Sunland Park Derby
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The Sunland Park 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-sixteenth miles on the dirt and is sponsored by WinStar Farm of Versailles, Kentucky. Held in March, the Sunland Derby currently offers a purse of $400,000.
Grade III race | |
Location | Sunland Park Racetrack Sunland Park, New Mexico, United States |
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Inaugurated | 2003 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1ā16 miles |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | Fillies: 117 lbs. Colts & Geldings: 122 lbs |
Purse | $400,000 (2023) |
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.
The 2016 running of the Sunland Derby was cancelled due to an outbreak of Equine herpesvirus 1.[2]
The 2020 running & 2021 running of the Sunland Derby was cancelled due to an outbreak of COVID-19.