Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino
Location	Sunland Park, New Mexico
Owned by	Stanley E. Fulton
Date opened	1959
Race type	Thoroughbred and quarter horse
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Fulton Family Foundation was endowed by the long-time owner of Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino, the late Stanley E. The gift will go to the All Together NM Fund, which will oversee the distribution of the gift to local charities and food banks in the areas hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis.
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Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino is a racino located in Sunland Park, New Mexico, a suburb of El Paso, Texas.

Opened in 1959 as a Thoroughbred racing track, Sunland Park was the only legalized gambling venue in the region for many years. In 1999, at a time when horse racing was experiencing a decline as casinos and lotteries became commonplace, New Mexico legislators allowed slot machines at the track. Now with over 700 machines in play, racing at Sunland has benefited greatly, with purses increasing from a $35,000 daily average in the early 1990s to nearly a quarter million per day today.^[1]

Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino is a racino located in Sunland Park, New Mexico, a suburb of El Paso, Texas. Opened in 1959 as a Thoroughbred racing track, Sunland Park was the only legalized gambling venue in the region for many years.

Sunland Park was the track where jockeysJerry Bailey, Pat Valenzuela, and Cash Asmussen got their starts. Bill Shoemaker, who hails from the area, also rode at Sunland.^[1]

The casino, open 112 hours a week, also offers many electronic table games including roulette, blackjack and Texas Hold 'Em.^[2]

Racing[edit]

The 2018 racing season, which features both Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses, runs from December 28 through May 5. Live racing is traditionally offered four days each week on Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Year-round Simulcast wagering is also available on racetracks across the country.

Thoroughbreds[edit]

The live racing season is highlighted by the Sunland Derby, run at 1⅛ miles for three-year-olds in late March of each year. The race was granted a Grade 3 status for the 2010 running and now is an important preparatory race for the Kentucky Derby. The race is now included in the Road to the Kentucky Derby; awarding 50 points to the winner, 20 to second, 10 to third, and 5 to forth. The 50 points awarded the winner effectively guarantees entrance into the Kentucky Derby.

Other notable races include the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks, 1-1/16 miles Kentucky Oaks prep for fillies; the $100,000 Harry W. Henson Handicap for fillies and mares at one mile; the $100,000 Riley Allison Derby, 6½ furlongs for three-year-olds; the $100,000 Mine That Bird Derby, 1 1/16-mile prep for the Sunland Derby; and the $150,000 Sunland Park Handicap for three-year-olds and up at 1⅛ miles.

Graded events[edit]

The following Graded events were held at Sunland Park in 2019.

Grade III

Quarterhorses[edit]

Sunlands top quarter horse race is the $350,000 Grade 1 Championship at Sunland Park, run late each December at 440 yards.^[3] The $140,000 added New Mexican Spring Futurity at 300 yards is run in April.^[4]

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

^ ^a^bSunland-Park.com: Racing history
^Sunland-Park.com: About Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino
^Rampellini, Mary (July 19, 2007). 'WinStar Derby once again meet highlight'. NTRA.com/Daily Racing Form. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
^'Sunland Park meet starts Dec. 12'. El Paso Times. July 29, 2007.

External links[edit]

Coordinates: 31°48′23″N106°33′32″W / 31.806394°N 106.558971°W

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Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino

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1200 Futurity Dr.

Sunland Park

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Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino is located 10 minutes west of downtown El Paso, just off I-10 exit 13. The nearest major airport is El Paso International, 20 minutes away!

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$15/night W/E Dump Station

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3.0

Called a day ahead and 6 of the 8 $15/night spots were available that night, and found that they don't take reservations. When we arrived the next night they were all full, and was told that overnight parking was not allowed. Casino is NOT open 24/7. Spots are pull-throughs in the paved parking lot.

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Stayed 3 days in February 2016. Very quiet. $15 a day. Electricity and water only. You take an available spot and pay at the security office. I'm not a gambler but went to the show on saturday night.

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New price for overnight: $15.00/night.
No sewer/black water hookup but you can drive over to the opposite side at the horsemen entrance (east side of the casino) and dump there before hooking up and again before departing. A little inconvenient but still nice to have.
30/50 Amp electricity is available at the 8 sites as is fresh water.
No trees so no shade. You're located in the parking lot but away from the most-traveled portion of it and only in the area where employees drive past to park off behind the casino.
If I am not mistaken, these spaces are located right next to the rack track and #8 is the closest.
At this writing space #3 is out of commission.
It's first come/first served here so, you may not get a space during busy times but also, if I am not mistaken, there is plenty of spaces to park at the west-most perimeter and probably for free. Last night I saw 2 tractor trailers come in and park there overnight with no one having a problem with that.

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