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Sixty-Four 2-Year-Olds Entered in John Deere Sam Houston Juvenile Challenge Trials
BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI HOUSTON, TX–APRIL 23, 2025–Sixty-four 2-year-olds are entered in seven John Deere Sam Houston Juvenile Challenge (G3) trials Saturday at Sam Houston Race Park. Holms, a sorrel son of world champion ...


Twenty-Four Sophomores are Entered in Friday's Adequan Sam Houston Derby Challenge Trials
BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI HOUSTON, TX–APRIL 21, 2025–Twenty-four 3-year-olds, led by Debra Gotovac's Party On The Moon, are entered in Friday's 400-yard Adequan Sam Houston Derby Challenge trials at Sam Houston Race Park. A $28,000 yearling purchase at the 2023 New Mexico-Bred Sale at Ruidoso Downs, Party On The Moon has won his ...


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Scoops Dynasty Game Winner Over All-Time Earnings Leader In AQHA TUP Championship Challenge
PHOENIX, AZ—APRIL 15, 2025—The Championship Challenge returned to Turf Paradise this year with graded stakes winner Scoops Dynasty putting in a game effort to defeat all-time leading money earner Kj Desparado in the $53,014 AQHA Turf Paradise Championship Challenge today.

Jockey Jacob Enriquez used a quick start from the gate to take a half-length lead, then held off two-time champion Kj Desparado by a nose. Scoops Dynasty completed the ...


Post-time Favorite Js On Fire Prevails In AQHA Remington Park Championship Challenge(G2)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—APRIL 6, 2025—Starting off a second-place effort in the 550-yard Grade 2 SLM Big Daddy Stakes last month, trainer Michael Joiner shortened Js On Fire to the classic Quarter Horse Distance on Sunday at Remington Park.

The move worked beautifully as Js On Fire dueled early and then finished strongest late under jockey Bryan Candanosa to defeat One Stolin Eagle by half-a-length in the $68,535 AQHA Remington Park Championship Challenge(G2).

"In regards to the SLM ...


Returning Champ O Donavan Rossa Strikes Again In The Q-Racing Video Distance Challenge
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–APRIL 6, 2025–Distance powerhouse O Donovan Rossa, pulled off his first win of the season as 2-1 favorite in the $35,156 Q-Racing Video Distance Challenge Stakes [G2] for the second year in a row at Remington Park on Sunday.

Jockey Roman Cruz got the call aboard O Donovan Rossa for his gate-to-wire victory. The seven-year-old gelding clocked a 99 speed index in 45.069 seconds in a duel for the win with Invincible Streak and Wynnchester who both rallied for the wire. Favored to win, the ...


AQHA Racing Challenge Stakes Doubleheader Rescheduled for Sunday at Remington Park
BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–APRIL 5, 2025–Two graded stakes from the AQHA Racing Challenge program, previously scheduled last week but canceled due to weather, headline Sunday's 12-race program at Remington Park.

Eight aged runners are entered in Sunday's 440-yard, $68,535 AQHA Remington Championship Challenge (G2). The winner of this race will earn a berth in the October 18 AQHA Challenge Championship (G1) at ...


2025 AQHA Racing Challenge Regional Schedule
AMARILLO, TX–APRIL 4, 2025– In 2025, the AQHA Racing Challenge offers regional stakes in the following divisions:

> AQHA Racing Championship Challenge division: 440 yards,    3-year-olds and up > Adequan® Derby division: 400 yards, 3-year-olds > John Deere Juvenile Challenge: 350 yards, 2-year-olds > Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge: ...



Remington Park Cancels Pair of Challenge Stakes Races Due to Severe Weather
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 29, 2025–Remington Park management postponed the last races on the 12-race card Saturday night – the Grade 2, $35,156 Q-Racing Video Distance Challenge and the Grade 2, $68,535 AQHA Remington Park Challenge - due to severe weather that moved into the Oklahoma City area.

Lightning could be seen moving toward Remington Park as horses came onto the track for race 11. The group was immediately directed to return to the paddock as lightning began striking regularly within three miles of the track. As more weather was expected to threaten over the next few hours, the decision was made to cancel the final two races for ...


AQHA Racing Challenge Stakes Doubleheader Set for Saturday at Remington Park
BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 28, 2025–Two graded stakes from the AQHA Racing Challenge program headline Saturday's 12-race program at Remington Park.

Eight aged runners are entered in Saturday's 440-yard, $60,000-added AQHA Remington Championship Challenge (G2). The winner of this race will earn a berth in the October 18 AQHA Challenge Championship (G1) at Albuquerque Downs.

Bradbury Racing's Nothin Like You, a homebred 6-year-old son of Favorite Cartel trained by John Hammes, will be making his first start since October 26, when he ran second, a neck behind winner Shakers No Secret, in the 440-yard, $278,000 AQHA Racing Challenge Championship (G1) The Colorado-bred gelding drew ...


All-Time Leading Money Earner KJ Desparado Enrolled in Challenge
AMARILLO, TX–MARCH 5, 2025–The sport of American Quarter Horse racing’s all-time leading money earner, KJ Desparado, has joined the ranks of horses eligible to compete in the AQHA Racing Challenge by paying the $20,000 late enrollment fee to make him eligible for the rest of his career.

KJ Desparado is a 2019 bay gelding by Apollitical Jess ...