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Quarter Horse racing industry professionals will gather in Albuquerque next month for the AQHA Racing Conference, scheduled for October 14-17 in conjunction with AQHA Challenge Championship activities.

A regular meeting of the Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association (LQHBA) Board of Directors is scheduled for Thursday, October 29, at Evangeline Downs in the John Henry Room, beginning at 1:00 p.m. (CT).

Sam W. Rankin of Hideaway, Texas, breeder of champion Quarter Horse Six Fortunes and a former co-owner of Evangeline Downs, died peacefully September 15 surrounded by his family. He was 88.

The condition book is now available for Eureka Downs’ six-day live racing meet, scheduled for three consecutive weekends this fall.

Lone Star Park will welcome racing fans for its popular Dollar Day promotion Saturday, September 26, during the track's 2026 Fall Meeting of Champions featuring American Quarter Horses.

StallioneSearch.com draws to a close with its webcast coverage of the four-day 2026 Heritage Place Quarter Horse Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City, featuring a recap of the top sellers from Saturday’s third session.

StallioneSearch.com continues its webcast coverage of the four-day 2026 Heritage Place Quarter Horse Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City, featuring a recap of the top sellers from Friday’s third session.

StallioneSearch.com continues its webcast coverage of the four days of the 2026 Heritage Place Quarter Horse Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City, featuring a recap of the top sellers from Thursday’s second session.

Live racing has returned to Grants Pass Downs at the Josephine County Fairgrounds, with the track’s 2026 fall meet continuing through October 12.

According to Equibase, Friday's entire 12-race program at The Downs at Albuquerque, including the trials for the New Mexico State Fair Quarter Horse Futurity (RG2), was canceled because of track conditions.

The 2026 AQHA Youth Racing Experience provides American Quarter Horse Youth Association members with a firsthand look at the American Quarter Horse racing industry.

QH Racing Talk–Weekly is working remotely at the 2026 Heritage Place Yearling sale as it captures interviews with some of the influential horsemen in the industry about the issuance of the news of the Triple Crown moving from Ruidoso Downs to Lone Star Park for the 2027 racing season.

StallioneSearch.com introduces its webcast coverage of the four days of the 2026 Heritage Place Quarter Horse Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City, featuring a recap of the top sellers from Wednesday’s opening session.

Nominations for the $50,000-added B.F. Phillips, Jr. Stakes (RG3) at Lone Star Park will close Friday, September 18.

Lone Star Park has announced a new first post time for Thursday programs during its 2026 Fall Meeting, with racing now scheduled to begin at 3:05 p.m. each Thursday afternoon for the remainder of the meet.

Tuckers Prize, the intrepid Louisiana-bred gelding, has been retired by his owner and trainer, Preston Jourdan, following his 64th career start.

According to an article by T. D. Thornton published today on Thoroughbred Daily News, Emerald Downs officials plan to explore expanding Quarter Horse racing at the Washington racetrack in 2027 following the successful reception of AQHA Challenge races conducted during the recently completed meet.

Raymond Reed Loup passed away on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge at the age of 82.

Monty Arrossa, one of the nation’s most prominent Quarter Horse trainers earlier this decade, was given a 15-year suspension and fined $567,200 after three Quarter Horses in his care tested positive for the banned medication carmoterol on five occasions in out-of-competition and post-race tests taken at Los Alamitos in October and November of 2024.