Billy the Kid Casino will revealthe winner of the summer’s biggest pro-motion.

On Sunday evening, one lucky racingfan will win a 2016 Chevy Silverado Z711500 from Sierra Blanca Motors. Thetruck is valued at approximately $38,000and will be the featured prize of a specialdrawing to be held at 10 p.m. Those who

earn drawing tickets must be present towin the pickup truck.

The annual Ruidoso Downs SelectYearling Sale will be held in the horseauction arena immediately followingthe races Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The public is invited to come andwatch next year’s potential superstarsgo through the auction ring and poten-tially find a new owner with a dream.

General admission to the races isfree. Fans are encouraged to come earlyto the races each day to beat the trafficand find a great place to watch all the ac-tion. For more information, telephone575-378-4431.

Horse racing

COURTESY

Flags are flying at the Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino for the running of the richest Quarter Horse race in the world this weekend.

All-American time at Ruidoso DownsTIM KEITHLEYFOR THE RUIDOSO DOWNS RACE TRACK

COURTESY

General admission to the horse races is free.

RUIDOSO DOWNS - The ultimateweekend of racing – headed by theGrade 1, $3-million All American Futu-rity and the Grade 1, $2.4-million AllAmerican Derby – closes out the sum-mer season at Ruidoso Downs over La-bor Day weekend.

In addition to the races, the RuidosoSelect Yearling runs on Fridaythrough Sunday nights following theraces each day. It is quarter horse rac-ing’s premier yearling sale.

There will be special post times foreach day. The first post will be 12 p.m.on Friday through Sunday and 12:30p.m. on Monday. Here is a rundown ofthe daily stakes racing action:

Friday, September 2, noon first posttime

» $20,000 Bill Reed Stakes at 870yards

Saturday, September 3, noon firstpost time

» $15,000 Ruidoso Sprint ClaimingStakes

Sunday, September 4, noon firstpost time

» $2.4-million All American Derby» $200,000 All American Gold Cup» $191,077 Rio Grande Senorita Fu-

turity» $100,000 First Down Dash» $15,000 Red White And Blue

Claiming StakesMonday, September 5, 12:30 p.m.

first post time» $3-million All American Futurity» $500,000 All American Juve-

nile$152,974 Rio Grande Senor Thor-oughbred Futurity

» $50,000 Ruidoso New Mexico-Bred Thoroughbred Championship

» $15,000 Labor Day ClaimingStakes

At the track

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Big events are set at Ruidoso Downs.

Rundown of dailystakes racing atRuidoso DownsTY WYANTFOR THE RUIDOSO DOWNS RACETRACK


58th Running of the Grade 1 All American Futuri-ty.440 yards Monday, purse: $3,000,000, winner’sshare: $1,500,000.Equals all-time record purse forAll American Futurity. The largest purse for anytwo-year-old race in the world.The five-fastest two-year-olds from the first trialday, August 19, join the five-fastest two-year-oldsfrom the second trial day, August 20, in the AllAmerican Futurity finals. There were 15 440-yardtrials each day.FIRST-DAY QUALIFIERS(In qualifying time order, with trial jockey)Fastest qualifierFirst day, :21.499 for 440 yards, Imperial Eagle, agelding by One Famous Eagle and out of JenuineJoy. A $48,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Salegraduate. Winner of the 15th of 15 trials by one-and-three-quarters lengths. Moved up to second in Grade 2,$207,000 West Texas Futurity. Dam is restrictedGrade 1 winner with earnings of $387,230.Owned by Charles Robinson of Southern Pines,N.C. Bred by Fredda Draper of Ruidoso Downs.Trained by Tony Sedillo. Ridden by Esgar Ramirez.Second-fastest qualifierFirst day, :21.510 for 440 yards, The Marfa Lights,a son of One Famous Eagle and out of Your FirstMoon. A $145,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Salegraduate. Winner of the fifth of 15 trials by two-and-three-quarter lengths. Winner of his latest two starts. Dam is two-year-old champion Your First Moon, who has pro-duced champion Moonist and 2016. Grade 1winner Moonin The Eagle. This is direct family ofthe Vessels Stallion Farms’ foundation mare DoGood. Owned by Beth and Michael Harper of SanAntonio, Texas. Bred by Vessels Stallion Farm.Trained by Jim Helzer. Ridden by Larry Payne.Third-fastest qualifierFirst day, :21.615 for 440 yards, Magical Jess, agelding by One Sweet Jess and out of Magic AndRhythm. Winner of the second of 15 trials bythree quarters of a length. Second in $71,000Desert Classic Futurity and third in $100,000Ruidoso Juvenile. Dam is restricted Grade 1winner with earnings of $116,545. Owned by UgoDe La Torre of Norco, Calif. Bred by Eg HighDesert Farm. Trained by Mario Loza. Ridden byJoe Badilla Jr.Fourth-fastest qualifierFirst day, :21.648 for 440 yards, Koolnfamous, agelding by One Famous Eagle and out of KoolFire. Winner of the ninth of 15 trials by one-and-one-half lengths. Won maiden in fourth start with trial win. Sec-ond dam is half-sister to champion Kool KueBaby. Owned by Gene White DVM, Wayne Met-calfe and Jerry Cate of Midland, Texas. Bred byJerry Cate. Trained by Toby Keeton. Ridden byEsgar Ramirez (G.R. Carter Jr. expected in futuri-ty).Fifth-fastest qualifierFirst day, :21.705 for 440 yards, Volcoms Lady, afilly by Volcom and out of Lethal Class. Winner of

the 14th of 15 trials by a neck. Won her maiden inthird start in All American Futurity trial. Half-sister to Grade 3-placed Lethal Factor. Owned byTyler Graham of Elgin, Texas. Bred by P.K. Thom-as. Trained by Toby Keeton. Ridden by EsgarRamirezSECOND-DAY QUALIFIERS(In qualifying time order, with trial jockey)Fastest qualifierSecond day, :21.500 for 440 yards, Coronas FirstDiva, a filly by Corona Cartel and out of Spit CurlDiva. Winner of the 14th of 15 trials by one-and-one quarter length. Won the Oklahoma Futurity and qualified forHeritage Place Futurity. Dam is champion and$829,000 earner. Owned by Sara Leann Morganof Edmond, Okla. Bred by Lepic-Mixer Part-nership. Trained by Charles “Duke” Shults. Rid-den by James A. FloresSecond-fastest qualifierSecond day, :21.643 for 440 yards, One Hot Habit,a filly by Walk Thru Fire and out of Jess AnotherHabit. Winner of the fourth of 15 trials by a neck. Qual-ified for Grade 1, $1-million Ruidoso Futurity.Dam is Golden State Million finalist and half-sister to champion Old Habits. Owned by TurnerFarms of Blanco, Texas. Bred by Vessels StallionFarm. Trained by Paul Jones. Ridden by EduardoNicasio. Third-fastest qualifierSecond day, :21.667 for 440 yards, One FamousBeau, a gelded son of One Famous Eagle and outof Jumpn Beau Chick. A $45,000 Ruidoso SelectYearling Sale purchas. Winner of the eighth of 15 trials by two lengths.Winner of last two outs after second by a nose indebut. Scratched from Rainbow Futurity due to hoofabscess. Dam was restricted Grade 3 winner.Owned by Pat Guthrie, Billy Smith, Trevor Smith,Paul Blanchard and Fred Grooms. Bred by Francis-co Javier Garza. Trained by Mike Joiner. Riddenby Cody Jensen.Fourth-fastest qualifierSecond day, :21.685 for 440 yards, ApollticalChad, a gelded son of Apollitical Jess and FastPrize Tracy. A $38,000 Ruidoso Select YearlingSale graduate. Second in the fourth of 15 trialsbehind One Hot Habit. Winner of Grade 1, $1-million Ruidoso Futurity.This is the direct family of prolific producer FirstPrize Dash. Owned by Nueve Racing (nine ownersfrom six states). Bred by Weetona Stanley andW.E. Smith. Trained by Wes Giles. Ridden byAdrian A. Ramos.Fifth-fastest qualifierSecond day, :21.689 for 440 yards, Gamey TeesCos, a son of Tee Cos and Lethal Gamey Girl. A$50,000 supplemental nominee. Second in the 14th of 15 trials behind CoronasFirst Diva. Placed third in West Texas Futurity.Second dam is stakes winner See Me Runaway.Owned by Arturo Reyes and Isidro Reyes ofDallas, Texas. Bred by Richard Ortego. Trained bySalvador Soto. Ridden by Manuel Gutierrez.

