By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch

PHOENIX, AZ—DECEMBER 31, 2025—Paradise Pete ended the 2025 season with an exclamation mark on Wednesday, earning his first black type score with a minor upset in the $67,875 AQRA–Turf Paradise Open Quarter Horse Derby at Turf Paradise.

Breaking fifth from the gates under Luis Martinez, Paradise Pete quickly made that early position irrelevant. The three-year-old gelding gathered himself within a few strides, powered to the front at the first call and kept right on going, drawing clear late for a length victory over Cd Favorite Lady.

He missed wiping the standing 400-yard track record by only 4/1000ths of a second, stopping the clock in 19.488 seconds and earning a 107 speed index, just a blink away from the 19.484 mark set in .. Read More

By Orlando Gutierrez

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JANUARY 1, 2026–Parsons Family Limited Partnership’s homebred Rockin With Energy will look to defend her title in the Grade 1, $100,000 James Dreyer Charger Bar Handicap when she headlines a field of 10 aged mars in the 400-yard race on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

Rockin With Energy won this race by the narrowest of margins last year, but she’ll enter the meet’s first Graded 1 final fresh off an impressive 3/4 length win in the Grade 2 Las Damas Handicap on November .. Read More

AMARILLO, TX–JANUARY 1, 2026–The American Quarter Horse Association the 2026 AQHA Racing Challenge Races Schedule with nomination, trials and finals dates included.

AQHA encourages participants to always verify entry procedures directly with the host track, and to remember that each region’s race schedule is subject to change without advance notice.

For the 2026 Challenge season, AQHA lists a $400 nomination fee and an $800 susta .. Read More