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LOS ALAMITOS, CA–AUGUST 21, 2025–Caliche Walls Venture LLC, Alan Isbell, Lance Bland and Jimmy Barton’s Lethal Cowboy 123, the winner of the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity and Grade 1 Golden State Million Futurity, will make his first local start of the year when he heads the running of the $30,000 Sgt Pepper Feature Handicap for 3-year-olds on Saturday night at Los Alamitos.
Lethal Cowboy 123 was named the 2024 Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing ...
By StallioneSearch
ROCK SPRINGS, WY–AUGUST 20, 2025– Sweetwater Downs will stage trials for the $75,000-est. Sweetwater Downs Derby on Sunday, August 24, for 3-year-olds sprinting 400 yards.
First post is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. (MDT); the Derby trials are Race 5 (approx. 2:40 p.m. MDT) and Race 10 (approx. 4:45 p.m.). The Derby final is set for September 7. In addition, Races 1-4 on the Aug. 24 program will be contested as the ...
By Jeff J. Maday
SHAKOPEE, MN—AUGUST 20, 2025—If there is truly strength in numbers, then trainer Jason Olmstead has the upper hand in Thursday's $71,300 Northlands Futurity at Canterbury Park.
Olmstead qualified six of the 10 finalists through trial races held on August 7 for the 350-yard race for 2-year-olds. ...
By StallioneSearch
ROCK SPRINGS, WY—AUGUST 19, 2025—Sweetwater Downs will showcase a talented group of two-year-olds on Saturday afternoon when 11 trials are contested to determine the ten fastest qualifiers for the $200,000-est. Sweetwater Downs Futurity final is scheduled for September 6.
Each trial is set at 350 yards, and the program has drawn some of the region’s most promising juveniles.
Race 6 looks to be the ...
By Louanne Wainscott/Stallionesearch
SHAKOPEE, MN–AUGUST 19, 2025–Thursday evening, August 21st, at Canterbury Park brings an exciting double feature of Quarter Horse racing with back-to-back stakes action in races three and four. The spotlight first shines on the $42,300-added Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby Finals, followed by the prestigious $71,300-added Northlands Futurity Finals.
Both events showcase the ten fastest qualifiers from the August 7 trials and promise thrilling finishes.
Race 3 – Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby Finals
Post Time: 6:06 P.M. (CDT) Distance: 400 yards Purse: $42,300 added
The 9-5 morning line favorite, Relentless Rocket, headlines the field. The ...
LOS ALAMITOS, CA–AUGUST 15, 2025–Multiple stakes winners Train B Taka and Favorite Jesshawk and Defending Champ, who delivered a tremendous knockout punch when winning the Governor’s Cup Derby three weeks ago, will headline an outstanding group of sophomores in the trials to the Grade 2, $197,500 Golden State Derby here on Saturday night.
Twenty-six sophomores will be in action in the derby trials, with the horses with the 10 fastest times advancing to the ...
LOS ALAMITOS, CA–AUGUST 15, 2025–Gary Laramie’s Jessica Cruz, the PCQHRA and AQHA champion aged mare, returns from a seven-month layoff while making her first start since receiving her championship honors when heading a field of seven in the running of the $25,000 Florentine Handicap on ...
By Louanne Wainscott/Stallionesearch
ATLOONA, IA–August 15, 2025–The action-packed weekend at Prairie Meadows rolls into Sunday, August 17, with three stakes events anchoring the program. First post for the day’s races is set for approximately 4:00 p.m., beginning with ...
By Louanne Wainscott/Stallionesearch
ATLOONA, IA–AUGUST 14, 2025–On Saturday evening, August 16th, Prairie Meadows will host a stellar night of Quarter Horse racing, with three stakes events highlighting the program. The first post for the stakes portion of the card is scheduled for approximately 6:00 p.m., kicking off an evening of speed, talent, and championship implications.
The action begins with the Grade 3 $38,148 Cox Ranch Prairie Meadows Distaff Challenge Finals (see related story), featuring eight fillies and mares going ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
SELMA, TX–AUGUST 12, 2025–Retama Park will host the $223,000 restricted Grade 2 Sires’ Cup Futurity on Saturday, August 16, featuring a competitive field of 2-year-olds sired by participating stallions who earned their berths in the August 1 trials.
The 350-yard final is carded as Race 10, with an approximate post time of 10:24 p.m. (CDT). First post for the evening’s program is 6:15 p.m.
The 5-2 morning line favorite is the ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
SELMA, TX–AUGUST 12, 2025– Saturday night’s $110,000 Sires’ Cup Derby at Retama Park will bring together a field of 3-year-olds sired by participating stallions, all of whom earned their spots through qualifying trials on August 2.
