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OGDEN, UT–APRIL 10, 2024–Lip Chip, an official sponsor for microchipping technology use for identifying American Quarter Horses that began this year, had the pleasure of using its HoofLink Paddock Application to assist Weber Downs last weekend. ...
SAN ANTONIO, TX–APRIL 9, 2024–Retama Park in partnership with Social House Entertainment will host the “Tacos and Tequila Festival” in the San Antonio marketplace on October 5, 2024 from 2p.m. to 11 p.m. The Tacos and Tequila Festival will feature ‘90s and 2000 hip-hop & ...
SUNLAND PARK, NM–APRIL 7, 2024–Quarter Horse jockey, trainer and owner leaders for the just completed Sunland Park 2024 race meet have been announced.
Jockey Adrian Ramos took home top jockey honors after riding 20 winners from 119 starters. His win clip with 17% with 50% finishes in the top three. Ramos mounts earned $559,859.
Christian Ramos was second with 19 winners and earnings of $563,612, while Noe Garcia, Jr. finished third with 17 wins and earners of over $600,000.
Trainer Wesley T. Giles took home top ...
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–APRIL 5, 2024–Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association members are reminded the association's Annual Membership Meeting will be held at 3:00 p.m. in the Ran Ricks Room at Remington Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
All members are invited to attend the OQHRA Annual Membership meeting.
To RSVP online CLICK HERE. To RSVP via phone please call (405) 216-0440.
For additional information visit the ...
AMARILLO, TX–APRIL 3, 2024–If you’re planning to consign your yearlings to upcoming 2024 sales, QData reminds you to start the registration process to ensure that names, registration numbers and pedigree information appear accurately in summer and fall sale catalogs.
QData is a respected pedigree producer in the equine industry and provides data for many of the sales that take place throughout the fall and ...
SUNLAND PARK, NM–APRIL 4, 2024–The 2024 live racing season at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino will be headlined by a series of lucrative stakes races for quarter horses on Saturday, followed by an extraordinary closing day card with five thoroughbred stakes races on tap.
On Saturday, the penultimate day of the season, juvenile quarter horses will be in the spotlight in both the $354,467 (RG-II) New Mexican Spring Futurity and the $311,896 Grade II West Texas Futurity. Both 300-yard dashes feature full fields of some of the top juvenile prospects in the southwest.
Sunday's ...
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–APRIL 3, 2024–James ''JJ'' Gonzalez and Francisco Calderon have been at the top of their games at this American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa race meet and are being recognized as Lip Chip Trainer and Jockey of the Week at Remington Park for the week of March 28-30.
Gonzalez only started five horses all week, but he was blistering hot with three winners. He also had a second-place finish with another for an incredible winning percentage of 60 percent and 80 percent in the money (first, second or third). Calderon won 3-of-10 this past week and hit the board in 70 percent of his races.
Gonzalez's winners were Im Missmerized, Valiants Dash and Tempt Me Sass. Sapphyre was the horse that ran second for him. Calderon's trips to the winner's circle included two for Gonzalez – Valiants Dash and Tempt Me Sass. His other victorious trip was in the saddle of Air Force for trainer Toby Keeton.
The fire lit underneath the Lip Chip trainer and jockey for the week propelled them in their respective standings as well. Gonzalez moved up from a tie for 15th two weeks ago to a tie for seventh after his three wins. Calderon stayed in third place in ...
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–APRIL 3, 2024–Matt Whitekiller leads the standings for trainers with 13 victories, followed by last year's leading trainer Dee Keener in second with 11. The rest of ...
SHELBYVILLE, IN–APRIL 3, 2024–Horseshoe Indianapolis will present a one of a kind experience for the track’s 22nd season opener Monday, April 8. Live Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing surrounds the Total Solar Eclipse, which will occur at 3:06 p.m. The facility, located off I-74 in Shelbyville, Ind., is positioned right on the line of totality as the moon will completely cover the sun.
