BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SELMA, TX–JUNE 23, 2024–Two stakes headline Friday's 11-race program at Retama Park near San Antonio. Post time for the first race is set for 6:15 p.m. (CDT). Friday's 550-yard, $40,000 Gary Baber Memorial Stakes has drawn a full field of 10 middle-distance specialists, led by morning-line favorite Leavinematthebar and Onthrocks. A 4-year-old son of Power Jam (TB) ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SHELBYVILLE, IN–JUNE 23, 2024–Thirty-six Indiana-bred 2-year-olds enter Thursday’s 350-yard Jaguar Rocket Futurity R trials at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Williams Racing Stables Inc.’s WRS Mynameisrip is coming ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SELMA, TX–JUNE 23, 2024–Tempting Alibi, a stakes-winning son of champion Tempting Dash racing for Cruz E. Nava, is one of eight Texas-bred sophomores entered in Thursday's 330-yard, $40,000 Silver Bullet Stakes (R) at Retama Park. Tempting Alibi is shortening in distance off of his neck victory in the May 10, 350-yard Leon Bard Memorial Stakes (R) at Sam Houston Race Park. The gelding drew post 7 and will be ridden by Luis Vivanco for trainer Jose Sanchez. Other contenders include Leslie Martinez-Castanon's LGM Flirting Hero, a stakes-placed son of the ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

EDMONTON, ALB–JUNE 20, 2024–Jerry Stojan's One Real Boss, a daughter of the Pyc Paint Your Wagon stallion JD Wagon Boss and the fastest qualifier, is one of 10 juveniles entered back in Saturday's 300-yard, $48,835(CAN) Alberta Sales Futurity (R) at Century Mile Racetrack.

One Real Boss made her official career debut with a ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALTOONA, IA–JUNE 18, 2024–Jess A Rednec Cowboy and Cardiac Cowboy lead a group of 25 sophomores entered in Sunday's 350-yard Prairie Meadows Gold Derby trials at Prairie Meadows Racetrack.

A homebred son of Flying Cowboy 123 trained by Jason Olmstead for owner Brenda Reiswig, Jess A Rednec Cowboy will be shortening in distance off of his seventh-place finish, 2 3/4 lengths behind winner SC Time To Run, in the June 1, 400-yard Heritage Place Derby (G2) at Remington Park. The sorrel gelding has banked $37,134 from four outs at ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALTOONA, IA–JUNE 17, 2024–Fifteen state-bred 3-year-olds led by stakes winners Foxy Cowgirl, TS Koko Inmyjeans, and Five Bar Phi are entered in Saturday's 350-yard Cyclone Derby (R) trials at Prairie Meadows.

The ten fastest qualifiers from Saturday's two heats will meet in the July 7, $75,000-est. final.

Foxy Cowgirl is a daughter of Flying Cowboy 123, trained by Ed Hardy for owners Paul Luedemann, Corey Wilmes, ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

VINTON, LA–JUNE 17, 2024–Graded stakes winners RF Fast Dash N Train, Gold Gun Z, and Hes Bold As Corona are three of the 109 Louisiana-bred 2-year-olds entered in Friday's 350-yard Lee Berwick Futurity (RG1) trials at Delta Downs.

RF Fast Dash N Train is a bay daughter of Freighttrain B trained by Juan Diaz Jr. for owner Jaime Cardenas. A $57,000 purchase at last year's LQHBA Yearling Sale, the filly has earned $151,763 from three races, and her two wins include a head victory in the 330-yard, $291,000 Louisiana ...

LOS ALAMITOS–JUNE 16, 2024–Multiple Grade 1 winner London Toby and 2022 All American Futurity winner Hes Judgeandjury are among the seven that will race in the $25,000 Be A Bono Stakes on Sunday night.            

The Be A Bono gave preference to horses that were eligible to race in the trials to the Grade 1 Vessels Maturity. Among those who took advantage of the opportunity to run in the Be A Bono are London Toby, Hes Judgeandjury, Dont Sass KVN, Terrific Phoenix, Edberg Verde, and Normandy. The majority of these horses figure to be back for the Vessels Maturity final on Sunday, July 6.                                  

