By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott

OPELOUSAS, LA–October 2, 2025—A competitive field of nine Quarter Horses will square off in the featured event on Saturday night’s card at Evangeline Downs, as the $20,000-guaranteed Evangeline Downs Dash Stakes headlines a seven-race program. Post time for the 250-yard dash is set for 8:05 PM CDT.

All eyes will be on the seasoned veteran Tuckers Prize, who has been installed as the 2-1 morning line favorite. A nine-year-old gelding by Fast Prize Dash out of Bb Secrets Game (by Game Patriot), Tuckers Prize enters the race off two consecutive victories, despite being winless earlier in his 2025 campaign. Trained and owned by Preston Jourdan, the multiple graded stakes winner brings a wealth of experience to the field, boasting 19 career victories and $406,190 in earnings. Bred in Louisiana by Kirby and Phillip Bruchhaus, he will ...



By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott

SHELBYVILLE, IN–OCTOBER 2, 2025—The spotlight turns to the three-year-old Quarter Horse runners this Thursday at Horseshoe Indianapolis, where three trial heats will be contested to determine the ten fastest qualifiers for the $133,720 QHRAI Derby Finals, set for October 25. A total of 22 ...



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By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–SEPTEMBER 30, 2025—Lone Star Park is set to host a blockbuster evening of Quarter Horse racing this Saturday, headlined by the prestigious Dash For Cash Finales. The night features two of the most competitive Grade 2 events on the fall calendar — the $156,200 Dash For Cash Derby (G2) in Race 9 and the ...



By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–SEPTEMBER 30, 2025—A high-stakes evening of elite Quarter Horse racing is on tap this Saturday night at Albuquerque Downs, with the spotlight firmly set on the Grade 1 $350,000 Downs at Albuquerque Fall Quarter Horse Championship Stakes, scheduled as Race 9 on the card. The 440-yard sprint features a deep field of ten talented sprinters, with post time slated for approximately 9:25 PM.

The 2-1 morning-line favorite, Macdara, enters the championship off a solid third-place finish in the $50,000 Balloon City Stakes. Trained by Wesley T. Giles and ridden by Noe ...



by Jennifer Morrison

AJAX, ONT–SEPTEMBER 29, 2025–This Wednesday, October 1, begins the final month of the Quarter Horse season at Ajax Downs for 2025, and there is plenty of exciting racing still to come. 

With four racing dates remaining, the jockey, trainer and owner leaderboards are hotly contested. Ismael Mosqueira, seeking his first riding championship, has a ...



By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

GRANTS PASS, OR–SEPTEMBER 29, 2025–The $40,000-est. Autumn Derby trials for three-year-old Quarter Horses get underway Monday evening at Grants Pass, with two 400-yard trials set to determine the field for the $20,000-added final on October 13.

First post time is 1:00 p.m. PDT.

In the opening trial, the spotlight falls on Secretarysbestcard (2-1), a five-time winner from eight career ...



By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott

MEXICO CITY, MEX–September 27, 2025— A field of 62 juvenile fillies will take center stage this Sunday at Hipódromo de las Américas, competing in the trials for the (G3) $218,138 Mexican Bred Futurity Challenge. Spread across seven heats at 350 yards, the trials will determine the ten fastest qualifiers, who will return on October 19 to contest one of the richest futurity races of the season for Mexican-bred two-year-olds.

Buu enters the trials as the morning-line ...



By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott

AURORA, CO–SEPTEMBER 25, 2025—Friday afternoon’s card at Arapahoe Park will showcase two sets of Colorado-bred trial races, setting the stage for a pair of lucrative finals next month. The program begins with three trials for the Cherry Creek Futurity, which drew twenty entrants, followed by three trials for the Lucile Rowe Derby, featuring seventeen entrants. The Cherry Creek Futurity final carries an estimated purse of $98,000, while the Lucile Rowe Derby is projected at $67,000. Both finals are scheduled for October 12.

The first three races on the card, beginning at ...



By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott

ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, AB–SEPTEMBER 25, 2025—Friday evening’s card at Century Downs will highlight Alberta’s top sophomores with two trial heats for the Alberta Bred Derby, contested at 400 yards. The ten fastest qualifiers from the pair of races will return for the $30,000-added Alberta Bred Derby Final on October 10.

The opening trial will feature Ima Hott Version, a consistent filly placed in the money in six of her ten career starts. Purchased for $42,000 at the AQHRA Canada Sale by owners Laci Brunelle and Darby Danard, the daughter of Winners Version out of Im Hott Ur ...



By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott

ROCK SPRINGS, WY–SEPTEMBER 24, 2025–The Saturday afternoon program at Sweetwater Downs will showcase the best of the Wyoming-bred Quarter Horse program, with three significant stakes headlining the card: the $35,000-added WABRA Wyoming Bred QH Maturity, the $50,000-added WABRA Wyoming Bred QH Derby, and the $75,000 WABRA Wyoming Bred QH Futurity. The action begins in race seven at approximately 3:30 PM and continues through race nine with three full fields of top regional contenders. The first stakes starts with the Wyoming Bred Maturity, a 400-yard event featuring the ten fastest ...



By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott

ATLOONA, IA–SEPTEMBER 22, 2025–The Saturday afternoon program at Prairie Meadows is packed with four stakes races that highlight the strength of Iowa-Breds and the depth of the regional racing program. The lineup includes the $70,000 Terrace Hill Stakes, the $122,180 Polk County Derby, the $70,000 Future of Iowa Stakes, and the featured $191,200 Jim Bader Futurity Finals. First post for the stakes action is set for 4:00 PM (CDT). The card kicks off with the Terrace Hill Stakes, a 400-yard test for Iowa-bred 3-year-olds and older. The 2-1 morning line favorite is Ab Boogie, the ...



By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–SEPTEMBER 22, 2025–The Friday, September 26 program at Downs at Albuquerque will showcase a full day of top-level Quarter Horse racing, highlighted by seven trials for the La Fiesta Quarter Horse Futurity, three trials for the La Fiesta Quarter Horse Derby, and concluding with the $30,000-added Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge Regional Finals.

La Fiesta Quarter Horse Futurity Trials Sixty-nine juveniles will compete in seven 400-yard trial heats, with the ten ...



By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott

GRANDPRAIRIE, TX–SEPTEMBER 22, 2025–The Friday night card at Lone Star Park will be highlighted by the (RG3) $50,000-added B.F. Phillips, Jr. Stakes, restricted to Texas-Accredited Breds. A field of nine seasoned runners will contest 400 yards in race nine, with post time scheduled for approximately 9:33 PM.

The 9-5 morning line favorite is Onthrocks, a six-year-old gelding by A Revenant out of Stol a Bunny (by Stoli). Bred in Texas by Ware ...



By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott

CLAREMORE, OK–September 21, 2025–On Monday afternoon, Will Rogers Downs will host its feature event, the (RG2) $75,000-added OQHRA Mystery Futurity, restricted to two-year-old Oklahoma-breds. Ten finalists from the September 8 trials will return to contest 350 yards in race nine, with the starting gate scheduled to load at approximately 4:20 PM.

The 5-2 morning line favorite is Famous N Relentless, a gelding who has captured ...



By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott

ATLOONA, IA–September 21, 2025–The Monday evening card at Prairie Meadows will kick off with the $30,000 Prairie Dash Stakes, where a compact but talented field of three-year-olds and upward will dash 300 yards. Post time for race one is scheduled for approximately 4:00 ...