Horse racing

Fast facts about theAll American Futurity


43th running of the Grade 1 All American Derby.Purse, $2,414,691; winner’s share: $1,014,170; runon Sunday.(In qualifying order, with qualifying jockey)Fastest qualifier:21.189 for 440 yards. Volcom Bay, a daughter ofVolcom and Miss Lethal. First in the 12th of 13 AllAmerican Derby trials by two-and-one-halflengths. Was second in Grade 1, $1,038,631 RuidosoDerby. Half-sister to $453,701 earner Lethal De-light, dam of All American Futurity. winner JMMiracle. Owned by Bennie and Teresa Jeter ofAlvarado, Texas. Bred by P.K. Thomas. Trained byJudd Kearl. Ridden by Jose Amador Alvarez.Second-fastest qualifier:21.274 for 440 yards. EC Jet One, a colt by TheLouisiana Cartel and out of Pretty Girl Perry. Win-ner of the seventh of 13 trials by one length. Won the $204,000 South Florida Derby and the$390,000 Hialeah Derby. On five-race winningstreak and has won seven of nine starts. Half-brother to stakes-placed Alizee. Owned and bredby Enrique Carrion of Veracruz, Mexico. Trained byJudd Kearl. Ridden by Esgar Ramirez.Third-fastest qualifier:21.301 for 440 yards. Boogies Special Dash, agelded son of Walk Thru Fire and Boogie Special.Winner of the 11th of 13 trials by one-and-one-halflengths. Second in Grade 1, $1,224,488 RainbowDerby. Owned by Kenneth Ruthardt of Bledsoe,Texas. Bred by Jaime Gomez. Trained by EddieWillis. Ridden by Cesar GomezFourth-fastest qualifier:21.309 for 440 yard. One Fabulous Eagle, a son ofOne Famous Eagle and Ladys Heart Of Gold. A$75,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale purchase.Winner of the eighth of 13 trials by a neck. Won $100,000 Corona Cartel, second by a neck in2015 All American Futurity and third in RuidosoFuturity. Winner of five of eight starts. Dam is fullsister to Los Alamitos Championship winnerStrength In Numbers. Owned by Darling Farms ofLamont, Okla. Bred by Christine Hudson. Trainedby Eddie Willis. Ridden by Cesar Gomez. Fifth-fastest qualifier:21.312 for 440 yards. First Fancy Racy, a filly byCarters Cartel and out of First Down Racy. Fifth-fastest qualifier to the 440-yard All AmericanDerby. Winner of the fourth of 13 trials by two-and-three-quarter lengths. Second in Texas Classic Futurity.Dam is half-sister to champion Miss Racy Jess.Owned by Aldai Transport of Alice, Texas. Bred bySunflower Supply Company. Trained by Judd Kearl.Ridden by Jose Amador AlvarezSixth-fastest qualifier:21.333 for 440 yards. Brave Heart Won, a geldedson of Apollitical Jess and Fols Zookie Cookie. Winner of the 10th of 13 trials by one-half length.Second in Black Gold 440 Championship. Half-brother to three graded stakes winners. Owned byDwayne Saucier and Michael Taylor. Bred by LuisMiguel Albores Gleason. Trained by Judd Kearl.Ridden by Jose Amador AlvarezSeventh-fastest qualifier

:21.351 for 440 yards. A Fulton Classic, a gelded sonof Corona Cartel and Fashionisanattitude. A$35,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale purchase.Winner of the ninth of 13 trials by three quartersof a length. Won maiden in second start in AllAmerican Derby trial. Dam earned $422,000 andwas second in All American Futurity. Owned MarkSoto of Monahans, Texas. Bred by Joe Kirk and/orMerle Fulton. Trained by Juan A. Torres. Ridden byJose Enrique Ortiz. Eighth-fastest qualifier:21.363 for 440 yards. First Valiant Sign, a geldedson of Valiant Hero and First Painted Sign. A$100,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale purchase.Second in the eighth of 13 trials by a neck behindOne Fabulous Eagle. Won the Ruidoso Futurity, second in the RainbowFuturity, fourth in the All American Futurity andfourth in the Rainbow Derby – all Grade 1. Half-brother to Remington Park Derby winner A Tres OfPaint and stakes winner Apollitical Sign. Owned byScott Bryant, Joe Dee Brooks, R.D. Hubbard andDerrol Hubbard. Bred by The Mixer Ranch. Trainedby Mike Joiner. Ridden by Cody Jensen.Ninth-fastest qualifier:21.393 for 440 yards. Jess Envision, a daughter ofApollitical Jess and Answer The Dream. Second inthe10th of 13 trials by one-half length to BraveHeart Won. Qualified for the Remington ParkOklahoma-Bred Derby and the Heritage PlaceDerby. Half-sister to stakes winner Empty Arms andLos Alamitos Two Million qualifier TreasuredDreams. Owned and bred by J. Garvin Kelly, NancyYearsley and J. Lloyd Yother of Culver City, Calif.Trained by Juan Aleman. Ridden by EduardoNicasio.10th-fastest qualifier:21.406 for 440 yards. Celtic Emblem, a daughter ofApollitical Jess and Three Green Leaves. Winner ofthe fifth of 13 trials by a neck. Won Easy Jet Stakes and qualified for RemingtonPark Oklahoma-Bred Futurity and the HeritagePlace Derby. Dam is Grade 2 stakes winner. Ownedand bred by Kelly/Yearsley Equine of Culver City,Calif. Trained by Juan Aleman. Ridden by EduardoNicasio.

Horse racing

Fast facts about the All American Derby

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The All American Derby will run on Sunday.


Here is what the train-ers are saying about thenine finalists in the 440-yard, $3 million All Amer-ican Futurity to be run onMonday at RuidosoDowns:

Imperial Eagle was topqualifier in a time of:21.499 by winning the 15thand final trial race on dayone for trainer Tony Sedil-lo. “We had one racehorsein the entire futuritytrials,” said Sedillo. “Ahorse of this caliberdoesn’t come along veryoften, especially going 440yards. We think we’ve gotsomething special here buteveryone knows that thereis so much luck involvedwhen you’re talking aboutwinning the All American.We like our chances withthis him — I f he’ll run hisrace back in the final.”

Coronas First Diva wasfastest in day two of thetrials in a 14th race with a

time of :21.500 for trainerDuke Shultz. “This filly hasdone everything perfectlysince we started workingher back in the spring inOklahoma,” said Shultz.“She’ll need to break fromthe gates like she knowshow to do — that’s hergame. We were very pa-tient with her at Reming-ton to keep the number ofstarts to a minimum eventhough she qualified foreverything we put her inand always pointed her to-ward the All American.She has the talent to winit.”

The Marfa Lights wonthe fifth race on day one oftrials in a time of 21.510 fortrainer Jim Helzer.“They’ve got him to outoutrun,” said Helzer. “Thiscolt is so athletic and intel-ligent with magnificentpedigree. He’s exactlywhat you’re looking for ifyou’re trying to win the AllAmerican. He came backfrom the trial like it wasnothing — wouldn’t haveblown out a match by the

time he got to the winner’scircle. He’s really fit andprepared — you could askhim to do anything — buthe really takes care of him-self.”

Magical Jess won thesecond trial race on dayone in a time of 21.615 sec-onds for trainer Mario Lo-za. “We feel so lucky andfortunate to have quali-fied,” said Loza. “He was astakes finalist at Turf Para-dise in the spring and ranthird in the Ruidoso Juve-nile, so we know that ourhorse is talented.”

One Hot Habit won theforth trial race on day twoin a time of 21.643 secondsfor trainer Paul Jones. As-sistant trainer Lisa Samu-ell said: “We knew thishorse could run from theday we started workingher back on the ranch.She’s the one that I had myeye on for all this time. Sheproved she could run in theRuidoso trials and so we’vebeen pointing her towardthe All American trials allsummer. Her stride to so

long that she covers theground beautifully and shehas a great attitude. Shelikes what she does.”

Koolnfamous won theninth race of day one qual-ifying in a time of 21.648seconds for trainer TobyKeeton. “I told the ownerswhen we started breakinghim that we had somethingspecial with this horse,”said Keeton. “He’s beenfairly slow in comingaround, but he’s just a two-year-old and has so muchpotential right now. He’sbeen leaving tardy fromthe gates but I assure youthat as soon as he figuresthat out we’re going to

All American Futurity

Imperial Eagle, Coronas First Diva are top qualifiers

See TRIALS, Page 10V

TIM KEITHLEYFOR THE RUIDOSO DOWNS

RACETRACK

PHOTOS COURTESY/GAY HARRIS

The Marfa Lights

Volcoms Lady

One Hot Habit

Imperial Eagle


have a champion. He’s ex-tremely quick once he getsrolling — and I feel like thelight finally came on forthis horse when he wasracing in the trials.”

One Famous Beau wonthe eighth race in day twoof the trials in a time of21.667 seconds for trainerMike Joiner. “This horsehas been just plain unluckythus far,” Joiner said. “Hehad the fastest time in thesecond day of the Ruidosotrials and them came upwith an abscess in his foot,so we scratched him andtook good care of him allsummer.

That foot healed up andhe ran great in his trialrace. Now he’s sitting on goand we’re expecting him torun a big race back in thefinal.”

Apolltical Chad fin-ished second in the fourthrace behind One Hot Habiton day two in a time of21.685 seconds for trainerWes Giles. “After winningthe Ruidoso Futurity wedecided to rest him for theAll American,” said Giles.

“This horse has been somuch fun to be around be-cause he has nine differentowners and they all arehaving a great time withthe process. He makes menervous when he runs be-cause he has so much tal-ent and ability that he canwin the All American —you just hope things goyour way.”

Volcoms Lady won theninth race on day one ofqualifying in a time of21.705 seconds for trainerKeeton. “She’s one rank fil-ly,” said Keeton.

“We had a devil of a timetrying to train her when wefirst started because shewould buck and get mad.But she has continuouslyimproved over time andright now she appears to bepeaking at just the righttime.

I wouldn’t count her out— she can run.”

