BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 27, 2024–Mark G. Petry's Corona Two Socks, a bay son of Coronas Leaving You and the fastest overall qualifier, is one of 10 state-bred 2-year-olds entered back in Saturday's 300-yard, $458,794 Mardi Gras Futurity (RG2) at Louisiana Downs. A $15,000 purchase at last year's LQHBA Yearling Sale, Corona Two Socks made his career debut with a nose victory in one of 18 Mardi Gras Futurity trials run March 9-10. Preston Jourdan trains the ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 26, 2024–Special Wild Train B, a daughter of Freighttrain B leased by Bobby D. Cox, is the 3-1 morning-line favorite for Friday's 400-yard, $101,418 Mardi Gras Oaks (R) for state-bred 3-year-old fillies at Louisiana Downs. Trained by Roy Roberts, Special Wild Train B is the third-fastest qualifier from four Mardi Gras Oaks trials contested ...



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BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 26, 2024-–Ten state-bred sophomores, led by fastest qualifier Hoztile Takeover, are entered back in Friday's 400-yard, $102,452 Mardi Gras Derby (R) at Louisiana Downs. A sorrel son of One Sweet Jess trained by Juan Diaz Jr. for owners Amanda St Amant and Luis Armando Castellanos, Hoztile Takeover made his 3-year-old season debut with a neck ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 25, 2024–Eight state-bred sprinters are entered in Thursday's 350-yard, $30,000 Winner's Circle Stakes (R) at Louisiana Downs. Rogelio Marquez Jr.'s San Lorenzo Jet will be making his first start against aged runners off of a sophomore campaign during which he earned $100,029 from three races and scored a three-quarter length win in the December 16, $202,000 LQHBA Breeders' Derby (RG3) at Evangeline Downs. Jesus M. Marquez trains the 4-year-old Jet Black Patriot gelding. San ...



SELMA, TX–MARCH 23, 2024–Fast Flyer 123, the $450,000 Heritage Place Yearling Sale topper last September, is set to make his track debut on Wednesday (Mar 27) when Retama Park hosts 15 schooling racings for 2-year-olds.

First post is 12:00 noon (CDT).

Trainer Toby Keeton will saddle Fast Flyer 123, a son of last year's leading first-crop sire Flying Cowboy 123, in the Race 10 for owner Triple Five. This is the first foal from the Heritage Place Futurity(G1) winner Uptowne Babe, a sister ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–MARCH 22, 2024Keith Nellesen’s Political Rivalry will look to match his sire’s trifecta of stakes victories when he leads a field of 10 sophomores in the Grade 2, $204,200 El Primero Del Año Derby on Sunday night at Los Alamitos.

Political Rivalry is the son of AQHA champion KVN Corona, who won the Grade 1 Ed Burke Million Futurity, Grade 2 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity and the El Primero ...



OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 22, 2024—Trainer Milton Broadnax, 75, may be the most patient man on the face of the earth, never winning a race in 55 tries before qualifying Liberty for Jess for the finals of the Grade 2, $502,385 Oklahoma Futurity to be run Saturday night at Remington Park.

It will be the 83rd edition of the longest-running futurity in American Quarter Horse racing. Started in 1947, the Oklahoma Futurity has been conducted at Remington Park since ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 21, 2024–Paragon Farms LLC's Fire Eat N Cowboy, a homebred Flying Cowboy 123 gelding and the fastest qualifier, is one of 10 sophomores entered back in Saturday's 350-yard, $217,678 Oklahoma Derby (G3) at Remington Park. Fire Eat N Cowboy made his season debut with a neck victory in the third of six trials on March 10. Trey Wood trains the sorrel gelding. Fire Eat N Cowboy drew post 2 and will be ridden by Ricky Ramirez. Other contenders include Eyesa Freighttrain B, a son of Freighttrain ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–MARCH 20, 2024A Grade 1 stakes race for the second year in a row, the running of the Los Alamitos Oaks on Saturday night will feature a total purse of over $400,00 for the fifth straight year as another outstanding field squares off in the meet’s richest race for sophomores fillies.

Nine fillies will be in action in the Los Alamitos with Lance Bland and Jimmy Barton’s Asscher entering the 400-yard race in top form after posting the fastest qualifying time in the trials on March 3.

The daughter of FDD Dynasty will ...



OKLAHOMA CITY, OK– MARCH 20, 2024–The field for the Grade 2, $502,385 Oklahoma Futurity has been set. The historic 83rd edition of the longest-running futurity in American Quarter Horse racing headlines the Remington Park card on Saturday, March 23.

Miss Perrys Cowgirl has been tabbed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite by odds-maker Jerry Shottenkirk. The filly won her trial on the second night of qualifying for the 300-yard race on March 9, drawing off to win by 1-1/2 lengths. Owned by Reliance Ranches of Guthrie, Okla., Miss Perrys Cowgirl is trained by Cody Noel and will be ridden by regular jockey Mario Delgado.

A daughter ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI PHOENIX, AZ–MARCH 20 2024–Wicked Cowgirl Smart, a homebred daughter of leading sire Flying Cowboy 123 and the fastest qualifier, is one of 10 sophomores entered back in Monday's 350-yard, $65,100 Arizona QRA President's Open Spring Derby at Turf Paradise. Trained by Leonel Gonzalez for owner J Lazy Six Racing, Wicked Cowgirl Smart made her 3-year-old ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 15, 2024–Four graded stakes will headline Saturday's 12-race program at Remington Park. Post time for the first of a dozen races is set for 6 p.m. (CDT). Two of the stakes -- the SLM Big Daddy Stakes (G3) and Mighty Deck Three Stakes (RG2) -- are postponed from last week. Run at 550-yards for a purse of $50,000, the SLM Big Daddy drew a field of 10 middle-distance specialists, led by Im No Lawyer Butt. A sorrel 4-year-old ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–MARCH 14, 2024–Hes Chickless, the winner of the Moonist Award in 2023, will now look to win the running of the $40,000 Moonist Stakes when he leads a strong field of eight runners in the eighth race on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

​​A multiple stakes winner, Hes Chickless is owned by Jeryl Hartley, who along with her husband, the late Ron Hartley, campaigned the great champion Moonist during a career that spanned 34 starts for 24 wins from 2013 to 2016.

Ron Hartley dreamed of winning the race named in honor of his Grade 1 stakes winning champion and he came close a few times. His stakes winning gelding Black Fryday ran third in the 2019 running of this race and the Hartleys’ multiple ...