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Inaugurated
  
2003

Purse
  
800,000 USD (2017)

Surface
  
Dirt

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Location
  
Sunland Park Racetrack Sunland Park, New Mexico, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
www.sunland-park.com/winstar.htm

Distance
  
1 ⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)

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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.

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In its 11th year in 2013, it received Grade III status from the American Graded Stakes Committee for the first time in 2010. 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.

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Records

Speed record:

  • 1:47.39 - Firing Line (2015) (at current distance of 9 furlongs)
  • 1:42.84 - Excessivepleasure (2003) (at former distance of 8.5 furlongs)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 2 - Victor Espinoza (2006, 2007)
  • 2 - Martin Garcia (2013, 2014)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 - Bob Baffert (2006, 2013, 2014)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Michael E. Pegram (2006, 2013)

    • References

    Sunland Derby Wikipedia
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