London Toby enters this race after winning the Grade 1 Brad McKinzie Los Alamitos Winter Championship in mid-February. His most recent official moves were a pair of workouts, including an ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA– JUNE 13, 2024–Ed Allred’s Norco, who has been sensational in his two career starts, Keith Nellesen’s My Budd, the runner-up in the Grade 2, $256,000 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity, and Dunn Ranch’s Up To Party, the fastest qualifier and a bargain purchase at the 2023 Los Alamitos Equine Sale, are just three of the headliners among a tremendous field of 2-year-olds facing off in the Grade 1, $1,000,000 Ed Burke Million Futurity at 350 yards on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

Norco, a full-brother to Grade 1 winner Circle City and Grade 2 winner Nomadic, has been extremely impressive in a pair of outings, first when winning his debut by a jaw-dropping 2 1/4 lengths and then scoring a dominant 1 3/4 length victory in the fourth of ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI ALTOONA, IA–JUNE 13, 2024–Sixty-five 2-year-olds, led by Remington Park stakes winners Relentless American and Anna Belle, are entered in Monday's Prairie Meadows Gold Futurity trials at Prairie Meadows Racetrack. The 10 fastest qualifiers from the seven 350-yard heats will meet in the July 6, $175,000-est. final. A homebred son of Hes Relentless racing for Tom Maher of Pierre, South Dakota, Relentless American is coming off of a Remington Park spring campaign during which the gelding won all three of his races -- including the 330-yard, $100,000 Remington Park Juvenile Stakes (R) for Oklahoma-breds on April 29 -- and earned $56,569. Jason Olmstead trains ...

HOUSTON, TX–JUNE 13, 2024–Sam Houston Race Park will close out its 2024 live racing season on Saturday, June 15, with eleven Quarter Horse races, beginning at 6:30 pm (CT). Accomplished sprinters and experienced distance runners will display their talent throughout the closing night program. In addition, San Houston Race Park will also pay tribute to trainer Jesse Yoakum, a longtime supporter of Texas racing, and Willie Hickman, who played many pivotal roles in the Sam Houston racing office.

Defending Champion Eye Will Decide Returns in the $50,000 Jesse Yoakum Memorial 870 Stakes An experienced field of distance specialists will enter the starting gate in the $50,000 Jesse Yoakum Memorial 870 Stakes. The race is named in honor of the late Quarter Horse trainer Jesse Yoakum, who passed away on October 3, 2019, at the age of 69.

Byron Gardner’s homebred Eye Will Decide is the defending champion. Rider Noe ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–JUNE 13, 2024–Mendel, a gray son of Big Daddy Cartel and the fastest qualifier, drew post 2 for Sunday’s 350-yard, $351,484 Mountain Top Futurity (RG2) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-old Quarter Horses at Ruidoso ...

LOS ALAMITOS–JUNE 12, 2024–The running of the Abigail Kawananakoa Stakes, which is the second $100,000 stakes event of the meet in the distaff division, will feature one of the strongest casts of Quarter Horse fillies and mares assembled this year led by 14-time stakes winner Pattys Saint, red-hot mare AJ Born Runnin and multiple Grade 1 stakes finalist Fearless Moon on Saturday at Los Alamitos. A field of 10 will compete in the 350-yard dash.                       

Dunn Ranch’s Pattys Saint is the marquee name in this outstanding race, as the queen of the Intermountain region looks to continue to shine in Southern California. The 6-year-old mare by Jess Got Easier scored her third graded stakes win at Los Alamitos on May 5 when she took the Grade 3, $60,000 ...

HOUSTON, TX –JUNE 12, 2024–Sam Houston Race Park will close out its 2024 live racing season on Saturday, June 15 with eleven Quarter Horse races, beginning at 6:30 pm (CT).

No rain is forecast for the biggest night of the meet, with nine stakes to be contested, as well as the presentation of the end-of-the-meet honors for the leading owner, ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM--JUNE 11, 2024--Copy Of Jess, a sorrel daughter of Jesse James Jr racing for Denis and Julie Schoenhofer and the fastest qualifier, is one of 10 New Mexico-bred 3-year-old Quarter Horses entered back in Saturday’s 350-yard, $175,258 Mountain Top Derby (R) at Ruidoso Downs.

