BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–APRIL 11, 2024–Alliekat Dynasty, a multiple graded stakes winning daughter of champion FDD Dynasty, is one of 38 Oklahoma-bred sophomore fillies entered in ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–APRIL 12, 2024–A talented group of juveniles headed by a pair of siblings to AQHA World Champions Empressum and Danjer will make their respective racing debuts in what should be a showdown of speed in the seventh race on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

These youngsters will be led by Jeff Jones and Steve Holt’s royally bred colt Assaultt, a son of Flying Cowboy 123 and out of the tremendous broodmare Crazy Down Corona, a breeding which makes him a half-brother to Empressum and fellow AQHA champion Hes Judgeandjury. Empressum was named World Champion in 2022 after a campaign highlighted by his victory in the Champion of Champions, while Hes Judgeandjury was the nation’s top 2-year-old colt in 2022 after a season headed by a ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–APRIL 11, 2023–Graded stakes winners RJ Having Fun and Cardiac Cowboy lead a group of 36 Oklahoma-bred sophomores entered in Saturday's 400-yard Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Derby (RG1) trials at Remington Park. The 10 fastest qualifiers from Saturday's four heats will meet in the $150,000-est. final on April 27. RJ Having Fun has earned $263,738 from seven races, and he ended his ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI FARMINGTON, NM–APRIL 10, 2024–A dozen state-bred sophomores are entered in Friday's opening-day feature at SunRay Park, the 400-yard, $70,000 New Mexico Breeders' Stakes (RG3). Miss Baby Cartel, the 9-2 morning-line favorite, is a gray daughter of Big Daddy Cartel trained by Eric Valenzuela for owners Felix Rodriguez and Sergio Holguin. The filly has earned ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–APRIL 9, 2024–A total of 189 Oklahoma-bred juveniles, led by Grade 2 finalist Billie Blues Girl, are entered in this week's 330-yard Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Futurity (RG1) trials at Remington Park. Twenty-two heats will be run, 11 on Thursday and 11 on Friday. First post time both nights is set for 6 p.m. (CDT). The five fastest qualifiers from each night will meet in the April 27, ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI PHOENIX, AZ–APRIL 8, 2024–Seventeen state-bred 3-year-olds, led by stakes winner Higher Heat, are entered in Thursday's 350-yard Arizona QRA Derby (R) trials at Turf Paradise. Higher Heat is a homebred son of the A Regal Choice stallion Heat Warning racing for Ralph and Carolyn Fales and trained by their ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–APRIL 7, 2024–CD Horses Inc’s Angel Soul, a finalist to the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter Derby and third place finisher in the $50,000 Los Alamitos Juvenile Invitational, will headline the running of the $12,900 allowance feature for sophomore fillies here on Sunday night.                                         