The 400-yard final will be contested as Race 11 on ...
By StallioneSearch
SELMA, TX–AUGUST 12, 2025–The $61,590 Colors of The Alamo Paint and Appaloosa Futurity is among the highlights on Saturday’s card at Retama Park, featuring a field of 2-year-old Paint and Appaloosas that qualified in the July 31 trials.
The 350-yard event, set as Race 2 with an approximate post time of 6:41 p.m. (CDT), has drawn an evenly matched group led by fastest qualifier Mrs Pyc Painted Nova and undefeated Sinnin Hot Pepper.
Mrs Pyc Painted ...
By StallioneSearch
SELMA, TX–AUGUST 12, 2025–Cowboy Heartbreak, a three-time 2025 winner and one of the most consistent Paint runners in Texas, will lead a competitive field in the $30,327 Colors of The Alamo Paint and Appaloosa Maturity, set for Saturday, August 16, at Retama Park.
The 350-yard event for 3-year-olds and up Paints and Appaloosas will go as Race 1 on the card. First post for the evening’s program is 6:00 p.m. (CDT).
Cowboy Heartbreak (PT), the 7-2 morning-line ...
By Jennifer Morrison
AJAX, ONT–AUGUST 12, 2025–The Queen is back.
Queen Charlotte, the 2024 Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario's Horse of the Year, is making her first start of this year in the $30,510 Princess Maturity on Wednesday, August 13. The Maturity, at 400 yards, is the final race on a seven-race card this week at Ajax Downs. First race post time is 1:45 p.m.(EDT).
Queen Charlotte, a diminutive Ontario-bred by One Fabulous Eagle - Leanintoit by ...
By Louanne Wainscott/Stallionesearch
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO–August 8, 2025–Sunday’s card at Hipódromo De Las Américas promises high-powered action, featuring three stakes events and lucrative jackpots on the line. Kicking off the program is the $44,174 AQHA Hipódromo De Las Américas Championship Challenge in race one (see previous coverage). Later in the afternoon, the spotlight shifts to the $38,484 ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
VINTON, LA–AUGUST 7, 2025–Nine trials will be contested Saturday at Delta Downs to determine the ten fastest qualifiers for the $534,640 LQHBA Sale Futurity (RG1) final set for August 30.
The 350-yard trials are restricted to accredited Louisiana-bred two-year-old Quarter Horses who passed through the 2024 LQHBA Yearling Sale.
First post time is 6:10 p.m. (CDT).
Rf Fast Dash N Blood headlines the evening in Race 6. The Apollitical Blood gelding has won four of six starts and earned $476,120 ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
VINTON, LA—AUGUST 5, 2025—A full slate of promising juveniles will take center stage at Delta Downs on Friday night when the track hosts seven trials for the $200,000-est. Big Easy Futurity.
The 350-yard trials, open to two-year-old Quarter Horses, will determine the ten fastest qualifiers for the lucrative final on Friday, August 29. The first post time is set for 6:10 p.m. (CST).
Headlining the evening’s card are Davsam in ...
By Louanne Wainscott/Stallionesearch
SHAKOPEE, MN–AUGUST 5, 2025–Thursday evening’s card at Canterbury Park will continue with three action-packed trial heats to the $71,300 Northlands Futurity Finals, set for August 21, 2025. A total of 24 promising two-year-olds are entered across races three through five, all looking to post one of the ten fastest times of the night and punch their ticket to the prestigious final.
Trainer Jason L. Olmstead commands the spotlight with 15 of the 24 runners, including some of the most accomplished juveniles on the grounds.
Headlining the first trial heat is the undefeated filly Nme 123, installed as the 2-1 morning line ...
By Louanne Wainscott / Stallionesearch
SHAKOPEE, MN–August 5, 2025–Thursday evening at Canterbury Park, the spotlight turns to the sophomore class as fourteen 3-year-olds line up for the $42,300 Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby Trials.
Split into two heats, the top ten fastest times across both trials will earn coveted spots in the Canterbury Park Derby Finals on August 21, 2025.
With a mixture of proven stakes runners, local stars, and rising contenders, the trials ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
ALBUQUERQUE, NM–AUGUST 5, 2025–A field of the best 3-year-old Quarter Horses in the county will line up at The Downs at Albuquerque on Wednesday, August 6, for five trial heats to determine the 10 qualifiers for the $700,000-est. Grade 1 All American Derby/ The final will be run on Sunday, August 31.
The trials, contested at 440 yards, are scheduled as Races 5 through 10 with a first post of 12:40 p.m. (MDT). They follow Races 1 through 4, trials for the $500,000-est. All American Oaks(G1) ...