Copy Of Jess is coming off of a 1 1/4-length victory in the third of six trials on June 1. A $77,000 purchase at the 2022 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, the filly has won ...

HOUSTON, TX–JUNE 11, 2024–Sam Houston Race Park will close out its 30th anniversary live racing season with a stakes-filled card leading up to the richest race of the meet, the $621,810 Sam Houston Futurity (G2) on Saturday, June 15.

Since its first running in 1994, the 330-yard championship for two-year-old Quarter Horses has thrilled racing fans and rewarded breeders, trainers and jockeys with a memory that lasts for a lifetime.

Trainer Juan Diaz, Jr. to Saddle Five in the $621,810 Sam Houston Futurity (G2)

Two nights of ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

VINTON, LA–JUNE 11, 2024–Party Tyme Racing's B Second Cowboy is one of two dozen 3-year-olds entered in Friday's 400-yard Firecracker Derby (G3) trials at Delta Downs.

B Second Cowboy is a sorrel homebred son of Flying Cowboy 123 trained by Jose R. Espinosa. The gelding has banked $101,053 from four races in Louisiana and ...

AJAX, ONT–JUNE 10, 2024– One of the best things about summertime racing at Ajax Downs is seeing the stars of the future, the new crop of 2-year-old Quarter Horses.

This Wednesday, June 12, some of these fresh faces will compete in the first baby stakes race of the season, the $31,050 Bonus Futurity at 250 yards.

The sixth day of the 2024 ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JUNE 7, 2024–Jose Luis Valdez’s Val Sofia, who qualified to the Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity, and J Lazy Six Racing’s Koli, whose troubled trip led her to being disqualified from winning a Kindergarten trial, will now square off in the featured eighth race on Sunday night at Los Alamitos.

Nine races are on tap, with the first six events being held around the turn before three straightaway races wrap up the card. Seven maiden fillies will be in action in the eighth race with the Seperate Interest filly Val Sofia heading the lineup after running a solid fifth in the Grade 2 Kindergarten final.

The Ramiro Zuazo trainee ran a bit of an in-and-out race as she broke out at the start before lugging inwards. Even with her less-than-perfect trip, she still finished in the top half of a strong Kindergarten ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

GILLETTE, WY–JUNE 7, 2024–Ten state-bred 3-year-olds, led by Docs Blazin Gal and fastest qualifier One Seperate Eagle, are entered back in Saturday's 350-yard, $50,000-added Wyoming-Bred Derby (R) at Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing.

Docs Blazin Gal is a homebred daughter of Docs Best Card racing for Pedro Mena. One of four finalists from the barn of trainer ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JUNE 6, 2024–It's a carryover Saturday night once again at the track of the sunsets and starts, Los Alamitos Race Course.

The nine-race program will feature a two-night carryover of $68,173 and with the new money expected to be wagered the total pool could be around $230,000. 

The Los Alamitos racing office has curated a great six-race sequence beginning with the fourth event on the program. The race features a 10-horse field of juveniles, and finding the winner here is the key to a highly lucrative ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–JUNE 5, 2024–Painted Eclispe, a graded stakes winning Pyc Paint Your Wagon gelding, will put his undefeated record on the line in Sunday's 350-yard, $1-million Ruidoso Futurity (G1) at Ruidoso Downs. A $32,000 purchase from breeder Donald Friesen at last year's Heritage Place Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City, Painted Eclispe is trained by Xavier Rodriguez for owners Shaun Hubbard, La Feliz Montana Ranch, and Ray Willis. The gelding has won all three of his races -- including the 300-yard, $312,000 West Texas Futurity (G2) at Sunland Park in ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–JUNE 3, 2024–Mystic Paint, the surprising fastest qualifier from 10 trials run May 26, is one of 10 sophomores entered back in Saturday's 400-yard, $832,707 Ruidoso Derby G1) at Ruidoso Downs.