A daughter of the Jaime ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–APRIL 45 2024–Regina Laymon's Hooked N Gone, a homebred 4-year-old son of Pyc Paint Your Wagon trained by Eddie D. Willis, will make his season debut in Saturday's 350-yard, $68,000 Mr Jet Moore Stakes (RG2) for Oklahoma-breds at Remington Park. Hooked N Gone will be making his first start since December 9, when he ran eighth, two lengths behind winner Flash Bak, in American Quarter Horse racing's richest race for older runners, the 440-yard, $750,000 Champion of Champions (G1) at Los Alamitos. The ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OGDEN, UT–APRIL 4, 2024–Thirty-five 2-year-olds sired by eligible stallions are entered in Saturday's 300-yard Beehive Futurity (R) trials at Weber Downs. The fastest qualifiers from Saturday's six heats will meet in the April 21 Beehive Futurity final. Mysterious Cartel, a son of Five Bar Cartel trained by Abelardo Gonzalez for owner Luis A. Gonzalez, was a $31,000 purchase at last year's Heritage Place Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City. The sorrel colt is out of Mysterious Night, an unplaced Valiant Hero mare, and he is a half brother to the winning and stakes-placed ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SUNLAND PARK, NM–APRIL 3, 2024–Ten state-bred juveniles, led by fastest qualifier Pavel, are entered back in Saturday's 300-yard, $354,467 New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG2) at Sunland Park. A son of second-crop sire Czar Cartel Mv owned and trained by Jorge Luis Sanchez Jr., Pavel broke his maiden with a three-quarter length ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SUNLAND PARK, NM–APRIL 2, 2024–Over Da Edge, a two-time stakes winner during the current Sunland Park meet, is one of 11 state-bred 3-year-old Quarter Horses entered in Saturday’s 400-yard, $100,000 New Mexico Horse Breeders’ Association Stakes (RG2). Trained by Eric Valenzuela for owners Miguel Y. Gallegos and Mauricio Gallegos, Over Da Edge has won five of 10 races and has earned $217,986, of which $160,984 has been banked from three outs this season. The sorrel daughter of ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SUNLAND PARK, NM–APRIL 1, 2024–Painted Eclispe, a son of Pyc Paint Your Wagon and the fastest qualifier, drew the rail post for Saturday's 300-yard, $311,896 West Texas Futurity (G2) at Sunland Park. A $32,000 purchase at last year's Heritage Place Futurity in Oklahoma City, Painted Eclispe is trained by Xavier ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 27, 2024–Kiss My Maruska, a gelded son of Kiss My Hocks campaigned by the Heavy Hitters Racing Stables of Marcos Galvan and Hector Sabando, headlines Saturday's 300-yard, $397,702 Louisiana Downs Futurity (G2) at Louisiana Downs. An $88,000 purchase at last year's Texas QHA Yearling Sale in San Antonio, Kiss My Maruska was the fastest ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 26, 2024–Special Wild Train B, a daughter of Freighttrain B leased by Bobby D. Cox, is the 3-1 morning-line favorite for Friday's 400-yard, $101,418 Mardi Gras Oaks (R) for state-bred 3-year-old fillies at Louisiana Downs. Trained by Roy Roberts, Special Wild Train B is the third-fastest qualifier from four Mardi Gras Oaks trials contested ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 26, 2024-–Ten state-bred sophomores, led by fastest qualifier Hoztile Takeover, are entered back in Friday's 400-yard, $102,452 Mardi Gras Derby (R) at Louisiana Downs. A sorrel son of One Sweet Jess trained by Juan Diaz Jr. for owners Amanda St Amant and Luis Armando Castellanos, Hoztile Takeover made his 3-year-old season debut with a neck ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 25, 2024–Eight state-bred sprinters are entered in Thursday's 350-yard, $30,000 Winner's Circle Stakes (R) at Louisiana Downs. Rogelio Marquez Jr.'s San Lorenzo Jet will be making his first start against aged runners off of a sophomore campaign during which he earned $100,029 from three races and scored a three-quarter length win in the December 16, $202,000 LQHBA Breeders' Derby (RG3) at Evangeline Downs. Jesus M. Marquez trains the 4-year-old Jet Black Patriot gelding. San ...

SELMA, TX–MARCH 23, 2024–Fast Flyer 123, the $450,000 Heritage Place Yearling Sale topper last September, is set to make his track debut on Wednesday (Mar 27) when Retama Park hosts 15 schooling racings for 2-year-olds.

First post is 12:00 noon (CDT).

Trainer Toby Keeton will saddle Fast Flyer 123, a son of last year's leading first-crop sire Flying Cowboy 123, in the Race 10 for owner Triple Five. This is the first foal from the Heritage Place Futurity(G1) winner Uptowne Babe, a sister ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–MARCH 22, 2024–Keith Nellesen’s Political Rivalry will look to match his sire’s trifecta of stakes victories when he leads a field of 10 sophomores in the Grade 2, $204,200 El Primero Del Año Derby on Sunday night at Los Alamitos.

Political Rivalry is the son of AQHA champion KVN Corona, who won the Grade 1 Ed Burke Million Futurity, Grade 2 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity and the El Primero ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 22, 2024—Trainer Milton Broadnax, 75, may be the most patient man on the face of the earth, never winning a race in 55 tries before qualifying Liberty for Jess for the finals of the Grade 2, $502,385 Oklahoma Futurity to be run Saturday night at Remington Park.

