RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–JULY 26, 2024–Karmalites and jockey Emilio Tapia pulled away in the final strides to win the third trial race today and qualify for the $157,641 John Deere Ruidoso Juvenile Challenge (G3) at the Downs of Albuquerque.

The two-year-old filly won for the third time in six career starts, running 17.383 seconds for 350 yards, a 94-speed index.

Karmalites won the $215,000 Four Corners Futurity at Sunray Park on May 18. Racing for owner Fabian Porras, the filly is sired by The Marfa Lights out of the mare Cartel Karma by Corona Cartel.  David Gomez-Barraze conditions the Oklahoma-bred earner of $112,722. ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI AUBURN, WA–JULY 25, 2024–Secretarysbestcard, a daughter of the Corona Cartel stallion Docs Best Card racing for JBC Stables, is one of 15 2-year-olds entered in Sunday's 350-yard John Deere Emerald Juvenile Challenge trials at Emerald Downs. Secretarysbestcard ships in from Grants Pass Downs in southern Oregon, where she won both of her outs, including the 350-yard, $83,000 Firecracker Futurity on the Fourth of July. ...

SHAKOPEE, MN–JULY 25, 2024–Aj Fast Corona showed just how fast she is when she took off at the final call for her second consecutive win this season in the $35,904 Canterbury Park Distaff Challenge Stakes [G3].

It took Aj Fast Corona just a bit to get into her stride in the 400-yard stakes, but at the final call, she bolted into first for a 1/2-length victory over stablemate Beep Beep Rev Rev.

Aj Fast Corona's rider, Luis Valenzuela, said, "I just waited a little. I know her signs and knew she would run the distance, so I let her do her thing and stayed out of her way."

Against a six mph crosswind, Aj Fast Corona clocked a 90 speed index in :20.122 seconds. The ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA–JULY 25, 2024–Team Rip 109, a chestnut son of Pyc Fun N Fancy owned by Commotion Creek Contracting Ltd. and WT Ranches Ltd., drew post 5 for Saturday's 350-yard, $49,368(Can) John Deere Century Mile Juvenile Challenge. The fastest qualifier, Team Rip 109 made his official debut with a dominating 5 1/2-length victory in the first of three trials on July 5. Buckey Stockwell trains the gelding. Team Rip 109 will be ridden by O.Amador Hernandez. Stockwell will also send out Sizzles Boss, a stakes-winning son of JD Wagon Boss racing for Cinch Up Syndicate. Sizzles Boss has won his last ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALTOONA, IA–JULY 24, 2024–Anna Belle, a graded stakes winning daughter of champion Uncle D, is one of 29 2-year-olds entered in Monday's 350-yard John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge trials at Prairie Meadows Racetrack.

A $22,000 purchase at last year's Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, Anna Belle is trained by Jason Olmstead for owners Tom Smith and ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–JULY 22, 2024–Graded stakes winner Cedar Hill and stakes winner Karmalites are two of the 73 2-year-olds entered in Friday's 350-yard John Deere Ruidoso Juvenile Challenge (G3) trials at Albuquerque Downs.

A homebred son of Capo de Capi racing for James Sills and Abel Flores, Cedar Hill will be making his first start since May 12, when he scored a neck victory in the 300-yard, $256,000 Robert Adair Kindergarten ...

SHAKOPEE, MN—JULY 23, 2024—Thursday’s feature AT Canterbury Park is the $35,904 Cox Ranch Canterbury Park Distaff Challenge, a 400-yard race that will qualify the winner to the Oct. 26 Grade 1 Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge Championship at Albuquerque Downs.

Trainer ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

SHAKOPEE, MN–JULY 22, 2024–Fox News, a graded-stakes winning 4-year-old champion of champion FDD Dynasty racing for Tom Maher of Pierre, South Dakota, is one of five fillies and mares entered in Thursday's 400-yard, $35,904 Cox Ranch Canterbury Distaff Challenge Stakes (G3) at Canterbury Park.

The 8-5 morning-line favorite, Fox News is coming off of a Remington Park spring campaign during which the homebred mare earned $5,631 from three races and ran third, three-quarters of a length behind winner Alliekat Dynasty, in the 350-yard, $50,000 Decketta Stakes ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JULY 18, 2024–Clayton and Kaye Russell’s Apollitical Bet, who has two strong performances at Los Alamitos, will now headline the trials to the John Deere California Juvenile Challenge on Saturday night at Los Alamitos. The nine-race program will follow the final race of the opening day card at Del Mar. The first post time is 7:45 p.m. Pacific.                                       

Twenty-four juveniles will compete in three 350-yard trials to advance to the John Deere regional final. The runners with the ten fastest ...

GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALB–JULY 14, 2024–Multiple stakes winner Flight Club rolled to his 13th career stakes win on Sunday when he won the $11,383(US) EGP Bonus Challenge by 1-1/4 lengths at Evergreen Park.

Under regular jockey J.B. Botello, Flight Club completed the 350 yards in 18.141 seconds, equaling a 91-speed index into a 15 mph crosswind. It was the 15th win in 22 career starts for the California-bred son of multiple stakes sire Foose.

William Leech saddled the gray gelding for owner Charles ...

PRINEVILLE, OR–JULY 13, 2024–Just coming off the Director's Handicap victory at Grants Pass last month, jockey Jose Guerrero returned for the mount aboard Bee A Freighttrain to win the $24,475 Rhoden Memorial Bonus Challenge Stakes for the second year running at Crooked River Roundup on Saturday.

Bee A Freight Train flew to the outside for the win by a neck over One Famous Rock and rider Jake Samuels. The post-time favorite clocked a 102 speed index in :13.079 seconds. The 250-yard victory paid $5.00 to win on 5/2 odds.

Runner-up One Famous Rock placed second by a neck over The Rev Rocker and ...