SUNLAND PARK, NM–JANUARY 19, 2024–Last year's Lou Wooten and Sydney Valentini Stakes finalist Flashtoglory returns to Sunland Park on Sunday to redeem herself with the win in this year's 24th running of the $90,000 finals. The victory marks her third consecutive win and debut run of the season.

The 400-yard race is Flashtoglory's second win in stakes competition. The daughter of champion sire First Moonflash just came off her first stakes victory at Zia Park in December in the New Mexico Classic Filly and Mare ...



SUNLAND PARK, NM—JANUARY 12, 2025—Last year's leading third-year sire, Eye Am King, starts the 2025 racing season off with a bang. His progeny dominate the $90,000 Red Or Green Stakes [G2] on Sunday afternoon at Sunland Park, taking the top three spots. Rc Corona King threw down early out of the gates and couldn't be denied, while White Lightenin and Just En King crossed the wire 3/4-lengths behind the winner.

Rc Corona King secured his third stakes victory from his last four races. The heavy favorite demonstrated impressive power with a flawless gate-to-wire finish, piloted by Luis Martinez. The pair recorded a speed index of 87, completing the 400-yard ...



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SUNLAND PARK, NM—JANUARY 11, 2025—Multiple graded stakes winner Pavel extended his latest win streak to three on Saturday with a half-length victory in the second of four trials for the $100,000 added Shue Fly Stakes(RG2) at Sunland Park.

The 10 fastest qualifiers will return to the Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino on Groundhog Day, Sunday, February 2, to vie for the winner's share of a $200,000-est. purse going a distance of 400 yards for accredited New Mexico Bred 3-year-olds.

Regular rider Luis Martinez guided Pavel to his seventh career win while clocking the fastest trial time of 19,387 seconds, a 93-speed index. Jorge Luis Sanchez, Jr. trains the son of third-crop sire Czar Cartel Mv, a brother to leading sires Pyc Paint Your Wagon and Ivory ...



PHOENIX, AZ—JANUARY 6, 2024—Desert Classic Futurity runner-up and AQRA Futurity finalist Jd Dash Jr got his first career win today while posting the fastest qualifying time for the Turf Paradise Maiden Stakes.

The 10 fastest qualifiers from three trial races for maiden 3-year-olds at time entry will return to Turf Paradise on Monday, January 27, to vie for the winner's share of a $22,500 purse going a distance of 300 yards.

Jd Dash Jr prevailed by a nose in the second trial under jockey Kody Kellenberger to clock 15.821 seconds, the fastest qualifying time, and an 89-speed ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JANUARY 5, 2025–No one in history has had more success in the Grade 1 Charger Bar Handicap for aged mares than AQHA Hall of Fame member Paul Jones.

The 14-time AQHA champion trainer came into the 2025 running of the $100,000 Charger Bar Handicap on Sunday night at Los Alamitos having already won the meet's first Grade 1 stakes race a record five times.

By the end of the night, Jones was a six-time winner of the Charger Bar after Parsons Family Limited Partnership's Rockin With Energy won the 400-yard dash in thrilling fashion, holding off big late runs with local newcomers First Time For Wine and Curls Joyful Wagon, both making their first local starts after arriving in Southern California with trainer John Stinebaugh.

With Henry Reynoso Lopez up, ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JANUARY 5, 2025–Owned and bred by Pedro Barbizan Santiago Leite, the Brazilian-bred superstar Miss Isao Jqm earned her first stakes victory in the United States after taking the $20,000 Dashingly Handicap in convincing fashion on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

Undefeated in her 10 starts in South America in 2022, Miss Isao Jqm has made a total of four starts at Los Alamitos and she’s finished second or better in every one ...



PHOENIX, AZ–DECEMBER 31, 2024–Coming off a second-place finish in the trials with the third-fastest time, Jess My Dynasty redeems himself with a gate-to-wire victory in the $67,380 AQRA Turf Paradise Open Quarter Horse Derby on Tuesday afternoon.

Jockey Oscar Andrade Jr piloted Jess My Dynasty to a perfect textbook finish in 19.663 seconds, clocking a 102 speed-index. The 400-yard slight upset paid $11.20 to win on 12-1 odds.