It will be the 83rd edition of the longest-running futurity in American Quarter Horse racing. Started in 1947, the Oklahoma Futurity has been conducted at Remington Park since ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 21, 2024–Paragon Farms LLC's Fire Eat N Cowboy, a homebred Flying Cowboy 123 gelding and the fastest qualifier, is one of 10 sophomores entered back in Saturday's 350-yard, $217,678 Oklahoma Derby (G3) at Remington Park. Fire Eat N Cowboy made his season debut with a neck victory in the third of six trials on March 10. Trey Wood trains the sorrel gelding. Fire Eat N Cowboy drew post 2 and will be ridden by Ricky Ramirez. Other contenders include Eyesa Freighttrain B, a son of Freighttrain ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–MARCH 20, 2024–A Grade 1 stakes race for the second year in a row, the running of the Los Alamitos Oaks on Saturday night will feature a total purse of over $400,00 for the fifth straight year as another outstanding field squares off in the meet’s richest race for sophomores fillies.

Nine fillies will be in action in the Los Alamitos with Lance Bland and Jimmy Barton’s Asscher entering the 400-yard race in top form after posting the fastest qualifying time in the trials on March 3.

The daughter of FDD Dynasty will ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK– MARCH 20, 2024–The field for the Grade 2, $502,385 Oklahoma Futurity has been set. The historic 83rd edition of the longest-running futurity in American Quarter Horse racing headlines the Remington Park card on Saturday, March 23.

Miss Perrys Cowgirl has been tabbed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite by odds-maker Jerry Shottenkirk. The filly won her trial on the second night of qualifying for the 300-yard race on March 9, drawing off to win by 1-1/2 lengths. Owned by Reliance Ranches of Guthrie, Okla., Miss Perrys Cowgirl is trained by Cody Noel and will be ridden by regular jockey Mario Delgado.

A daughter ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI PHOENIX, AZ–MARCH 20 2024–Wicked Cowgirl Smart, a homebred daughter of leading sire Flying Cowboy 123 and the fastest qualifier, is one of 10 sophomores entered back in Monday's 350-yard, $65,100 Arizona QRA President's Open Spring Derby at Turf Paradise. Trained by Leonel Gonzalez for owner J Lazy Six Racing, Wicked Cowgirl Smart made her 3-year-old ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–MARCH 14, 2024–Hes Chickless, the winner of the Moonist Award in 2023, will now look to win the running of the $40,000 Moonist Stakes when he leads a strong field of eight runners in the eighth race on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

​​A multiple stakes winner, Hes Chickless is owned by Jeryl Hartley, who along with her husband, the late Ron Hartley, campaigned the great champion Moonist during a career that spanned 34 starts for 24 wins from 2013 to 2016.

Ron Hartley dreamed of winning the race named in honor of his Grade 1 stakes winning champion and he came close a few times. His stakes winning gelding Black Fryday ran third in the 2019 running of this race and the Hartleys’ multiple ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

LEXINGTON, KY–MARCH 14, 2024–Seven sprinters, led by early favorite Piloted By An Angel, will square off in Sunday's 220-yard, $45,000 Cherokee Overnight Stakes at The Red Mile.

Trained by Anthony Cunningham for owner Salvador Villalobos, Piloted By Angel will be making the first start of her 4-year-old season. The daughter of Paint My Pilot earned $37,260 from four outs last year, and he ended his sophomore season with a second-place finish, 1 1/4 lengths ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 13, 2024—The two opening weekend stakes at Remington Park – the SLM Big Daddy Stakes and Mighty Deck Three Stakes – have been rescheduled for Saturday, March 16.

The two stakes were postponed this past Sunday due to power issues in ...

