BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI VINTON, LA–APRIL 30, 2024–Wednesday's Louisiana Breeders' Lassie Futurity (RG2) trials at Delta Downs have drawn a total of 111 state-bred 2-year-old fillies. Post time for the first of 12 330-yard heats is set for 4:45 p.m. (CDT). The 10 fastest qualifiers will meet in the $75,000-added final on May 24. Lady Coco Piloto, a graded stakes finalist trained by Gilberto Rosales for owners Justin Flores and Juan J. Guzman, drew post 5 and will be ridden by Mario Trujillo in the second heat. A $7,500 purchase at last year's Louisiana QHBA Yearling Sale, the ...

RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–APRIL 28, 2024–Ruidoso Downs will host 39 schooling races over two days this week for 2-year-olds who remain eligible for the Ruidoso Triple Crown – Ruidoso QH Futurity(G1), Rainbow QH Futurity(G1) and All American Futurity(G1).

One hundred two-year-olds will compete in 20 races on Monday (April 19) and 95 are scheduled to debut in 19 races on Tuesday (April 30). All schooling races will be contested over a distance of 250 yards.

First post each day is 10:00 am (MDT).

Patrons can watch the races at the racetrack live or via video streaming on the Ruidoso Downs Facebook Page.

Several six-figure "summer sale ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK--APRIL 25, 2024--Nine stakes, led by the 330-yard, $854,775 Remington Park Futurity (RG1), are scheduled for Saturday's 12-race program at Remington Park Racetrack. Post time for the first race is set for 6 p.m. (CDT). Ten Oklahoma-bred 2-year-olds, led by fastest overall qualifier Cowgirls Can Fly, are entered back in Saturday's Remington Park Futurity. A sorrel daughter of Flying Cowboy 123 trained by Leonardo Alcala for owner Marisol Alvarado, Cowgirls Can Fly made her debut with a 1 1/2-length victory in second of 11 trials on ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–APRIL 24, 2024–A rematch of the Moonist Handicap and the return to action of ageless stars Cattail Cove and You Can Run will headline the running of the Grade 3, $40,000 Kaweah Bar Handicap on Saturday at Los Alamitos.

The top five finishers in the Moonist are all coming back for the Kaweah Bar at 350 yards with Parsons Family Limited Partnership’s Terrific Phoenix hoping for a repeat of his Moonist victory.

Jeryl Hartley’s Hes Chickless, a multiple stakes winner last year and already a graded stakes finalist in 2024, are among the other Moonist returnees that also include Chivalry, who ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—APRIL 21, 2024–The field of 10 Oklahoma-bred 2-year-olds has been set for Saturday night’s $854,775 Remington Park Futurity. The restricted Grade 1 race is for Oklahoma-breds who qualified through two nights of trials at 330 yards.

Cowgirls Can Fly, the top qualifier from the first night of 11 trials on April 11, has been made the morning-line favorite at 3-1 odds. The filly is one of three from the barn of trainer ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI VINTON, LA–APRIL 23, 2024–Eighty-five 2-year-olds, led by DM Nite Hawk, are entered in Saturday's 330-yard Old South Futurity trials at Delta Downs. DM Nite Hawk is a sorrel son of the One Dashing Eagle stallion Hawkeye trained by Daniel Luna for owner Juan Servin. An $8,000 purchase at last year's TQHA Yearling ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI VINTON, LA–APRIL 22, 2024–Delta Downs opens its 2024 American Quarter Horse meet with a nine-race program featuring two stakes and four Old South Derby trials. Post time for the first race of the season is set for 6:15 p.m. (CDT). Gene Cox's Moonin Rusty will make his 4-year-old season debut in ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI PHOENIX, AZ–APRIL 22, 2024–Rush My Hocks, a son of multiple Grade 1 sire Kiss My Hocks and the fastest qualifier, is one of 10 2-year-olds entered back in Saturday's 300-yard, $30,000-added AQRA President's Open Spring Futurity at Turf Paradise. Trained by Eric Valenzuela for the Tungsten Racing Partnership, Rush My Hocks broke his maiden with a 1 ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–APRIL 19, 2024–Los Alamitos will host its first set of futurity trials of the season on Sunday night when 58 juveniles compete for spot in the Grade 2, $256,200 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity.

