AQHA Racing Will kick off its 2025 Racing Challenge season on February 23 at the Hipódromo de las Américas.

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AMARILLO, TX–JANUARY 3, 2025–The 2025 season of the AQHA Racing Challenge will kick off on February 23 with the Cox Ranch Hipodromo Distaff Challenge in Mexico.

There are 43 regional stakes races currently scheduled for this year’s Challenge, with more races expected to be added. Among them are 13 graded stakes races, and more than $1.3 million in added money alone.
Stretching from the Hipodromo in Mexico to Century Mile in Alberta, 19 racetracks are currently set to host Challenge stakes.

In addition to several familiar host tracks, a new addition this year will be Thunder Plains in Cheyenne, Wyoming, which is scheduled to run an AQHA Racing Championship Challenge regional stakes.

Nominations due this month ( January) include $400 payments for the $40,000-added AQHA Racing Remington Championship Challenge (G2), the $20,000-added Cox Ranch Hipodromo Distaff Challenge, and the $30,000-added Lip Chip LLC Remington Distance Challenge.

The AQHA Racing Challenge season will conclude on October 18 at The Downs at Albuquerque for the AQHA Racing Challenge Championships.

See the full 2025 AQHA Racing Challenge schedule.