BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

AURORA, CO--NOVEMBER 5, 2024--Luis Marquez's Kali K, a beaten favorite in her most recent start, heads a field of nine Colorado-bred sprinters entered in Saturday's 440-yard, $24,000 Rocky Mountain Stakes (R) at Arapahoe Park near Denver.

Kali K is coming off of a second-place finish, a neck behind winner Yo Morning Delite, in the October 18, 350-yard Pen Pal Stakes at Arapahoe Park.

The 5-year-old ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–NOVEMBER 1, 2024–Four allowance events featuring stakes runners like Jess Call Me Candy, Phoebes Baby Girl, Suzy De Capi, and Hey Wauss will highlight the 10-race program on Sunday night at Los Alamitos. With the one-hour time change occurring overnight, the racing program will get underway early now starting at 5 p.m.

Led by PV Quarter Horse Farms, LLC’s homebred mare Jess Call Me Candy, all six mares entered in the 10th race ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELL

HOBBS, NM–OCTOBER 31, 2024–Twenty-three state-bred 3-year-old Quarter Horses, led by Uno Menos’ Bigg Picture, are entered in Sunday’s 400-yard New Mexico Classics Derby (RG2) at Zia Park.

A $120,000 purchase at the 2022 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, Bigg Picture has earned $148,510 from seven races this year, and he is coming off of a second-place finish, one length behind winner Miss Hi Tide, in the October 13, $442,000 New Mexico State Fair Derby (RG3) at Albuquerque Downs. The gray ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

HOBBS, NM–OCTOBER 30, 2024–Pavel, a multiple graded stakes winning son of the Corona Cartel stallion Czar Cartel Mv owned and trained by Jose Luis Sanchez Jr., heads a group of 65 state-bred 2-year-old Quarter Horses entered in Saturday’s 350-yard New Mexico Classics Futurity (RG2) trials at Zia Park.

A $6,000 yearling purchase at last year’s New Mexico-Bred Sale at Ruidoso Downs, Pavel has earned $289,980 from six races, and his four wins include the April 6, $355,000 New ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–OCTOBER 30, 2024–Two stakes are featured on Lone Star Park's 12-race Saturday program. Post time for the first race is set for 5:45 p.m. (CDT).

Saturday's 870-yard, $50,000 Let 'Er Rip Lip Chip LLC Stakes has drawn a field of nine distance specialists, including one also-eligible entry. The Grand Legend, an 8-year-old FDD Going Grand gelding owned by James C. Whitener LLC and the sport's reigning distance ...

AJAX, ONT–OCTOBER 28, 2024–The 2024 Quarter Horse racing season at Ajax Downs wraps up on Wednesday, October 30, with a full, nine-race card that gets underway at 12:55. Fans who come to the track wearing a Halloween costume will receive a $2 betting voucher. The forecast is mainly sunny conditions and a high temperature of 20 C.

Some of the year's top equine performers will be in action on the final day of racing, including two of this year's Horse of the Year contenders, Queen Charlotte and Had To Be Ivory, who meet up in the featured Open Gridiron Gallop, race six, at 110 ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–OCTOBER 25, 2024–American Dreamin will look to give Dunn Ranch their third futurity win of the season when the fastest qualifier headlines an outstanding field of juveniles in the running of the Grade 1, $1,073,800 Golden State Million Futurity on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

Dunn Ranch has already visited the winner's circle twice at Los Alamitos after futurities. Those wins were courtesy of the undefeated Up To Party in the Grade 1 Ed Burke Million Futurity and the Grade 2 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity.

Dunn Ranch and trainer Monty Arrossa decided to give their star filly a longer break with the thought of bringing ...

SHELBYVILLE, IN–OCTOBER 24, 2024–The state’s top Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses will take center stage Saturday, October 26th, for the fifth annual Indiana Champions Day. A record $1.5 million will be offered on the 13-race program featuring seven Thoroughbred races followed by six Quarter Horse events. First post for the day is 12 p.m.

The Quarter Horse portion of the program will be capped off with the 16th running of the $235,600 Miss Roxie Little Futurity, which runs as a Restricted Grade 3 event for the first time in 2024. The race is one of two elevated to Grade 3 status this season, joining the RG3 QHRAI Stallion Service Auction Futurity held earlier this year. WRs Mynameisrip was the fastest qualifier with a time of ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–OCTOBER 23, 2024–West Texas Racing Partners’ Cowboys Gun Z, a gelded son of Flying Cowboy 123 and last year’s champion 2-year-old, will make his next start in Saturday’s 440-yard Texas Classic Derby (G1) trials at Lone Star Park.

