SHELBYVILLE, IN–SEPTEMBER 19, 2024–Arbitro has been nearly perfect this season. He added to his accolades Thursday, September 19, in the regional race for the $46,376 John Deere Juvenile Challenge at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Not only did he score the local title, but Arbitro also earned a spot in the final during the AQHA Challenge Championships, which will be held on Saturday, October 26, at The Downs at Albuquerque.

Arbitro and Edgar Diaz broke from post six and were immediately tagged as the pair to catch. The freshman colt was joined by stablemate Pluto 22 and Juan Marquez through the early stages of the 350-yard dash. Coco Kiss and Rolando Pina also joined them in the quest for the top spot.

Arbitro and Pluto 22 began to move away from their opponents near ...

SHELBYVILLE, IN–SEPTEMBER 19, 2024–HG Favorite Energy lives up to his name in the Tony Cunnigham barn. The sophomore is a barn favorite packed with personality and speed, causing the stable to celebrate a little more vibrantly following his win in the $37,774 Adequan Derby Challenge regional event on Thursday, September 19, at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

HG Favorite Energy began from the outside post eight and was a step or two slow getting into the early action. Full Boogie and Erik Esqueda led the field from the inside early, joined by AJ Pure Gold and Juan Marquez, along with Jess Knew and Edgar Diaz on the inside.

Trailing early, HG Favorite Energy found his best stride midway through the 400-yard sprint and blasted in on the leaders from the far outside. The final stride was the winning blow for HG Favorite Energy to deliver to his opponents, scoring the win by one-half length ...

SHELBYVILLE, IN–SEPTEMBER 19, 2024–There was a question mark beside Sawyer Strange as she entered the gate for the $28,050 Cox Ranch Distaff Regional Challenge on Thursday, September 19, at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

The four-year-old mare was making her first start back in nearly a year. Still, she proved she hasn’t missed a step, ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SHELBYVILLE, IN--SEPTEMBER 17, 2024--Three Bank of America Challenge Championship berths will be decided Thursday at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Ten 2-year-olds, led by fastest qualifier Arbitro, are entered back in Thursday’s 350-yard, $46,376 John Deere Indianapolis Juvenile Challenge. A bay Ivory James colt trained by Claudio Barraza for owner Campos Family Ventures, Arbitro is coming off of a one-length win in the ...

CLAREMORE, OK–SEPTEMBER 10, 2024–Grade 3 finalist Red Iron got her third career win on Tuesday while posting the fastest qualifying time for the John Deere Will Rogers Juvenile Challenge at Will Rogers Downs

The 10 fastest qualifiers from the three trial races contested today will return on Sunday, September 29, to compete for the winner's share of a $30,000-added purse at 350 yards.

The winner will also be invited to the $140,000-est John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship(G2) ...

CLAREMORE, OK–SEPTEMBER 10, 2024–Bouncing off a fifth-place effort in the All American Derby trials in his last start, Grade 1 Ruidoso Derby runner-up Mystic Paint posted the fastest qualifying time for the Adequan Will Rogers Derby Challenge on Tuesday at Will Rogers Downs

The 10 fastest qualifiers from the three trial races contested today will return on Sunday, September 29, to compete for the winner's share of a $30,000-added purse at 400 yards.

Also in play is a starting spot in the $165,000-est Adequan Derby Challenge Championship (G3), which will be contested at The Downs at Albuquerque during the Bank of American Challenge Championship Night on October 26.

Jockey Ramiro Garcia rode Mystic Paint to a 1 3/4-length victory in the opening ...

GRANTS PASS, OR–SEPTEMBER 8, 2024–Radar, a 5-year-old stakes-winning son of leading sire A Revenant, posted the fastest qualifying time for the AQHA Grants Pass Championship Challenge on Sunday when he won the last of two trials at Grants Pass Downs.

The 10 fastest qualifiers will return to Oregon racetrack on Sunday, September 22, to vie for the winner's share of a $40,000-added purse going the classic Quarter Horse distance of 440 yards.

A victory in the race will also earn the winner a berth into the ...

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–SEPTEMBER 7, 2024–Grade 1-placed Curls Joyful Wagon posted the fastest qualifying time from two trials contested tonight at Lone Star Park for the Cox Ranch Lone Star Distaff Challenge.