Jess My Dynasty's victory marks the first time a Utah-bred has won the AQRA Turf Paradise Derby, and the $33,690 paycheck boosted his earnings to $79,060. Trained by Diego Cervantes, the son of FDD Dynasty has lit ...



PHOENIX, AZ–DECEMBER 31, 2024–Hes My Sweetheart proves he is fast with his fourth victory this season in Tuesday's $22,500 AQRA Turf Paradise Derby Consolation Stakes.

After a bad start in the AQRA Turf Paradise Derby trials, Hes My Sweetheart placed fourth, breaking his three-run win streak and qualifying to the consolation. But the three-year-old gelding proved he deserved to win after today's impressive 2 1/2-length victory in the finals.

Piloted by Mark Jasso, Hes, My Sweetheart was only 1/18th of a second outside of the ...



PHOENIX, AZ—DECEMBER 28, 2024—Tina Katarina got her first stakes win today at 12-1 odds when she got up at the wire over Rockin Jo Kool in the $40,000 Mike Hastings Memorial Stakes at Turf Paradise.

Tina Katarina broke in and bumped at the start under jockey Daniel Torres but finished strong to complete the 350 yards in 17.611 seconds, equaling a 95-speed index. It was the fifth career in 28 starts for the 6-year-old daughter of champion First Moonflash.

Conditioned by trainer Fernando Carrete for owner Edilberto Estrada Cano, Tina Katarina picked up $23,600 to boost her bankroll earnings to $133,176.

Bred in New Mexico by Joyce Erickson, from the Heza Motor Scooter mare Catch This Scooter, Tina Katrina was third in the Lou Wooten and ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–DECEMBER 28, 2024–Marc Jungers has had a lot of reasons to celebrate in 2024 courtesy of a legion of superstars that included Grade 1 winners Lethal Cowboy 123, Asscher, Shakers No Secret, and Relentless Eagle.

The opening night program of the new Los ...



PHOENIX, AZ–DECEMBER 23, 2024–Jockey Jacob Enriquez piloted Sweet Fire Wes to her third consecutive victory at Turf Paradise on Monday afternoon in the $61,880 AQRA Quarter Horse Futurity.

Sweet Fire Wes broke her maiden on November 12 by 1 1/4-lengths in a 300-yard race at Turf Paradise. The daughter of Panama Wes then won her trial heat to the AQRA Futurity, securing a spot in the finals with the third fastest time on November 30th.

Today, Sweet Fire Wes defeated ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–DECEMBER 22, 2024–Racing for Dunn Ranch and Weetona Stanley, the superb colt Stanley Cartel won the Grade 2, $157,400 Southern California Derby in style, as he took the lead shortly after the start and then pulled away from two-time derby winner SC Time To Run at the midway point to score a half-length victory in the 400-yard race on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

It was the fine way for Stanley Cartel to end the racing season at Los Alamitos, as this marked the closing night of the meet. The new season will open on Saturday night, December 28.

It was also a great way for Stanley Cartel to close out his sophomore campaign, a year in which he won five of his six starts, was a multiple stakes winner, and a finalist to the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Super Derby.

The Super Derby was the only ...



OPELOUSAS, LA–DECEMBER 21, 2024The lightly raced San Lorenzo Chrome kept his record a perfect 4-for-4 on Saturday, closing with powerful strides to get up by a neck over Apolitical Chick in the $1,000,000 LQHBA Louisiana Million Futurity(RG1) at Evangeline Downs. Beleavin was another neck off the leaders in the blanket finish to get third.

Jockey Arturo Alvarez rode the son of world champion sire Freighttrain B over the 400 yards in 19.870 seconds, a 91-speed index with a 6 mph tailwind.  Trainer Jeremy Derozin saddled the winner.

San Lorenzo Chrome broke his maiden at first asking last May, setting the fastest time for the $291,942 Laddie Futurity(RG2) at Delta Downs. He did not race again until winning a prep allowance at Evangeline ...



OPELOUSAS, LA–DECEMBER 21, 2024–Kempton has won six out of seven starts this season and now has two stakes victories after a spectacular finish in the $321,635 EVD Futurity at Evangeline Downs on Saturday.

