Sunland Park ownership donates $2 million to coronavirus relief in New Mexico

Sunland Park’s ownership has donated $2 million to help New Mexico residents during the coronavirus pandemic, the track and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced late Tuesday.

The donation is from the Stanley E. Fulton Family Foundation, endowed by the late Stan Fulton. The All Together NM Fund will oversee distribution of the donation to charities and food banks.

Sunland Park’s meet was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, just a week before Sunland Derby Day in March.

“In times like these, it is important that we all come together as New Mexicans to help those that are most vulnerable,” Rick Baugh, general manager of Sunland Park, said in a press release. “Mr. Fulton was extremely generous to New Mexico during his lifetime, and we are pleased to see that legacy of generosity continue.”

Sunland had been scheduled to race through April 21.