Thirty-eight 3-year-olds are entered in four heats. The 10 fastest qualifiers will meet in the $400,000-est. final on November 16.

Cowboys Gun Z is coming off of a seventh-place finish, three lengths behind ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–OCTOBER 23, 2024–Grade 1 winners Especially Goodcandy and Asscher head a group of 27 sophomore fillies entered in Saturday’s 400-yard Texas Classic Oaks trials at Lone Star Park.

A homebred daughter of Jess Good Candy trained by Trey Wood for owners Mark McCloy and Annette McCloy, Especially Goodcandy will be shortening in distance off of her half-length victory in the September 2, 440-yard All American Oaks (G1) at Albuquerque Downs. The ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–OCTOBER 22, 2024–The big question heading into the running of the $77,800 Wild West Futurity will be if J Lazy Six Racing’s Heartlande can repeat her sensational performance in the trials to the Wild West Futurity.

If the filly by Favorite Cartel can be anywhere close to duplicating that thrilling effort, then it’s tough to imagine any horse outdueling her in Saturday's 350-yard final at Los Alamitos.

Simply put, Heartlande dominated her trial race. She won her heat by 3 1/4 lengths, and her time of 17.742 was 45/100ths of a second faster than the next ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–OCTOBER 22, 2024–A total of 114 2-year-olds, topped by multiple graded stakes winner DK Marney Jess and the undefeated graded stakes winner Kempton, are entered in Friday’s Texas Classic Futurity (G1) trials at Lone Star Park. The 10 fastest qualifiers from the 12 400-yard heats will meet in the November 16, $1-million final.

A daughter of world champion Apollitical Jess trained by Juan Diaz Jr. for owner CH Horse Racing LLC, DK Marney ...

AJAX, ONT–OCTOBER 22, 2024–Sarah Wincikaby's talented 2-year-old Niigaanii will meet nine other top juveniles in Wednesday's $77,220 Alex Picov Memorial Futurity at Ajax Downs, one of this country's richest Quarter Horse races.

The Futurity, at a challenging 400 yards, is race eight on a big nine-race card that gets underway at 12:55 p.m.

Niigaanii, who was bred by Wincikaby, has won two of his five starts and was second by just a neck in his latest, the Ontario Sires Stakes Futurity, to Runaway Fate, who is also in the Picov Futurity field.

"He's going to run as best as he can," said Wincikaby, who ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–OCTOBER 18, 2024–Nori, a homebred son of Favorite Cartel owned by MRB Racing LLC, drew post 7 for Sunday’s 400-yard, $207,730 La Fiesta Derby for 3-year-olds at Albuquerque Downs.

The fastest qualifier from four trials run September 27, Nori is coming off of a one-length victory in the last heat. The gelding has earned $120,723 from 14 races, and he was a finalist in the sport’s richest race for sophomores, the September 2, ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–OCTOBER 17, 2024–TYKHE Racing LLC’s Dark Nme, winner of nine of her first 12 starts and over $1.6 million in career earnings, will make her West Coast debut when she is one of 33 standout sophomores in the 400-yard trials to the Grade 1, $763,000 Los Alamitos Super Derby on Sunday night.

Trained by Romeo Mireles, Dark Nme will be in action in the first of four Super Derby trials and will start from post number two against a field that includes multiple local derby winner BP Cartel Policy. The horses with the ten fastest times in the trials will advance to the Grade 1 final on Sunday, November 10.

Named ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALBUQUERQUE, NM--OCTOBER 17, 2024--Karmalites, a multiple stakes-winning daughter of the One Famous Eagle stallion The Marfa Lights racing for Fabian Muniz Porras, is one of 10 2-year-olds entered back in Sunday’s 400-yard, $383,353 La Fiesta Futurity (G3) at Albuquerque Downs.

Karmalites will be seeking her third career stakes win and second graded stakes victory, as the sorrel filly has scored wins in the 350-yard, $215,000 ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–OCTOBER 17, 2024–Jeryl Hartley’s Hes Chickless won the Moonist Award in 2023 thanks to his tremendous work rate and great success at high racing levels at Los Alamitos. The colt won the El Primero Del Año Derby and the A Ransom Handicap while racing in five other stakes or derby finals during his sophomore campaign.