Live racing begins at 12 p.m. complemented by numerous activities, including local entertainment provided by Lindsey Flannery, Kitt Hammond, Nick Fischer, and Garry Lauziere. Giveaways prior to the Eclipse include chairs, t-shirts, racing ...
ALEXANDRIA, LA–APRIL 2, 2024–The final day of the 2024 Louisiana Downs Quarter Horse racing season proved to be memorable for both Louisiana-bred Quarter Horses and Louisiana students. Smiles were plentiful on Saturday, March 30 as the Bossier City racetrack hosted the $458,794 Mardi Gras Futurity (RG2) and $397,702 Louisiana Downs Futurity(G3) for 2-year-olds.
The afternoon also offered the first opportunity of the year for eligible Louisiana students to receive scholarships courtesy of the Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association (LQHBA) Scholarship Fund. For the second year in a row, Louisiana Downs generously contributed $3,000 to boost the amount of the three LQHBA Scholarships. Three drawings of $2,000, a total of $6,000 ...
LEXINGTON, KY–APRIL 2, 2024–Record-setting fans and races highlighted the 2nd annual Sandy Ridge At Red Mile, building strong momentum for the return of quarter horse racing to Kentucky.
"We couldn't be more thrilled with the quality of racing and overwhelmingly positive feedback we received over two weeks of races," said Larry Lucas, Chairman of Revolutionary Racing Kentucky, which organized the event. "There is genuine excitement across the country about quarter horse racing coming back to the Commonwealth and we are proud to be the ones bringing it back."
Nearly $1.2M in total purses was paid over six race days. Like last year, the champion horse owner, ...
by Greg Thompson, Stallionesearch.com
BOSSIER CITY, LA–APRIL 1, 2024–StallioneSearch.com begins its webcast coverage of the Mardi Gras Futurity(RG2) weekend with the recap of the 300-yd event on StallioneSearch.com.
On this episode, StallioneSearch was on hand to capture the richest-ever running of the of the restricted Grade 2 $458,794 Mardi Gras Futurity Futurity at Louisiana, Downs in Bossier City, Louisiana last Saturday.
Trainer Salvador Olmeda sent 9-1 Hes Bold As Corona, a son of champion sire Coronas Leaving you, to upset a field 10 state-bred juveniles, taking home a winner's purse valued at $206,457.
Asael Isidoro Charmin owns the Salvador Olmeda bred ...
BOSSIER CITY, LA– APRIL 1, 2024–Louisiana Downs wrapped its 2024 Quarter Horse meet on Saturday, March 30. The 41-day season, which commenced on January 9, concluded with the presentation of the end of meet honors for leading jockey, trainer and owner.
It was a highly successful season for jockey Arturo Alvarez, 23, who clinched the title with 31 wins from 157 starts in 2024. He was third in last year’s standings, but clearly has emerged as one of the top Quarter Horse jockeys in the region.
This was his first title at Louisiana Downs, but the native of Jalisco, Mexico was ...
AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION—APRIL 1, 2024–Peimine and peiminine are isosteroidal alkaloids and the major biological active constituents derived from the Bulbus Fritillaria plant (Fritillaria ussuriensis and Fritillaria thunbergia). These Fritillaria alkaloids are reported to have anti-inflammatory, expectorant, antitussive, and other anti-tumor, antioxidant, and sedative pharmacological effects. There are no FDA-approved Fritillaria-containing products.
To the extent that Bulbus Fritillaria containing products exist, they are manufactured absent regulatory oversight – with unknown safety, efficacy, stability, and purity. Fritillaria alkaloids are assigned a 4/B classification in the Association of Racing Commissioners International’s Uniform Classification (ARCI) of Foreign Substances, consistent with other substances with similar pharmacological activity lacking FDA approval. The detection of Fritillaria ...