A $43,000 purchase at the 2022 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, Mystic Paint is trained by Jason Ollmstead for owner William E. Harned. The graded stakes placed Pyc Paint Your Wagon colt is coming off of a 1 1/2-length ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

VINTON, LA–JUNE 3, 2024–One Fast Cajun, a 6-year-old son of Heza Fast Dash racing for Darrin Ladner and Norman Ladner, is one of seven distance specialists entered in Saturday's 870-yard, $25,000 Virgil Bond Stakes at Delta Downs.

One Fast Cajun made his season debut with a nose victory as the 1-5 favorite in an 870-yard, $26,000 ...

AJAX DOWNS, ONT–JUNE 3, 2024–There is no shortage of horsepower on the fifth day of Ajax Downs' 2024 Quarter Horse meet with two trials for the $30,000-added Unclassified Stakes plus another appearance by two-time Horse of the Year Had To Be Ivory, who headlines a super Open Race filled with stakes stars. The June 5 card begins with a first race post time of 1:30 p.m.

The Unclassified Stakes, inaugurated in 2023 for horses who are just below the top-level stakes horses, has two competitive Trials at 330 yards for 3-year-olds and upward.

One of the newest ownership ...

BY RICHARD LINIHAN

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK– MAY 31, 2024–The fastest qualifier for the Grade 2, $239,050 Heritage Place Derby, Cardiac Cowboy, and the top money earner in the field, Dollar Bill, have been made the top two favorites for the major race Saturday at Remington Park.

Morning-line maker Jerry Shottenkirk has installed Cardiac Cowboy as the 3-1 favorite, just ahead of Dollar Bill at 7-2 odds. Jockey Ramiro Garcia pushed him to the front in his Derby trial and was the fastest to finish his 400-yard trial in a time of :19.667 for a 94 speed index on May 11. Garcia also qualified the ...

BY RICHARD LINIHAN

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MAY 31, 2024–Deep Blue almost pulled off the upset of the meet in last year’s $1.2 million Heritage Place Futurity, running second at 13-1 odds. Fast forward one year and this 3-year-old filly is the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the Grade 2, $296,940 Heritage Place Oaks on Saturday at Remington Park at 400 yards.

The sophomore filly by A Revenant, out of the Corona Cartel mare Blues Girl Too, was the fastest qualifier in the Oaks trials on May 12, covering 400 yards in :19.829 for a speed-index of 90. She will break from the 9-hole in the field of 10 ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–MAY 31, 2024–Just En King, a homebred 4-year-old son of leding thrid-crop sire  Eye Am King owned by Ronald Ulibarri, will put his three-race win streak on the line in Sunday’s 400-yard, $50,000 Jess Burner Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred Quarter Horses at Ruidoso Downs. Just En King is coming off of a half-length victory in the May 3, 350-yard Jimmy Drake Stakes (RG3) at SunRay Park. The gelding ended his sophomore campaign with a neck victory in the November 26, 440-yard ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, MAY 30, 2024–Relentless Diamond will be going for her second stakes win in a row this meet, and her fourth win in a row, when she goes to post in the Grade 1, $100,000 Junos Request Stakes on Saturday at Remington Park.

The Junos Request is one of nine stakes events on the Champions Night program at Remington Park that concludes the spring season.

The 4-year-old mare by Hes Relentless, out of the PYC Paint ...

by Richard Linihan

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MAY 30, 2024–There are nine Paints and one Appaloosa entered in closing night, Saturday’s Grade 1, $230,475 Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity. Trainer Dee Keener qualified half of this 10-horse field, including the four fastest in the trials. The race is one of 12 races, and nine stakes events, that make up Champions Night to conclude the Remington Park season.

That gives him a 50-50 chance to win the richest race for these breeds in the world, although it’s probably higher than that since the ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MAY 30, 2024–Seven American Quarter Horse stakes -- led by Oklahoma’s richest horse race -- top Saturday’s 12-race closing-night card at Remington Park.

Post time for the first race is set for 5 p.m. (CDT).

