LOS ALAMITOS, CA–SEPTEMBER 12, 2025–Ed Allred’s homebred filly Toby Sis, undefeated after her first three career starts, looks to keep up her unblemished record when she takes on the equally talented fillies Parsons Ranch’s The Lady Is A Vamp and Kolleen Ledgerwood’s Fancy Upp in the Grade 2, $270,000 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

The three talented fillies have always shown a lot of promise, and it all came together for them on the night of the PCQHRA Breeders Futurity ...



By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–SEPTEMBER 12, 2025–Lone Star Park will host 10 trials on Saturday, September 13, to determine the finalists for the $450,000-est. Grade 2 Dash For Cash Futurity, contested at 400 yards for two-year-old Quarter Horses.

The 10 fastest qualifiers will return for the final on ...



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LOS ALAMITOS, CA–SEPTEMBER 11, 2025–The best group of fillies and mares assembled for a race this year at Los Alamitos will take center stage in the running of the Grade 1, $100,000 Mildred Vessels Memorial Handicap on Saturday night.

The field is simply loaded with the likes of 2024 AQHA and PCQHRA champion aged mare Jessica Cruz heading a field that will also feature Grade 1 Charger Bar Handicap winner Rockin With Energy, Grade 1 Los Alamitos Oaks winner Shaken Goin On and Grade 1 Junos ...



AJAX DOWNS, ONT–SEPTEMBER 9, 2025–One of the biggest days of the Ajax Downs season takes place this Wednesday, September 10, with the 13th running of the Norman Picov Derby for 3-year-olds. The 400-yard dash has a purse of $59,310 and has the ten fastest finalists from two Trials in the field.

Also on Wednesday, as part of a big, nine-race card, is the $54,045 Ontario ...



By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX—SEPTEMBER 8, 2025—Trials for the $175,000-est. Dash For Cash Derby will highlight Friday night’s card at Lone Star Park, with a competitive group of three-year-olds sprinting 440 yards for a chance to qualify for the October 4 final.

First post is set for 6:05 p.m. (CDT), with four Derby trials (races 7-10) slated later in the evening.

Headlining Race 8 is Apolitical ...



By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

SHELBYVILLE, IN–SEPTEMBER 8, 2025–A full field of ten juveniles will compete for a $62,900 purse in the Leader Of The Class Sale Futurity at Horseshoe Indianapolis on Thursday, August 11.

Restricted to two-year-olds sold through the 2024 Speed Sale as yearlings or the 2023 Speed Sale as weanlings that qualified, the 350-yard stakes final is carded as Race 9 with a scheduled post time of 6:15 p.m. (EDT).

Morning-line favorite Lead Me To ...



By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott

ATLOONA, IA–September 5, 2025–Prairie Meadows is gearing up for a blockbuster weekend of Quarter Horse action, with three straight days of trials leading into some of the track’s richest futurity and derby finals later this month.

The action begins Saturday, September 6, with five heats of the estimated $175,000 Iowa Bred Jim Bader Futurity in races one through five. Sunday’s card on September 7 showcases seven divisions of the estimated $250,000 (G3) Valley Junction Futurity, while Monday, September 8, features four heats of the estimated $125,000 Iowa Bred Polk County Derby.

Jim Bader Futurity Trials – Saturday, September ...



By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–AUGUST 16, 2025—A field of elite older Quarter Horses will clash in the $50,000 Balloon City Stakes (G3) on Saturday at Albuquerque Downs, going 400 yards in Race 9.

First post is set for 2:45 p.m. (MDT).

Morning-line favorite KJ Flying Cowgirl (2-1) headlines the lineup following a string of sharp efforts for trainer Wesley T. Giles and owners John Lee, Kathy Lee, and ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–SEPTEMBER 4, 2025–Ed Allred’s Defending Champ and EG High Desert Farms’ Favorite Jesshawk will meet for the third time in a high-profile race when they face off in Grade 2, $197,500 Golden State Derby on Saturday at Los Alamitos.

Defending Champ has come out on top in those two matchups with the gelding by Favorite ...



By Jeff J. Maday

SHAKOPEE, MN—SEPTEMBER 3, 2025—The history of the Minnesota Festival of Champions, an evening of racing designed to showcase horses bred in the state, has been dominated by quarter horse trainers Ed Ross Hardy and Jason Olmstead.

They have won the Minnesota Quarter Horse Futurity and Minnesota Quarter Horse Derby a combined 34 times since 2001. ...



By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott

SHAKOPEE, MN–September 3, 2025–Saturday night’s card at Canterbury Park belongs to the Minnesota-breds, featuring three showcase stakes: the $47,200 Minnesota Quarter Horse Futurity, the $48,000 Minnesota Quarter Horse Derby, and the $22,800 Cash Caravan Stakes.

The evening’s quarter horse spotlight begins in race nine with a field of nine 2-year-olds.

Morning line favorite Holy Dynasty (5-2) enters off a ...



ROCK SPRINGS, WY–SEPTEMBER 3, 2025–Wyoming Horse Racing’s (WHR) Sweetwater Downs has carded a contentious field of 10 two-year-olds to contest the $250,000 Sweetwater Downs Quarter Horse Futurity this Saturday, September 6, 2025.

The $250,000 purse is the largest in Wyoming Horse Racing history and highlights a 10-race card at the Rock Springs oval. The ten fastest runners from the Aug. 23 trials earned the right to compete in the 350-yard final.

Daisy Carlson and Joe Goggins’ Deja Dulce (7-2 morning lines odds) is ...



By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–SEPTEMBER 6, 2025—A talented trio of Accredited Texas-breds — Hes A Jet One, Hollywoode, and Ima Chili — headline a competitive field in the $50,000 Dr. Glenn Blodgett Stakes, Lone Star Park's "Meeting of Champions" opening weekend on Friday, September 6.

The 350-yard dash has been drawn as Race 9 with an approximate post time of 9:33 p.m. (CDT).

Morning-line favorite Hes A Jet One (9-5) returns ...



By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

ROCK SPRINGS, WY—SEPTEMBER 1, 2025—A talented field of ten two-year-olds is set to contest the $250,000 Sweetwater Downs Futurity on Friday, September 6, at Sweetwater Downs.

The 350-yard event features some of the Southwest’s brightest juvenile stars, led by #7 Deja Dulce (7-2), #10 Fooseylady (4-1), and #8 Cowboy Cadilac (9-2).

First post ...



AJAX, ONT–AUGUST 29, 2025–The 13th running of the Ontario Sires Stakes Maturity headlines a special Labour Day weekend Sunday at the Quarter Horse races at Ajax Downs. The $39,330 Maturity at 330 yards is race 6 on August 31, and first race post time is 12:55 p.m.

Chantelle Bourgeois is the owner, trainer, and breeder of the big grey gelding Quick Willy, a charismatic fellow who seeks his first ...