All American Select yearling Sale Happens This Weekend

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2025

A total of 481 yearling quarter horses are expected to be spotlighted and sold this weekend at Ruidoso Downs Racetrack in the annual Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale to be held on Friday and Saturday, August 29-30 at 3 p.m. both days.

“This is an extremely large catalog of horses,” sales manager Walt Wiggins said. “Despite the flooding issues related to Ruidoso Downs the market for quality quarter horses remains strong and we’re looking forward to a successful sale this weekend.”

If Monday’s running of the $3 million All American Futurity is any indication of bloodline quality then the Ruidoso Select Sale remains on top of horse auctions held across the nation. Seven of the ten starters in quarter horse racing’s biggest race were sold at the New Mexico-bred or Select Sale at Ruidoso Downs last year.

That includes the fastest qualifier King of the Tide, a New Mexico-bred, purchased for $130,000. The price tags of the All American finalists range from $28,000 (Envestor) to $200,000 (Lethal Lobo).

“We invite the public to come to the sale and see what it’s all about,” Wiggins said. “It’s very possible that we will be selling next year’s All American winner this weekend.”