SUNLAND PARK, NM–MARCH 12, 2024–Recent winner HS Danger Weapon is one of 94 state-bred 2-year-old Quarter Horses entered in Saturday’s 300-yard New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG2) trials at Sunland Park. A homebred son of Osbaldo racing for Hubaldo Solis of Peralta, New Mexico, HS Danger Weapon made his debut with a three-quarter length victory in a 300-yard, $30,000 maiden-special-weight dash for New Mexico-bred ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 9, 2024–Nine middle-distance specialists, led by Im No Lawyer Butt, are entered in Sunday's 550-yard, $50,000 SLM Big Daddy Stakes (G2) at Remington Park. A 4-year-old son of One Famous Eagle trained by Mike Joiner for owners Scott and Jaime Bryant, Im No Lawyer Butt will be making his first start since November 19, when he ran third, a ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 8, 2024–Party Tyme Racing's Eyesa Freighttrain B and Jo Rice's Cardiac Cowboy head a group of 56 sophomores entered in Sunday's 350-yard Oklahoma Derby (G3) trials at Remington Park. A bay son of Freighttrain B trained by Jose R. Espinosa, Eyesa Freighttrain B will be making his season debut off of a 2-year-old campaign during which ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 5, 2024–This weekend's live racing action at Louisiana Downs will be dominated by Mardi Gras Futurity (RG2) trials for state-bred 2-year-olds. First post time for Saturday and Sunday is set for 1:05 p.m. (Central). Eighteen 300-yard heats -- nine each day -- will be run. The five fastest qualifier from each day's trials will race ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SUNLAND PARK, NM–MARCH 5, 2024–Whiskey Creek, a Grade 1-winning son of world champion Apollitical Jess owned by Rancho AA LLC, is one of 30 aged sprinters entered in Sunday's 400-yard West Texas Maturity (G3) trials at Sunland Park. A $300,000 purchase at the 2021 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, Whiskey Creek will be making his first start since December 9, when he ran 10th, three lengths behind winner Flash Bak, in the sport's richest and most prestigious race for older runners, the 440-yard, $750,000 Champion of Champions (G1) at Los Alamitos. The ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 4, 2024–A total of 126 2-year-olds are entered in this week's 300-yard Louisiana Downs Futurity (G2) trials. A total of 14 trials -- seven on Thursday and seven on Friday -- will be contested. The five fastest qualifiers from each day of trials will meet in the March 30, $250,000-est. Louisiana Downs Futurity final. Thursday's heats are led by Tempting Debut GL, a homebred son ...

SELMA, TX–MARCH 4, 2024–Summer sale graduate continue to dominate training races this time of year. Retama Park will host its third training race card on Wednesday (Mar 6) with 24 of 33 juveniles entered being graduates of the TQHA, Ruidoso, Heritage Place, Los Alamitos or LQHBA Yearling Sales.

A six-race "non-wagering" card is set for a noon (CST) first-post. Training races at the San Antonio area racetrack are open to the public for free viewing.

The top eight high-sellers, of 24 sales graduates entered, on Wednesday come ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 1, 2024–The Remington Park racing office has compiled the racing card for the first night of the 2024 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season at Remington Park. A total of 12 races were drawn for the opener on Thursday, March 7.

The first night of the season will feature six trials for the Grade 1 Oklahoma Paint & Appaloosa Futurity. A group of 53 Paints and Appaloosas will compete at 300 yards, attempting to qualify in the fastest 10 for the final field on Saturday, March 23. The Paints have the majority of the trial ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–FEBRUARY 29, 2024–Trials to the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Oaks, one of the premier races for sophomore fillies in the nation in both purse money and stature, and the Grade 2 El Primero Del Año Derby will headline the 12-race Sunday night program here.

The Oaks trials were moved to Sunday night after the track cancelled the Saturday card due to rain.

The same 25 fillies that were set to race on Saturday came back to compete in the trials on Sunday, ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–FEBRUARY 29, 2024–Keith Nellesen’s Political Rivalry, a multiple graded futurity winner at Los Alamitos in 2023, and Jorge Carmona’s Five Bar Supreme, also a futurity winner here last year, are among the 22 sophomores that will race in the trials to the $204,200 El Primero Del Ano Derby on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

The runners in the El Primero trials will be divided into three trials and were carded as races 7,8 and 9 on the 12-race card. The evening’s action will ...