TrialsContinued from Page 8

Coronas First DivaApolltical Chad

PHOTOS COURTESY/GAY HARRIS

Magical Jess

One Famous BeauKoolnfamous


Here is what the trainers are sayingabout their horses in the 440-yard $2.5Million All American Derby to be runon Sunday afternoon at RuidosoDowns:

Volcom Bay was top qualifier in atime of 21.189 second in the 12th qualify-ing race for trainer Judd Kearl. “She’s asuper filly that was the fastest qualifierfor the Ruidoso Derby in June and shecame back to finish second in the finalbehind Jess Good Candy. She neededthroat surgery after that race but reallybounced back great in the All Americantrials. She’ll be tough to outrun.”

Ec Jet One won the seventh qualifyingrace with the second-fastest time of21.274 for trainer Kearl. “He got into alittle trouble leaving the gates but still

got out in front after about three jumpsin his trial,” Kearl said. “He was the kingof Hialeah in the spring winning their

Derby and the South Florida Derby too.He’s got six wins in eight starts-- and wethink this colt will get better in his sec-ond local start.”

Boogies Special Dash won the elev-enth qualifying trial in a time of 21.301.“If this guy jumps out in front it’s goingto be tough for any to get in front of him,”Kacey Willis said. “He has that type ofgrit and determination. When he wastwo, I could never get him right. But he’sreally coming into himself as a threeyear old—he’s got the talent—just needsa little luck against this field of horses.”

One Fabulous Eagle won the eighthtrial in a time of 21.309 seconds. “Wewere a neck away from the All AmericanFuturity last Labor Day, and this colt hasbeen faster and more focused this sea-son,” Willis said. “He’s a monster, andprobably one of the top three 440-yardquarter horses in the country. If every-thing goes our way, it’s his race.”

First Fancy Racy won the fourth racein a qualifying time of 21.312 seconds fortrainer Kearl. “The filly was second inthe Texas Classic last November thenhas a minor surgery and rested all win-ter. She was paid up for the All Americanso we were pointing her for this race allalong. She’s doing super and has someexplosive speed out of the gate to likelykeep her out of trouble.”

Brave Heart Won was the tenth trialrace winner in a qualifying time of 21.333seconds to mark trainer Kearl’s fourthstarter in the Derby. “He qualified withno local experience. His owners sent himto us after making the finals of the FireCracker Derby at Delta Downs and he’s

qualified for some nice stakes races as atwo year old. He thought he’d do well outhere in the cooler air and he was right.We’re lucky and fortunate to have a for-ty-percent shot to win the trophy fromour barn, but it’s the All American Der-by—a very tough race to win.”

A Fulton Classic won trial race nine ina time of 21.351 for trainer Juan Torres.“He’s amazing and we’re just thrilled tobe in the race,” he said. “He’s had onlytwo lifetime starts and just blasted downthe race track in the trial—we can upsetthe field.”

First Valiant Sign finished second toOne Fabulous Eagle in the eighth race ina time of 21.363 seconds for trainer MikeJoiner. “This will be his fifth Grade-1 fi-nal of his career,” Joiner said. “That’s anincredible accomplishment, especiallyfor as many horses and trial races that he

All American Derby

Volcom Bay, Ec Jet One lead pack in qualifiers

See DERBY, Page 13V

COURTESY/GAY HARRIS

Volcom Bay

Trainers commenton trial performance

TIM KEITHLEYFOR THE RUIDOSO DOWNS RACE TRACK

FILE

One Fabulous Eagle


has competed against over the past twoseasons. The colt is as sound and consis-tent as any horse I’ve seen. The colt is go-ing to give you every inch of effort whenhe leaves those gates every time—I canpromise you that.”

Jess Envision was runner-up to BraveHeart Won in the tenth trial finishing in atime of 21.393 seconds for trainer JuanAleman. “We won this race last seasonwith Apollitical Blood, so we’re going forback-to-back wins on Sunday,” Alemansaid. “It’s a blessing to get two horses inthe final. Once you qualify for the race,it’s all even again when they go in thestarting gate.”

Celtic Emblem won the fifth trial in atime of 21.406 seconds to qualify Ale-man’s second entry into the Derby. “Weknew we were on the bubble as the tenthfastest time, so we were very happy toget the second ticket,” Aleman said. “Thetrack conditions changed through theday and got faster in the later trials, sohaving a qualifying time from the fifthrace that day tells us that our horse willbe very competitive in the final.”

DerbyContinued from Page 12

COURTESY/GAY HARRIS

Boogies Special Dash


FRIDAY

Foreigner in concert at Innof the Mountain Gods

8 p.m. at Inn of the Mountain Gods,Carrizo Canyon Road. Don’t miss thelegendary rock band ‘Foreigner’Performing hit songs, “I Want toKnow What Love Is,” “Feels Like theFirst Time” and “Waiting for a GirlLike You.” See the RHS choir performlive with Foreigner. innofthemountaingods.com

FRIDAY-MONDAY

All American Futurityweekend at Ruidoso Downs

Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Billythe Kid and Casino, 1461 Hwy 70E.Ruidoso Downs. Ruidoso DownsRace Track presents the world’s rich-est Quarter Horse race. The All Amer-ican Derby Final will be Sunday andthe All American Futurity will beMonday.raceruidoso.com

SATURDAY

The Fab Four - The ultimateBeatles tribute show

8 p.m., Spencer Theater, Alto. Featur-ing four stellar musicians performingas John, Paul, George and Ringo, TheFab Four is elevated far above everyother Beatles tribute due to theirprecise attention to detail fully recre-ates the inspiring soundtracks of ourlives.spencertheater.com

Five more things to do

Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino will give

away a 2016 Chevy Silverado Z71 1500 from Sierra

Blanca Motors this Sunday evening as part of the fun of

All American weekend! To win the Silverado, play the

slot machines at Billy the Kid Casino with your Re-

wards Club card inserted to earn ten points based on

play. The points may be redeemed for a ticket for the

random drawing that will be held. You must be present

to win. Patrons may have as many drawing tickets as

possible. “This has been one of the most successful pro-

motions we’ve had in some time,” President and Gener-

al Manager Shaun Hubbard said. “We invite everyone

to come out Sunday evening and have their name in the

drum to win this fantastic prize.”

Sunday

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Weekend entertainment atSacred Grounds

Sacred Grounds Coffee House, 2704Sudderth Drive, Open mic nightWednesday from 6:30 to 10 p.m.with host Trad Tidwell. Free livemusic Friday and Saturday, NoonTunes, from noon to 2 p.m. withclassical guitarist Gerardo Capdev-ila. Live music Saturday, 7 p.m. Jazzbrunch Sunday noon to 3 p.m. Freemovie Sunday, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY

Monroe Jackson andLawrence Baca showcase

10 a.m. at The Adobe Fine Art, 2905Sudderth Drive. Monroe Jacksonand Lawrence Baca will be hereshowcasing expansive collections ofnew work on the Saturday of LaborDay Weekend.

SATURDAY

LCFA Benefit Ranch Rodeo

3 p.m. at Lincoln County FairGrounds, Capitan. Brisket dinner, abarn dance with a live band and apie auction. All proceeds benefitthe Cowboy Crisis Fund.

SATURDAY

New Ground concert atTwo Rivers Park

11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Two RiversPark, pavilion 2. The SouthernGospel group from Graham, Texashave been singing together formore than two decades and inspireaudiences where ever they per-form. Bring a lawn chair to enjoythe free concert.

SATURDAY

Eagle Scout Project OpenHouse and Reception

From 10 a.m. at Fort Stanton. Slidepresentation of Dalton Lenzo'sEagle Scout project. BSA Troop 59will host a flag retirement cere-mony at noon at the fire pit on theupper tier across from the museum.

TUESDAY

Art Jam Art Party withJohn Terrell at Art Ruidoso

6 p.m. at Art Ruidoso Gallery, 2809Sudderth Drive. Join resident artistJohn Terrell and create your own,unique abstract painting using avariety of tools and techniques. Call575-808-1133 for more information.

Pick up a Chevy Z71 1500 fromSierra Blanca Motors this weekend

Featur-

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SATURDAY-SUNDAY

2016 All American Gun andWestern Collectible Show

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Ruidoso Conven-tion Center. See 180 tables of every-thing that relates to guns as well ashunting equipment, knives, cowboygear, saddles, blankets, spurs, west-ern relics, Indian artifacts, jewelry,coins and much more. Tickets are $6for adults. Children 12 - under free.trekwest.com/gunshow

SUNDAY

End of Summer Bash at Innof the Mountain Gods

Inn of the Mountain Gods. The familyevent will have concessions and acarnival atmosphere. Car pooling isencouraged. Shuttles run from 3 p.m.to midnight from designated parkingareas. Jumping balloons, 3 to 8 p.m.;concessions, 3 to 9 p.m.; live music; 5to 9 p.m. and fireworks, 9 p.m. innofthemountaingods.com


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All American Futurity runner-up OneFabulous Eagle and the always danger-ous First Valiant Sign, who finished firstand second in their trial, are set for a re-match among a deep group of three-year-olds in the Grade 1, $2,414,691 All Amer-ican Derby on Sunday afternoon at Rui-doso Downs.

There is a special 12 noon first posttime.

Sunday’s program is loaded with im-portant stakes races. Also on the card arethe Grade 1, $200,000 All American GoldCup and the $100,000 First Down Dash forquarter horses. The $191,077 Rio GrandeSenorita Futurity brings out the premiertwo-year-old fillies.

Darling Farms’ One Fabulous Eaglecame within a neck of winning last year’sGrade 1, $3-million All American Futuri-ty. The One Famous Eagle-sired colt hasreturned this summer and shown topform.