The 10 fastest qualifiers, from Challenge enrolled fillies and mares 3-year-olds and up,  will return to Lone Star Park on Saturday, September 28, to vie for the winner's share of a $20,000-added purse going a distance of 400 yards.

As a bonus, the winner on September 28 will ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–SEPTEMBER 5, 2024–Curls Joyful Wagon and Jess Kissing Beau are two of the 15 fillies and mares entered in Saturday’s 400-yard Cox Ranch Lone Star Distaff Challenge trials at Lone Star Park. The 10 fastest qualifiers will meet in the September 28, $20,000-added final.

Curls Joyful Wagon races for Martin Stacy from the barn of trainer ...

SHELBYVILLE, IN–AUGUST 31, 2024– Arbitro accelerated away from Macho Chick to get the victory in the first of two trials to the $30,000 John Deere Juvenile Challenge on Saturday at Horseshoe Indianapolis, clocking the fastest qualifying time for the second time in his career.

Sent off at 1/9 odds under the guidance of Edgar Diaz, Arbitro clocked an 82 speed index in 18.105 seconds. The son of Ivory James led the four-horse field from gate to wire with a one-length victory. The post-time favorite's 350-yard effort paid $2.20 to win.

Arbitro scored his second career victory from three ...

EDMONTON, ALB—AUGUST 23, 2024—Multiple stakes winner Flight Club crushed the Century Mile track record while winning the $44,505(US) AQHA Century Mile Championship Challenge at Century Mile Racetrack & Casino on Friday.

Under regular rider J.B. Botello, Flight Clu14b broke well and dug in late to hold off One Famous Rock. He completed the task in 21.600 seconds to establish a new 440-yard track record, equaling a 101-speed index into a 15 mph headwind. The ...

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–AUGUST 18, 2024–Multiple stakes winner Karmalites raced to her fourth consecutive win on Sunday when she defeated Conflict by 1-1/4 lengths as the post-time favorite in the $152,779 John Deere Ruidoso Juvenile Challenge(G3) at The Downs at Albuquerque.

Jockey Emilio Tapia rode the fastest qualifier to a 17.090 clocking, equaling a 104-speed index into a 5 mph headwind.

Trainer David Gomez-Barraza saddled the $12,000 Heritage Place Yearling Sale graduate to her fourth ...

ALTOONA, IA–AUGUST 18, 2024–One Fabulous Boy wins the $59,466 AQHA Prairie Meadows Championship Challenge [G2] on Sunday for the second year in a row. He broke from the gates in the middle of the pack but dug in for a slight upset over favorite Nothin Like You.

Angel Ramirez guided One Fabulous Boy to the wire in :21.295 seconds, clocking a 106 speed index, which is 2/10ths of a second off his own track record set last year while winning ...

ALTOONA, IA–AUGUST 18, 2024–Challenge stakes veteran, Lynnder 16 gets her first win of the season on Sunday in the $33,940 Cox Ranch Prairie Meadows Distaff Challenge [G3]. The victory earns her a berth into the $115,000 estimated Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge at the Downs at Albuquerque.

Leading trainer Jason Olmstead named jockey Ramiro Garcia to ride Lynnder 16 in the 400-yard stakes race. The eight-year-old mare clocked a 96 speed index in :19.738 seconds, winning in a photo finish by a nose over Miss Kt Perry. Her efforts paid $6.60 to win on 2-1 odds.

Lynnder 16 has 13 stakes victories, 11 of which were in Challenge Stakes ...

AUBURN, WA–AUGUST 18, 2024–Multiple stakes winner Jesstafiably Jess (11-1) held off a late charge from Apolinaria Prize to win the $54,708 AQHA Emerald Downs Championship Challenge Sunday.

Under jockey Jaime Lopez, Jesstafiably Jess raced over the 440 yards in 21.840 seconds, earning a 99-speed index with a two mph tailwind.  The neck victory was the 10th career win for the son of multiple stakes sire One Sweet Jess.

Benito Curiel trains ...

AUBURN, WA–AUGUST 18, 2024–Fastest qualifier Secretarysbestcard held off a late charge from Mr Royal Cartel to win the $50,952 John Deere Emerald Downs Juvenile Challenge by a nose on Sunday at Emerald Downs.

Jockey Jose Guerrero rode Secretarysbestcard to her fourth consecutive win. Two races back, she won the Firecracker Futurity at Grants Pass Downs.

