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ALBUQUERQUE, NM – OCTOBER 19, 2025 — StallioneSearch.com kicks off its coverage of the 2025 AQHA Racing Challenge Championship weekend with a feature on the $125,800 Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge Championship (G1) at The Downs at Albuquerque on Saturday night.
The evening’s championship program began with strong undercard stakes and featured both the Q-Racing Distance Challenge Championship (G1) and the Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge Championship (G1) before racing came to an abrupt halt due to a power failure at the track.
After an extended delay and unsuccessful attempts to restore lighting, racing officials postponed the remaining championship events to ...
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OCTOBER 18, 2025–GRAND PRAIRIE, TX—Lone Star Park officials have announced a revised schedule for this Friday’s (October 24) race card to accommodate an expanded lineup of trial races for the prestigious Texas Classic Futurity.
With additional trials added to the evening’s program, first post time will now be 5:05 p.m., an hour earlier than the usual start.
In conjunction with the earlier post, the veterinary check for horses shipping in will take ...
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GRAND PRAIRIE, TX—OCTOBER 16, 2025—Horsemen are reminded that nominations close on Friday, October 17 for two upcoming stakes races at Lone Star Park, both scheduled to be contested on Saturday, November 1.
The $50,000 Guaranteed Lone Star Park Distance Championship, set at 870 yards, is open to three-year-olds and upward.
Also closing the same day is the $50,000 Added Yellow Rose of Texas Stakes, restricted to Texas-bred fillies and mares, three-year-olds and upward, going 400 yards.
There is no fee to nominate for either event.
Nominations may ...
By Greg Thompson, StallioneSearch.com
DALLAS, TEXAS—OCTOBER 15, 2025— After nineteen victories, eight stakes wins, and $477,883 in career earnings, former AQHA Distance Champion The Grand Legend has officially been retired from racing.
Trained by Adan Guzman and owned by James “Jim” C. Whitener, LLC, the nine-year-old FDD Going Grand gelding—bred in Texas by Mercy Hinklin—concludes his remarkable career as one of the premier distance horses of the past decade. His final start came in an allowance win in September in preparation for the Q-Racing Video Distance Challenge (G1) finals at The Downs at ...
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—OCTOBER 14, 2025—Heritage Place in Oklahoma City will once again serve as the center of the sale ring action this fall, as the annual Heritage Place Fall Mixed Sale takes place October 30 through November 1, featuring Quarter Horse, Paint, and Thoroughbred yearlings along with a large selection of mixed session offerings.
The event begins with a Pre-Sale Party on Wednesday, October 29, hosted by Heritage Place and open to all attendees from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The evening will include ...
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ALBUQUERQUE, NM–OCTOBER 14, 2025–The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) will bring together some of the sport’s top industry minds and racing action during the AQHA Racing Conference and AQHA Racing Challenge Championships, scheduled for October 15-18 at The Downs at Albuquerque.
The multi-day event will feature educational workshops, committee meetings, and the highly anticipated AQHA Racing Challenge Championships on Saturday evening. This event will spotlight elite Quarter Horses competing for championship honors.
Conference Schedule Highlights
The conference begins Wednesday, October 15, with the AQHA Racing ...
By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch
STONEWALL, TX–OCTOBER 12, 2025–Pandorum has earned the coveted AQHA Dam of Distinction award, a prestigious recognition that honors the most accomplished broodmares in Quarter Horse racing.
“We are thrilled and grateful to have Pandorum listed among the greatest broodmares in AQHA racing history. She is broodmare #62 to earn the Dams of Distinction honor,” said representatives of Fulton Quien Sabe Ranch.
To qualify for the award, a mare must meet one or more of the ...
By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch
EVANSTON, WY–OCTOBER 13, 2025–Nominations for the 2026 Sweetwater Downs Futurity, Derby, and Maturity are due November 1, 2025.
The $100,000-added 350-yard Sweetwater Downs Futurity is for American ...
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GRAND PRAIRIE, TX—OCTOBER 11, 2025—Lone Star Park officials announced the cancellation of all races scheduled for Saturday evening due to a significant technical failure with the track's lighting system.
Track management cited the safety of horses, riders, and staff as the top priority when canceling. The canceled program included the Karen Utecht Memorial Stakes, which had been slated as Race 6 of 12 on the evening card.
