The Sunland Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

 held annually at Sunland Park Racetrack

Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino

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 Sunland Park, New Mexico

Sunland Park, New Mexico

Sunland Park is a city in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 14,106 at the 2010 census. Though it lies directly across from El Paso, Texas, being in Doña Ana County makes it instead a part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area, some 30 miles to the north.The...

. Inaugurated in 2003, the race is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt and is sponsored by WinStar Farm

WinStar Farm

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 of Versailles, Kentucky

Versailles, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 7,511 people, 3,160 households, and 2,110 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 3,330 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 88.18% White, 8.67% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.35%...

. Held in March, the Sunland Derby currently offers a purse of $800,000.

In its 9th year in 2011, it received Grade III

Graded stakes race

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 status from the American Graded Stakes Committee for the first time in 2010. It is listed as an official Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...

 prep race.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:48.46 - Endorsement (2010) (at current distance of 9 furlongs)
• 1:42.84 - Excessivepleasure (2003) (at former distance of 8.5 furlongs)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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:

• 2 - Victor Espinoza
  Victor Espinoza
  Victor Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding in his native Mexico and earned his first win there in 1992 before moving the following year to compete at racetracks in California....
  
   (2006, 2007)

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

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:

• 2 - Doug O'Neill (2003, 2005)

Most wins by an owner:

• No owner has won this race more than once.

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Twice the Appeal	Christian Santiago Reyes	Jeff Bonde	Brown, Flores & Hernandez	1:50.91
2010	Endorsement	Robby Albarado Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990...	Shannon Ritter	WinStar Farm WinStar Farm WinStar Farm is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing farm near Versailles, Kentucky. Formerly known as Prestonwood Farm, it was owned by Houston, Texas oilmen Jack, Art, and J. R...	1:48.46
2009	Kelly Leak	Mike E. Smith	Mike Machowsky	Blahut Racing/Avila/Johnson	1:50.02
2008	Liberty Bull	Gerard Melancon Gerard Melancon Gerard Melancon is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. On April 19, 2007 he won the 3,000th race of his career at Evangeline Downs in Lafayette, Louisiana.-Year-end charts:...	Tom Amoss	Kenneth Maier	1:49.82
2007	Song of Navarone	Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding in his native Mexico and earned his first win there in 1992 before moving the following year to compete at racetracks in California....	Henry Dominguez	George E. Coleman	1:49.53
2006	Wanna Runner	Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding in his native Mexico and earned his first win there in 1992 before moving the following year to compete at racetracks in California....	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	Michael E. Pegram	1:48.88
2005	Thor's Echo Thor's Echo Thor's Echo is an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse best known for becoming only the second California-bred horse to ever win a Breeders' Cup race....	Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park...	Doug O'Neill Douglas F. O'Neill Douglas F. "Doug" O'Neill is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.In 1986 he began working in Thoroughbred horse racing as a stable hand and eventually a training assistant...	Suarez Racing Stable	1:49.59
2004	Hi Teck Man	Ricardo Jaime	Johnnie Nall	Hassel & Bonnie Spraberry	1:43.20
2003	Excessivepleasure	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	Doug O'Neill Douglas F. O'Neill Douglas F. "Doug" O'Neill is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.In 1986 he began working in Thoroughbred horse racing as a stable hand and eventually a training assistant...	Lee & Ty Leatherman	1:42.84