CLAREMORE, OK—SEPTEMBER 20, 2019—Gerald W. Reed and Whiting Ranch's Lota Shakin Goin On, runner-up in the $895,210 Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Futurity(RG2) last April, is one of 10 2-year-olds entered back in Sunday’s 350-yard, $139,875 Black Gold 350 Futurity (R) at Will Rogers Downs. The bay son of leading third-crop sire Lota Pyc trained by Gerald W. Reed, Lota Shakin Goin On finished third in a blanket finish to Mr Dillard and Shaunda Got A Prize in his Black Gold 350 Futurity trial on September 7. The gelding has banked $150,025 from five starts this season with a 1-1-1 record including finishing a head off Johnny de Capo in the Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Futurity (RG2). ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—SEPTEMBER 20, 2019—Parsons Family Limited Partnership’s Thermonuclear Energy will go after her third major stakes win of the season when she heads an outstanding field of 10 fillies and mares in the Grade 1, $125,000 Mildred Vessels Memorial Handicap on Sunday at Los Alamitos. The winner of the Mildred Vessels at 400 yards will earn a provisional berth to the $600,000 Champion of Champions to be held on December 14. The Mildred Vessels winner has also been named AQHA champion aged mare in four out of the past six year. Trained by Chris O’Dell, Thermonuclear Energy has been the most consistent mares on the grounds ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—SEPTEMBER 19, 2019—Trainer Justin Joiner, who had a tremendous winter season at Los Alamitos Race course in 2018, will showcase a quartet of young runners here on Friday night. Joiner, who has spent the last six months in the Southwest racing circuit, won the Grade 1 Golden State Million and Grade 1 Los Alamitos Two ...

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX—SEPTEMBER 19, 2019—Two-time graded stakes winner Trump My Record is one of 89 2-year-olds entered in Saturday’s 400-yard Dash For Cash Futurity (G2) trials at Lone Star Park. The son of first-crop sire Apollitical Blood will be making his first start since suffering his only career loss, after stumbling at the start, in the $474,750 TQHA Sale Futurity (RG3) on July 27. Conditioned by trainer Eddie Sanchez, Trump My Record rattled off five straight wins earlier in the year including the $459,700 Sam Houston Futurity(G2) and the $253,070 Harrah's Entertainment Futurity(G3) at Louisiana Downs. Jockey J.L. Sanchez III has been named aboard the colt that will start from ...

AJAX, ONT—SEPTEMBER 19, 2019—Bragging rights for the best 3-year-old Quarter Horse in Ontario are on the line Monday, Sept. 23 in the 7th Picov Derby at Ajax Downs worth $62,900. The 10 fastest qualifiers from two Trials held on Sept. 9 will decide the final at 400 yards in race 7 on a big, 10-race card that begins at 12:55 p.m. The ...

ALBUQUERQUE, NM—SEPTEMBER 19, 2019— Albuquerque Downs will end the main portion of its 2019 season with a stakes bonanza featuring five Quarter Horse stakes and two Thoroughbred stakes. Post time for the first race on Saturday is set for 6:05 p.m. (MDT). First post time for Sunday’s program, which features a total of six stakes, is 1:30 p.m. Following is a capsule preview of all seven weekend stakes. LA FIESTA QUARTER HORSE DERBY (Sunday; 400 yards; $154,552) -- Faster Then U, a stakes winner over the track during his 2-year-old season, heads the field in this race. Trained by Jimmy Padgett for a partnership, the ...

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX—SEPTEMBER 18, 2019—Sixty-two sophomores, headed by multiple graded winner Eysa Jess Jumpn (3-5), have been entered in Friday’s 440-yard Dash For Cash Derby (G3) trials at Lone Star Park. Probably the best 3-year-old filly in the nation, Eysa Jess Jumpn trained by Fructuoso Huitron for owner Jose Estrada Quarter Horses, brings a six-race win streak into Friday's fourth trial (Race 8). The daughter of leading sire Heza Fast Dash has compiled a (13) 10-0-1 record and banked more than $671,000. She is a perfect 5-for-5 in 2019 with wins in the Sam Houston Derby(G3), Delta ...

HOBBS, NM—SEPTEMBER 18, 2019—Forty-seven 2-year-olds have been entered in Saturday’s 400-yard Hobbs America Futurity (G2) trials, as Zia Park opens its 2019 racing season with a nine-race program, starting at noon (MDT). Valentina Relentless, a daughter of leading first-crop sire Hes Relentless, ...

AJAX, ONT—SEPTEMBER 16, 2019—The weather promises to be sunny and warm and the nine-race card of Quarter Horse racing is superb, perfect reasons to take the day off and come to Ajax Downs Monday (Sep 16). Seventeen 2-year-olds, the stars of the future, will contest two Trials for the prestigious Alex Picov Memorial Futurity on a nine-race card which features plenty of big fields. Will it be another easy race for the exciting juvenile Eazy Street in the second Trial, race 3? The unbeaten Ontario bred won the Ontario-Bred Futurity in July for his second straight win for owners Carol and Jaime Robertson and trainer Bryn Robertson. ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—SEPTEMBER 14, 2019—Major futurity winners Flokie, Pitbull, and Chayito Cartel will headline a great night of trials to the Grade 2, $355,000 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity at 350 yards on Sunday night at Los Alamitos. Seven trials featuring a total of 55 juveniles will be contested as part of the nine-race program. The first ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—SEPTEMBER 12, 2019—Four sophomores that raced in the Grade 2 Golden State Derby final reunite to compete in the first of three trials to the Grade 3, $150,000 PCQHRA Breeders Derby on Saturday at Los Alamitos. The field will include Conquering Marie, who took advantage of a beautiful start and troubled trips for several of ...

SHELBYVILLE, IN—SEPTEMBER 12, 2019—The fourth of six all-Quarter Horse racing nights for 2019 will be featured on the Saturday (Sep 14) racing program at Indiana Grand. A total of nine races are set with two trials for the $100,000 Sterlie Bertram Memorial featured in races six and seven followed by the fourth running of the $45,700 Leader ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—SEPTEMBER 12, 2019—Derby finalists Ladys A Cartel, No Telling and Jess Motions will be joined by La Pacifica Handicap winner Striver, the ultra-quick Easily Lethal and multiple allowance winner Anas Image when these 3-year-old fillies enter the starting for the $15,000 Champagne Lane Handicap at 350 on Friday night at Los ...