One Fabulous Eagle has won his latest

three starts, including the $100,000 Coro-na Cartel. The Eddie Willis-trained coltearned his berth in the 440-yard AllAmerican Derby with a neck win in histrial over First Valiant Sign.

First Valiant Sign, a $100,000 purchaseat the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, hasbeen a warrior for owners Scott Bryant,Joe Dee Brooks, R. Lee Lewis, R.D. Hub-bard and Derrol Hubbard while earning$795,799.

The Valiant Hero-sired gelding was atribute to consistency last year. He wonthe Grade 1, $750,000 Ruidoso Futurity,was second by a neck in the Grade 1, $1-million Rainbow Futurity and fourth inthe Grade 1, $3 million All American Fu-turity. It is rare that a horse can qualify toall three futurities at Ruidoso Downs.

This year, he was fourth in the Grade 1,$1.2 million Rainbow Derby as the 8-5 fa-vorite. The Mike Joiner-trained geldingthen sustained the close defeat behindthe late-running One Fabulous Eagle intheir All American Derby trial.

Volcom Bay, one of four horses thattrainer Judd Kearl placed in the All

American Derby, impressed with a two-and-one-quarter-length win in the 12th of13 trials. Her time of :21.189 was the fast-est-qualify mark.

The Kearl-trained attack on the AllAmerican Derby also includes second-fastest qualifier Ec One Jet, fifth-fastestqualifier First Fancy Racy and sixth-fastest qualifier Brave Heart Won.

Bennie and Teresa Jeter’s Volcom Bayhas done her best work this summer atRuidoso Downs. The daughter of Volcomfinished second to Jess Good Candy inthe Grade 1, $1,069,000 Ruidoso Derby inher start before the All American Derbytrials.

The post positions for the All Ameri-can Derby will be determined on Thurs-day.

The All American Gold Cup, also at440 yards, brings out the best older quar-ter horses.

The Gold Cup attracted an excellentfield, including El Duero, Zoomin Effort-lessly and Jessies First Down.

HWD Racing Stables’ El Duero haswon his latest four races. In his most re-cent start, the gelding by Oak Tree Spe-cial stepped forward and won the $30,000Higheasterjet Handicap by one length.

Trainer Hemerio Hernandez will haveRaul Herrera aboard with the fourth postposition.

Telesforo Perrett’s Zoomin Effortless-ly tries to make up for a disqualificationin the Remington Park Championship inthe Gold Cup. He won seven-consecutiveraces, including six stakes race, beforehis disqualification.

Zoomin Effortlessly’s most importantwin was a in the Grade 1, $350,000 TheChampionship at Sunland Park in Janu-ary.

The Edelmiro Carrizales-trained Zoo-

min Effortlessly starts from the thirdpost position with Santos Carrizales up.

Ted Abrams’ homebred Jessies FirstDown is ready for the Gold Cup afterstorming to a two-length allowance winin a quick :19.255 for 400 yards. The FddDynasty-sired gelding took the $50,000Sam Houston Classic two starts ago.

Trainer Kearl has Cody Jensen upwith the inside post position.

The 440-yard First Down Dash is forthree-year-olds that did not qualify forthe All American Derby.

Two Feathers Series, LLC’s Stevie BFirst Cash, a $119,000 Ruidoso SelectYearling Sale purchase, finished third inthe Rainbow Derby and then was a closesecond in his All American Derby trial.

The striking son of First Down Dashand Spit Curl Diva has finished in the top-three runners in each of his latest sixstarts.

Trainer Bret Vickery will have JoseAmador Alvarez aboard with the num-ber-one post position.

The five-and-one half furlong RioGrande Senorita Futurity shapes up asthe Todd Fincher show. He has an excep-tional group of two-year-olds and quali-fied seven of the 10 Senorita Futurity run-ners.

One of Fincher’s impressive winnersin the Senorita trials was R.D. Hubbard’shomebred Sippin. The Swissle Stickdaughter won her maiden in her only oth-er start and then got through on the rail totake her Senorita trial by seven lengthsover the Fincher-trained Miss Twister.

Sippin covered the five-and-one-halffurlongs in 1:04.74 with Christian Santia-go Reyes up. It was the fastest time fromthe four trials.

Reyes up be the rider from the insidepost position.

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The Mike Joiner-trained First Valiant Sign won his Rainbow Derby trial and finished fourth toValiant Rogue in the finals as the 8-5 choice.


Retired 10-time national championjockey G.R. Carter Jr. is back exercis-ing racehorses and will ride Koolnfa-mous in the Grade 1, $3-million AllAmerican Futurity on Labor Day.

Carter Jr. has two All American Fu-turity wins and is the all-time leadingquarter horse jockey with 3,803 winsand his mounts earned more than $70million.

He retired last December to enterthe oil pipeline business and will returnto his business after the All AmericanFuturity.

He has not ruled out riding horses infuture major stakes races.

Two weeks ago, Carter Jr. went toRemington Park and worked horsesfor two days.

“I lost nine pounds and decided towait and see what happens in the AllAmerican,” Carter said after gettingon six horses during his first day of ex-ercising horses at Ruidoso Downs on

Friday.“I have to pull about another 10

pounds, but that shouldn’t be a prob-lem. I have plenty of time. I feel reallygood on a horse. I was expecting to be alittle sore.”

The mount on Koolnfamous becameavailable after his trial jockey, EsgarRamirez, qualified three horses to theAll American Futurity.

He will ride Imperial Eagle, fastestqualifier on the first of two days on AllAmerican Futurity trials. There were30 440-yard trials with 15 trials eachday.

Carter Jr. hasn’t ridden Koolnfa-mous, however expects to get on him inthe next several days for trainer TobyKeeton. “I’ve watched replays of hisraces and he looks like he likes 440yards,” Carter Jr. said.

For complete Ruidoso Downs’ infor-mation, go to raceruidoso.com, visitthe Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Ca-sino Facebook page and follow the Rui-doso Press Box (@RuiPressBox) onTwitter.


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G.R. Carter Jr. is back exercising racehorses.

RIDE-TV, a horse-focused televi-sion network that can be seen on DishNetwork and other outlets throughoutthe nation, will be providing live cov-erage of the $2.5 million All AmericanDerby and the $3 million All AmericanFuturity this weekend.

“We are proud to be partners withthis new network that has been featur-ing our major horse races all season,”President and General Manager ShaunHubbard said. “This is a new avenue toshowcase our signature races and weare thrilled with the association.”

Also, the $3 million All AmericanFuturity will be broadcast live on KA-SA Fox Channel 2 out of Albuquerque.It marks the first time in the history ofthe race that the All American is re-ceiving statewide television coverage.

The KASA Fox Channel 2 broadcastwill air starting at 5 p.m.

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Nueve Racing’s Apolltical Chad, win-ner of the Grade 1, $1-million Ruidoso Fu-turity, brings that stakes-winning expe-rience into the Grade 1, $3-million AllAmerican Futurity during a stakes dom-inated program on Monday at RuidosoDowns.

The Labor Day program is the finalracing day of the summer season. Thereis a special 12:30 p.m. first post time onMonday.

There is always free parking and freegeneral admission at Ruidoso Downs.

The entertaining Labor Day programalso offers the $500,000 All American Ju-venile for quarter horses. The thorough-bred stakes are the $152,974 Rio GrandeSenor Thoroughbred Futurity and the$50,000 Ruidoso New Mexico-bred Thor-oughbred Championship. ApollticalChad, a gelding by Apollitical Jess, isowned by a group of nine people from sixdifferent states and they have a total of203 years of experience in horseracing.

Their horse moved to the forefront of thetwo-year-old division when he steppedup and won the Grade 1, $1-million Ruido-so Futurity by a gutty head over A Reve-nant, who went on to win the Grade 1, $1-million Rainbow Futurity.

Trainer Wes Giles and ApollticalChad’s owners decided to pass on theRainbow Futurity trials and concentrateon the All American Futurity, which of-fers the largest purse of two-year-oldrace in the world.

That decision paid off when ApollticalChad made a late run and barely missedwinning his All American Futurity trial.One Hot Habit got the qualifying win in:21.643 for the 440 yards while ApollticalChad was timed in :21.643 and earnedspot in the futurity.

There were two days of All AmericanFuturity trials. Imperial Eagle set thefastest-qualifying time in the first day oftrials while Coronas First Diva grabbedthe top-qualifying time during the sec-ond day of trials.

Charles Robinson’s Imperial Eagle,one of four horses in the All American

Futurity sired by One Famous Eagle,scored his third-consecutive win whenhe took his All American Futurity trialby one-and-three-quarter lengths in:21.499.

The Tony Sedillo-trained Imperial Ea-gle was moved up to second place in theWest Texas Futurity before starting hiscurrent winning streak.

Sara Leann Morgan’s Coronas FirstDiva, a filly by Corona Cartel, topped thesecond-day qualifiers with a :21.500 timewhile winning her trial by one-and-three-quarter lengths.

Coronas First Diva has proven stakesclass with a win in the $440,000 Oklaho-ma Futurity and then a fifth-place run inthe Grade 1, $1,083,000 Heritage PlaceFuturity for trainer Charles “Duke”Shults.

One of the two-year-olds creating a lotof “buzz” at Ruidoso Downs is Beth andMichael Harper’s The Marfa Lights, anelegantly bred son of One Famous Eaglethat was purchased for $145,000 at theRuidoso Select Yearling Sale.