The talented son of Hes Relentless is putting together another great resume during his 4-year-old campaign, once again exhibiting great ability and consistency on the racetrack. Hes Chickless will look for his first stakes score of the season when ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI AURORA, CO–OCTOBER 15, 2024–Kali K and Yo Morning Delite are two of the 10 aged sprinters entered in Friday’s 350-yard, $20,300 Pen Pal Stakes at Arapahoe Park near Denver.

A 5-year-old daughter of One Fabulous Eagle trained by Alexander Orozco for owner Luis Marquez, Kali K made her official season debut with a wire-to-wire, one-length victory in the 400-yard, $27,000 Leo Beaudash Stakes at Arapahoe Park on September 28. The Colorado-bred mare and horse for the ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–OCTOBER 11, 2024–Pedro Barbizan Santiago Leite’s Miss Isao Jqm, who in 2022 became the first Quarter Horse in Brazil to win the GP São Paulo, GP Brasil and GP Consecration since 2014, will make her second start at Los Alamitos when she heads the $13,600 allowance feature on Sunday night.

The mare by Mr Jess Perry became ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALBUQUERQUE, NM--OCTOBER 10, 2024--Miss Hi Tide, a stakes-winning and Grade 1-placed daughter of the Dash Ta Fame stallion Woodbridge campaigned by Uno Menos, is one of 10 state-bred 3-year-olds entered in Sunday’s 400-yard, $442,075 New Mexico State Fair Derby (RG3) at Albuquerque Downs.

Miss Hi Tide is the fifth-fastest qualifier from her 1 3/4-length victory in the second of five trials on September 21. The sorrel filly has earned $201,506 from five races in New ...

AJAX DOWNS–OCTOBER 10, 2024–Ajax Downs is the place to be this Thanksgiving Monday, October 14, for Race Day For The United Way, a jam-packed afternoon of Quarter Horse racing, raffles and prizes, a pumpkin giveaway to the first 100 kids, an appearance by the headless horseman, and the 'Turkeys vs. Chickens' race, which is sure to provide laughs.

Bring a new or used clothing item and receive a $5 betting voucher. There is a blanket giveaway while quantities last.

The on-track feature is the $57,150 Ontario Sired Stakes Derby, ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–OCTOBER 10, 2024–As it’s now the norm in the top fillies and mares division, a full field of distaffers will get together for the running of the $35,000 Sound Dash Handicap on Saturday night at Los Alamitos.

The 350-yard Sound Dash is the eighth race on the card, with the Robert Boniface completing the stakes late double.

Los Alamitos is nationally regarded as having the best stakes program for fillies and mares in the nation, and the Sound Dash is another fine example of its strength. The field of 10 will include 2023 AQHA champion Fearless ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–OCTOBER 10, 2024–Harken, a graded stakes winning son of Eye Am King and the fastest qualifier, drew post 7 for Sunday’s 400-yard, $1,160,420 New Mexico State Fair Futurity (RG2) for state-bred 2-year-old Quarter Horses at Albuquerque Downs.

A $145,000 yearling purchase at last year’s New Mexico-Bred Sale at Ruidoso Downs, Harken races for Alepony LLC. The sorrel gelding has earned $237,214 from six races -- all in New Mexico -- and his four wins include a nose victory in the 350-yard, $351,000 Mountain Top Futurity (RG2) at Ruidoso ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–OCTOBER 10, 2024–Steve Holt and Jeff Jones’ multimillionaire Empressum, the AQHA Racing World Champion in 2022, will look to become the first back-to-back winner of the Grade 1 Robert Boniface Los Alamitos Invitational Championship since 2017 when he heads a strong field of seven here on Saturday night.

The great Heza Dasha Fire, who won this race in 2016 and 2017, is the last horse to successfully defend his title in this race and is one of only six to have done so ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

CLAREMORE, OK–OCTOBER 9, 2024–Nine fillies and mares, led by Double G Ranch's Relentless Diamond, are entered in Sunday's 350-yard, $24,000 Miss Ellen Stakes at Will Rogers Downs.

A 4-year-old daughter of champion Hes Relentless trained by Guillermo Valdivia, Relentless Diamond has earned $103,500 from five starts in Oklahoma this year, and he won three of ...

AJAX DOWNS, ONT–OCTOBER 8, 2024–Ontario's top older Quarter Horses meet on Wednesday, October 9, at Ajax Downs in the 51st running of the prestigious Alex Picov Championship at 440 yards.

