LOS ALAMITOS, CA—SEPTEMBER 28, 2022—Multiple stakes winner Favorite Honey would have been the big favorite in this Saturday’s $137,000 PCQHRA Breeders Derby, but the gelding will not be part of the race as he’s been sidelined from the race with a minor injury.

The field will include Los Alamitos Oaks winner Sweet Tess, who was flying in the final 100 ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI ALTOONA, IA–SEPTEMBER, 2022–Four Iowa-bred Quarter Horse stakes will highlight Saturday's 13-race closing-day program at Prairie Meadows. Post time for the track's first race is set for 4 p.m. (CDT). Ten state-bred 2-year-olds are entered back in Saturday's 350-yard, $129,020 Jim Bader ...

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–SEPTEMBER 28, 2022–Fanncee, a homebred 4-year-old Big Daddy Cartel mare racing for Mac and Janis Murray’s MJ Farms, drew post 10 for Saturday’s inaugural 350-yard, $50,000 Champagne Lane Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred distaffers at Albuquerque Downs. Trained by ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–SEPTEMBER 28, 2022–Bye Corona Bye, a multiple graded stakes winning son of Ivory James racing for Carlos Ponce, drew post 5 for Saturday's 400-yard, $426,500 Dash For Cash Futurity (G2) at Lone Star Park. Trained by ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI ALTOONA, IA–SEPTEMBER 27, 2022–Four stakes, topped by the 350-yard, $224,720 Valley Junction Futurity (G3) for 2-year-olds, will be contested during Friday's 11-race card at Prairie Meadows. Surprise Surprise, a stakes-winning daughter of ...

AJAX, ONT–SEPTEMBER 27, 2022– The 2022 Ajax Downs' Quarter Horse season enters its final five racing dates on Wednesday (SEP 28) with eight races on tap and a first race post time of 12:55 p.m. EDT.

An intriguing mix of dashes on the afternoon includes ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SHELBYVILLE, IN–SEPTEMBER 27, 2022–WRS Valentino, a homebred 6-year-old Mighty B Valiant gelding and a two-time stakes winner during the current meet, is one of 11 aged runners entered in Thursday's 440-yard, $109,080 Indiana Championship Stakes at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Trained by Randy Smith for owner Williams Racing Stables Inc., WRS Valentino has earned $55,518 from three starts this season, and his two wins include a half-length victory as the 4-5 favorite in the 400-yard, $50,000 Bradford Stakes on July 13. The gelding drew post 9 and will ...

GRAND PRAIRE, TX–SEPTEMBER 27, 2022–Opening Night of the Lone Star Park's 2022 Fall Meeting of Champions featured ten trials to determine the field for the Grade 2, $426,500 Dash for Cash Futurity.    

The fastest qualifying time of the 94 horses in the trials was set by Tha Duke, an accredited ...

ALBUQUERQUE, NM, SEPTEMBER 24, 2022–A dozen state-bred 2-year-olds are entered back in Sunday’s 400-yard, $100,000 New Mexico State Fair Juvenile Stakes (R) at Albuquerque Downs. Carlos F. Paez’s Mr Tres Effort, a homebred son of the Feature Mr Jess stallion TF Featured Effort, drew ...

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–SEPTEMBER 22, 2022–River Flash, a homebred son of Chicks Regard racing for Robert M. Driggers and Ben Lee Ivey, will put his six-race win streak on the line in Sunday’s 400-yard, $287,844 New Mexico State Fair ...

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–SEPTEMBER 22, 2022–Ten state-bred 2-year-olds, topped by fastest qualifier Talbott, are entered back in Sunday’s 400-yard, $625,689 New Mexico State Fair Quarter Horse Futurity (RG3) at Albuquerque Downs. A gray son of Big Daddy Cartel trained by Juan Carlos Gonzalez ...