Horse race at New Mexico's Ruidoso Downs to have $3M purse

AP

RUIDOSO DOWNS, N.M. (AP) — The All American Futurity horse race at New Mexico's Ruidoso Downs this Labor Day will offer a $3 million purse.

Track officials said Wednesday that it's one of the largest purses ever for 2-year-old horses.

The winner of the race will earn half of the total purse.

A record crowd of nearly 25,000 watched last year's All American Futurity, which was first run in 1959 with a purse of less than $130,000.

Ruidoso Downs begins its season on May 22.