ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It's the most lucrative quarter horse race in the country and it's held right here in New Mexico. But four months after the All American Futurity, the $3 million purse for the winner still hasn't been paid along with other high-stakes races from that day. Story continues below Podcast: Albuquerque Mayor Talks Crime, Homelessness, Goals for 2025 Crime: Former Bernalillo County deputy sentenced for tipping off drug dealer to 2021 raid Business: New owners talk about what’s next for South Valley batting cage The New Mexico Racing Commission is staying tight-lipped about what is going on but did confirm an investigation is underway and needs to be complete before the purse is paid out. "The commission's been thrown somewhat of a curve ball here in which we have to do our due diligence," said Ismael "Izzy" Trejo, Executive Director of the New Mexico Racing Commission. Held in Albuquerque this year because of fires and flooding in Ruidoso, the horse Hezgotthelook Z, trained by Toby Keeton and owned by Triple One Ranch, won the All American Futurity. But there's no race to pay the purse until an investigation is complete. "If you played the game fair and clean, you have nothing to worry about. Now, if they're sweating then I have to wonder what's really going on. And this commission's job is to try and find out," said Trejo. He could not elaborate on the nature of the investigation but the commission has put a bigger emphasis on illicit drugs in horses in recent years. KRQE News 13 has also learned there was concern about how the winning horse was acting after the race. KRQE News 13 also knows the investigation involves blood and urine samples from the horses that are being analyzed at a lab in Colorado. "When the money is that big, we feel the laboratory has to have the time to do their job well and we're giving them that space," said Trejo. The New Mexico Racing Commission is expecting results from the lab in the next seven to ten days. If they're clean, the purse can be paid. If not, a judicial process will begin. "It's unfair for people to say we're playing dirty poker. This is just a regulatory agency that's doing its due diligence to protect all that are involved," said Trejo. Purses from a number of other races that day are also being held until samples are analyzed and returned. That means a little more than $5 million total in earnings from that day are waiting to be paid out. KRQE News 13 reached out to the attorney representing the trainer of the winning horse, Hezgotthelook Z, for comment on this story Tuesday. Attorney Clark Brewster was unavailable for an on-camera interview, but provided this written statement: It is now been more than four months since these races were run and the New Mexico Racing Commission has been non-communicative with the trainers and the owners of these incredible horses. As public servants within an agency of state government, each of them and particularly executive director Trejo, have wholly failed in their obligation to openly communicate, be transparent and abide by the Rules. Director Trejo has refused to return phone calls, respond to correspondence, and has openly misled the public regarding the status of post-race specimen testing. The New Mexico Rules of Racing provide for the selection of an RMTC accredited laboratory pursuant to express open meeting requirements for such significant contacts. Agency Rule of Law through published rules also establish care, custody, and control documentation of primary and split post-race specimen to mitigate the risk of spoiled, contaminated or mislabeling of collected specimen. It is my understanding that all post-race samples relevant to this controversy have cleared the lab screening tests and no foreign substances were detected. Under New Mexico Rules of Racing the purses to which the owners were entitled would be released by the racing association upon the lab’s clearance by screening and no report of a confirmed positive foreign substance. Several weeks after the races were run and the samples cleared screening Mr. Trejo reportedly told a member of the industry press that he was going to send the samples to Hong Kong for testing. Clearly such action would be in violation of the express rules of care, custody and control pursuant to the New Mexico Rules of Racing. When this was pointed out to Mr. Trejo he apparently abandoned that course. No information has been provided to the owners or their trainer. The course taken by Mr. Trejo ignores express rules, governs by fiat, and disregards the stakeholder owners and trainers. No person in a position of public trust should be permitted to disregard the rights of the licensees who depend upon the honest, diligent, transparent, and courteous performance of that public servant.  Clark Brewster, Attorney for trainer of Hezgotthelook Z