Ten 2-year-olds are entered back in Saturday’s 350-yard, $1,081,820 Heritage Place Futurity (G1). Mario Lozano-Cantu’s Kempton, made the 5-2 morning-line favorite by track linemaker Jerry Shottenkirk, drew post 10 and will be ridden by James Flores for trainer James J. Gonzales III. The ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MAY 29, 2024–The undefeated Kempton has been made the 5-2 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s cornerstone race of the meet, the Grade 1, $1,081,820 Heritage Place Futurity for 2-year-old American Quarter Horses going 350 yards.

Kempton, a Texas-bred juvenile colt by Kiss My Hocks, out of the Corona Cartel mare Charming Cartel, has been quite the story, leading up to the richest race in Oklahoma. This colt caught everyone’s eye first on Feb. 21 here when he was an impressive winner in a ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MAY 29, 2024–Most of the top older American Quarter Horses are represented in Saturday’s Grade 1, $250,000 Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship with morning-line favorite Flash Bak leading the group statistically.

The field of 10, nine geldings and one horse, have compiled 71 career wins and total earnings of more than $5.4 million. Flash Bak leads the group with a dozen wins and earnings of $2,002,157.

The only member of the field not to reach the $100,000 plateau yet in money is One Stolin Eagle. All 10 ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

VINTON, LA--MAY 28, 2024--Nine sprinters, led by TF Jess Doing Curls, are entered in Saturday's 250-yard, $20,000 Delta Dash Stakes at Delta Downs.

A 3-year-old son of One Sweet Jess owned and trained by Jorge E. Rubio, TF Jess Doing Curls has won two of his three starts at the short 250-yard distance, including a $26,000 allowance sprint ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SHELBYVILLE, IN–MAY 28, 2024–Two stakes and one set of trials top the first all-Quarter Horse program of the season Saturday at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Post time for Saturday's first race is set for 10:45 p.m. (EDT).

Ten Indiana-bred 3-year-olds are entered back in Saturday's 350-yard, $99,200 Harley Greene Derby (R).

Pattie Marshall's Red Headed Beach, a multiple stakes winning daughter of the Corona Cartel stallion Escondido Beach trained by Tim Eggleston, is the early favorite. The filly brings in a seven-race winning streak that includes three stakes wins, topped by the 350-yard, $205,000 Miss ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM--MAY 28, 2024--Graded stakes winners Over Da Edge, Big Posies Cartel, and Bella De Ball are three of the 48 New Mexico-bred sophomores entered in Saturday's 350-yard Mountain Top Derby (R) trials at Ruidoso Downs.

A daughter of Eye Am King racing for Miguel Y. Gallegos and Mauricio Gallegos, Over Da Edge has earned $160,984 from four races this year, and she's won two graded stakes, including the 400-yard, $193,000 Shue Fly Stakes (RG2) at Sunland Park on February 4. The filly drew post 5 and will be ridden by Sergio Becerra Jr. for trainer Eric Valenzuela in the ...

RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–MAY 27, 2024–A total of 127 New Mexico-bred 2-year-old Quarter Horses are entered in Friday’s 350-yard Mountain Top Futurity (RG2) trials at Ruidoso Downs.

Thirteen trials will be contested, starting at 1 p.m. (MDT). The last heat is scheduled to go off at 6:12.

Row By Row, a graded stakes placed son of Big Daddy Cartel trained by Fred Danley for owner J & SM Inc. of Fort Stockton, Texas, drew into ...

AJAX DOWNS–MAY 27, 2024–Ajax Downs' popular Battle of the Breeds race series continues Wednesday, May 29, on the fourth day of the track's 2024 Quarter Horse season. The Battle of the Breeds pits Thoroughbreds against Quarter Horses in a 'hook' race, and after two events, including one this year on May 15 won by the Thoroughbred Summer Retreat, the score is tied between the two breeds.

Magen Finnessey's Azures Royalty seeks to reclaim his title in the series, having won the inaugural edition last fall on Oct. 25 when he handily won an 870-yard sprint. This will be the 6-year-old gelding's first start of 2024 and his first try at the slightly shorter distance of ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–MAY 24, 2024–Led by seven graded futurity finalists - My Budd, Play Misty, Hey Wauss, Fear N Fridays, Set The Edge,  Exploiter and Zoomin For Home - a total of 98 juveniles will be in action during a full night of trials to the $1,010,000 Ed Burke Million Futurity on Sunday at Los Alamitos. A total of 12 trials will be contested on this busy night, with every 350-yard trial set to feature at least eight horses entered per race before scratches.