The runners with the 10 fastest clocking's at 300 yards will advance to the Kindergarten final to be held on Sunday, May 12.

With a historic amount of rain during this past ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

OGDEN, UT–APRIL 18, 2024–Casey Whitaker's Promontory, a homebred son of champion KVN Coro-na and the fastest qualifier, is one of a dozen 2-year-olds entered back in Saturday's 300-yard, $82,446 Beehive Futurity (R) for juveniles sired by participating stallions.

Promontory made his official career debut with a 1 1/4-length victory in the last of six trials on April 6. Sergio Canales trains the colt.

Promontory drew post 7 and will be ridden by Jesus Canales.

JR Stables' JR Honky Tonk Moon, the second-fastest qualifier, drew post 5 and ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

FARMINGTON, NM–APRIL 15, 2024–FDD Cloud, a 4-year-old son of FDD Going Grand racing for Aurelio Juarez, is one of a dozen aged runners entered in Friday's 400-yard, ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–APRIL 11, 2024–Alliekat Dynasty, a multiple graded stakes winning daughter of champion FDD Dynasty, is one of 38 Oklahoma-bred sophomore fillies entered in ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–APRIL 12, 2024–A talented group of juveniles headed by a pair of siblings to AQHA World Champions Empressum and Danjer will make their respective racing debuts in what should be a showdown of speed in the seventh race on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

These youngsters will be led by Jeff Jones and Steve Holt’s royally bred colt Assaultt, a son of Flying Cowboy 123 and out of the tremendous broodmare Crazy Down Corona, a breeding which makes him a half-brother to Empressum and fellow AQHA champion Hes Judgeandjury. Empressum was named World Champion in 2022 after a campaign highlighted by his victory in the Champion of Champions, while Hes Judgeandjury was the nation’s top 2-year-old colt in 2022 after a season headed by a ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–APRIL 11, 2023–Graded stakes winners RJ Having Fun and Cardiac Cowboy lead a group of 36 Oklahoma-bred sophomores entered in Saturday's 400-yard Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Derby (RG1) trials at Remington Park. The 10 fastest qualifiers from Saturday's four heats will meet in the $150,000-est. final on April 27. RJ Having Fun has earned $263,738 from seven races, and he ended his ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI FARMINGTON, NM–APRIL 10, 2024–A dozen state-bred sophomores are entered in Friday's opening-day feature at SunRay Park, the 400-yard, $70,000 New Mexico Breeders' Stakes (RG3). Miss Baby Cartel, the 9-2 morning-line favorite, is a gray daughter of Big Daddy Cartel trained by Eric Valenzuela for owners Felix Rodriguez and Sergio Holguin. The filly has earned ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–APRIL 9, 2024–A total of 189 Oklahoma-bred juveniles, led by Grade 2 finalist Billie Blues Girl, are entered in this week's 330-yard Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Futurity (RG1) trials at Remington Park. Twenty-two heats will be run, 11 on Thursday and 11 on Friday. First post time both nights is set for 6 p.m. (CDT). The five fastest qualifiers from each night will meet in the April 27, ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI PHOENIX, AZ–APRIL 8, 2024–Seventeen state-bred 3-year-olds, led by stakes winner Higher Heat, are entered in Thursday's 350-yard Arizona QRA Derby (R) trials at Turf Paradise. Higher Heat is a homebred son of the A Regal Choice stallion Heat Warning racing for Ralph and Carolyn Fales and trained by their ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–APRIL 7, 2024–CD Horses Inc’s Angel Soul, a finalist to the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter Derby and third place finisher in the $50,000 Los Alamitos Juvenile Invitational, will headline the running of the $12,900 allowance feature for sophomore fillies here on Sunday night.                                         