Kempton achieved his first career victory in the Oklahoma Futurity trial, winning by a full length, although he did not qualify for the finals. He increased his performance significantly in his next race, winning by an impressive two lengths in the $1,081,820 ...



OPELOUSAS, LA–DECEMBER 21, 2024–Evangeline Downs' only four-time winner this season, Tf One Special Jess, gets his first stakes victory in the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic [RG2] on Saturday.

Tf One Special Jess headed the field from gate to wire with rider Donell Blake controlling the reins. The post-time favorite clocked a 102-speed index in 21.710 seconds, and the 440-yard effort paid $5.80 to win on 9-5 odds.

Trainer Viviane Hill saddled Tf One ...



OPELOUSAS, LA–DECEMBER 21, 2024–Heza Rip was a slight surprise half-length winner at 6-1 in the $233,287 LQHBA Breeders Derby(RG3) by half-a-length on Saturday at Evangeline Downs.

Heza Rip drove between horses with a big finish under jockey Noe Castaneda to complete the 400 yards in 19.846 seconds, a 91 speed index with a 6 mph tailwind. Second in the Delta ...



OPELOUSAS, LA–DECEMBER 21, 2024Gbh Fiscal Toni drifted out and brushed at the start, then drew clear of the field to win the restricted Grade 3 $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Derby by 1-3/4 lengths on Saturday night at Evangeline Downs.

Under jockey Cesar Segura, Gbh Fiscal Toni covered the 400-yard distance as the post-time favorite in 19.977 seconds, equaling an 88-speed index with a 6 mph tailwind.

The 3-year-old son of The Fiscal Cliff got his fourth career win and first stakes victory in 14 starts.  The $45,000 Champions Day Derby winner's purse brings Gbh Fiscal Toni's earnings to nearly ...



OPELOUSAS, LA–DECEMBER 21, 2024–Jockey Ali Rivera piloted the juvenile gelding Uuzzii to his first career stakes victory of Saturday night in the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile Stakes [RG2] at Evangeline Downs.

Starting from the five hole, Uuzzie broke first out of the gates and kept the lead to the wire for a 1/2-length victory over post-time favorite Paint Me Onis. The brown gelding clocked a 90-speed index with a six mph tailwind in 17.786 seconds. The 350-yard effort paid $9.20 to win on 7-2 odds. ...



OPELOUSAS, LA –DECEMBER 21, 2024Apollitical Ike ran down the fastest qualifier, Shiny Nova, to score a head victory in the $103,390 EVD Derby on Saturday at Evangeline Downs.

With a steady drive under jockey Javier Hernandez, Apollitical Ike got up at the wire to complete the 400 yards in 19.804 seconds, a 92-speed index with a 6 mph tailwind. The son of champion sire Apollitical Blood got his sixth career win, first stakes victory, in 15 starts.  The $52,212 winner's purse nearly doubled his earnings to $106,257.

Trainer Braulio Hernandez saddled the EVD Derby winner for owner Rigoberto Aguilar. Make and Leslie Turner bred the bay gelding in Texas from the Pyc Paint Your Wagon mare Eye ...



OPELOUSAS, LA–DECEMBER 21, 2024–As one of only two fillies on the full field of ten, Ajs Louisiana Chick scored her second career victory in the $50,000 LQHBA Louisiana Million Invitational Stakes at Evangeline Downs on Saturday.

After a bumped start, Ajs Louisiana Chick quickly regained composure and determinedly took to the lead by the final stretch, winning the 400-yard stakes by a neck. The post-time favorite clocked an 84-speed index with a six mph tailwind in 20.138 seconds.

Noe Casteneda, who ...



OPELOUSAS, LA –DECEMBER 21, 2024–Jes Winnin Cartel picked up her second career stakes on Evangeline Downs closing night Saturday when she got up in the final jump to defeat Tf Jess A Eagle by a head in the $35,000 Leverne Perry Stakes. India de La Nieve finished a nose back in the blanket finish to get third.

Ridden by jockey Ubaldo Luna, Jess Winnin Cartel completed the 250 yards in 13.330 seconds, equaling an 88-speed index with a 6 mph ...