The Marfa Lights made his third startin the All American Futurity trials. Heboldly accelerated in the final 100 yardsto win his trial by two-and-three-quarterlengths with a time of :21.510. He is im-proving with every start and the big,strong colt relishes the quarter-mile dis-tance.

The $500,000 Ruidoso Juvenile had apurse increase from $200,000 last yearand it attracted an excellent field of two-year-olds that did not qualify for the AllAmerican Futurity.

The Juan Medina-owned and -bredTeller Baja won her first four starts be-fore finishing a close second behind Vol-coms Lady in their All American Futuri-ty trial. The Teller Cartel-sired TellerBaja won the $888,000 Remington ParkOklahoma-bred Futurity during her ca-

reer-opening winning streak.Trainer Judd Kearl will have Jose

Amador Alvarez aboard with the eighthpost position.

Paragon Farms, LLC’s Tough To Beewas in the battle to win the Ruidoso Futu-rity, however came up a neck short andfinished third. The Blane Wood-trainedgelding won his All American Futuritytrial by three quarters of a length.

Ricky Ramirez has the mount onTough To Bee with the third post posi-tion.

The two thoroughbred stakes have areal opportunity to be won by full broth-ers. Another Brother, in the five-and-one-half furlong Senor Futurity, andThermal, in the six-furlong RuidosoThoroughbred Championship, are eachsired by Attila’s Storm and out of HangGlide. Each horse is owned by R.D. Hub-bard and trained by Todd Fincher.

Another Brother, the 1-9 favorite inhis Senor Futurity trial, lived up to thoseodds. He made a three-wide move on theturn and then drew out to win by fourlengths under Glen Murphy.

Murphy retains the mount and theyhave the sixth post position.

Thermal has earned $453,332 and is aproven stakes competitor against NewMexico-breds. In his previous race, the$50,000 Sierra Blanca Handicap, thegelding made a big move to finish sec-ond.

Alfredo Juarez Jr. rides Thermalfrom the sixth post position.

Tony Sedillo and Leroy Martinez’s D ELover got the win in the Sierra Blancaand is back in the Ruidoso ThoroughbredChampionship. The gelding was in astriking position and then kicked clear towin by one-and-one-half lengths as thefavorite. D E Lover will be ridden byChristian Santiago Reyes with the fourthpost position.


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Apolltical Chad brings stakes-winning experience into the $3 million All American Futurity.


The Marfa Lights haveshined in Texas for a longtime. Now they shine inNew Mexico.

Sent to post as the fa-vorite in the fifth heat onthe first day of trials forthe All American Futurity(G1), The Marfa Lightsscored by two-and-one-half lengths in :21.510 for440 yards.

The sorrel colt by OneFamous Eagle is trainedby former AmericanQuarter Horse Associa-tion president Jim Helzer.

“I wish I was the ownerof this colt, but I’m not,”said Helzer, with a laugh.“But anyway, it would benice to win the All Amer-ican as a trainer, too.”

As an owner, Helzerwon the 1990 All Ameri-can Futurity with Refrig-erator, who was condi-tioned by Dwayne“Sleepy” Gilbreath. BothHelzer and Refrigeratorare in the American Quar-ter Horse Hall of Fame.

The Marfa Lights isone of five All Americanqualifiers with only threecareer races to its name.With Larry Payne in theirons each time, the coltfinished fourth in his firststart, a May 27 trial to theGrade 1, $1-million Ruido-so Futurity, but bouncedback to a neck win in anon-qualifying time in theJuly 8 trials to the Grade 1,$1-million Rainbow Futu-rity.

“We started breakingthe colt in late Novem-ber,” Helzer said. “I calledthe Harpers in Decemberand said I believe you’vegot a runner here. We hadonly been riding himthree weeks at that point,but he was so athletic andso smart.”

Helzer took The MarfaLights to Remington Parkat the end of March.

“I called (jockey) Lar-ry (Payne) and said, hey, Ithink I’ve got a prettydarn nice horse here,” hesaid. “We need to breezehim and if you’re interest-ed, come by and we’llbreeze this colt about 220.So I put another prettynice horse in there withhim, and that was the firstbreeze for both of them.

“We were just going tobreeze them 220, but thisbig boy works half a mile.So from that work on, he’sjust made steady im-provement, week byweek. We got him up toRuidoso, and started himin the Ruidoso (Futurity)trials. He had his headturned to the side whenthey kicked the gate andhe broke dead last, but ranup there to get fourth.There was no need to pushhim because he wasn’t go-ing to have the (qualify-ing) time, so Larry tookcare of the horse.

“Then we waited againuntil the Rainbow trials,”Helzer continues. “Triedhim again, and he had an-other bad start. He wasrunning dead last with 220yards or less to go, and hejust went flying and wonthat race. He didn’t go fastenough to qualify.

“Then we decided notto give him another raceuntil the All Americantrials,” he said. “Matter offact, I didn’t even breezehim between the Rainbowtrials and the All Ameri-can trials. You just can’ttake him like a normalhorse and breeze him 220.He’s gonna work half amile, regardless. Evenputting draw reins on himand with Larry anchoringhim down, he’s gonnawork half a mile, period.So I elected not to workhim. It’s all worked outright so far. Labor Daywill tell the story.”

The Marfa Lightsraces for Michael andBeth Harper, who live in

San Antonio, Texas, andhave a ranch near Marfa.The Harpers purchasedThe Marfa Lights for$145,000 at the RuidosoSelect Yearling Sale,when he went through thering as My First Selfie,and then changed hisname.

The sorrel colt isnamed for the famed Mar-fa Lights, which often ap-pear on clear nights be-tween Marfa and PaisanoPass in the Chinati Moun-tains of Presidio County inthe Big Bend region ofWest Texas, where theHarpers have their ranch.First described in the his-torical record more than130 years ago, the myste-rious balls of light seem tomove about, split apart,melt together, disappearand reappear. The Marfa

Lights have become sucha tourist attraction thatthe Texas highway de-

partment constructed aparking and viewing areaon the highway nine miles

west of Marfa. You canalso see The Marfa Lightson Labor Day at Ruidoso.


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The Marfa Lights, a $145,000 Ruidoso Select Sale purchase, raced the 440 yards in :21.510.


Charles E. “Chuck” Robinson hasspent a lifetime chasing the All Ameri-can dream.

That’s saying a lot. Robinson is 83. Hewill be represented by Imperial Eagle inAmerican Quarter Horse racing’s rich-est event, the Grade 1, $3-million AllAmerican Futurity on Labor Day at Rui-doso Downs

Imperial Eagle posted the fastest-qualifying time on the first of two days ofAll American Futurity trials.

“What a deal, something I’ve beenworking toward for the last 50 years.”said Robinson, who lives with wife Chris-tina at Southern Pines, North Carolina.“It’s pretty exciting, now that it’s hap-pened.”

Imperial Eagle stormed to the top ofthe qualifiers in the final of 15 trials onthe first day of qualifying with a :21.499time for 440 yards.

The gray gelding is trained by Tony

Sedillo and ridden by Esgar Ramirez.Robinson was not able to be there in

person. Injured in an accident, he wasleft paralyzed from the waist down, par-ticularly on his right side, from “a surgi-cal procedure that went bad, I guess youcan say. I can get around a little bit with awalker. But I’m not going on any hikes,for sure.

“So I don’t get to see much, unless it’son TV or video,” he said. “I’m handi-capped in my ability to get around. I can’tgo out and jump up and down and cheerthem on anymore. But I was jumping upand down inside.”

Imperial Eagle ran second on firstasking, in an April 15 trial to the WestTexas Futurity at Sunland Park. He fin-ished fifth in the final on April 30, but ul-timately was moved to second after post-race disqualifications for positive lab re-ports of the first-, third- and fourth-placefinishers. The West Texas disqualifica-tions also moved to third the sixth-placefinisher Gamey Tee Cos, who clocked thefifth-fastest qualifying time on the first

day of the All American trials.Taken to Ruidoso, Imperial Eagle won

his trials to the Grade 1 Ruidoso andRainbow futurities, however his timeswere not fast enough to qualify.

Robinson acquired Imperial Eagle for$40,000 at the 2015 Ruidoso Select Year-ling Sale.

Imperial Eagle was bred by FreddaDraper, whose deceased husband, Carl,trained 2004 All American winner DMShicago and 2007 winner Heartswideo-pen.

Imperial Eagle is by champion andleading sire One Famous Eagle, whosired the two-fastest qualifiers on thefirst day of trials and two qualifiers onthe on the second day.

“I had a very substantial offer for thehorse yesterday (Sunday, August 21),”Robinson said. “So I had the opportunityto make several hundred percent profiton the horse, but I chose not to do that.This is an once-in-a-lifetime deal righthere. I’ve been chasing it for a long time.And hopefully I’ll get in the circle.”

Handicapped or not, Robinson doesnot plan on watching the All AmericanFuturity on video.

“I plan to be in Ruidoso for the final,”Robinson said. “I’m a little slow gettingaround, but I’ve made arrangements foran airplane charter to take my wife andmyself and a couple other family mem-bers to New Mexico. As long as I’ve beenin quarter horse racing, my absolute goalwas to make it to the finals of the AllAmerican Futurity. I was beginning tothink I wasn’t going to make it. But itlooks like I’m going to be there.”


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Imperial Eagle will represent Robinson.