The 12-race card will include three Pick Four wagering opportunities, an early Pick Four starting in the first race, a middle Pick Four starting in the fifth race, and a Late ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–MAY 23, 2024–Making his first start after being acquired privately by Brian and Kiley Kocher, 2022 local standout Lawless Wallace will headline a star-studded cast of older horses in the featured $14,000 allowance event here on Saturday night.

Seven top-quality runners will be in action, with four horses in this lineup ranking among the nation’s top-aged stallions. Lawless Wallace is among the stallion prospects in this race along with Grade 2 El Primero Del Ano Derby winner Hes Chickless, and graded stakes finalist Dont Sass KVN and Fortunate Corona. A victory by any ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–MAY 22, 2024–Cowboys Gun Z, a son of Flying Cowboy 123 and last year's champion 2-year-old, will make his sophomore season debut in Sunday's 400-yard Ruidoso Derby (G1) trials at Ruidoso Downs.

Cowboys Gun Z is trained by Mike Joiner for the West Texas Racing Partners partnership. A $125,000 purchase at the 2022 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, the Oklahoma-bred gelding is coming off of a 2-year-old campaign during which he earned $1,548,344 from six starts and won the sport's richest and most prestigious race, the 440-yard, ...

HOUSTON, TX, MAY 22, 2024–Sam Houston Race Park will conduct a total of 14 trials for the $621,810 Sam Houston Futurity (G2) on Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25. Five qualifiers from each night will return for the final on Saturday, June 15, and each of the connections are hopeful that their juvenile will capture the richest race of the meet.

Several Texas horsemen have won the prestigious championship for 2-year-olds and have entrants in this weekend's 330-yard trials.

Juan Diaz, Jr. has trained the past three winners of the Sam Houston Futurity: ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI HOUSTON, TX–MAY 21, 2024–A total of 127 2-year-olds, led by graded stakes winner DK Marney Jess, are entered in this week's Sam Houston Futurity (G2) trials at Sam Houston Race Park. Fourteen 330-yard heats will be run, seven on Friday and seven on Saturday. The five fastest qualifiers from each night of trials will meet in the June 5, $150,000-added Sam Houston Futurity final. DK Marney Jess is an ...

AJAX DOWNS–MAY 20, 2024–Wednesday's $30,240 Open Derby at Ajax Downs will renew the rivalry between General Skywalker and Sugar N Pride, the top two juvenile Quarter Horses of 2023. The pair met five times last year, with Sugar N Pride, owned by George Coleman, having a 3 to 2 edge over his mate, who Marie Broadstock owns. Both horses are Ontario-sired and bred and trained by Bob Broadstock.

The Open Derby at 300-yards for 3-year-olds has attracted a strong field of eight and it is carded as race six on May 22, the third day of the 2024 Ajax Downs season.

General Skywalker and Sugar N Pride were expected to meet in prep for the Open Derby on May 8, but ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI VINTON, LA–MAY 20, 2024–Eleazar Martinez Sr.'s Jess Pretty N Black is one of 10 state-bred 2-year-old fillies entered back in Friday's 330-yard, $291,125 Louisiana Breeders' Lassie Futurity (RG2) at Delta aDowns. The fastest qualifier, Jess Pretty N Black broke her maiden with a one-length win in the second of 12 trials on May 1. The black daughter of The Louisiana Cartel is trained by Raul Galvan. Jess Pretty N Black was a $33,000 purchase at last year's Louisiana QHBA Yearling Sale. The filly drew post 5 and will be ridden by Rolando ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI FARMINGTON, NM--MAY 16, 2024--Rene Salgado’s JLB Eye The Tiger drew post 2 for Saturday’s 350-yard, $120,000-added New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity (RG3) for state-bred 2-year-old Quarter Horses at SunRay Park. The fastest qualifier, JLB Eye The Tiger made his debut with a wire-to-wire, half-length victory in ...