The 2-year-old daughter of multiple stakes sire Docs Best Card completed the 350 yards in 18.310, equaling an 80-speed index with a 2 ...

ALTOONA, IA—AUGUST 17, 2024—The fourth time was the charm for Rockin The Train (32-1), who raced to his first career win Saturday in the $72,182 John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge.

Bouncing off a fourth-place finish in the July 29 trials, Rockin The Train and jockey Francisco Giles posted a three-quarter length victory in the final, clocking 17.447 seconds, equaling a 97-speed index.

Bradley Bolen trains Rockin The Train for owner-breeder Debra M. ...

SELMA, TX–AUGUST 16, 2024– Pops First Lady started the season just missing with a second place finish in the Decketta Stakes [G2], then placed fourth in the Easy Date Stakes [G2], both at Remington Park. She's seemed to have found her groove, though, winning her second consecutive stakes in the $60,681 AQHA Texas Challenge Championship Stakes on Friday night at Retama Park.

After piloting her to victory in the Selma Stakes earlier in the Retama Park season, trainer Juan Diaz Jr named Nestor Duran as rider again for Pops First Lady in the 440-yard Challenge Championship.

Pops First Lady broke third from the gates but quickly ...

ALTOONA, IA—AUGUST 16, 2024—One Fabulous Dynasty raced to his fifth consecutive win in as many starts this season in the $42,262 Prairie Meadows Derby Challenge on Friday at Prairie Meadows.

The Robert Don Johnson trainee also picked up his third derby victory. Jockey Luis Maldonado rode One Fabulous Dynasty to a 19.843 clocking, equaling a 93-speed index with a 5 mph ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI ALBUQUERQUE, NM–AUGUST 15, 2024–Fabian Muniz Porras' Karmalites, a stakes-winning daughter of the One Famous Eagle stallion The Marfa Lights and the fastest qualifier, is one of 10 2-year-olds entered back in Sunday's 350-yard, $152,779 John Deere Ruidoso Juvenile Challenge (G3) at Albuquerque Downs. Karmalites is coming off of a half-length victory in the third of eight trials on July 26. A $12,000 purchase at last year's Heritage Place Yearling Sale, the filly ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALTOONA, IA–AUGUST 14, 2024–Two Bank of America Racing Challenge stakes topped by the 440-yard, $59,466 Bank of America Prairie Meadows Championship Challenge (G2) will be contested Sunday at Prairie Meadows Racetrack.

Bradbury Racing's Nothin Like You, a homebred 5-year-old Favorite Cartel gelding trained by John Hammes, headlines the Bank of America Prairie Meadows Championship Challenge. Nothin Like You will be stretching out in distance off of his nose victory in the July 7, 350-yard Keokuk Stakes (G3) at Prairie ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–AUGUST 10, 2024–Racing in memory of the late Clayton Russell, Apollitical Bet scored his third straight victory on the way to taking the running of the $66,291 John Deere California Juvenile Challenge on Saturday at Los Alamitos.

A longtime owner and breeder, Russell passed away on April 29, just two days after Apollitical Bet made his racing debut at Los Alamitos with a third-place finish in a maiden event. Bred by Clayton and his wife, Kaye Russell, Apollitical Bet has improved with every single start, winning his trial to the Ed Burke Million Futurity in his second career outing before posting the fastest ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–AUGUST 7,2024–Clayton and Kaye Russell’s Apollitical Bet entered the trials to the John Deere California Juvenile Challenge three weeks ago, and he lived up to them and more. The son of Apollitical Blood, out of the stakes place mare Favorite Bet, covered the distance in 17.703, which was far and away the fastest time of the night.

Apollitical Bet now enters the John Deere California final as the favorite to punch a ticket to the John Deere Juvenile Challenge final held in October at The Downs at Albuquerque. The California homebred has been under the radar this year even though he has posted three solid races, including outstanding back-to-back winning efforts. ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–AUGUST 4, 2024–Racing for lessee Robert Tyburski, Streaks Of Power's strength and might were in full display once again at Los Alamitos, as the 4-year-old mare by the Thoroughbred sire Power Jam overcame a less than perfect start to eventually dominate the running of the $26,180 Cox Ranch California Distaff Challenge on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

Streaks Of Power has now posted three big wins from her four starts at the Orange County oval, her most recent win in the California regional being a 1 ¼ length decision over Flash Of Sass while posting a winning 400-yard of :19.961.