A deep field of 870-yard runners, in-cluding the come-backing A Tidal De-light, starts in the $20,000 Bill Reed Me-morial to start the ultimate weekend atRuidoso Downs on Friday afternoon.

The summer-long season concludeson Labor Day with the running of theGrade 1, $3-million All American Futuri-ty. The 440-yard classic offers theworld’s largest purse of any two-year-oldhorserace.

There are special post times through-out Labor Day weekend. On Fridaythrough Sunday the first post time is 12noon. On Labor Day, first post time is12:30 p.m.

Curtis Guss’ A Tidal Delight makeshis first start since last November at ZiaPark. The Wave Carver-sired geldingwon five-consecutive races before hisextended lay.

Trained by Chris Zamora, A Tidal De-light concluded his winning streak with aneck victory over 870 yards in a $28,000conditioned allowance race.

Owned by Javier Beltran, Tony Sedil-

lo and Tommy Galvez; Kingsbury in insharp form after winning the $20,000Bobby Crenshaw at 1,000 yards by three-and-three-quarter lengths as the favor-ite on July 30.

Francisco Giles rides the gelded sonof Fdd Dynasty with the second post po-sition.

On Saturday, the Ruidoso Sprint Thor-oughbred Claiming Stakes is held.

On Sunday, the Grade 1, $2.4 millionAll American Derby and the Grade 1,$200,000 All American Gold Cup top theprogram. Also contested will be the$100,000 First Down Dash the $191,077Rio Grande Senorita Futurity and theRed, White and Blue Claiming Stakes.

On Labor Day, the meet’s ultimateday, the Grade 1, $3-million All AmericanFuturity is run as quarter horse racingsignature race.

Backing up the All American Futuri-ty, is the $500,000 All American Juvenile,$152,974 Rio Grande Senor Futurity,$50,000 Ruidoso New Mexico-bred Thor-oughbred Championship, the Tribute ToThe Troops Quarter Horse ClaimingStakes and the Labor Day ThoroughbredClaiming Stakes.

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The All American Gun and WesternCollectible Show at the Ruidoso Con-vention Center returns Saturday andSunday has been a Ruidoso tradition for26 years and is one of a series of eventsand festivities surrounding RuidosoDowns Race Track’s $2 million AllAmerican Futurity run every LaborDay.

The show is just what the name im-plies, 180 tables of everything that re-lates to guns as well as hunting equip-ment, knives, cowboy gear, saddles,blankets, spurs, western relics, Indianartifacts, jewelry, coins and more.

Many vendors are always lookingfor new and different items so bringguns or collectibles for trade or to sell.

The show isn’t just for the men.Women also enjoy the show, findingthings that interest them includingjewelry, western collectibles and homedecor.

The All American Gun and WesternCollectable Show is produced by Spe-

cial Events Resource Group (SERG)that has a proven record of contribu-tions to the community and LincolnCounty as a whole. SERG is a non-profit501c3 New Mexico Corporation formedwith the purpose of providing funds tobenefit legitimate and recognized char-ities and fund education scholarshipsfor the youth of Lincoln County.

Since its inception in 1999, SERG hascontributed over $180,000 to LincolnCounty charities.

The contributions include $70,000for Lincoln County Scholarships and$16,000 for the Ruidoso Fire Station Fit-ness Center (Virgil Reynolds UnityGym).

Tickets are $6 for adults. Children12-and-under are free. Children under18 must be accompanied by a parent orguardian. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 5p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The Ruidoso Convention Center is lo-cated at 111 Sierra Blanca Drive.

Call 575-257-6171 or visit trek-west.com/gunshow for more informa-tion.

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The All American Gun and Western Collectible Show at the Ruidoso Convention Center returnsthis weekend. It has been a Ruidoso tradition for 26 years.

The 24th Annual Sierra BlancaFriends of NRA Event is coming soon.

The 2016 event will be October 1 at theRuidoso Convention Center. Doors openat 6 p.m. for games, raffles, silent andlive auctions and fun for all. This found-ing Friends of NRA event will featuresome of the top firearms in the countryand exclusive NRA merchandise. Thisyear’s firearms include our 2016 Gun ofthe Year from Montana Rifle Company;the American Legends .300 Win Mag Ri-fle, Henry Repeating Arms Golden BoySecond Amendment Tribute Edition andRemington’s 200th Anniversary Edition870 12GA Shotgun. Including firearmsfrom Ruger, Kimber, and more.

NRA exclusive merchandise rangesfrom the Freedom Flyer Scooter sure toentice the young at heart, to the NRAfour slice toaster, it even toasts NRA onthe bread. There is something for every-one. Some of the top items are a customfire pit, boot scraper, Amish conceal-ment table, reproduction wine decanterset, decoys, knives and a game-changingrifle scope for long range shooters.

In 2015 over 20 events were held inNew Mexico to help raise over $450,000

dollars to be used for local grants andNRA programs throughout New Mexico.Over $29,000 came back in local grants toLincoln County organizations includingyouth shooting programs, Lone TreeCamp, Capitan Hi Power Shooting Cluband Boys and Girls Club. More informa-tion about programs supported throughthe NRA Foundation can be found at pro-grams.nra.org

Tickets are available online at friend-sofnra.org/events/nm or you can contactany of the following Sierra Blanca Com-mittee Members; Kevin Post, 505-780-8592 or Bill Rodolph, 575-336-2754.

About Friends of NRAFriends of NRA is a grassroots fund-

raising program that fosters communityinvolvement to organize and, with helpfrom NRA field staff, plan communityevents for firearms enthusiasts. All netproceeds from Friends of NRA eventsare allocated to The NRA Foundation,the leading charitable organization insupport of the shooting sports. ThroughNRA Foundation grants for equipment,training materials, range improve-ments, and more, qualified local, state,and national programs receive aid to in-volve and inspire a new generation ofcompetitive shooters.

Friends of NRA 2016 event coming upRUIDOSO NEWS REPORTS


Legendary rock band Foreigner willperform a sold-out concert Friday at Innof the Mountain Gods.

With ten multi-platinum albums andsixteen Top 30 hits, Foreigner is univer-sally hailed as one of the most popularrock acts in the world with a formidablemusical arsenal that continues to propelsold-out tours and album sales, now ex-ceeding 75 million. Responsible for someof rock and roll’s most enduring anthemsincluding “Juke Box Hero,” “Feels LikeThe First Time,” “Urgent,” “HeadGames,” “Hot Blooded,” “Cold As Ice,”“Dirty White Boy,” “Waiting For A GirlLike You,” and the worldwide No.1 hit, “IWant To Know What Love Is,” Foreignercontinues to rock the charts almost 40years into the game.

Founded in 1976, Foreigner’s debut al-bum produced the hits “Feels Like TheFirst Time,” “Cold As Ice” and “Long,Long Way From Home.” The album Dou-ble Vision followed, as did a string of hitslike “Urgent,” “Juke Box Hero” and

“Waiting For A Girl Like You.” Thosesongs helped give Foreigner’s next al-bum, 4, its impressive run at #1 on the

Billboard chart. At the zenith of 80’ssound, Foreigner’s fifth album, AgentProvocateur, gave the world the incred-ible #1 global hit,” I Want To Know WhatLove Is.” This musical milestone fol-lowed the record-breaking song “Wait-ing For A Girl Like You.”

At Foreigner’s core is the founder andSongwriters Hall of Fame member MickJones, the visionary maestro whose sty-listic songwriting, indelible guitar hooksand multi-layered talents continue to es-calate Foreigner’s influence and guidethe band to new horizons. He reformedthe band after a 2002 hiatus and selectedlead singer Kelly Hansen to help write aninspired new chapter in the history ofForeigner. One of rock’s greatest show-men, Hansen is known for his innate abil-ity to connect with the crowds. As a frontman and lead vocalist, Hansen is amongthe most respected, consummate profes-sionals in rock and roll. With a 35-yearcareer that spans almost every area ofmusic, from the role of lead vocalist toproducing and engineering, Kelly hasthe unique ability to advance and excelwhen faced with new challenges.

Mick also brought in bassist Jeff Pil-son, multi-instrumentalist Tom Gimbel,guitarist Bruce Watson, Michael Blues-tein on keyboards, and Chris Frazier ondrums. An unprecedented new level ofenergy lead the group to a re-emergenceof astounding music that speaks to longtime Foreigner fans and younger gener-ations.

The Ruidoso High School choir willperform with the band singing their clas-sic hit “I Want To Know What Love Is.”

Foreigner will donate $500 to the choirfor appearing with the band and thechoir will sell Foreigner CDs at the con-cert to raise monies for Foreigner’s char-ity partner, The Grammy Foundation.

Both Foreigner and The GrammyFoundation are intent upon helping tokeep music education available to stu-dents as part of the core curriculum inhigh schools throughout North America.The entire proceeds of the choir’s CDsales from this show are contributed tothe initiative.

The band's latest CD, a three-disc setentitled Feels Like the First Time, fea-tures two CDs (one contains acousticversions of the hits and the other CD con-tains newly recorded studio versions ofthe hits), was released on Razor & TieRecords. Feels Like the First Time de-buted in the Billboard Top 200 chart atNo. 43, selling over 10,000 units.

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Foreigner makes it feel like the first timeRUIDOSO NEWS REPORTS

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Foreigner is responsible for some of rock and roll’s most enduring anthems including “Juke Box Hero” and “Feels Like The First Time.”

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Legendary rock band Foreigner performs for asold-out crowd Friday.