DALLAS, TX–MARCH 30, 2024–StallioneSearch.com continues their short-film series with a third-episode following the 2023 breeding season of Vinton, Louisiana-based sire RC Me Leaving You, after seeing a monumental upswing in popularity from breeders yielding an increase of over 1700% (from 11 mares in 2022 to over 200 mares in 2023).
In early 2023, StallioneSearch produced a docu-series profiling the sire as he was posting an amazingly-high 70% winners from starters in his first crop to race. He also sired the $1-Million Louisiana Million ...
HUBBARD, TX–MARCH 29, 2024–Longtime rancher William Steven Swan, 76, of Hubbard, Texas and Newell, South Dakota passed away Tuesday, March 26. A service will be held Saturday, March 30, at 6:00 p.m. (CDT) at the Hubbard Cowboy Church in Hubbard, ...
LOS ALAMITOS, CA–MARCH 29, 2024–With a forecast of rain for this weekend in Southern California, Los Alamitos has canceled its Saturday night racing program. Los Alamitos is not racing this Sunday night in observance of Easter.
Live racing will resume next week. Gate works for 2-year-olds have been moved from Saturday to Friday morning starting at 10 am. Trainers can work up to 4 ...
by Greg Thompson, Stallionesearch.com
FORT STOCKTON, TX–March 29, 2024–A new four-part video series chronicling owner/breeder Andy Rivera's pursuit of qualifying a runner into the All American ...
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 27, 2024–Stakes victories were the highlights of week three of racing at Remington Park and boosted Ali Rivera and Matt Whitekiller to Lip Chip Jockey and Trainer of the Week honors.
Rivera, 21 (his 22nd birthday is Thursday), also moved into a tie for first place in the jockeys' ...
ALTOONA, IA–MARCH 27, 2024–With the start of the 2024 live racing season at Prairie Meadows Casino, Racetrack and Hotel fast approaching, horsemen planning to compete at the Altoona, IA facility this season should take note of several important dates and deadlines.
The 2024 live racing season begins on May 10, 2024, with Thoroughbred-only racing. There will be 20 days of Thoroughbred-only racing through June 15, 2024. The 60-day mixed Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse schedule will ...
DALLAS, TX—MARCH 26, 2023—A recent ruling filed by the Arizona Horse Racing Commission for a 2024 Stakes race that required a disqualification due to a medication ...
by Greg Thompson, Stallionesearch.com
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 24, 2024–StallioneSearch.com begins its webcast coverage of the Oklahoma Futurity(G2) weekend with the recap of the 300-yd event on StallioneSearch.com.
On this episode, StallioneSearch was on hand to capture the running of the finals of the Grade 2 $502,385 Oklahoma Futurity at Remington Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Saturday night.
Trainer Juan ...
by Greg Thompson, Stallionesearch.com
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 24, 2024–StallioneSearch.com concludes its webcast coverage of the Oklahoma Futurity(G2) weekend at Remington Park with the recap of the 350 yard Oklahoma Derby on StallioneSearch.com.
On this episode, ...
BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 22, 2024–Three $2,000 scholarships will be awarded on Saturday, March 30, at Louisiana Downs.
The Bossier City racetrack will also host the richest Mardi Gras Futurity(RG2) and the richest Louisiana Downs ...
DECATUR, TX–MARCH 20, 2024–Funeral services will be held Friday (Mar 22) for Texas horseman Jimmy R. Coffman, 86, who passed away March 18, 2024.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 21, 2024, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. (CDT) at the Hawkins ...
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 20, 2024–Easy Money Chase, the free online Remington Park racing game is open and set for play during the remainder of the 2024 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season at Remington Park. The top players in the contest will split $5,850 in prize money with the best contestant winning the Grand Prize of $2,000!
The Easy Money Chase game begins on ...
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 20, 2024–A riding triple on St. Patrick’s Day along with stakes victories on March 16, ...
AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION—MARCH 18, 2024–The 2024-2025 American Quarter Horse Association Executive Committee was elected at the 2024 AQHA Convention in Las Vegas. Though AQHA operates primarily upon the decisions of its ...