Ridden by Armando Cervantes for trainer Monty Arrossa, Streaks ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–AUGUST 3, 2024–Jose Adrian Aleman’s A Famous Ribbon scored his fourth victory at the classic 440-yard distance while earning a return trip to the Grade 1 Bank of America Challenge Championship after winning the California regional by a neck over 2022 All American Futurity winner Hes Judgeandjury on Saturday night at Los Alamitos.

Ridden by Jose Nicasio for trainer Heath Taylor, A Famous Ribbon led from start to finish even after some early trouble to win the $44,506. The effort earned the gelding by One Famous Eagle berth to the Challenge Championship final to be held at ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA­–AUGUST 2, 2024–Streaks Of Power, who was sensational in her return to Los Alamitos on July 14, Project Leader, who has been unbeaten here all season long, and Brazilian superstar Edberg Verde, who tested his skills against champion Empressum in his last start, are among the bevy of stars that will be in action here on Sunday.

Streaks Of Power gets top billing as she heads the field for the $26,180 Cox Ranch California Regional Distaff Challenge.

Five top mares will be in action in the eighth race here on ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JULY 31, 2024–Steve Holt and Jeff Jones’s Hes Judgeandjury, the AQHA champion 2-year-old in 2022, will look to win at 440 yards for the first time since taking a trial to the Grade 1 All American Derby when he leads the field to the AQHA California Challenge Championship on Saturday at Los Alamitos.

A compact but strong field will face the starter in the quarter-mile feature here. This field also features Cajun superstar Tha Duke and local stakes winner A Famous Ribbon. All three of these runners are trained ...

ALTOONA, IA—JULY 29, 2024—Restricted Grade 3 winner Anna Belle raced to her third career win today while posting the fastest time for the John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge at Prairie Meadows.

The 10 fastest qualifiers from three trial races contested today will return to Prairie Meadows on Sunday, August 18, to vie for the winner's share of a $72,182 ...

AUBURN, WA–JULY 28, 2024–Firecracker Futurity winner Secretarysbestcard raced to her third consecutive win on Sunday while posting the fastest qualifying time for the John Deere Emerald Juvenile Challenge at Emerald Downs.

The 10 fastest qualifiers will return to Emerald Downs on Sunday, August 18, to vie for the winner's share of a $30,000-added purse going a distance of 350 yards.

Also at stake is an invite for the Emerald Juvenile winner to participate in the $125,000-est. John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship(G2) at the ...

EDMONTON, ALB–JULY 27, 2024—Team Rip 109, the fastest qualifier from the trials, returns for his second career win in the $49,367 (US) John Deere Juvenile Challenge finals at Century Mile on Saturday.

Team Rip 109 was ridden by O. Hernandez to his 3/4-length finish in :17.953 seconds, clocking a 95 speed index. The post-time favorite's 350-yard victory was assisted by a 15 mph tailwind and paid $3.20 to win on 3-5 odds.

The $22,710 ...

RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–JULY 26, 2024–Karmalites and jockey Emilio Tapia pulled away in the final strides to win the third trial race today and qualify for the $157,641 John Deere Ruidoso Juvenile Challenge (G3) at the Downs of Albuquerque.

The two-year-old filly won for the third time in six career starts, running 17.383 seconds for 350 yards, a 94-speed index.

Karmalites won the $215,000 Four Corners Futurity at Sunray Park on May 18. Racing for owner Fabian Porras, the filly is sired by The Marfa Lights out of the mare Cartel Karma by Corona Cartel.  David Gomez-Barraze conditions the Oklahoma-bred earner of $112,722. ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI AUBURN, WA–JULY 25, 2024–Secretarysbestcard, a daughter of the Corona Cartel stallion Docs Best Card racing for JBC Stables, is one of 15 2-year-olds entered in Sunday's 350-yard John Deere Emerald Juvenile Challenge trials at Emerald Downs. Secretarysbestcard ships in from Grants Pass Downs in southern Oregon, where she won both of her outs, including the 350-yard, $83,000 Firecracker Futurity on the Fourth of July. ...

SHAKOPEE, MN–JULY 25, 2024–Aj Fast Corona showed just how fast she is when she took off at the final call for her second consecutive win this season in the $35,904 Canterbury Park Distaff Challenge Stakes [G3].

