OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—SEPTEMBER 16, 2025—Heritage Place Sale Company will kick off festivities for its 47th annual Heritage Place September Yearling Sale with the annual pre-sale party on Tuesday (Sept. 16) in Oklahoma City.

The sales company will host the pre-sale party from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. (CDT). It will include entertainment, food, drinks, and yearling viewing. Everyone is invited.

Session 1, Hips 1 through 253, of the September Yearling Sale will begin at 10 a.m. (CDT) on Wednesday (Sept. 17).

Session 2, featuring Hip 254 through 505, will begin promptly on Thursday (Sept 18) at 10 a.m. (CDT).

Friday’s (Sept 19) will begin at 10:000 a.m. (CDT), offering breedings to leading sires Dulce Sin Tacha, Flying Cowboy 123, and Kiss My Hocks, benefitting the Ruidoso Racing Foundation. ...



By Greg Thompson, StallioneSearch

RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM—SEPTEMBER 16, 2025–As King Of The Tide crossed the wire first in the 2025 renewal of the All American Futurity (G1) on Labor Day, the Wood family etched another chapter into the archives of the sport’s richest Quarter Horse race.

For trainer S. Trey Wood, it marked a ...


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By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch

BREAUX BRIDGE, LA–SEPTEMBER 15, 2025Robicheaux Ranch is proud to announce that they will manage Tempting Dash’s frozen semen for the 2026 breeding season. His fee will be set at $5,000 (ICSI only) with a $700 booking fee.

Tempting Dash remains a Texas Accredited Stallion, and his foals will continue to be eligible for the Texas-Bred accreditation program, adding long-term value for breeders across the region.

“We are so excited to ...



By StallioneSearch

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–SEPTEMBER 15, 2025–The deadline for online bidding registration in advance of the upcoming Heritage Place Yearling Sale arrives today at 5:00 PM (CST). The 47th annual Heritage Place Quarter Horse Yearling Sale will be held Wednesday, September 17, through Saturday, September 20, at the Heritage Place Sales Pavilion in Oklahoma City.

Sales ...



ALTOONA, IA–SEPTEMBER 15, 2025–Prairie Meadows Casino, Racetrack, & Hotel and the Iowa Quarter Horse Racing Association are proud to announce that the 2025 Valley Junction Futurity (G3), to be held on the closing weekend of the 2025 racing season, will offer a record-high purse valued at $303,500.

The Valley Junction Futurity (G3) for open two-year-olds running a distance of 350 yards is scheduled for Friday, September 26, as part of the 2025 Prairie Meadows Quarter Horse Championships that will showcase four stakes now worth a total of $488,920.

First post on Friday, September 26 is scheduled for 6:00 PM (CDT). The full rundown of Quarter Horse stakes on Friday includes the $25,000 Valley Junction Juvenile consolation race, the $50,000 Two Rivers (G3) for older horses going 400 yards, the $110,420 Altoona Derby for three-year-olds going 400 yards and the $303,500 Valley ...



GAINSVILLE, TX–SEPTEMBER 12, 2025–All-American Futurity winner and Leading Sire Jess Good Candy has been relocated to Texas, according to his owners, PV Quarter Horse Farms, LLC.

Beginning in 2026, the undefeated Champion and earner of $2,014,703 will stand at Solo Select Horses in Gainesville, Texas for a fee of $8,500.00.

One of only two stallions to earn more than $2,000,000 while racing, he is the AQHA’s No. 1 earning, undefeated runner of all time.

After winning the $3,000,000 All American Futurity G1, $1,069,631 Ruidoso Derby G1, and the $70,000 Mr Master Bug Handicap, Jess Good Candy was retired from racing with eight wins in as many starts.

Currently a Top 10 Sire of 2025 earners, ...



By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch

EDMONTON, AB—SEPTEMBER 11, 2025—It’s confirmed, O Seeyalater added another milestone to her career at Century Mile Racetrack, officially setting a new track record for 440 yards with her victory in the $46,395(US) AQHA Century Mile Championship Challenge.

The ...



CLAREMORE, OK—SEPTEMBER 10, 2025—Fall is in the air, and Quarter Horses are back in the stables at Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs as the fall American Quarter Horse Association racing season in Claremore officially begins.

The 2025 Will Rogers Downs racing schedule features 28 AQHA, Appaloosa and Paint racing days through Nov. 11, with average daily purses around $150,000. Races are currently posting at 1 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Races will post at 1 p.m. three days a week -- on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays starting Sept. 21. Final races will post at 12 p.m. starting in ...



AURORA, CO –SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 – The Rocky Mountain Quarter Horse Association (RMQHA) proudly announces the 2025 Quarter Horse Stakes Schedule at Bally’s Arapahoe Park in Aurora, Colorado.

Live racing returns to Arapahoe Park on Friday, September 12, 2025. Racing is scheduled at 1:00 PM every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday throughout the 30-day meet, which runs through Sunday, November 16, 2025.

This year’s meet will showcase four Quarter Horse stakes races and a full slate of futurities and derbies. The RMQHA-sponsored, Colorado Bred Cherry Creek Futurity and Lucile Rowe Derby will be a main attraction for the state-bred ...



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ALEXANDRIA, LA–SEPTEMBER 5, 2025–The Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association (LQHBA) has announced the implementation of a new "LQHBA Hair Test Policy" following approval by its Board of Directors on July 7, 2025.  The Louisiana State Racing Commission has approved the Revised Hair Test Policy, Effective October 01, 2025.

Effective October 1, 2025, any horse testing positive for prohibited substances via hair testing will be ineligible for retesting for 120 days from the date of the positive result. Hair tests conducted by the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association (OQHRA) before the 120-day period will not be accepted.

Please refer to the Revised Hair Test Policy at www.lqhba.com under Hair Testing Tab for Evangeline Downs or ...



By StallioneSearch

PHOENIX, AZ—SEPTEMBER 3, 202— The Arizona Quarter Racing & Breeders Association (AQRA) has announced its 2025–26 Quarter Horse racing schedule at Turf Paradise, setting the stage for a highly competitive season that will feature an array of futurities, derbies, and stakes races.

The new season officially opens on November 10, 2025, with preparations already underway as barns open for horsemen on October 1 and the main and training tracks become ...



PENDLETON, IN–SEPTEMBER 3, 2025–Longtime Indiana horseman Randy Haffner, 62, of Pendleton, Indiana, passed away on August 31, 2025, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis after an extended illness.

Randy’s life will be celebrated from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, September 7, 2025, at the Mercer Family Barn, 1189 W. 700 S., Pendleton, Indiana 46064.

He was born on August 14, 1963, in Portland, Indiana.

He was an avid horse lover. Showing Appaloosas in his youth became a lifelong ...



By Curtis Stock, Horse Racing Alberta

EDMONTON, AB–SEPTEMBER 2, 2025–Cliff and Audrey Whitelock waited more than 50 years for something like this.

Alberta Breeders and owners since 1968 the Whitelocks won their first major stakes - the $57,000 Alberta Stallion Stakes Futurity for two-year-olds at Edmonton’s Century Mile on August 16.

"Audrey just about fell off the couch," said Cliff, who will turn 95 in two months, who was watching their quarter horse Rocn On West zip down the middle of the track two weeks ago on television from their home just outside of Drayton Valley, winning by three-quarters of a length.

"He bobbled a little at the start but all he did was get down to business and run ...