The Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium has been reinvented for 2021 as the All American CowboyFest, a family-friendly, four-day festival in celebration of country music, Western culture, and, for the first time EVER, live rough-stock rodeo on the racetrack. Don’t miss it!
The whole family is welcome at the Ruidoso Jockey Club to enjoy live horse racing.
Compete for $4,000 in total cash prizes (based on 50 players). The top two* finishers will get a chance to win expenses-paid seats to the prestigious NHC event in Las Vegas, January 28-30, 2022! Registration opens on Monday, July 12, 2021.
Don’t miss the annual Chile the Kid Beer and Wine Festival Presented by City Bank. Chile Roasting and Wine/Beer Tastings all weekend. Live music Friday/Saturday.
New Mexico’s fastest horses compete for $1 Million in prize money. The Zia Festival race card features a great line-up of trials and stakes races all weekend that celebrates New Mexico-bred Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds.
The whole family is welcome at the Ruidoso Jockey Club to enjoy live horse racing.
Each year we induct one owner/breeder, trainer, jockey and horse into our Ruidoso Downs Race Horse Hall of Fame. The 2021 class of the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame will be inducted on Friday night at Ruidoso Downs.
Celebrate Independence Day at Ruidoso Downs! Racing on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with special July 4th racing with flag ceremony on the track. Flag ceremony, First Lady Stakes and Mountain Top TB Futurity on Friday and Saturday plus Brigand Stakes on Sunday.
The tradition of love for family and horses continues on Father's Day at the Ruidoso Jockey Club.
Live racing begins! It’s opening weekend at Ruidoso Downs Race Track for a summer filled with quarter horse and thoroughbred racing.