It took Aj Fast Corona just a bit to get into her stride in the 400-yard stakes, but at the final call, she bolted into first for a 1/2-length victory over stablemate Beep Beep Rev Rev.

Aj Fast Corona's rider, Luis Valenzuela, said, "I just waited a little. I know her signs and knew she would run the distance, so I let her do her thing and stayed out of her way."

Against a six mph crosswind, Aj Fast Corona clocked a 90 speed index in :20.122 seconds. The ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA–JULY 25, 2024–Team Rip 109, a chestnut son of Pyc Fun N Fancy owned by Commotion Creek Contracting Ltd. and WT Ranches Ltd., drew post 5 for Saturday's 350-yard, $49,368(Can) John Deere Century Mile Juvenile Challenge. The fastest qualifier, Team Rip 109 made his official debut with a dominating 5 1/2-length victory in the first of three trials on July 5. Buckey Stockwell trains the gelding. Team Rip 109 will be ridden by O.Amador Hernandez. Stockwell will also send out Sizzles Boss, a stakes-winning son of JD Wagon Boss racing for Cinch Up Syndicate. Sizzles Boss has won his last ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALTOONA, IA–JULY 24, 2024–Anna Belle, a graded stakes winning daughter of champion Uncle D, is one of 29 2-year-olds entered in Monday's 350-yard John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge trials at Prairie Meadows Racetrack.

A $22,000 purchase at last year's Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, Anna Belle is trained by Jason Olmstead for owners Tom Smith and ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–JULY 22, 2024–Graded stakes winner Cedar Hill and stakes winner Karmalites are two of the 73 2-year-olds entered in Friday's 350-yard John Deere Ruidoso Juvenile Challenge (G3) trials at Albuquerque Downs.

A homebred son of Capo de Capi racing for James Sills and Abel Flores, Cedar Hill will be making his first start since May 12, when he scored a neck victory in the 300-yard, $256,000 Robert Adair Kindergarten ...

SHAKOPEE, MN—JULY 23, 2024—Thursday’s feature AT Canterbury Park is the $35,904 Cox Ranch Canterbury Park Distaff Challenge, a 400-yard race that will qualify the winner to the Oct. 26 Grade 1 Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge Championship at Albuquerque Downs.

Trainer ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

SHAKOPEE, MN–JULY 22, 2024–Fox News, a graded-stakes winning 4-year-old champion of champion FDD Dynasty racing for Tom Maher of Pierre, South Dakota, is one of five fillies and mares entered in Thursday's 400-yard, $35,904 Cox Ranch Canterbury Distaff Challenge Stakes (G3) at Canterbury Park.

The 8-5 morning-line favorite, Fox News is coming off of a Remington Park spring campaign during which the homebred mare earned $5,631 from three races and ran third, three-quarters of a length behind winner Alliekat Dynasty, in the 350-yard, $50,000 Decketta Stakes ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JULY 18, 2024–Clayton and Kaye Russell’s Apollitical Bet, who has two strong performances at Los Alamitos, will now headline the trials to the John Deere California Juvenile Challenge on Saturday night at Los Alamitos. The nine-race program will follow the final race of the opening day card at Del Mar. The first post time is 7:45 p.m. Pacific.                                       

Twenty-four juveniles will compete in three 350-yard trials to advance to the John Deere regional final. The runners with the ten fastest ...

GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALB–JULY 14, 2024–Multiple stakes winner Flight Club rolled to his 13th career stakes win on Sunday when he won the $11,383(US) EGP Bonus Challenge by 1-1/4 lengths at Evergreen Park.

Under regular jockey J.B. Botello, Flight Club completed the 350 yards in 18.141 seconds, equaling a 91-speed index into a 15 mph crosswind. It was the 15th win in 22 career starts for the California-bred son of multiple stakes sire Foose.

William Leech saddled the gray gelding for owner Charles ...

PRINEVILLE, OR–JULY 13, 2024–Just coming off the Director's Handicap victory at Grants Pass last month, jockey Jose Guerrero returned for the mount aboard Bee A Freighttrain to win the $24,475 Rhoden Memorial Bonus Challenge Stakes for the second year running at Crooked River Roundup on Saturday.