This Emmy Award winning stageshow includes three costume changesrepresenting every phase of the Beatlesevolving career – from their suit and tie“Ed Sullivan” debut era to their zany Ser-geant Pepper days and beyond.

It’s a truly loving tribute to The Beat-les that has wowed audiences around theworld, including sellout crowds in Japan,Malaysia, France, Hong Kong, The Unit-ed Kingdom, Germany, Mexico and Bra-zil.

Among their many credits, the band’sindividual performers have appeared onstages with Sir Paul McCartney, PeteBest, Bruce Springsteen, Tiny Tim, Pe-ter Noone, Micky Dolenz and John Fo-gerty; on TV, HBO, Showtime, Broadwaystages and with performance groups likethe Classical Mystery Tour.

Tickets are $39 to $89. A crispy cod and chips buffet begins

at 6 p.m. for $20. Visit spencetheater.comfor tickets.

Hear pitch-perfect renditions of clas-sics like “Yesterday,” “Hey Jude,” “Pen-ny Lane,” “Here Comes The Sun” and“Yellow Submarine” at 8 p.m. Saturdayat the Spencer Theater for the Perform-ing Arts.

The Fab Four recreates the very vibeof the British band that changed musicforever.

Featuring four stellar musicians per-forming as John Lennon, George Harri-son, Paul McCartney and Ringo Star –plus a masterful Ed Sullivan – The FabFour is elevated far above every otherBeatles tribute due to their precise at-tention to detail.

With uncanny, note-for-note, look-alike and sound-alike renditions of Beat-les’ classics, The Fab Four reunite theenthusiasm of the Beatles and recreatethe revolutionary soundtrack of ourlives.

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The Fab Four: The ultimate Beatles tribute

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The Fab Four will appear at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts.

Hear renditions of band’s classics Saturday

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Expect a big day of fun at the End ofSummer Bash at the Inn of the MountainGods Sunday.

“It has been an exciting summer filledwith great entertainers and wonderfulfamily events,” said Chief Operating Of-ficer Frizzell Frizzell, Jr. “We intend oncapping off the summer with a celebra-tion worthy of the incredible fun we’vehad the past few months.”

The family-friendly event begins at 3p.m. with jumping balloons ($10 per per-son) and concessions and at 5 p.m. guestscan enjoy live music on the lawn. Oncedusk settles in, fireworks will light thesky over Lake Mescalero as live musiccontinues to play in the background. Ad-mission to the bash is free.

With family-friendly fun, the Inn’s an-nual Labor Day party will feature con-cessions, jumping balloons, live musicon the lawn, fireworks and a midnightGlow Party for those 21-and-older.

The popular family-fun event invitesguests to celebrate summer coming to a

close.The festivities begin at 3 p.m. with a

variety of concessions and jumping bal-loons for the kids.

The excitement continues with entic-ing food and beverage offerings and livemusic beginning at 5 p.m.

Hear some great live music on thelawn from 5 to 9:30 p.m.

The evening comes to a close with themusically choreographed fireworks dis-play kicking off right around 9 p.m.

Visit InnoftheMountainGods.com fordetails and reservations.

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Fireworks will close the End of Summer Bash.


There’s one thing thatjockey G.R. Carter canrace against but neverbeat: Father Time.

He’s raced and beatenjust about everybody and

anything else, and on Monday one of themost popular and successful jockeys ofall time will come out of retirement toride Koolnfamous in the $3 million AllAmerican Futurity at Ruidoso Downs.

“I said when I hung up my saddlethat if the opportunity came up to ridein one of the big races like the All Amer-ican, I’d always leave the door open tocome back,” Carter said on “ New Mex-ico in the Morning” this week.

“That’s exactly what happened.(Trainer) Toby Keeton got a couple ofhorses into the final and I called himsaid if he needed anybody that I wouldbe available. I’m excited for the chanceto ride again.”

Carter, 48, is the all-time leadingquarter horse rider in wins and earn-ings. He’s won 4,153 races and wonmore than $73 million in purse money.

“It’s special to bring him out of re-tirement,” Toby Keeton said. “He’s thebest—the best in the books.”

G.R. said that he would need to losesome weight quickly, seven or eightpounds, but that wouldn’t be a problem.“You just quit eating,” G.R. said. “You

just get yourself a mouth-full and chewit real good. The key to losing weight isexercise and not eating very much.”

But what about not having been on arace horse since he retired last Decem-ber?

“It’s just like riding a bicycle,” G.R.said. “I don’t think I’ve forgotten how toride a race horse,” he said with a laugh.

“I’ve been getting on some horses inthe mornings to get back in the grooveand I might even pick up some morehorses early in the weekend to get a feelfor it again.”

G.R. attended the All Americantrials and studied all the horses thatmade the final. Koolnfamous, owned byDr. Gene White, Wayne Metcalfe, andJerry Cate, caught his eye from thestart.

“This horse can really go the 440-dis-tance,” G. R. said. “He has the speed towin it, so we’re going to try to pointinghim down the track and try get the jobdone.”

Many racing fans know that whenG.R. wins a big race, like two All Amer-ican Futurity victories (1998 with Fall-ing in Love Again and 2008 with SolisWinner), he does a back flip off the racehorse in the winner’s circle.

They also should know what a solidand professional person G.R. is regard-less of whether he’s speaking with hisfans or riding a race horse.

Man, would that back flip be a sightto see one more time.

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The famous G.R. Carter flip.

Man, what we’d give to see G.R.do a back flip one more time!

GUEST COLUMNISTTIM KEITHLEY


As I was generatingideas for this edition ofCork and Brew, I cameupon some encouragingNew Mexico wine news.

First, my friends crush-ing grapes for Noisy Water Winery weresaying the grapes they were getting werevery good.

Second, the New Mexico Wine andGrape Growers’ 2016 Harvest Wine Festi-val is coming to the Southern New MexicoState Fairgrounds this Labor Day week-end.

Lastly, the Tularosa Wine Festival iscoming up in mid-September to a new ven-ue.

While the grapes harvested in parts ofCalifornia, Oregon and Washington arebeing studied for the effects of wildfiresmoke, the grapes in New Mexico comingoff the vine are reportedly good. The oneissue I’ve heard was the variability in theripeness in the grape bunches. A Tularosagrower was saying some of his grapebunches had as much as 30 percent of thegrapes were not ripe when the majoritywere ready for harvest.

Overall, the coming wines from thisyear’s harvest in New Mexico promises tobe high quality.

The Harvest Wine Festival in Las Cruc-es this weekend has grown to a fairly largeevent at the fairgrounds.

The fairgrounds are west of Las Cruc-es along Interstate 10, take exit 132 and fol-low the signs.

There will be at least 18 wineries repre-sented at this year’s event. The three dayswill have five headline musical acts onstage. The event will also have over 35craft and food vendors to visit while youenjoy tasting the wines.

Entry to the Harvest Wine Festival is$20. Advance tickets are $20 and include a$5 discount coupon toward the purchaseof a bottle of wine at the festival. Those un-der 21 must be accompanied by a parent orlegal guardian and children under 15 areadmitted free. The festival offers a “Mil-itary Monday” discount to active servicemen and women of $3 off at the door LaborDay. Go to winecountrynm.com/2016-har-vest-wine-festival for more informationabout the Harvest Wine Festival.

Tularosa Wine and Art Festival is Sep-tember 16 and 17. Some of the Tularosa Ba-sin wine makers I spoke with recentlywere very excited about this year’s festi-val because it will be in Tularosa and not atthe Alameda Park in Alamogordo. Thenew location of the festival is planned tobe a street party on Granado Street in Tu-larosa. They’ve got musical acts Jones andMiles booked Friday evening, DelaneyDavis mid-day Saturday and the TularosaBasin Musician’s Union to play Saturdayevening.

Tickets for the Tularosa Wine and ArtFestival are $15 in advance and can be pur-chased online through Ticket River atticketriver.com/event-ext/20888/0.Tickets at the gate are $20. The festivaltimes are 5 to 9 p.m September 16 and noonto 6 p.m. September 17. Get more informa-tion about the Tularosa Wine and Art Fes-tival online at tularosawinefestival.com.

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Get ready for the New Mexico Wine and Grape Growers’ 2016 Harvest Wine Festival.

Drink up at upcomingwine festivals in NM

GUEST COLUMNISTNEAL JONES


western and Texas Wildflowers andFlowers of the Southwest Mountains byLeslie Arnberger.

Online wildflower data bases arehandy too, but cell reception can be dod-gy in the forest.

With a good macro setting, you canimage them as well. (My little snappycam has its limitations.) Many hikerslike to image an unknown flower thenlook it up when they have ID access.

A word of caution: Forest Service per-sonnel suggest waiting to hike a few daysafter rain.

Since rain slicks up the ground, trailsbecome slippery and when they dry, be-come hard. Instead of hiking right after astorm, wait for a couple of days of sun-shine to dry everything out--and for theblooms to burst!

What will you find on your flowerhike?

For Huff & Puff info: [email protected]

“Oh, look, birdbill day-flowers!”

“Here’s skyrocket gi-lia!”

“And bluebells, my fa-vorites!”

“ It must be all the rain--everything’sblooming!”

Mountain folk and visitors love Au-gust rains that “green up” our forests.Toss in a couple days of sunshine andsoon the forest floor is carpeted with col-or.