"Due to a major technical issue with the track's lighting system, management has decided to cancel the races for today," the track said in a statement released to horsemen.
The races will be ...
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HOUSTON, TX—OCTOBER 10, 2025–Sam Houston Race Park has announced that nomination forms for the 2026 Sam Houston Futurity, Derby, and Oaks are now available on the track’s official website at SHRP.com/racing/horsemen-info.
The nomination deadline for all three premier Quarter Horse events is December 15, 2025.
Sam Houston Race Park will now accept credit and debit card payments and payments from ...
By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch
PAOLI, OK–OCTOBER 7, 2025–The industry’s leading living sire, Apollitical Jess, has officially surpassed the $80 million mark in progeny earnings. The 2010 AQHA Racing World Champion, owned by Rancho El Cabresto, Inc., continues to dominate both on the racetrack and in the sales ring.
From 12 crops to race, Apollitical Jess has sired 823 winners, 283 black-type performers (24%), and 13 champions, with average earnings of more than $66,800 per starter through October 6, ...
GUTHRIE, OK–OCTOBER 7, 2025– The Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association (OQHRA) sent out a reminder to owners participating in embryo transfer programs that Recipient Mare Forms are due November 1st. Forms submitted by this date will be accepted with no fee.
Any ...
AJAX, ONTARIO–OCTOBER 7, 2025–The top three leading owners at Ajax Downs for the 2025 Quarter Horse season are all well represented on the Wednesday, October 8 card of racing. James Bogar, Marie Broadstock, and Milena Kwiecien are separated by just seven Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario (QROOI) points with just three racing days left in the season.
The QROOI points are earned by horses finishing first through fourth in categories of races, ...
By Greg Thompson, StallioneSearch
DALLAS, TX–OCTOBER 1, 2025–The jockey colony of Lone Star Park, along with past recipients of the prestigious Sam Thompson Memorial Jockey Award, will gather in the winner’s circle on Texas Classic Futurity (G1) night at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, to honor veteran rider Stormy Smith as the newest recipient of the award.
Presented annually since 2011, the Sam Thompson Memorial Jockey Award is one of the highest honors in ...
LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, CYPRESS, CA–OCTOBER 6, 2025–For the second straight year, the Los Alamitos Equine Sale posted record figures thanks to a tremendous catalog that included 16 yearlings that sold for at least $100,000 each led by a Burns Ranch-bred colt from the legendary cross of Favorite Cartel and Remember Me Rose, who Rosenthal Ranch purchased for a sale topping price of $730,000.
This year’s average yearling sale price of $48,121 represented a 7.7% increase from the previous record average yearling sale price of $44,876 set last year. A total of 142 yearlings were sold at the 2025 Los Alamitos Equine Sale for a gross figure of $6,833,200.
In comparison, the 2024 sale had 130 yearlings go for $5,809,100 in gross sales. And with this event ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
SUNLAND PARK, NM—OCTOBER 4, 2025—Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. (GLPI), a Pennsylvania-based real estate investment trust, has announced it will purchase the real estate assets of Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino for $183.75 million.
The deal is scheduled to close on October 15, pending final approvals, and will mark GLPI’s second property in New Mexico. The company already owns Zia Park Casino Hotel and Racetrack in Hobbs.
In its announcement, GLPI described Sunland Park as an “underutilized” property that offers “significant expansion and performance uplift opportunities.” The racetrack and casino serves the El Paso–Las Cruces market, which GLPI noted is characterized by strong population ...
ROCK SPRINGS, WY–OCTOBER 3, 2025–The 2025 Sweetwater Downs horse racing meet concluded on Sunday with increased attendance, handle, and horsemen participation.
Larger on-track crowds contributed to a 9.57 percent increase in wagering at the Rock Springs oval, while all-sources handle, which includes in-state and out-of-state wagering sites, rose 99.06 percent.
"In my 15 years as a partner in Wyoming Horse Racing LLC (WHR), this season at Sweetwater Downs has to be one of our best," remarked Sweetwater Downs President Eugene Joyce. "The success of our Wyoming Horse Racing Off Track Betting Facilities (OTBs) helped us boost purses 40 percent this season. Over the 18-day meeting, we distributed $1,950,700 in purse money. We had a record number of stall applications. Our horsemen had their horses ready to run; the average field size was 8.51 horses per race. Wyoming ...
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