LOS ALAMITOS, CA—SEPTEMBER 26, 2016—Lucky Seven Ranch’s Sass Me Blue made the Grade 1, $100,000 Mildred Vessels Memorial Handicap the first stakes victory of her career after holding off La Primera Del Ano Derby winner Jess Good Reason by a head in the season’s marquee race for fillies and mares Sunday at Los Alamitos.

Ridden by Cody Jensen for trainer Mike Casselman, Sass Me Blue was third at the start, but quickly took the lead and finished nicely to beat the 18-1 longshot Jess Good Reason, the stakes winner Apolitical Zoom and the defending Mildred Vessels winner Quirky.

Sent off as the second choice in the wagering at .. Read More

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—SEPTEMBER 23, 2016— Ed Allred’s Quirky will shoot for a racing triple double when the champion aged mare headlines a full field of 10 in the Grade 1, $100,000 Mildred Vessels Memorial Handicap on Sunday at Los Alamitos. The 400-yard dash is set as the eighth race on the card.

In basketball, a triple double occurs when a player posts double digits in points, rebounds and assists in a single game. Quirky’s triple double could come about in a different way, as the champion aged mare is looking to make it two wins in a row in three different stakes races over the past two years. Ridden by Eulices Gomez for trainer James Glenn, Jr., Quirky has already won back-to-back runnings in both the Charger Bar Handicap and Matron Stakes (2015 and ‘16) and will now look to m .. Read More

CLAREMORE, OK—SEPTEMBER 25, 2016—Will Rogers Downs hosted trials for the Adequan Derby Challenge and the John Deere Challenge on Sunday's race card.

Challenge enrolled horses were vying for a starting spot in the top 10 who will return to the northeastern Oklahoma racetrack on Sunday, October 9th to vie for the winner's share of their .. Read More