An easily accessible hike to discoverlocal wildflowers is the Cedar Creekarea behind the Smokey Bear RangerStation on Mechem Drive. RecentlyHuff & Puff, a local hiking group,trekked T 121. “Everywhere we lookedwere red, yellow, blue and purple wild-flowers,” reported an enthusiastic hiker.“But we don’t know their names!”

Bluish flowers were birdbill dayflow-er ( Commelina dianthifolia) and my fa-vorite, the bluebell or harebell ( Cam-panula rotundifolia), its fat globularblooms drooping from impossibly thinstems.

Also drooping is the nodding onion (Allium cernuum) with its distinctive“nodding” pinkish-lavender umbel. Ski-ers: this is the plant for whom Ski Apach-e’s popular Wild Onion trail is named.

Other purplish flowers include theubiquitous Erigeron genus of asters anddaisies. Frankly, I have trouble distin-guishing species despite carefully read-ing flower ID books and close inspectionof the flowers. Any ideas, readers?

Eye-catching red flowers includeSkyrocket gilia, also called trumpetphlox ( Ipomopsis aggregata), easily rec-ognized by its bright red trumpet-shaped blooms on a long vertical stem.Indian paintbrush ( Castilleja) bears dis-tinctive bright red flowers above a shortleafy stem that look as if the plant’s beendipped in red paint.

Look above the flowers and find mag-nificent old trees such as the alligator ju-niper ( Juniperus deppeana), so calledbecause of its dark gray-brown bark,cracked into small square plates that re-semble alligator hide.

Naming the flowers and trees alongyour hike is always fun.

Many field guides come in paperbackform to slip into a backpack. My favor-ites are Peterson Field Guide to South-

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Name that flower: What will youfind on your late summer hike?

GUEST COLUMNISTYVONNE LANELLI

PHOTOS COURTESY/YVONNE LANELLI

Indian paintbrush is an easy one to remembersince it looks like it’s been dipped in red paint.

Is this an aster or a daisy? Yvonne can neverdistinguish between them.


ANAHEIM JACK'S1097 Mechem Drive, 575-808-8340. Live entertain-ment from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday .BILLY’S SPORTS BAR AND GRILL26225 Highway 70 East, 575-378-4431; every Fridaynight at 7 p.m. karaoke with DJ Pete; Saturday andSunday live music at 7 p.m. with Yarbrough Band.No cover. CASA BLANCA501 Mechem Drive, 575-257-2495. Live entertain-ment from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday.CLUB 49 - IMGInn of the Mountain Gods, Carrizo Canyon Road.Live entertainment Friday through Sunday hearcountry music with The Pontiax – classic rock.Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, at 7 p.m. Wednes-day, live professional stand up comedy. CREE MEADOWS COUNTRY CLUB301 Country Club Drive, 575-257-2733; live musicevery other Wednesday with Bob the Firemanfrom 6 to 8 p.m.; live music with Terry Bullard, 6 to9 p.m. Friday; karaoke with D.J. Pete, 6 p.m. Thurs-day. GRACE O’MALLEY’S PUB2331 Sudderth Drive, 575-258-3152; live music 8p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday and noon to3 p.m. Sunday.GRILL CALIENTE2800 Sudderth Drive, 575-630-0224. Live entertain-ment from 6 to 8 p.m.Sunday with Delaney Davis.NO SCUM ALLOWED SALOON933 White Oaks Rd., White Oaks, 575-648-5583.Live entertainment with Graham Brothers at 7p.m.Saturday.SACRED GROUNDS COFFEE

2704 Sudderth Drive, 575-257-2273; Thursdaythrough Sunday, sports at various times. Open micnight Wednesday from 6:30 to 10 p.m. with hostTrad Tidwell, sponsored by the Ruidoso News. Freelive music Friday and Saturday, Noon Tunes, fromnoon to 2 p.m. with classical guitarist GerardoCapdevila. Live music Saturday at 7 p.m. Jazzbrunch Sunday noon to 3 p.m. with Michael Francisand Friends, free admission. Free movie Sunday at6 p.m. THE QUARTERS2535 Sudderth Drive, 257-9535; DJ, 9 p.m. to 1a.m., Friday; karaoke every Monday and Tuesdaynight; live music 2 to 6 p.m., Sunday.WENDELL'S RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE - IMGLive music, Friday and Saturday in the restaurant.WIN, PLACE & SHOW2516 Sudderth Drive, 257-9982; live music Fridayand Saturday nights.

On stage

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A lot is happening in local clubs this week.

September 2Foreigner: at 8 p.m. at Inn of the Mountain Gods.Performing hit songs, "I Want to Know What LoveIs," "Feels Like the First Time" and "Waiting for aGirl Like You." See the RHS choir perform live withForeigner. Visit innofthemountaingods.com formore information.September 2-5All American Futurity: at Ruidoso Downs Race-track and Billy the Kid and Casino, 1461 Hwy 70E.Ruidoso Downs. Ruidoso Downs Racetrackpresents the world's richest Quarter Horse race.TheAll American Derby Final will be Sunday and theAll American Futurity will be Monday. Visit racerui-doso.com for more information.Art Show:Two Deer Gourd Art, 208 Aster Way,Capitan. Raffle and discounts.September 3Monroe Jackson and Lawrence Baca show-case: at 10 a.m. at The Adobe Fine Art, 2905Sudderth Drive. See fine jewelry on display.LCFA Benefit Ranch Rodeo: at 3 p.m. at LincolnCounty Fair Grounds.Brisket dinner, barn dancewith live band and pie auction benefits the Cow-boy Crisis Fund.The Fab Four - The Ultimate Tribute: at 8 p.m. atthe Spence Theater for the Performing Arts, Alto-.Featuring four stellar musicians performing asJohn, Paul, George and Ringo, The Fab Four iselevated far above every other Beatles tribute dueto their precise attention to detail. With uncanny,note-for-note, look-alike and sound-alike rendi-tions of Beatles' songs – plus three major costumechanges and a masterful Ed Sullivan hosting the

night – The Fab Four fully recreates the inspiringsoundtracks of our lives. Visit spencertheater.comfor more information.New Ground concert: at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. atTwo Rivers Park, pavilion 2. The Southern Gospelgroup from Graham, Texas have been singingtogether for more than two decades and inspireaudiences where ever they perform. Bring a lawnchair to enjoy the free concert.Eagle Scout Project Open House and Recep-tion: from 10 a.m. at Fort Stanton. Slide presenta-tion of Dalton Lenzo's Eagle Scout project. BSATroop 59 will host a flag retirement ceremony atnoon at the fire pit on the upper tier across fromthe museum.September 3-42016 All-American Gun and Western Collect-ible Show: from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at RuidosoConvention Center. See 180 tables of everythingthat relates to guns as well as hunting equipment,knives, cowboy gear, saddles, blankets, spurs,western relics, Indian artifacts, jewelry, coins andmuch more. Tickets are $6 for adults. Children12-and-under are free. Visit trekwest.com/gunshowfor more information.September 4End of Summer Bash: at Inn of the MountainGods. The family event will have concessions and acarnival atmosphere. Car pooling is encouraged.Shuttles run from 3 p.m. to midnight from desig-nated parking areas. Jumping balloons, 3 to 8p.m.; concessions, 3 to 9 p.m.; live music; 5 to 9p.m. and fireworks, 9 p.m. Visit innofthemoun-taingods.com for more information.

September 6Art Jam Art Party with John Terrell: at 6 p.m. atArt Ruidoso Gallery, 2809 Sudderth Drive. Joinresident artist John Terrell and create your own,unique abstract painting using a variety of toolsand techniques. Call 575-808-1133 for more in-formation.September 10: Movie on the Lake: at 7:45 p.m. at Inn of theMountain Gods. Enjoy a whole new way to seeshark thriller "Deep Blue Sea," $20 a person. Enjoya snack pack and boat seat for a night under thestars and on the lake. Boats load from 6:30 to 7:30p.m. Visit innofthemountaingods.com for moreinformation.Mariachi San Pablo Concert at the RuidosoCommunity Center: from 2 to 4 p.m. RuidosoCommunity Center, 501 Sudderth Drive. Freeconcert sponsored by Shepherd of the Hills Luther-an Church. Donations to the Ysleta LutheranMission, El Paso, will be accepted at the concert.Current needs for the mission are blankets, non-perishable food, toys, jackets, back packs, cashdonations also accepted.October 20Adult Men's Basketball League: Call Village ofRuidoso Parks and Recreation Department at575-258-5030 to learn more.OngoingFarmer's Market: Find farm fresh products andhandmade items from local artisans at the RuidosoDowns Farmer and Artisan’s Market at All Amer-ican Park in Ruidoso Downs. From 6 to 9 p.m.Friday and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

"Cultural Red" Exhibition of ContemporaryFiber Art: through Oct. 10 at Hubbard Museum ofthe American West, 26301 Highway 70, RuidosoDowns. An exhibition of contemporary fiber art.Call 575-378-4142 for details.Yoga by donation: Buddha Yoga School of YogicArts at the Adobe Plaza, 200 Mechem Drive. Classlength one hour. Classes include mindfulnessmeditation and essential oil head touch. Suggest-ed donation $10-$13. For details and class schedule,call 575-802-3013 or 575-937-2725 or go to budd-hayogaclass.com.Bingo at the Elks Lodge: Ruidoso Lodge #2086,604 Highway 70; every Thursday from 6:30 to 9p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Cash prizes. All proceedsgo to local charities. Open to the public. Call575-257-2607 for more information.

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