The $50,940 dash, race seven on the card, marks the second meeting between the 2023 Horse of the Year SNOW MOOSE and the previous two-time Horse of the Year Had To Be Ivory. Five other top runners have been entered, including Princess Maturity winner Queen Charlotte and last year's Championship co-winner (in a dead-heat), Had To Be Relentless.

The first race post time is 12:55 p.m.

Snow Moose, the top 3-year-old in Canada last year who won the Picov Championship last fall only to be ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

SHELBYVILLE, IN–OCTOBER 6, 2024–Keith Bode’s Jess A Flyin Train, a chestnut son of Freighttrain B and the fastest qualifier, drew post 2 for Wednesday’s 400-yard, $142,600 Sterlie Bertram Memorial Stakes (R) for state-bred sophomores at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Jess A Flyin Train is coming off of a half-length victory in the first of three trials on September 18. Raced exclusively in Indiana this year, the gelding has earned $32,766 from five starts, and his record includes a second-place finish, a nose behind winner Tres Of Blood, in the open ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–OCTOBER 4, 2024–On a night showcasing some of the top runners in the Intermountain, Northwest and Canada, there will be two trials to the Restricted Grade 3 $77,800 Wild West Futurity plus the running of the $35,000 Blane Schvaneveldt Stakes on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

Horses in the 350-yard Wild West trials needed at least one start in 2024 in the regions listed above to be eligible for this race. The opening Wild West trial will feature juveniles who have raced at seven different racetracks in addition to Los Alamitos.

The other Wild West trial features 2-year-olds who have competed at nine different tracks in ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

SHELBYVILLE, IN–OCTOBER 3, 2024–Trials for the Miss Roxie Little Futurity (RG3) for Indiana-bred 2-year-olds and Governor’s Stakes for open juveniles dominate Saturday’s 11-race all-Quarter Horse program at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Post time for the first race is set for 10:45 a.m. (EDT).

Fifty-four state-bred 2-year-olds are entered in six 350-yard Miss Roxie Little Futurity trials. AP Political Patriot, an undefeated homebred son of EOS A Political Win owned and trained by Oscar Preciado, ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–OCTOBER 3, 2024–Led by Buckway Ranch's Ultimate Battle, twice a runner-up in major futurity races in California, and EG High Desert Farms' Favorite Jesshawk, winner of the Governor's Cup Futurity, a tremendous group of 101 juveniles will be in action in the trials to the Grade 1, $1,073,800 Golden State Million Futurity on Saturday at Los Alamitos. 

Earlier on Saturday, the Los Alamitos will host the first of two sessions of the Los Alamitos Equine Sale. Close to 200 ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–OCTOBER 3, 2024–KJ Desparado, American Quarter Horse racing’s all-time leading money earner, is the morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 440-yard, $350,000 Albuquerque Fall ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–OCTOBER 2, 2024–Asscher, a Grade 1-winning daughter of champion FDD Dynasty racing for Jimmy Barton and Lance Bland, is one of 10 sophomores entered back in Saturday’s 440-yard, $175,000 Dash For Cash Derby G2 at Lone Star Park.

Asscher made her local debut with a third-place finish in one of five trials run on September 13. However, earlier this year, the filly scored a three-quarter length victory in the 400-yard, $404,000 Los Alamitos Oaks (G1), and ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OPELOUSAS, LA–OCTOBER 2, 2024–Six sprinters, led by multiple stakes winner TF Jess Doing Curls, are entered in Saturday’s 220-yard, $20,000 Evangeline Downs Dash Stakes at Evangeline Downs. TF Jess Doing Curls is ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–OCTOBER 1, 2024–Two multiple graded stakes winners from the barn of trainer Juan Diaz Jr., Joose Boxx and DK Marney Jess, headline the ten juveniles entered back in Saturday’s 400-yard, $450,000 Dash For Cash Futurity (G1) at Lone Star Park.

A gray son of Kiss My Hocks racing for Javier De Los Santos Muzquiz, Joose Boxx has earned $561,728 from seven races, and his five wins include the March 23, $503,000 Oklahoma Futurity (G2) at Remington Park, and the July 27, $606,000 TQHA Sale Futurity (RG1) at Retama ...

AJAX, ONT–SEPTEMBER 30, 2024–Three stakes-winning 2-year-old Quarter Horses will square off in one of the features at Ajax Downs this Wednesday, October 2, a race that serves as a stepping stone to the $70,000 Alex Picov Memorial Futurity on Oct. 23. 

