Racing Preview

Trial winner A Perfert Legacy Df, who turned in the fastest performance of the August 15 trials, has been installed as the 3-1 morning-line favorite for Sunday's $203,050 Gillespie County Fair Futurity at Gillespie County Fairgrounds.

A talented field of accredited Louisiana-bred 2-year-olds will headline Saturday night's stakes-packed program at Delta Downs when they meet in the $561,054 LQHBA Sale Futurity (RG1).

A talented field of 10 2-year-old Quarter Horses will line up tonight in the $159,740 The Big Easy Futurity at Delta Downs. The 350-yard final, carded as Race 9, has an approximate post time of 9:35 p.m. (CDT). The finalists earned their berths through trials conducted on August 7.

One of the most popular days of the Ajax Downs' Quarter Horse racing season is Family Fun Day in support of the Ajax Pickering Hospital, set for this Sunday, August 30.

Stakes-winning juveniles A Mere Andrea and My Favorite Paris will face off in the main event of Sunday night’s card at Los Alamitos, a feature $13,300 allowance dash at 350 yards.

A championship afternoon of Quarter Horse racing is scheduled for Sunday, August 23, at Hipódromo de las Américas. The 10-race program will feature nine stakes or special events and will conclude with the XLII Futurity Subasta Selecta (RG2), Abelardo Gallegos Fernández.

Grade 1 Ed Burke Memorial Futurity winner Cv Fdddinasty Shan and Governor’s Cup Futurity winner Constituent will headline a terrific group of 59 juveniles competing in trials for the Grade 2, $300,000 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity on Sunday night at Los Alamitos.

Led by a group of top local stakes winners in Mayor Humdinger, SG Jacob Jay, SM My Valentine, and Slatedtoshine, a talented field of seven 3-year-olds lines up for Saturday night’s $30,000 Sgt Pepper Feature Handicap at 350 yards.

Quarter Horse trainer Jason Olmstead will saddle seven 2-year-olds, including the five fastest qualifiers, in the $59,400 Northlands Futurity Thursday at Canterbury Park. The Northlands is the co-feature along with the $36,675 Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby in which Olmstead is favored with Uncle Redheads, one of his four qualifiers in the 400-yard race. Both the Northlands and the Quarter Horse Derby date back to 1986 at the Shakopee, Minn. racetrack.

An intense week dedicated to racing Quarter Horses began with the draw for the lucrative *Futurity Subasta Selecta*.

A jam-packed nine-race card, including exciting Trial races for the finals of the Picov Derby and Ontario Sires Stakes Futurity, gets underway at Ajax Downs at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19. This is the final 'twilight' card of racing for 2026, as the first race post time will revert to 12:55 p.m. for the remainder of the season.

The Thursday evening card at Canterbury Park will spotlight Quarter Horse racing with an eight-race program starting at 5:10 p.m. The featured events of the night are the $59,400 Northlands Futurity and the $36,675 Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby, which will bring together talented juveniles and proven sophomores for a pair of competitive stakes finales.

The gates will spring open Wednesday afternoon for the 2026 Sandy Ridge racing season, launching an eight-day meet featuring an 11-race card packed with promising juveniles and accomplished sophomores. First post is set for 1:00 p.m., with the opening-day program highlighted by six trials for the BOCO Futurity and four for the Bluegrass Derby.

The curtain will fall on the 2026 Retama Park racing season Saturday evening, closing out the Texas summer meet with an 11-race card loaded with stakes action. First post is set for 6:45 p.m., with four stakes races headlining the final night of the season.

The curtain will fall on the 2026 Retama Park racing season Saturday evening, closing out the Texas summer meet with an 11-race card loaded with stakes action. First post is set for 6:45 p.m., with four stakes races headlining the final night of the season.

The Sunday afternoon card at Arapahoe Park will bring the 2026 racing season to a close with a ten-race program starting at 1:00 p.m. The final day of the meet will feature three stakes events, highlighted by the $60,700 Mile High Futurity, the $40,122 Mile High Derby, and the $19,500 Rocky Mountain Championship Stakes.

The Saturday evening card at Prairie Meadows will feature another night of championship-caliber Quarter Horse racing, with a ten-race program starting at 5:00 p.m. Three stakes’ events headline the card: the $48,714 Adequan Prairie Meadows Derby Challenge, the $56,006 John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge, and the $57,575 Iowa Stallion Derby.

Francisco Diaz’s Emperador D leads a wide-open field of eight two-year-olds set to meet in Sunday’s $54,000 Los Alamitos Claiming Futurity at 350 yards. Under the conditions of the race, all starters in the final will be eligible to be claimed for $16,000, which means that the claiming box will be one of the most popular spots at the track on Sunday night.

The Friday evening card at Prairie Meadows will spotlight championship-caliber Quarter Horse racing, with an 11-race program starting at 5:00 p.m. The card features three stakes finales: the Grade 2 $53,856 AQHA Racing Prairie Meadows Championship Challenge, the Grade 3 $38,148 Cox Ranch Prairie Meadows Distaff Challenge, and the $75,650 Iowa Stallion QH Futurity.