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Peregrino Af Gets First Career Stakes Win For An Upset In The $47,872 Grants Pass AQHA Adequan Derby
GRANTS PASS, OR–JUNE 30, 2024–Fastest qualifier from the trials, Peregrino Af, returns for the win in the finals of the $47,872 Grants Pass AQHA Adequan Derby Challenge on Sunday.

Ruben Lozano was aboard Peregrino Af for a three-way photo finish at the wire. Peregrino Af battled down the 400-yard straight away with Angelz Diva and Da Bros Cartel. The son of Separtaist won the nod by a nose, clocking a 101 speed index in :19.658 seconds. The slight upset paid $17.00 to win on 7/1 odds.

Peregrino Af improved his record to three wins from 12 starts, and the $22,021 winner's share of the purse increased his lifetime earnings to ...


Pretty Sweet Jess Scores Sixth Consecutive Victory In The CTM Regional Adequan Derby Challenge
EDMONTON, ALB–JUNE 29, 2024–Heavy favorite Pretty Sweet Jess fulfills expectations with her sixth consecutive win in the $39,270 (US) Century Mile Regional Adequan Derby Challenge on Saturday.

After piloting Pretty Sweet Jess to victory in the Horsemen's Derby in May, Ricardo Moreno returned for the mount again today at Century Mile. He piloted the son of One Sweet Jess to a 3/4-length wire-to-wire victory over stablemate Fired in :20.266 seconds, clocking a 91 speed index. The post-time favorite's 400-yard finish paid $4.30 to win on 1/1 odds.  Fired, ridden by J. Botello, challenged Pretty Sweet Jess to the wire but was out-finished for ...


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Grade 1 Winner Dance The Dust Off Wins $34,595 AQHA Distance Challenge at Wyoming Downs
EVANSTON, WY–JUNE 29, 2024–Grade 1 winner Dance The Dust Off will get another shot at his second win in the $100,000-est. Grade 1 Cox Ranch Distance Challenge Championship after posting a 1-1/2 length win in the $34,595 AQHA Distance Challenge at Wyoming Downs today.

Under jockey Nakia Teeter, Dance The Dust off flew late as he clocked 45.033 seconds, a ...


Grade 1 Winner Dance The Dust Off Heads Saturday's $34,595 AQHA Distance Challenge at Wyoming Downs
EVANSTON, WY–JUNE 27, 2024–Grade 1 winner Dance The Dust Off will head a field of seven hopefuls in Saturday's $34,595 AQHA Distance Challenge at Wyoming Downs. The winner will earn a starting spot in Grade 1 at $ 100,000-est. Cox Ranch Distance Challenge Championship at Albuquerque Downs this fall.

Starting off a 5-1/2 length allowance win at Wyoming Downs on June 15, Dance The Dust Off has been installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite ...


Pretty Sweet Jess Puts Win Streak On Line In Adequan Century Downs Derby Challenge Saturday
EDMONTON, ALB—JUNE 26, 2024—Multiple stakes winner Pretty Sweet Jess will put her five-race win streak on the line Saturday when she faces a full field in the $39,270(CAN) Adequan Century Downs Derby Challenge at Century Mile Racetrack & Casino. Carded as Race 2 on Century Mile Racetrack & Casino's 11-race schedule on Saturday, the 400-yard Adequan Century Downs derby Challenge estimated post is 4:15 p.m. (MDT). The daughter of multiple stakes sire One Sweet Jess has not lost a race since July 2023 and enters the Saturday Challenge race off an impressive 1-1/4 length win in the CTM ...


Jr Sakes Alive Easy Winner In Energy Downs AQHA Bonus Challenge Stakes Saturday
GILLETTE, WY—JUNE 22, 2024—Starting off a runner-up effort in the Weber Downs Fillies Derby in her last start on May 19, Jr Sakes Alive ran off to a 1-3/4 length win in the $21,050 Energy Downs AQHA Bonus Challenge Stakes on Saturday at Energy Downs.

Ridden by jockey Jesus Valenzuela, Jr, Sakes Alive completed the 330 yards in 16.990 seconds over a muddy racing surface, equaling an 85-speed index into a 5 mph crosswind.

It was the fifth career win in 11 starts for the daughter of multiple stakes sire Pappasito. The $10,315 winner's purse ...


Peregrino Af Sets Time To Beat In $30,000 added Adequan Grants Pass Challenge
GRANTS PASS, OR–JUNE 15, 2024–Peregrino Af clocks the fastest qualifying time from the first of two trials to the $30,000 added Adequan Grants Pass Derby Challenge on Saturday.

Jockey Cesar Moreno piloted Peregrino Af to his neck victory over Knocking It Off in :19.780 seconds, clocking a 97 speed index. The son of Separatist broke third from the gates but dug in at the final stretch to win by a neck, which paid $12.80 to win on 4/1 odds.

Peregrino Af now has two career wins from eleven starts. The first was in a stakes at Pocatello Downs from his second career start. The six-time stakes ...


Graded Stakes Winner Tha Duke Late Enrolled Into Challenge
AMARILLO, TX–JUNE 3, 2024– Louisiana-bred gelding Tha Duke has been late-enrolled into the AQHA Racing Challenge by his breeders and owners Ashton Elder and Miguel Romero Jr.

The $20,000 fee is just a small fraction of the $462,710 the gelding by RC Me Leaving You has already pulled in for his Athens, Texas-based owners. The 4-year-old now has significant more race ...


Foosea Is Better Than Ever With Victory In Adequan California Final On Sunday
LOS ALAMITOS, CA–MAY 19, 2024–Owned and bred by Dunn Ranch, Foosea scored his third win from his last five starts after a dominant effort in the $33,660 Adequan California Derby Challenge on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

The Oklahoma-bred gelding by Foose and out of the Tres Seis mare Tres Sea, Foosea broke sharply but trailed at the start of the 400-yard regional final.

Sent off at 9-5 odds, Foosea took control after the first 100 yards and from there he ran flawlessly to win ...


Xpensive And Foosea Face Off In Adequan Derby Challenge
LOS ALAMITOS, CA– MAY 19, 2024–The California regional races for the AQHA Challenge Championships get underway on Sunday night with the running of the $33,660 Adequan Los Alamitos Derby Challenge. The winner of this race will advance to the Adequan Derby Challenge final to be held at The Downs at Albuquerque in October.

Five sophomores will be in action in the Adequan Los Alamitos Derby Challenge with the royally bred Favorite Cartel gelding Xpensive ...


Third Straight Stakes Victory On Friday For Juan Diaz and Victor Urieta With Blue Eyed Jane
HOUSTON, TX–MAY 10, 2024– Trainer Juan Diaz, Jr. and jockey Victor Urieta, Jr. teamed up for their third consecutive stakes victory on Friday night's program at Sam Houston Race Park with Blue Eyed Jane.

Blue Eyed Jane, who hadn't yet broken her maiden, qualified with the ninth fastest time in the trials. But the two-year-old filly showed up in the $102,382 John Deere Juvenile Challenge [G3] finals for an impressive 2 3/4-length victory.

Urieta piloted the daughter of second-year-sire Tarzanito, leading from wire to wire, and clocked a 101 speed index in 17.529 seconds. Blue Eyed ...