The 330-yard allowance event is race three on a seven-race card that gets underway at 12:55 p.m.

Runaway Fate, the upset winner at 8 to 1 of the Ontario Sires Stakes Futurity on Sept. 11, was winning for the first time in his career that day for owner and breeder Heste Sport, Inc. of Nobleton, ON. The son of first-crop Ontario sire Peighnt Your Fate is trained by Bob Broadstock ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

AURORA, CO–SEPTEMBER 26, 2024–Barron Racing's Glittr Factory, a homebred daughter of Flare For Ivory and the fastest qualifier from five trials, heads a field of 10 juveniles entered back in Sunday's 330-yard, $83,500 Rocky Mountain Futurity at Arapahoe Park near Denver.

Glittr Factory broke her maiden with a three-quarter length win in the second trial on September 14. Jose Manuel Barron trains the filly.

Glittr Factory drew post five and will be ridden by ...

AJAX DOWNS, ONT–SEPTEMBER 26, 2024–The remarkable Ontario-bred Quarter Horse Had To Be Ivory romped to his 28th career victory on September 25 at Ajax Downs in his first-ever attempt at the unique 'Gridiron' distance of 110-yards.

With the win, the 9-year-old big bay gelding solidified his spot as one of this country's greatest Quarter Horses foaled. Wednesday's win, which came over a sloppy track, pushed Had to Be Ivory's earnings to over $456,000.

Owned and bred by Carol and Jaime Robertson and trained by Bryn Robertson of HIllsburgh, Ontario, Had to Be Ivory needed only a couple of strides to power to the lead ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALTOONA, IA–SEPTEMBER 25, 2024–Four Iowa-bred Quarter Horse stakes are featured on Saturday's 13-race program at Prairie Meadows Racetrack.

Ten state-bred juveniles are entered back in Saturday's richest race, the 350-yard, $163,460 Jim Bader Futurity (R). CR Freighttrain, a homebred son of Freighttrain B racing for Curt Tobin and Dick Tobin, is the lone stakes winner in the field, as the gelding has won three of his four races during the current Prairie Meadows meet, including the 330-yard, $81,000 Hawkeye ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALTOONA, IA–SEPTEMBER 24, 2024–Two graded stakes headline a Friday's stakes bonanza at Prairie Meadows.

David P. Morehead's Flashin Dynamite, an undefeated daughter of champion First Moonflash and the fastest qualifier is one of 10 juveniles entered back in Friday's 350-yard, $253,150 Valley Junction Futurity (G3). A $30,000 purchase at last year's Heritage Place Yearling Sale, the chestnut filly has won all three of her starts, including the last of six trials on September 8, 2024.

Flashin Dynamite drew post nine and will be ridden by Alfredo Triana Jr. for trainer Manuel Mojica ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–SEPTEMBER 23, 2024–Six La Fiesta Futurity trials and four La Fiesta Derby trials dominate Friday's 10-race all-Quarter Horse program at Albuquerque Downs.

Post time for the first race is set for 1:30 p.m. (MDT).

Fifty-four juveniles are entered in Friday's La Fiesta Futurity trials, with the ten fastest qualifiers from the 400-yard heats will meet in the October 20, $100,000 final. Fabian Muniz Porras' Karmalittes brings in a four-race win streak that includes victories in ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–SEPTEMBER 23, 2024–Hes A Jet One, a graded stakes winning son of EC Jet One racing for Pete Scarmardo of Caldwell, Texas, is one of seven Texas-bred sprinters entered in Friday's 400-yard, $50,000 B.F. Phillips Jr. Stakes (RG3) at Lone Star Park.

Hes A Jet One has won his last two starts, both against state-bred stakes company, including the 400-yard, $67,000 TQHA Classic Stakes (RG2) ...

AJAX DOWNS, ONTºSEPTEMBER 23, 2024–This Wednesday at Ajax Downs, multiple champion Had To Be Ivory will prep for the upcoming Alex Picov Memorial Championship in the Gridiron Gallop, one of seven Quarter Horse races on tap for the September 25 card. The first race post time is 12:55 p.m.

The most successful Ontario-bred Quarter Horse in history, Had to Be Ivory, will be trying the unique Gridiron distance of 110 yards for the first time in his illustrious career, which includes 27 wins in 36 starts and over $449,000 in earnings.

