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The All American Futurity is a race for two-year-old American Quarter Horse racehorses run at Ruidoso Downs Race Track in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico on Labor Day. It is the last leg of the AQHA Triple Crown that has only been won once, by Special Effort in 1981. A $4 million bonus was once offered to the horse that could sweep all three Triple Crown races. It started in 1959, with a purse of $129,686.85. It has always billed itself as the richest race in American Quarter Horse racing; in 1978, the purse was over a million dollars and in 1982, the winner's portion of the purse totaled over a million dollars for the first time. The 1980 edition was carried live in prime-time on CBS. The 2024 version of the race will have a purse of $3,000,000 with the winners share being $1,500,000, making it one of the richest races in North America.

The track record was set at this race in 2006, when No Secrets Here finished in 20.886 seconds for 440 yards, for an average speed of 43.091 miles/hr.

The 2024 All American Futurity will be contested at The Downs at Albuquerque in Albuquerque, New Mexico due to flood damage to Ruidoso Downs.

Winners by year

References

1. ^ Ruidoso Downs History of the All American Futurity Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine accessed on September 24, 2007
2. Wiggins Great American Speedhorse p. 59-65
3. Chavez, Felix F. (July 21, 2024). "Horse racing meet in Ruidoso Downs canceled, moved to Albuquerque". El Paso Times. Retrieved July 21, 2024.

Further reading

• Wiggins, Walt The Great American Speedhorse: A Guide to Quarter Racing New York: Sovereign Books 1978 ISBN 0-671-18340-0

External links

• Video of the first All American Futurity in 1959
• Ruidoso Downs History of the All American Futurity accessed on September 24, 2007

• Horse races in New Mexico
• Sports in New Mexico
• 1959 establishments in New Mexico
• Recurring sporting events established in 1959