CASPER, WY–MARCH 18, 2024–Charles E. Moore, Executive Director of the Wyoming Gaming Commission, was honored earlier this month with the "2024 Len Foote Award" from the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI).
The ...
by Greg Thompson, StallioneSearch.com
LEXINGTON, KY–MARCH 18, 2024–StallioneSearch.com begins its webcast coverage of the Sandy Ridge Quarter Horse Meet in Lexington, Kentucky at the historic Red Mile Race Course with the $45,000-added Cherokee Overnight Stakes.
On this episode, StallioneSearch was on hand to capture the running of the opening day stakes, the $45,000 Cherokee Overnight Stakes. A seven horse field of older-horses lined up to contest the 220-yard ...
LAS VEGAS, NV–MARCH 17, 2024–This year’s American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame class that includes three horses and three men was announced yesterday at the AQHA Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Induction into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame is the highest honor bestowed by the American Quarter Horse Foundation.
This year, AQHA will induct three horses and three men into the Class of 2024: Paul Jones, Dr. Jim Heird, J.D. ...
ST GEORGE, UT–MARCH 17, 2024–Funeral services are set Wednesday (March 20) for Kelly H. Spackman, 73, who passed away March 11, 2024, peacefully at his home in St. George, Utah, surrounded by his family.
Services are set for noon (MDT) at Webb ...
ALEXANDRIA, LA–MARCH 15, 2024–The Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders' Association (LQHBA) announced today Misty Coats will begin her duties as Assistant to the Executive Director on Monday, March 18.
Ms. Coats, a longtime employee of Heritage Place Sale Company in Oklahoma City, and her husband Greg will be moving to Louisiana.
"We are excited to have Misty join the Louisiana Team. I know Misty will be well received by our Members, the LSRC-Louisiana State Racing Commission, and LAHBPA," LQHBA Executive Director Bruce Salard said today. "Misty will play a key role in Louisiana’s breeding and racing integrity ...
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY –MARCH 13, 2024–Multiple Grade 1 winning jockey and the #3 leading rider by earnings in the nation last year, will be seeking his first leading-rider title at the Sandy Ridge at the Red Mile Quarter Horse meet in Lexington that starts Sunday March 17, 2024.
The 19-year old Dallas, Texas native landed eight mounts on the ...
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 13, 2024— The first Remington Park Jockey & Trainer of the Week, presented by Lip Chip, to start the 2024 Spring Season are Ricky Ramirez and Dee Keener.
Ramirez posted four victories from 13 mounts over the first four race dates of the season, taking the top spot in the jockey standings. He also rode four mounts to third place finishes, ...
AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATON–It’s racing season! Beginning in 2024, AQHA’s method for identifying racehorses changed and all horses that ...
MERIDAN, TX–MARCH 13, 2024–Adam Conrad of Stone Oak Ranch posted the following tribute to Royal Shake Em on his Facebook page:
"Royal Shake Em passed peacefully on February 14 and was laid to rest at our ranch in Meridian, Texas. He ...
RUIDOSO, NM– MARCH 11, 2024–The Sam Thompson Memorial Foundation expands its fundraising activities by offering a clothing line of retro-Quarter Horse racing t-shirts from some of the legends of the sport of Quarter Horse racing.
Founded in 2014, the Sam Thompson Memorial Foundation has been graciously ...
LONDON, UK–MARCH 11, 2024–New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), in collaboration with Cornell University, has found that inbreeding is a contributing factor to mid and late-term pregnancy loss (MLPL), but not early pregnancy loss (EPL) in Thoroughbreds.
This is the first study which explores the effect of genomic inbreeding ...
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 10, 2024—Due to power issues in TV control, disrupting ability to present the final ...
DALLAS, TX–MARCH 10, 2024–StallioneSearch.com continues its he short-film series with the second-episode that follows the 2023 breeding season of Vinton, Louisiana-based sire RC Me Leaving You, following a monumental upswing in popularity from breeders that yielded an increase of over 1700% (from 11 ...