The 9-year-old, owned and bred by Carol and Jaime ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

CLAREMORE, OK--SEPTEMBER 19, 2024--Shaken Goin On, a homebred daughter of Freighttrain B racing for James Sills and Abel Flores, is one of 10 state-bred 2-year-olds entered back in Monday's 350-yard, $199,872 Oklahoma QHRA Mystery Futurity (RG2) at Will Rogers Downs.

The fastest qualifier, Shaken Goin On made her local debut with a convincing 2 1/4-length victory in the ninth of 10 trials on September 9.

The filly as ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–SEPTEMBER 19, 2024–It’s a day and night doubleheader Saturday at Los Alamitos, with the running of the $125,000 Dark Mirage headlining the daytime Thoroughbred program, while a big Pick 6 carryover of $42,710 topping the marquee during the eight-race evening card at the Orange County track.

With the new money that will be wagered in the Pick 6 on Saturday, the total pool could be around $175,000.

The nighttime Pick 6 sequence will start in race three with Bobby Cox’s Favorite Cartel filly Favorite Emblem hoping for a strong return to action after a less-than-ideal debut on August 17. The well-bred filly broke slow and lugged in but then showed a lot of power while running third at 18-1 odds. An improved effort could see her shine in her second bow.

The feature event on the card is an allowance event in race six, which is ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI ALBUQUERQUE, NM–SEPTEMBER 18, 2024–Miss Hi Tide, a Grade 1-placed daughter of Woodbridge racing for Uno Menos, heads a list of 43 stated 3-year-old Quarter Horses entered in Saturday’s 400-yard New Mexico State Fair Derby (RG3) trials at Albuquerque Downs.

The 10 fastest qualifiers from the five 400-yard heats will meet in the $250,000-added final on October 13.

Miss Hi Tide will be shortening in distance off of ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI ALBUQUERQUE, NM–SEPTEMBER 18, 2024–A total of 138 state-bred 2-year-old Quarter Horses -- led by multiple graded stakes winner Pavel and All American Futurity (G1) runner-up KJ Bad Moon Rising -- are entered in Friday’s 400-yard New Mexico State Fair Quarter Horse Futurity RG2 trials at Albuquerque Downs. Fourteen trials are scheduled, starting at 12:30 p.m. (MDT). The last heat is scheduled to go off at 5:55 p.m. A gelded son of the Corona Cartel stallion Czar Cartel MV owned and trained by Jorge Luis ...

AJAX, ONT–SEPTEMBER 16, 2024–The seventh edition of Ajax Downs' popular Battle Of The Breeds races kicks off the September 18 card of Quarter Horse racing going as the first race with a 12:55 post time. Also racing on Wednesday is reigning Horse of the Year Snow Moose in the Gridiron Gallop, and in the seventh race, stakes winner and top sire Maryland Magic makes his 2024 debut.

Marie Broadstock and Picov Cattle Company's tough mare Jess A Deal, a two-time ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–SEPTEMBER 13, 2024–Dunn Ranch’s Up To Party will look to become the first filly ever to win both the Ed Burke Million Futurity and the PCQHRA Breeders Futurity when she headlines a super field of juveniles in the 350-yard dash on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

First post is 5:40 p.m. (Pacific) with the Futurity slated as the ninth and final race on the card at 9:24 p.m.

Three males have accomplished this rare double in the 43-year history ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–SEPTEMBER 12, 2024–Dunn Ranch's Pattys Saint will look for a season sweep of the three richest races for fillies and mares at Los Alamitos when she headlines a terrific field in the Grade 1 $125,000 Mildred Vessels Memorial Handicap on Saturday at Los Alamitos.

Already in 2024, Pattys Saint has won the Grade 1, $100,000 Charger Bar Handicap and the $100,000 Abigail Kawananakoa Stakes.

The next test for the terrific 6-year-old mare by ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI ALTOONA, IA–SEPTEMBER 12, 2024–Six distance specialists enter Saturday's 870-yard, $35,000 Covered Bridges Stakes (G3) at Prairie Meadows. Two Covered Bridges contenders -- Nancy McCoy's NSM Buddy and Jane and Jim Leatherberry's RNC Cardshark Jones -- bring two-race win streaks into the race. A homebred 4-year-old son of champion Jess Louisiana Blue trained by Charley Hunt, NSM Buddy is coming off of a 1 3/4-length victory in an 870-yard optional claiming race at Prairie Meadows on August 30. NSM Buddy drew post 3 and will be ridden by Stormy ...