By Louanne Wainscott/Stallionesearch
VINTON, LA–August 5, 2025–Thursday evening at Delta Downs, the spotlight turns to the distaff division as a field of nine accomplished fillies and mares lines up for the $25,000 Guaranteed French Quarters Stakes.
Covering 330 yards in race eight, with a scheduled post time of approximately 9:05 PM (CDT), this high-stakes dash ...
AJAX, ONT–AUGUST 5, 2025–A field of nine 3-year-old Quarter Horse fillies will go to post for the $51,030 Princess Derby at Ajax Downs on Wednesday, August 6, but all eyes will be on Had To Be Fabulous as she goes for her seventh straight victory.
The Ontario-bred bay comes off an easy win in the Ontario Bred Futurity, and in May, she won the QROOI Derby. The Princess Derby is contested at 350 yards.
First race post time at Ajax Downs this Wednesday is 1:45 p.m.(EDT) and the Princess Derby is race 7.
Owned and bred by Carol and Jaime Robertson and trained by Bryn Roberston, Had To Be Fabulous has only lost once in her 10-race career and is on her way to following in the hoofprints ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
ALBUQUERQUE, NM–AUGUST 4, 2025–A star-studded cast of three-year-old Quarter Horse fillies will compete in four 440-yard trials on Wednesday, August 6, at The Downs at Albuquerque, each vying for a spot in the Grade 1, $500,000-est. All American Oaks final, scheduled for August 31.
The first post is set for 11:00 a.m. (MDT). The ten fastest qualifiers from the trials will advance to the Oaks final, which draws many of the division’s ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
ALBUQUERQUE, NM–AUGUST 3, 2025–A loaded 16-race program of 440-yard trials will unfold Tuesday, August 5, at The Downs at Albuquerque as 2-year-old Quarter Horses compete for the final five qualifying spots in the Grade 1, $3 million All American Futurity final.
The first post is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. (MDT). Each trial offers a purse of $10,000.
The five fastest times from Tuesday will join five qualifiers from Monday’s card to complete the 10-horse field for the prestigious ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
ALBUQUERQUE, NM–AUGUST 2, 2025–Day 1 of the $3 million All American Futurity (G1) trials kicks off Monday, August 4, at Albuquerque Downs, with post time for the first race set for 11:00 a.m. (MDT).
The All American Futurity is the richest race in Quarter Horse racing, and its trials are the most anticipated of the year, drawing elite two-year-olds and the sport’s top connections.
The five fastest qualifiers from today’s card ...
By Louanne Wainscott/Stallionesearch
FARGO, ND–JULY 31, 2025–Sunday afternoon promises to deliver high-caliber racing action at North Dakota Horse Park, as the NDQHRA Dash for Cash Stakes and the NDQHRA Futurity Finals take center stage on a competitive nine-race card. First post is set for noon (CDT), and with purses totaling over $32,000, the day will showcase the state’s best Quarter Horses, Paints, and Appaloosas competing at peak form.
The afternoon's fifth race brings together a diverse group of speedsters aged three and up for the NDQHRA Dash for Cash Stakes, a 220-yard sprint with a $10,000-added purse. The field of seven will break from the gates at approximately 2:00 PM, and ...
By Louanne Wainscott/Stallionesearch
EDMONTON, AB–JULY 31, 2025–This Saturday, August 2, Century Mile will host the eagerly anticipated Alberta Stallion Stakes Futurity Trials, carded as races one and two, featuring eleven promising juveniles. Each 2-year-old entrant will sprint 330 yards, aiming to post one of the ten fastest times to advance to the $45,000-added Alberta Stallion Stakes Futurity Final on August 16, 2025.
The trials showcase a blend of maiden winners, stakes graduates, and rising ...
By Louanne Wainscott/Stallionesearch
MEXICO CITY, MEX–JULY 31, 2025–Hipódromo de Las Américas will host two days of trials on August 2 and 3 to determine the qualifiers for the Restricted Grade 2 Subasta Selecta Futurity, which offers an estimated purse of $288,267 USD. The ten fastest qualifiers will advance to the final on August 24, with the next ten fastest earning a spot in the Subasta Selecta Futurity Consolation.
The trials for two-year-old who are graduates of the Subasta Selecta Yearling Sale will ...
By StallioneSearch
FARGO, ND–JULY 18, 2025–North Dakota Horse Park will host the $22,400 NDQHRA Derby for accredited North Dakota-bred 3-year-old Quarter Horses on Saturday, August 2.
Race 7 on the card, the Derby will be contested at 400 yards with a first post time of 3:00 p.m. (CDT).
