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Arizona Quarter Racing & Breeders (AQR&B) has announced key dates for the upcoming 2026-27 racing season, including the opening of the backside and training track, as well as the first live racing date.

Lone Star Park is reminding horsemen that nominations close Wednesday, September 2, for two upcoming stakes during the track's 2026 Fall Meeting of Champions, including the $50,000-added Dr. Glenn Blodgett Stakes (RG3).

The 2026 AQHA Youth Racing Experience gives AQHYA members an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the world of American Quarter Horse racing during the AQHA Challenge Championships at The Downs Racetrack & Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Smiling faces and exciting Quarter Horse races highlighted Ajax Downs' 16th annual Family Fun Day on August 30 in support of the Ajax Pickering Hospital Foundation. Families and racing fans started cramming the track at 10 a.m., and after a brief rain shower, the sun came out for the afternoon. Kids met K-pop characters such as Rumi, enjoyed a show with Lexy the Rap Dad, and met animals and reptiles at Zoo to You. Families also had a chance to meet some of the track 'ponies', the horses who accompany the racehorses to the starting gate.

StallioneSearch.com presents its webcast coverage of the 2026 $561,054 LQHBA Sale Futurity (RG1), contested Saturday night at Delta Downs in Vinton, Louisiana.

Lone Star Park has announced that nomination lists for the upcoming Dash For Cash Futurity and Dash For Cash Derby are now available in the Horsemen's Information section of the track's website.

Inclement weather forced Sweetwater Downs officials to cancel the remainder of Saturday's 14-race program following the completion of the opening race.

The stage is set for 2026 All American Weekend, when the nation’s premier Quarter Horses gather at The Downs at Albuquerque for three of the sport’s most prestigious events — the All American Futurity (G1), All American Derby (G1) and All American Oaks (G1).

On this episode of QH Racing Talk–Weekly, both Greg Thompson and Yancye Guymon analyze the top older males and females in the country, while also interviewing some of the sport’s top conditioners about their headline-making trainees.

Grab a special All American scarf and support the Sam Thompson Memorial Foundation.

The Texas Horse Industry has raised more than $16,480 to assist Elida and Ignacio Bustamante following a devastating barn fire.

Leonard Dwayne Reed, 85 of Garden Grove, Iowa, formerly of Norwalk, Iowa passed away peacefully surrounded by family following a brief battle with cancer at the Decatur County Hospital on Friday, August 21, 2026.

Lone Star Park's 2026 Fall Meeting of Champions, featuring American Quarter Horses, is just weeks away, with the 32-day racing season scheduled to open Friday, September 11, and continue through Saturday, November 21.

There was a timer malfunction during the running of the fifth trial for the Grade 2, $300,000 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity on Sunday night at Los Alamitos. The trial was won by Juan Moya and Saul Acosta’s Test Pilot by a nose over James Markum and Steve Burns’ Indiana Fever.

Retama Park concluded its 2026 summer meet with an encouraging three-day closing weekend, generating more than $1.57 million in combined on- and off-track wagering. Full cards were contested all three nights, with five stakes races highlighting a weekend that combined competitive racing with family-friendly entertainment.

Luis L. Vivanco, Mario J. Loza and Sunset Well Service, Inc. finished atop their respective divisions by wins as Retama Park closed its 2026 Quarter Horse meet Saturday night.

StallioneSearch.com begins its webcast coverage from Sandy Ridge Racetrack in Ashland, Kentucky, featuring the trials for the $266,250 BOCO Futurity, as well as the $165,600 Bluegrass Derby.

On closing weekend at Retama Park, racing fans might see and hear some familiar music and promotions of popular musicians and rodeo superstars, as the track begins promoting the 2027 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo’s entertainment line up!

QH Racing Talk–Weekly welcomes both StallioneSearch.com's Leann Noguera and David Smith to the podcast to discuss the much anticipated launch of the new StallioneSearch.com website this week.