Super Stock, who was 16th in this year’s Kentucky Derby, is the 1-5 favorite for trainer Steve Asmussen in a field of five set for the 1 1/16-mile Zia Park Derby. “We’re not the biggest player in the space, but this provides us a little bit of a limelight,” he said. McErlean added the Land of Enchantment Day program “gives us a chance to shine the spotlight on Zia Park.

We tried to fill a niche there and put up a halfway decent amount of money for these races.”

“We saw on the calendar at this time of the year that 3-year-olds are mainly running against older horses, so this is kind of your last shot at a 3-year-old stakes. “We created this about seven or eight years ago to have a signature event for non-New Mexico breds that would maybe attract some horses to Zia,” said Christpher McErlean, vice president of racing for Zia Park owner Penn National Gaming Inc. Money Bags, and the Zia Park Juvenile and Zia Park Princess, both worth $50,000.

Supporting the Zia Park Derby are the $200,000 Zia Park Oaks, $75,000 Zia Park Championship Handicap for older horses, $75,000 Zia Park Distaff, $75,000 Zia Park Sprint featuring 2019 winner Mr. Click here for Zia Park entries and results

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