Im Rip (PP #5) leads the field, the morning-line favorite at 2-1 for owner/breeder Tyrell R. Moody. Trained by Skip Moody and to be ridden ...
77 Juveniles Are Set To Compete Across Eight Trial Heats to the $223,000 TQHA Sires Cup Futurity-RG2
By StallioneSearch
SELMA, TX–JULY 29, 2025–Quarter Horse racing continues at Retama Park this Friday, featuring seventy-seven 2-year-olds entered across eight 350-yard trials for the Restricted Grade 2 $223,000 TQHA Sires Cup Futurity. These futurity trials are open to foals sired by stallions who participated in the TQHA Stallion Auction held during the corresponding breeding year for these foals. The trials will be run in races 2 through 9, with the first trial race starting at 6:41 ...
By StallioneSearch
SELMA, TX–JULY 29, 2025–The $110,000 TQHA Sires Cup Derby trials on Saturday at Retama Park spotlight four standout ...
By StallioneSearch
ALTOONA, IA–JULY 29, 2025–Saturday’s opener at Prairie Meadows will spotlight the $40,000 Cy-Hawk Stakes, a 350-yard dash for Iowa-bred Quarter Horses aged three and older.
Scheduled as Race 1 on the card with a 6:00 p.m. approximate post time, the event promises a showdown of proven stakes performers, up-and-coming sprinters, and consistent veterans.
Headlining the field is Ab Boogie (9-5), the ...
AJAX, ONT–JULY 29, 2025–Ontario Quarter Horse racing has reached the midway point of its 2025 meeting at Ajax Downs, and there are eight races lined up for this Wednesday, July 30, with a 1:45 p.m. post time.
After 12 race dates, the jockey race for most wins is heated ...
By StallioneSearch
SELMA, TX–JULY 29, 2025–The Colors of the Alamo Paint & Appaloosa Futurity trials will headline Thursday’s evening card at Retama Park, July 31, featuring 21 two-year-old hopefuls across three trial heats. Each trial covers 350 yards, with the ten fastest qualifiers advancing to the $70,000-est. Grade 3 final scheduled for August 16.
Races two through four on the program will serve as the trials, with an approximate first post of 6:42 PM. Each heat is evenly drawn with a field of seven, including several notable juveniles already proven in stakes competition earlier this ...
LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JULY 25, 2025–A pair of trials to the $47,500 Los Alamitos Claiming Futurity will headline the nine-race program here on Sunday night. Horses cannot be claimed in the trials, but if they advance to the final on August 17, then they can be claimed for $16,000 each.
There have been some gems claimed in the final, including Show N Tell Cartel, who finished his juvenile campaign qualifying for the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity before winning the El Primero Del Año Derby in March.
Owners who enjoy playing the claiming game will certainly be keeping an eye on the ...
LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JULY 24, 2025–Steve Burns, a three-time AQHA champion breeder, will look to win the Restricted Grade 2 Governor’s Cup Futurity for the first time as an owner as he is represented by three talented juveniles in the $255,000 final at 350 yards on Saturday at Los Alamitos.
The Governor’s Cup is slated as the ninth and final race on the California Breeders Champions Night card on Saturday and will be contested at 350 yards. Burns, who is also among the nation’s top Quarter Horse owners, will be represented by ...
LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JULY 24, 2025–A star-studded group led by fastest qualifier and multiple graded stakes winner Up To Party and 2024 Governor’s Cup Futurity winner Favorite Jesshawk will headline the running of the Restricted Grade 2, $175,000 Governor’s Cup Derby on Saturday at Los ...
LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JULY 24, 2025–A full night Quarter Horse racing action, including six Cal-bred stakes races headed by the Governor’s Cup Futurity and Governor’s Cup Derby, will headline the 26th edition of California Breeders Champions Night on Saturday at Los Alamitos. Purses for the nine-race program total $646,300 with the six stakes races on the card featuring a ...
By Leann Noguera/StallioneSearch
EVANSTON, WY–JULY 24, 2025–Wyoming Downs will showcase a full card of Quarter Horse racing this Saturday, headlined by ten trial heats for the $55,000 added Wyoming Downs Futurity. A total of 96 two-year-olds are entered, each seeking to qualify for one of just ten spots in the lucrative 350-yard final scheduled for Sunday, August 10.
Fooseylady enters as ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
SELMA, TX–JULY 22, 2025–A talented field of Texas-bred two-year-olds will line up Saturday night in the restricted Grade 1 $620,000 TQHA Sale Futurity at Retama Park.
