The Downs at Albuquerque launches its meet Friday night with the running of the Duke City Stakes for 3-year-olds and a strong optional claiming allowance for older horses that could produce starters for a variety of upcoming stakes. Below please find resources for the card, which starts at 6:05 p.m. Mountain: 

Entries for Friday night card at Albuquerque: https://www.drf.com/race-entries/track/ALB/country/USA/date/06-28-2019

Don Cook, president of racing for Albuquerque, talks new meet: https://www.drf.com/news/albuquerque-meet-features-record-purses-challenge-championships?type=news/all-news

Cook said for Friday and Saturday nights, the Thoroughbred races will run early on the card and the Quarter Horse races will go later "to get into Los Alamitos." On the Sunday cards, the Quarter Horses run early and the Thoroughbreds go later, said Cook. There is an afternoon post for Sundays. 

Preview of the Saturday night feature, the O.D. McDonald Handicap: https://www.drf.com/news/blazing-navarone-will-have-many-thinking-late-henry-dominguez?type=news/all-news

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