The Four Corners region has long hosted the heady spectacle of thoroughbred and quarter horse racing at a decades-old “racino,” but it all could come to a grinding halt — barns emptied and slot machines removed — in the next couple of years.

A proposal before the New Mexico Racing Commission would shift the license for SunRay Park & Casino in San Juan County to Curry County in Eastern New Mexico, at a site near Clovis. The commission is set to vote Dec. 22 on the move, which would create a major shakeup for the industry in New Mexico and a big loss for Farmington.

Officials in San Juan County say they felt blindsided when the plan became public, estimating over 100 jobs, many held by Native Americans, will be lost in a region that some say has struggled economically as Public Service Com

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