Heritage Place and TRACK Magazine will host their annual An Evening With The Legends of American Quarter Horse Racing on Wednesday, October 28 in Oklahoma City.

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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—OCTOBER 14, 2015—If you don’t have your room reservations yet for the October 29-30 Heritage Place Fall Mixed Sale, you need to make them today.

You actually need to be in Oklahoma City on Wednesday night October 28 when for this year’s edition of "An Evening With The Legends of American Quarter Horse Racing".

This year they’ve invited several of the most important women in the industry. These women have indicated that they will be on the Heritage Place stage for the big event.

Janet VanBebber James and Christine Hudson will be on stage as co-moderators for the event. James is the No.1 all-time leading female trainer with earnings of more than $13.7 million. Hudson, a co-owner of TRACK Magazine, is one of the nation’s leading breeders.

The panel includes:

• SHARON BRANDNESS, breeder, Racing Commissioner
• JO BURNS, long-time best part of Burns Ranch, wife of Dr. Steve Burns
• DIANE CIARLONI, award-winning journalist
• CAROL COOPER, wife of trainer John Cooper, leader of Women Behind Racing
• JEAN DILLARD, breeder of World Champion SEE ME DO IT and many others
• JOANIE GILBREATH, wife of Dwayne Sleepy Gilbreath and unofficial assistant trainer
• CONNIE HALL, trainer of World Champion A RANSOM and many others
• ABIGAIL KAWANANAKOA, owner/manager of Lakeview Quarter Horse Farm, owner/breeder of Champions
• DAWN and RHONDA LIST, partners in Double Bar S Ranch, leading owners/breeders
• DONNA McARTHUR, No. 2 all-time leading female trainer, World Champion Dashing Folly, etc.
• CONNIE NOBLES, leading owner/breeder/farm manager, HBPA officer
• BETTY RAPER, best part of Belle Mere Farms, wife of Dee Raper
• SHIRLEY SCHVANEVELDT, partner with Blane Schvaneveldt in Schvaneveldt Ranch and Racing
• DEBBIE SCHAUF, executive director of Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association, national racing consultant
• JOLENE URSCHEL, partner with the late Danny Urschel on Special Effort, Pie In The Sky, etc.

And there’s a couple other legendary women trying to work this event into their busy schedules.

Along with the management of Heritage Place, TRACK Magazine’s Ben Hudson created "An Evening With The Legends of American Quarter Horse Racing" in 2011. It has since become one of the year’s most popular events. This will be the fifth edition of this program that annually occurs on the evening before the first day of the Heritage Place Fall Mixed Sale.

“When we first started working on this year’s program, I was concerned that we wouldn’t have enough women that would participate," Husson said. “I am overwhelmed at the acceptance that we have received from women across the country. We will certainly do another one of these (for women) in the not too distant future. We have a Hall Of Fame list of women that we did not get to invite for this year.”

To accommodate the racing scheduled at nearby Will Rogers Downs, this year’s Heritage Place Fall Mixed Sale will be on Thursday (October 29) and Friday (October 30). The Legends event, which is normally on Thursday, this year will be on Wednesday since the sale is on Thursday and Friday.

For more information on the event, call Heritage Place at 405-682-4551 or TRACK Magazine at 888-343-9831