  |  FeatureTry your luckWhen odds are you’re looking to gamblePersonally, I refuse to gamble unless there are short people and horses involved. A jockey friend once told me that it’s a sucker game. Well, with God as my witness, I am that sucker. There is no better day than one spent at a horse track—the fresh air, the beautiful animals, the chain-smoking old men inside playing the simulcast races. Ah, sweet: looking through the program to find the oddly named creature to wager my two dollars on and then yelling as he or she runs the mud track, the trumpet music, the ridiculous jockey uniforms, the old Mexican men and their long-toed boots. Heaven? Probably. Horse Tracks There are, of course, unlicensed horse tracks scattered throughout New Mexico. One only needs an adventurous spirit and the will to find them. Or stick with these horse houses of good repute. The Downs at Albuquerque Expo New Mexico State Fairgrounds 300 San Pedro NE 266-5555 Live racing runs Aug. 14 through Nov. 14. There is a casino upstairs in which to drop off the horse haters. Take your $20 outside. It’s the only form of gambling that seems appropriate to take children to because they will like the beautiful horses. abqdowns.com has post times and dates. Billy the Kid Casino and Ruidoso Downs Race Track Just off Hwy. 70 west, Ruidoso (575) 378-4431 Live racing from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day Check out ruidownsracing.com for post times and dates. Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino 1200 Futurity, Sunland Park (575) 874-5200 Live racing from December to April Check sunland-park.com for post times and dates. Sunray Park and Casino 39 Road 5568, Farmington (505) 566-1200 Live racing from April to July Post times and dates at sunraygaming.com. Zia Park and Black Gold Casino 3901 West Millen, Hobbs (575) 492-7000. Opening day is Sept. 11. Visit blackgoldcasino.net for post times and dates. Casinos If casinos are more your style, there are plenty of them; nearly every pueblo or Indian tribe has one these days. Here are all of them, according to 500nations.com, a good site for finding all things Native American. Apache Nugget Casino Jicarilla Apache tribe Hwy. 550, Dulce (505) 759-3777
Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino Pueblo of Pojoaque 30 Buffalo Thunder Trail, Santa Fe (505) 455-5555
Camel Rock Casino Tesuque Pueblo 17486A Hwy. 84/285, Santa Fe (800) GO-CAMEL, (800) 462-2635 Casino Apache Travel Center Mescalero Apache Tribe 25845 Hwy. 70, Mescalero (800) 545-9011, (505) 464-6100
Cities of Gold Casino Pueblo of Pojoaque 10-B Cities of Gold Road, Santa Fe (15 miles north of Santa Fe on Hwy. 285) (800) 455-3313 Dancing Eagle Casino Pueblo of Laguna I-40 Exit 108, Casa Blanca (505) 552-1114
Fire Rock Casino Navajo Nation 249 Route 118 East, Church Rock (866) 941-2444
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Albuquerque Pueblo of Isleta 11000 Broadway SE (Exit 215 off I-25 south) (505) 724-3800
Inn of the Mountain Gods Mescalero Apache Tribe 287 Carrizo Canyon Road, Mescalero (800) 545-9011, (505) 257-5141 Jicarilla Inn and Casino Jicarilla Apache Tribe Hwy. 64, Dulce (505) 759-3777 Ohkay Casino Pueblo of San Juan Hwy. 68, San Juan Pueblo (North of Española) (800) PLAY-AT-OK, (800) 752-9286 Route 66 Casino Pueblo of Laguna I-40 Exit 140 552-1114
San Felipe's Casino Hollywood San Felipe Pueblo 25 Hagen, San Felipe (877) 529-2946, (505) 867-6700
Sandia Resort & Casino Pueblo of Sandia I-25 and Tramway (800) 526-9366, 897-2173 Santa Ana Star Casino Santa Ana Pueblo 54 Jemez Canyon Dam, Bernalillo 867-0000
Santa Claran Hotel Casino Santa Clara Pueblo 460 No. Riverside Drive, Española (505) 367-4500 Sky City Casino Acoma Pueblo I-40 Exit 102, Acoma (505) 552-6017 Taos Mountain Casino Pueblo of Taos Main Pueblo Road, Taos (888) 946-8267, (505) 737-0777 Public Comments | 
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