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A competitive field of 10 three-year-old Quarter Horse fillies is set to contest the inaugural $66,000-added Horseshoe Indianapolis Oaks Final on Thursday, November 12, at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Mike Casselman’s Mayor Humdinger and Santos Montemayor and Omar Torres’ SM My Valentine - both impressive stakes winners as juveniles in 2025 - look to continue shining as sophomores when they headline a strong field of nine in Sunday’s $30,000 Town Policy Stakes at 400 yards at Los Alamitos.

California’s richest derby will add another glorious chapter to its history when ten of the nation's elite three-year-old Quarter Horses load into the gate for the 73rd running of the Grade 1, $641,950 Los Alamitos Super Derby here on Sunday night.

A competitive field of eight Quarter Horses will line up on Sunday, November 8, for the $30,000 OQHRA Fall Classic Stakes at Will Rogers Downs. The 400-yard event features graded stakes winners Edberg Verde and Alliekat Dynasty, with post time set for approximately 3:20 p.m. as the card's ninth race.

Paints and Appaloosas will take center stage Saturday evening at Lone Star Park, highlighted by three stakes races in the 12-race program. The night’s featured event is the Grade 1 $93,180 Texas Hero Futurity, joined by the $20,000 Texas Hero Juvenile Stakes and the $12,500 Olympia Joe Stakes. More than $125,000 in stakes purses will be up for grabs, with the first post at 6:05 p.m.

Six Mexican-Bred Quarter Horse juveniles will compete on Sunday, November 8, in the 14th running of the Clásico César Pedrero Anaya at Hipódromo de las Américas. The stakes event offers an estimated purse of $16,400 USD and features a field of 2-year-olds seeking their first career victories.

Led by 2026 stakes winners Caribbean and Slatedtoshine, a full field of 10 talented sophomore fillies will clash in Saturday’s $30,000 Justanold Love Stakes at Los Alamitos.

For every stakes race featuring trials, racing observers typically gravitate toward the marquee names entered, while imagining a dream final. Of course, the exciting trials are run, and often new stars emerge or major upsets occur, often resulting in a final lineup few could have predicted.

All American Futurity (G1) runner-up Ask Her To Fly, Valley Junction Futurity (G3) winner Jessa Southern Girl, and multiple stakes winner Flying Fire headline a field of 85 two-year-old fillies entered in 10 trials Monday, November 2, for the $596,419.50 Black Gold Fillies Futurity Championship at Will Rogers Downs.

A competitive field of 53 two-year-old colts and geldings will compete Sunday, November 1, in six 400-yard trials for the $413,925 Black Gold Futurity Championship at Will Rogers Downs.

A competitive field of Oklahoma-bred three-year-olds will return to Will Rogers Downs on Sunday, November 1, for three trials for the estimated $75,000 Mystery Derby. The 350-yard trials will be run in races 2 through 4, with the fastest qualifiers advancing to the November 17 final during the closing week of the Will Rogers Downs Fall Meet.

Lone Star Park will close out one of the biggest weekends of the 2026 Quarter Horse racing season on Saturday, October 31, when 73 three-year-olds compete in eight trial heats for the Grade 1 $334,000 Texas Classic Derby and the Grade 2 $243,000 Purina Feeds Texas Classic Oaks, with a combined $577,000 in final purses on the line.

Kansas Quarter Horse breeder and owner Paul Treadwell will have an opportunity to capture a stakes race bearing his and his wife's names Saturday, October 31, when he sends out morning-line favorite Ajs Wingman and stablemate Racket Ridge in the $75,000 Guaranteed Paul and Virginia Treadwell Stakes at Eureka Downs.

A competitive field of 35 New Mexico-bred two-year-olds will take the track at Zia Park on Saturday, October 31, for five trials for the Restricted Grade 2 Est. $350,000 New Mexico Classic Futurity, with several stakes-tested juveniles aiming to earn a place in the November 22 championship.

Fresh off a victory in the Restricted Grade 2 $431,000 New Mexico State Fair Derby, Pour Me a Drinkk returns to competition on Sunday, November 1, at Zia Park, leading 19 New Mexico-bred three-year-olds entered in two trials for the Restricted Grade 2 Est. $225,000 New Mexico Classic Derby.

Rojas Racing’s homebred filly Jaque, who ignited her career with a pair of victories followed by a strong third-place finish in the Grade 2 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity, looks to return to the winner's circle when she takes on a solid group of juveniles in Saturday night’s featured $13,600 allowance race at 350 yards at Los Alamitos.

One of the biggest weekends of the 2026 Quarter Horse racing season is set for Lone Star Park on Friday and Saturday, October 30–31, with 217 horses competing in 23 trial heats for three major stakes events with a combined $1,577,000 in final purses.

Lone Star Park will host one of the biggest weekends of the 2026 Quarter Horse racing season Friday and Saturday, October 30–31, with 217 horses entered in 23 trials for three major stakes events offering a combined $1,577,000 in final purses.

A pair of Grade 1 futurity winners, CV Fdddinasty Shan and Contentious, headline a full field of 10 talented 2-year-olds entered in Sunday's $30,000 Ah Sigh Stakes at Los Alamitos Race Course.