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 10, 2024–The 1st annual Heritage Place "Spring Forward Online Sale" ends today.
Online bidding on the 30 head of broodmares, stallions, short yearlings and horses-of-racing age that began ...
ALEXANDRIA,LA–MARCH 8, 2024–The Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association (LQHBA) is pleased to announce that highly respected veterinarian Dr. Larry Findley, Sr. and outstanding stallion Sir Runaway Dash will be inducted into the 2024 LQHBA Hall of Fame. They will be honored at the ...
LEXINGTON, KY–MARCH 8, 2024–National Racing Hall of Fame and AQHA Racing Hall of Fame Trainer D. Wayne Lukas trains and co-owns a Kentucky-bred two-year old that he is looking to possibly make its debut at the Sandy Ridge At The Red Mile meet in Lexington, Kentucky.
The legendary Thoroughbred trainer, who is a four-time Kentucky Derby winner with twenty-Breeders Cup wins to his credit, started his training career in Quarter Horse racing in the 1960's.
Prior to his enormously-successful career in Thoroughbred racing, Lukas began ...
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 8, 2024–A new era in Quarter Horse Racing auctions began today with Heritage Place Sale Company launching its digital sales ring platform with the 1st annual Heritage Place "Spring Forward Online Sale".
Online bidding is now open on the 30 head of broodmares, stallions, short yearlings and horses-of-racing age. Bidding closes on Sunday March 10, 2024, at 2 p.m. (CST).
CLICK HERE to review a "flip book" of the 2024 Spring Forward Online Mixed Sale.
"The Heritage Place digital sales ring marks a significant milestone in our rich sales history and expands the realm of high-quality sales options Heritage Place can deliver," General Manager Spence Kidney said. "This tool does not replace Heritage's traditional live sales format but rather provides us the flexibility to host small, select ...
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–MARCH 8, 2024–Nominations for the $85,000-est. Grade 1 Texas Hero Futurity, for 2-year-old Texas-Bred Paint and Appaloosa foals of 2022, close Wednesday, May 1.
Trials for the $50,000-added 400 yard Grade 1 event will be contested October 25 and the final will runback on November 15, 2024. This race was formerly the Lone ...
ALEXIANDRIA, LA–MARCH 7, 2024–The annual LQHBA Annual Membership meeting and Election is set for Saturday, April 20, 2024.
The following Board of Director nominees are approved by the majority of Board of Directors.
2024 LQHBA Board of Directors Nominees 3 Year Term
Central District
Lyle Guillory (Click Here for Biography) 800 Johnston Street Alexandria, LA 71301
Stephen Deville ( ...
DALLAS, TX–MARCH 6, 2024–Stallionesearch.com continues its ongoing short-film series on the freshly-retired AQHA Racing Champion 2 and 3-Year-Old Colt and two-time Grade 1 winning-runner Cyber Attack, with episode 4 today of this multiple-episode series.
The short film, written and produced by Greg Thompson of Stallionesearch.com, chronicles the top sire prospect for 2024 who is retiring from his ...
FREDERICKSBURG, TX–MARCH 6, 2024–Nominations for the 2024 Gillespie County Fair Futurity, G.C.F.A. July Firecracker Futurity and the Gillespie County Fair Derby are due April 15.
A $150 nomination for the Gillespie County Fair Futurity and the Gillespie County Fair Derby must be postmarked by April 15. A $200 nomination fee is due April 15 for the G.C.F.A. July Firecracker Futurity.
CLICK HERE for ...
ALEXANDRIA, LA—MARCH 5, 2024—A regular meeting of the LQHBA Board of Directors will be conducted Thursday, March 21st, in the "John Henry Room" at Evangeline Downs in Opelousas, Louisiana.
Set for 10:00 a.m. (CST) all LQHBA members and the public are invited but not required to attend.
Please remind anyone that is interested in ...
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