BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 21, 2019—Five American Quarter Horse stakes, topped by the $396,650 Oklahoma Futurity (G2) and $255,750 Oklahoma Derby (G3), will be featured on Remington Park’s 12-race Saturday program. Post time for the first race is set for 6 p.m. (CDT). Ten 2-year-olds, all of whom made their career debuts in trials held on March 9, have been entered back in the 300-yard Oklahoma Futurity. Elizabeth Logan’s EC Revenge, the fastest qualifier is coming off of a head victory in the seventh of 12 ...

SELMA, TX—MARCH 21, 2019—Retama Park will continue with training races on Friday when they host another 10 race card (9 for 2-year-olds). First post is noon (CDT). All races will be contested at 250 yards. Race 8 looks to be the feature race of the day when four summer sale yearling graduates square off at 250 yards. Trainer John ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 20, 2019—The 78th renewal of the historic Oklahoma Futurity will be conducted on Saturday, March 23 at Remington Park. The Grade 2 event headlines a 12-race program with seven stakes races and total combined purses of $1,271,228. The Oklahoma Futurity features 2-year-olds who qualified for the 300-yard event on Saturday, March 9. Always Charging has been tabbed as the morning-line favorite by odds-maker Jerry Shottenkirk. Owned by Reliance Ranches of Guthrie, Okla., and trained by Mike Robbins, Always Charging ...

BOSSIER CITY, LA—MARCH 16, 2019—The 2019 Louisiana Downs Quarter Horse meet wraps on Wednesday. The card will be highlighted by the $254,070 Harrah's Entertainment Futurity (G3). Trump My Record, who blazed to the wire of his 300-yard trial in :15.443 seconds under jockey Eddie Sanchez, has been installed as the 5-2 morning line favorite. The son of first-crop sire Apollitical Blood out of the PYC Paint Your Wagon mare Break N Records is trained by Arturo Davila III and owned by his ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI TUCSON, AZ—MARCH 16, 2019—A full field of eight aged runners, topped by fastest qualifier Temptingjess For Lmg, has been entered in Sunday’s 330-yard, $34,000 El Moro de Cumpas Stakes at Rillito Park. A 4-year-old son of champion Tempting Dash, Temptingjess For Lmg was ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—MARCH 16, 2019—Dan Wilson's razor sharp Run Raging Rhino Run and Ed Allred's always tough Bound To Bet— a pair of top notch Quarter Horses around the turn — will face some of the toughest Thoroughbreds on the grounds when they square off in the $15,000 Rossmoor Handicap at 870 yards on Saturday at Los Alamitos. Run Raging Rhino Run finished second to Rule He Will in the Snowbound Superstar Handicap at 870 yards back on December 9 and then won the Barbra B Handicap at 550 yards. In his most recent start, the ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 15, 2019—Rock About It, a sorrel son of Rock Solid Jess owned by Rockin J Running Horses, will make his 5-year-old season debut in Saturday’s 550-yard, $50,000 SLM Big Daddy Stakes (G3) at Remington Park. Rock About It will be making his first start since September 2, when the gelding ran ...

SELMA, TX—MARCH 14, 2019—Retama Park will host another 21 schooling races (19 for two-year-olds) on Friday. First post is set for noon CDT. Rancho La Cobra's Lucas Stone will start for trainer Alfredo Triana in Race 23. The son of Mr Jess Perry, bred by 2018 AQHA Leading Breeders' Grant Farms, sold for $75,000 in the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale last summer. He sold as Hip 345 under the name of The Perry Deluxe. Out of the grade 1-placed ...

SUNLAND PARK, NM—MARCH 12, 2019—A full field of New Mexico-breds have entered the 350-yard $85,000 Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap at Sunland Park on Saturday afternoon. The feature race of the card is restricted to New Mexico-breds aged three and up.

Major Bites, last year’s post-time favorite and winner of the race, returns as the 4-1 morning line favorite. The 6-year-old son of Jesse James Jr never finished off the board in 2018, including five wins; his only losses came against Jessies ...

BOSSIER CITY, LA—MARCH 5, 2019—An exceptional afternoon of racing is set for Saturday, March 16 at Harrah's Louisiana Downs. The card gets underway at 1:00 p.m. (CDT) with the $15,000 Leverne Perry Memorial Stakes, the $120,782 Mardi Gras Derby and the first "official" futurity of the year, the $305,296 Mardi Gras Futurity (RG2). Tf Shez Jess Dashin Leads the Field in the $305,296 Mardi Gras Futurity (RG2) A standout field of accredited Louisiana-bred 2-year-olds will put it all on ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 11, 2019—A number of high-dollar summer sale yearlings will face each other Wednesday as Remington Park hosts another eight training races for 2-year-olds. First post is for 12 noon and all races will be conducted at 250 yards. Soul Kisser, a $225,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale graduate by champion by first-crop sire Kiss My Hocks, will head Race 5 for owner MRB Racing and trainer Manuel Rodriguez. Out of Heritage Place Juvenile winner Cartel Rosie, Soul Kisser ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—MARCH 8, 2019—Four trials to the $211,000 El Primero Del Ano Derby are on tap for Sunday night headed by a spectacular third trial featuring Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter Derby winner Powerful Favorite, PCQHRA champion 2-year-old colt Ali Babe Foose and Golden State Million Futurity third place finisher Apollitical Pence. First post time for the eight race card is 6:05 p.m. with the trials making up the Late Pick Four sequence of races 5, 6, 7 and 8. A total of 25 horses will be in action in the trials ...