Contested over 350 yards, the final is set as Race 10 on the Saturday, July 26, card with a scheduled post time of 10:18 p.m. (CDT). T
he race, exclusively for Texas-Bred graduates of the TQHA Yearling Sale ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
SELMA, TX–JULY 22, 2025–A talented cast of 10 three-year-olds is set to contest the 400-yard $205,300 Retama Park Derby on Saturday, July 26, at Retama Park, with first post time at 6:15 p.m. (CDT).
Headlining the field is the 2-1 morning-line favorite Graded Stakes Winner Dr Pepper 123, who ...
LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JULY 22, 2025–A full night of Cal-bred stakes racing action headed by the Governor’s Cup Futurity and Governor’s Cup Derby will headline the 26th edition of California Breeders Champions Night on Saturday at Los Alamitos.
It promises to be a night of wall-to-wall Quarter Horse stakes racing action at the Orange County oval with as many as eight stakes races worth a combined $690,000 being contested on Champions Night.
The festivities will kick off with a special cocktail hour ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
SELMA, TX–JULY 21, 2025–Friday night’s 10th race at Retama Park will feature the $60,000 restricted Grade 2 TQHA Classic Stakes, a 400-yard showdown for accredited Texas-bred Quarter Horses aged three and up.
Scheduled for July 25 with a 10:18 p.m. (CDT) approximate post time, the race caps a stakes-filled Texas Summer Showdown Series of races at Retama, where first post is 6:15 p.m..
A field of talented sprinters will line up in ...
By StallioneSearch
SELMA, TX–JULY 21, 2025–A competitive field of accredited Texas-breds is set to square off in the $50,000 restricted Grade 2 Benny Pennington Memorial Stakes at Retama Park on Friday, July 25. The 870-yard event for three-year-olds and up is carded as Race 9 with a ...
By StallioneSearch
SELMA, TX–JULY 21, 2025–Retama Park will host a stakes-packed edition of the Texas Summer Showdown Series on Friday night, with first post set for 6:15 p.m.
Among the evening’s highlights are five undercard stakes—each offering competitive fields of ...
By Louanne Wainscott/Stallionesearch
EVANSTON, WY–JULY 20, 2025–An exciting afternoon of racing is set for Sunday at Wyoming Downs, where two feature stakes races will headline a competitive card: the $15,000-added Gary Waite Maiden Stakes (not black type) in Race Three, followed by the $17,000-added Ron Moosman Accredited Wyoming Bred Maturity in Race Four. With strong fields, seasoned conditioners, and emerging stars, the action promises high-caliber Quarter Horse competition in Evanston.
The Gary Waite Maiden Stakes, contested over 350 yards, brings together the ten fastest qualifiers from the July 4 trials. Leading the ...
By Louanne Wainscott / Stallionesearch
POCATELLO, ID – July 18, 2025–The summer season at Pocatello Downs will come to a dramatic close this Sunday with an action-packed card highlighted by two premier stakes: the $22,100-added Bitterroot Derby Finals in Race Six, and the $91,200-added Bitterroot Futurity Finals in Race Seven.
Ten elite runners in each event are set to square off for supremacy in their respective age divisions, offering fans and bettors a double dose of Quarter Horse racing excitement.
The Bitterroot Derby ...
By Louanne Wainscott / Stallionesearch
MEXICO CITY, MEX–JULY 18, 2025—On Sunday, July 20, 2025, Hipódromo de las Américas will host the prestigious 42nd Running of the Las Américas Derby. In Race 8, six top 3-year-olds will compete in the 400-yard stakes race for an estimated purse of $15,500.
Leading the field as the 2-1 morning line favorite, Dk Crystal Favorite brings both pedigree and performance into the gate. The California-bred filly is by Corona Cartel, out of Corona Crystal. Bred by La Presita LLC and LJM ...
By StallioneSearch
EDMONTON, ONT–JULY 18, 2025–A field of seven three-year-old Quarter Horses will contest Saturday’s $22,200(CAN) All Canadian Derby at Century Mile Racetrack, with a first post scheduled for 4:45 p.m. (MDT).
The 350-yard sprint features a strong group of qualifiers from the trials earlier this month, headlined by fastest qualifier and morning-line favorite Flash Me A Corona at 7-5 and the accomplished ...
AJAX, ONT–JULY 18, 2025–The annual Craft Beer Day at Ajax Downs is on tap for this Sunday, July 20, with a full card of Quarter Horse racing and a chance for fans to sample some of the best local breweries in the Durham region.
The popular event day will also have the always exciting Dachshund races following the Quarter Horse card, live music from The Blackstones, and prizes and giveaways.
Festivities begin at 12:30 p.m. with a first race post time of 12:55 ...
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