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All American Futurity (G1) runner-up Ask Her To Fly, Valley Junction Futurity (G3) winner Jessa Southern Girl, and multiple stakes winner Flying Fire headline a field of 85 two-year-old fillies entered in 10 trials Monday, November 2, for the $596,419.50 Black Gold Fillies Futurity Championship at Will Rogers Downs.

A competitive field of 53 two-year-old colts and geldings will compete Sunday, November 1, in six 400-yard trials for the $413,925 Black Gold Futurity Championship at Will Rogers Downs.

A competitive field of Oklahoma-bred three-year-olds will return to Will Rogers Downs on Sunday, November 1, for three trials for the estimated $75,000 Mystery Derby. The 350-yard trials will be run in races 2 through 4, with the fastest qualifiers advancing to the November 17 final during the closing week of the Will Rogers Downs Fall Meet.

Lone Star Park will close out one of the biggest weekends of the 2026 Quarter Horse racing season on Saturday, October 31, when 73 three-year-olds compete in eight trial heats for the Grade 1 $334,000 Texas Classic Derby and the Grade 2 $243,000 Purina Feeds Texas Classic Oaks, with a combined $577,000 in final purses on the line.

Kansas Quarter Horse breeder and owner Paul Treadwell will have an opportunity to capture a stakes race bearing his and his wife's names Saturday, October 31, when he sends out morning-line favorite Ajs Wingman and stablemate Racket Ridge in the $75,000 Guaranteed Paul and Virginia Treadwell Stakes at Eureka Downs.

A competitive field of 35 New Mexico-bred two-year-olds will take the track at Zia Park on Saturday, October 31, for five trials for the Restricted Grade 2 Est. $350,000 New Mexico Classic Futurity, with several stakes-tested juveniles aiming to earn a place in the November 22 championship.

Fresh off a victory in the Restricted Grade 2 $431,000 New Mexico State Fair Derby, Pour Me a Drinkk returns to competition on Sunday, November 1, at Zia Park, leading 19 New Mexico-bred three-year-olds entered in two trials for the Restricted Grade 2 Est. $225,000 New Mexico Classic Derby.

Rojas Racing’s homebred filly Jaque, who ignited her career with a pair of victories followed by a strong third-place finish in the Grade 2 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity, looks to return to the winner's circle when she takes on a solid group of juveniles in Saturday night’s featured $13,600 allowance race at 350 yards at Los Alamitos.

One of the biggest weekends of the 2026 Quarter Horse racing season is set for Lone Star Park on Friday and Saturday, October 30–31, with 217 horses competing in 23 trial heats for three major stakes events with a combined $1,577,000 in final purses.

Lone Star Park will host one of the biggest weekends of the 2026 Quarter Horse racing season Friday and Saturday, October 30–31, with 217 horses entered in 23 trials for three major stakes events offering a combined $1,577,000 in final purses.

A pair of Grade 1 futurity winners, CV Fdddinasty Shan and Contentious, headline a full field of 10 talented 2-year-olds entered in Sunday's $30,000 Ah Sigh Stakes at Los Alamitos Race Course.

La Feliz Montana Ranch LLC's Lightning Vaquera, the fastest qualifier from 14 trials contested October 3, heads a competitive field of 10 juveniles in Sunday's $1,164,150 Golden State Million Futurity (G1) at Los Alamitos Race Course.

An exciting afternoon of Quarter Horse racing awaits at Hipódromo de las Américas on Sunday, highlighted by two major stakes in the nine-race program. The 43rd running of the approximately $17,100 Futurity Las Américas and the 32nd running of the approximately $44,300 Derby Criadores Mexicanos will bring together promising juveniles and accomplished 3-year-olds.

A talented field of New Mexico-bred fillies and mares will take center stage Sunday afternoon at Albuquerque Downs in the $50,000 Champagne Lane Stakes. The eighth race on the nine-race card features eleven entrants, including established stakes winners and experienced competitors, who will race 350 yards at approximately 4:25 p.m.

Fastest qualifier Keep On Rollin 123, accomplished older rivals Tachas Secret and Mr Michel, and a strong contingent of Indiana homebreds headline six Quarter Horse stakes Saturday, October 24, during Indiana Champions Day at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

The road to the Grade 1 Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Futurity Championship continues Sunday afternoon at Will Rogers Downs, where thirteen juveniles will compete in two trial heats to advance to the championship finale.

Grade 1 All American Futurity finalist Leaving London headlines a pair of top allowance events for juveniles on Saturday night at Los Alamitos, as several talented runners coming out of the Golden State Million Futurity trials fine-tune their form for the upcoming Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity trials.

Ajax Downs' record-breaking 2026 Quarter Horse season comes to a close on Wednesday, October 21, with the final day of the meeting headlined by the $59,805 Alex Picov Memorial Futurity, the top race in the country for 2-year-olds. The nine-race card gets underway at 12:55 p.m.

Fans wagering on Ajax Downs on Wednesday through Horseplayer Interactive (www.HPI.com) will receive 3 percent cash back on all eligible wagering over $40.

Numerous wagering records were set during Ajax Downs' 22-day meeting, including single race handle and single day handle. Heading into the last day, wagering on Quarter Horse racing at the fan-friendly track is up about 59 percent over 2025.

The Picov Futurity at 400 yards has a field of 10 juveniles that competed in Trials on September 30. An intriguing aspect of the Trials is that one of those dashes produced a dead-heat to win between Ontario-bred fillies Impeerial Miracle and Baref Hurricante Rush. Both fillies were winning for the first time in their career.

Imperial Miracle is a homebred for James Bogar of Cameron, ON, currently the leading Quarter Horse breeder at Ajax Downs with 16 wins from 69 starts. Imperial Miracle furnished a strong late run in her Trial under jockey Tony Phillips to land on even terms with speedy rival Baref Hurricane Rush, owned by Earl Foster and ridden by Corry Beland.

The pair of fillies clocked a slightly faster time, 20.633, for their Trial than the undefeated Had To Be Valiant, who won the other Trial. Had to Be Valiant, owned and bred by Carol and Jaime Robertson of Hillsburgh, was up to win by a nose in 20.758 with Ismael Mosqueira riding. The talented filly won the Ontario Bred Futurity in July and is three for three in her career.

The Picov Futurity is race eight on the card.

A new chapter in Quarter Horse racing will be written Monday afternoon, October 19, when Will Rogers Downs hosts the inaugural $166,100 Will Rogers Oaks. Ten talented three-year-old fillies have earned their places in the starting gate, each seeking to become the first winner of the newly established stakes event.