Sunland Derby

Sunland Derby
Grade III race
Location Sunland Park Racetrack
Sunland Park, New Mexico, United States
Inaugurated 2003
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website Sunland Park
Race information
Distance 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
Track Dirt, left-handed
Qualification Three-year-olds
Weight Fillies: 117 lbs.
Colts & Geldings: 122 lbs
Purse $800,000

The Sunland Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Sunland Park Racetrack in Sunland Park, New Mexico. Inaugurated in 2003, the race is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt and is sponsored by WinStar Farm of Versailles, Kentucky. Held in March, the Sunland Derby currently offers a purse of $800,000.

In its 11th year in 2013, it received Grade III status from the American Graded Stakes Committee for the first time in 2010.[1] It is listed as an official Kentucky Derby prep race.

Records

Speed record:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2015 Firing Line Gary L. Stevens Simon Callaghan Arnold Zetcher 1:47.39
2014 Chitu Martin Garcia Bob Baffert Tanma Corporation 1:47.88
2013 Govenor Charlie Martin Garcia Bob Baffert Mike Pegram 1:47.54
2012 Daddy Nose Best Julien Leparoux Steve Asmussen Cathy & Robert Zollars 1:48.59
2011 Twice the Appeal Christian Santiago Reyes Jeff Bonde Brown, Flores & Hernandez 1:50.91
2010 Endorsement Robby Albarado Shannon Ritter WinStar Farm 1:48.46
2009 Kelly Leak Mike E. Smith Mike Machowsky Blahut Racing/Avila/Johnson 1:50.02
2008 Liberty Bull Gerard Melancon Tom Amoss Kenneth Maier 1:49.82
2007 Song of Navarone Victor Espinoza Henry Dominguez George E. Coleman 1:49.53
2006 Wanna Runner Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert Michael E. Pegram 1:48.88
2005 Thor's Echo Corey Nakatani Doug O'Neill Suarez Racing Stable 1:49.59
2004 Hi Teck Man Ricardo Jaime Johnnie Nall Hassel & Bonnie Spraberry 1:43.20
2003 Excessivepleasure Pat Day Doug O'Neill Lee & Ty Leatherman 1:42.84

See also

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