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Lone Star Park's 2026 Fall Meeting of Champions, featuring American Quarter Horses, is just weeks away, with the 32-day racing season scheduled to open Friday, September 11, and continue through Saturday, November 21.

There was a timer malfunction during the running of the fifth trial for the Grade 2, $300,000 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity on Sunday night at Los Alamitos. The trial was won by Juan Moya and Saul Acosta’s Test Pilot by a nose over James Markum and Steve Burns’ Indiana Fever.

Retama Park concluded its 2026 summer meet with an encouraging three-day closing weekend, generating more than $1.57 million in combined on- and off-track wagering. Full cards were contested all three nights, with five stakes races highlighting a weekend that combined competitive racing with family-friendly entertainment.

Luis L. Vivanco, Mario J. Loza and Sunset Well Service, Inc. finished atop their respective divisions by wins as Retama Park closed its 2026 Quarter Horse meet Saturday night.

StallioneSearch.com begins its webcast coverage from Sandy Ridge Racetrack in Ashland, Kentucky, featuring the trials for the $266,250 BOCO Futurity, as well as the $165,600 Bluegrass Derby.

On closing weekend at Retama Park, racing fans might see and hear some familiar music and promotions of popular musicians and rodeo superstars, as the track begins promoting the 2027 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo’s entertainment line up!

QH Racing Talk–Weekly welcomes both StallioneSearch.com's Leann Noguera and David Smith to the podcast to discuss the much anticipated launch of the new StallioneSearch.com website this week.

StallioneSearch.com, Quarter Horse racing’s premier source for news and breeding information, has unveiled the expanded features and resources available on its newly launched, redesigned website.

A new chapter in Kentucky racing history began Wednesday as Sandy Ridge Racetrack officially opened in Boyd County, bringing live Quarter Horse racing to northeastern Kentucky for the first time in more than a century.

A new first post time will be in effect for Thursday racing during Lone Star Park's upcoming Fall Meeting of Champions.

The exciting finale of the Quarter Horse racing season at Retama Park will take place August 20-22, as the 2026 Texas summer meet concludes with three nights of racing.

A new chapter in Kentucky Quarter Horse racing will begin Wednesday, August 19, when the gates open at the newly constructed Sandy Ridge Racetrack in Ashland. Trials for the BOCO Futurity and Bluegrass Derby will highlight the historic first day of racing in Boyd County.

QH Racing Talk–Weekly welcomes the most accomplished female jockey in Quarter Horse racing history, Hall of Fame jockey Tami Purcell-Burklund, for a look back at her remarkable career and some of the legendary horses she rode along the way.

Wyoming Horse Racing LLC (WHR) is preparing for a record-setting 2026 live racing meet at Sweetwater Downs, beginning Saturday, Aug. 15, with significantly larger purses, two new Wyoming-bred stakes races and increased competition from across the region. WHR’s investment in its two border tourism properties on the Colorado and Utah state lines is driving bigger payouts and a stronger racing program that is attracting some of the region’s best horses.

StallioneSearch.com continues its three days of coverage from The Downs at Albuquerque in Albuquerque, New Mexico, featuring the trials for the Grade 1 All American Futurity, Grade 1 All American Derby and Grade 1 All American Oaks.

A lucrative Quarter Horse stakes schedule, highlighted by nearly $1.2 million on New Mexico Classic Quarter Horse Showcase day and a December program featuring two Grade 1 events, will headline the 2026 Zia Park fall racing season.

Lone Star Park has announced its training, schooling, workout and stabling schedule for horsemen preparing for the upcoming Fall Meeting of Champions.

Retama Park hosted three nights of Quarter Horse, Paint, and Appaloosa stakes trials August 6-8, beginning Thursday with trials for the $61,972 Colors of the Alamo Paint & Appaloosa Futurity-G3 and continuing Friday and Saturday with trials for the $230,000 TQHA Sires' Cup Futurity-RG2 and $100,000 TQHA Sires' Cup Derby-RG3.

StallioneSearch.com continues its three days of coverage from The Downs at Albuquerque in Albuquerque, New Mexico, featuring the trials for the All American Futurity (G1), All American Derby (G1), and All American Oaks (G1).