Bee A Freight Train flew to the outside for the win by a neck over One Famous Rock and rider Jake Samuels. The post-time favorite clocked a 102 speed index in :13.079 seconds. The 250-yard victory paid $5.00 to win on 5/2 odds.

Runner-up One Famous Rock placed second by a neck over The Rev Rocker and ...

EDMONTON, ALB—JUNE 26, 2024—Team Rip 109 made his career debut a memorable one Friday evening when he posted a 5-1/2 length win to post the fastest qualifying time for the John Deere Century Mile Juvenile Challenge at Century Mile Racecourse.

The 10 fastest qualifiers, from three trials contested tonight by AQHA Challenge-enrolled 2-year-olds, will return to the Alberta, Canada racetrack on Saturday, July 20 vying for the winner's ...

GRANTS PASS, OR–JUNE 30, 2024–Fastest qualifier from the trials, Peregrino Af, returns for the win in the finals of the $47,872 Grants Pass AQHA Adequan Derby Challenge on Sunday.

Ruben Lozano was aboard Peregrino Af for a three-way photo finish at the wire. Peregrino Af battled down the 400-yard straight away with Angelz Diva and Da Bros Cartel. The son of Separtaist won the nod by a nose, clocking a 101 speed index in :19.658 seconds. The slight upset paid $17.00 to win on 7/1 odds.

Peregrino Af improved his record to three wins from 12 starts, and the $22,021 winner's share of the purse increased his lifetime earnings to ...

EDMONTON, ALB–JUNE 29, 2024–Heavy favorite Pretty Sweet Jess fulfills expectations with her sixth consecutive win in the $39,270 (US) Century Mile Regional Adequan Derby Challenge on Saturday.

After piloting Pretty Sweet Jess to victory in the Horsemen's Derby in May, Ricardo Moreno returned for the mount again today at Century Mile. He piloted the son of One Sweet Jess to a 3/4-length wire-to-wire victory over stablemate Fired in :20.266 seconds, clocking a 91 speed index. The post-time favorite's 400-yard finish paid $4.30 to win on 1/1 odds.  Fired, ridden by J. Botello, challenged Pretty Sweet Jess to the wire but was out-finished for ...

EVANSTON, WY–JUNE 29, 2024–Grade 1 winner Dance The Dust Off will get another shot at his second win in the $100,000-est. Grade 1 Cox Ranch Distance Challenge Championship after posting a 1-1/2 length win in the $34,595 AQHA Distance Challenge at Wyoming Downs today.

Under jockey Nakia Teeter, Dance The Dust off flew late as he clocked 45.033 seconds, a ...

EVANSTON, WY–JUNE 27, 2024–Grade 1 winner Dance The Dust Off will head a field of seven hopefuls in Saturday's $34,595 AQHA Distance Challenge at Wyoming Downs. The winner will earn a starting spot in Grade 1 at $ 100,000-est. Cox Ranch Distance Challenge Championship at Albuquerque Downs this fall.

Starting off a 5-1/2 length allowance win at Wyoming Downs on June 15, Dance The Dust Off has been installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite ...

EDMONTON, ALB—JUNE 26, 2024—Multiple stakes winner Pretty Sweet Jess will put her five-race win streak on the line Saturday when she faces a full field in the $39,270(CAN) Adequan Century Downs Derby Challenge at Century Mile Racetrack & Casino. Carded as Race 2 on Century Mile Racetrack & Casino's 11-race schedule on Saturday, the 400-yard Adequan Century Downs derby Challenge estimated post is 4:15 p.m. (MDT). The daughter of multiple stakes sire One Sweet Jess has not lost a race since July 2023 and enters the Saturday Challenge race off an impressive 1-1/4 length win in the CTM ...

GILLETTE, WY—JUNE 22, 2024—Starting off a runner-up effort in the Weber Downs Fillies Derby in her last start on May 19, Jr Sakes Alive ran off to a 1-3/4 length win in the $21,050 Energy Downs AQHA Bonus Challenge Stakes on Saturday at Energy Downs.

Ridden by jockey Jesus Valenzuela, Jr, Sakes Alive completed the 330 yards in 16.990 seconds over a muddy racing surface, equaling an 85-speed index into a 5 mph crosswind.

It was the fifth career win in 11 starts for the daughter of multiple stakes sire Pappasito. The $10,315 winner's purse ...