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Lopez, Montes team up for big day at Sun Downs

Saturday was one great day of racing for trainer Danny Montes and jockey Reuben Lozano.

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Horse racing: The final weekend at Sun Downs is upon us

The final weekend of horse racing at Sun Downs will include four major races, plus a chance to wager on today’s Kentucky Derby, as the Tri-City Horse Racing Association intends to end the season on a high note.
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HORSE RACING: Sneakin Bye wins Sun Downs Derby

Once a winner, always a winner. Sneakin Bye, a 3-year-old filly who has done most of her racing at Portland Meadows in the last year, finished a full length ahead of Shake Wide Open on Sunday to win the $3,300 Sun Downs Quarter Horse Derby at Sun Downs race track in Kennewick.
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Leolas Girl wins feature race at Sun Downs

Jackie Smith must have been one heck of a kindergarten teacher at one time.
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Sun Downs jumps out of the gate with exciting start

Scott Giltner and trainer Kurt Calton knew something was amiss with their horse, Vodka Soda No Fruit, on Saturday before the 2013 Boekenoogen Memorial at Sun Downs Race Track in Kennewick.
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HORSE RACING: Sun Downs meet is a go

It looks like Mid-Columbia horse racing fans will get their chance to see live racing this spring. It took a while, but the Tri-City Horse Racing Association and the Benton-Franklin County Fair Board Association came to an agreement and signed a deal Thursday to save the spring meet.
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Herrera triples up on winning rides

Hugo Herrera may have heard footsteps in the final race on Sunday at Sun Downs race track in Kennewick. But after a quick break out of the gate in the ninth race aboard Camanche Moon, Herrera didn’t have to look back. The well-traveled, veteran jockey out of Patterson, Calif., guided the ...
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Figueroa rides Uncle Sam to Pot O' Gold (w/ gallery)

KENNEWICK -- Sometimes a kid just needs a break to make something big happen.
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Full Snow Moon sets track record at Sun Downs

KENNEWICK -- Los Alamitos sent in the big guns Saturday for the two top races at Sun Downs in Kennewick, and they came away successful.
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Sun Downs' final weekend hits today

KENNEWICK -- The final weekend of racing at Sun Downs is upon us, with nine races today and 10 on Sunday.
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Shez Pretty Awesome lives up to billing

KENNEWICK -- Like mother, like daughter.