A daughter of the Jaime ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–APRIL 45 2024–Regina Laymon's Hooked N Gone, a homebred 4-year-old son of Pyc Paint Your Wagon trained by Eddie D. Willis, will make his season debut in Saturday's 350-yard, $68,000 Mr Jet Moore Stakes (RG2) for Oklahoma-breds at Remington Park. Hooked N Gone will be making his first start since December 9, when he ran eighth, two lengths behind winner Flash Bak, in American Quarter Horse racing's richest race for older runners, the 440-yard, $750,000 Champion of Champions (G1) at Los Alamitos. The ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OGDEN, UT–APRIL 4, 2024–Thirty-five 2-year-olds sired by eligible stallions are entered in Saturday's 300-yard Beehive Futurity (R) trials at Weber Downs. The fastest qualifiers from Saturday's six heats will meet in the April 21 Beehive Futurity final. Mysterious Cartel, a son of Five Bar Cartel trained by Abelardo Gonzalez for owner Luis A. Gonzalez, was a $31,000 purchase at last year's Heritage Place Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City. The sorrel colt is out of Mysterious Night, an unplaced Valiant Hero mare, and he is a half brother to the winning and stakes-placed ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SUNLAND PARK, NM–APRIL 3, 2024–Ten state-bred juveniles, led by fastest qualifier Pavel, are entered back in Saturday's 300-yard, $354,467 New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG2) at Sunland Park. A son of second-crop sire Czar Cartel Mv owned and trained by Jorge Luis Sanchez Jr., Pavel broke his maiden with a three-quarter length ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SUNLAND PARK, NM–APRIL 2, 2024–Over Da Edge, a two-time stakes winner during the current Sunland Park meet, is one of 11 state-bred 3-year-old Quarter Horses entered in Saturday’s 400-yard, $100,000 New Mexico Horse Breeders’ Association Stakes (RG2). Trained by Eric Valenzuela for owners Miguel Y. Gallegos and Mauricio Gallegos, Over Da Edge has won five of 10 races and has earned $217,986, of which $160,984 has been banked from three outs this season. The sorrel daughter of ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SUNLAND PARK, NM–APRIL 1, 2024–Painted Eclispe, a son of Pyc Paint Your Wagon and the fastest qualifier, drew the rail post for Saturday's 300-yard, $311,896 West Texas Futurity (G2) at Sunland Park. A $32,000 purchase at last year's Heritage Place Futurity in Oklahoma City, Painted Eclispe is trained by Xavier ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 27, 2024–Kiss My Maruska, a gelded son of Kiss My Hocks campaigned by the Heavy Hitters Racing Stables of Marcos Galvan and Hector Sabando, headlines Saturday's 300-yard, $397,702 Louisiana Downs Futurity (G2) at Louisiana Downs. An $88,000 purchase at last year's Texas QHA Yearling Sale in San Antonio, Kiss My Maruska was the fastest ...

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 ...

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, 2024–Keith 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, 2024–A 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 ...

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 ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

LEXINGTON, KY–MARCH 14, 2024–Seven sprinters, led by early favorite Piloted By An Angel, will square off in Sunday's 220-yard, $45,000 Cherokee Overnight Stakes at The Red Mile.

Trained by Anthony Cunningham for owner Salvador Villalobos, Piloted By Angel will be making the first start of her 4-year-old season. The daughter of Paint My Pilot earned $37,260 from four outs last year, and he ended his sophomore season with a second-place finish, 1 1/4 lengths ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 13, 2024—The two opening weekend stakes at Remington Park – the SLM Big Daddy Stakes and Mighty Deck Three Stakes – have been rescheduled for Saturday, March 16.

The two stakes were postponed this past Sunday due to power issues in ...

SUNLAND PARK, NM–MARCH 12, 2024–Recent winner HS Danger Weapon is one of 94 state-bred 2-year-old Quarter Horses entered in Saturday’s 300-yard New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG2) trials at Sunland Park. A homebred son of Osbaldo racing for Hubaldo Solis of Peralta, New Mexico, HS Danger Weapon made his debut with a three-quarter length victory in a 300-yard, $30,000 maiden-special-weight dash for New Mexico-bred ...