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By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch
CLAREMORE, OK–SEPTEMBER 28, 2025–Two Two 22 showed grit and determination in Sunday’s $53,014 Adequan Will Rogers Derby Challenge, closing with a furious late kick to earn his first career stakes victory.
Despite hopping from the gates and losing ground early, the bay gelding dug in under jockey Mario Delgado to chase down Ketzal at the wire, scoring by a half-length. He stopped the clock for the 400-yard distance in 19.616 seconds, earning a 102 speed index. The effort ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
CLAREMORE, OK—SEPTEMBER 28, 2025—Alliekat Dynasty turned in a sharp effort on Sunday afternoon at Will Rogers Downs, surging to victory in the Grade 3, $36,660 Cox Ranch Will Rogers Distaff Challenge, a 400-yard test for AQHA Challenge-enrolled fillies and mares three and older.
The 4-year-old daughter of five-time world champion sire FDD Dynasty out of Pollitical Scorpion, by Apollitical Jess, broke alertly under jockey Roman Cruz and never looked back, stopping the timer in 19.832 seconds against a strong 8-mph tailwind, earning a 96 speed index. ...
By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch
CLAREMORE, OK–SEPTEMBER 28, 2025–Wynnchester finally broke through at the stakes level on Sunday afternoon, scoring a determined head victory in the $26,554 Q-Racing Will Rogers Distance Challenge-G3.
With Mario Delgado in the irons, Wynnchester stopped the clock in 46.045 seconds for 870 yards, earning a 93 speed index. The 870-yard win was worth $13,012 for owner Lucky Ladies. Sent off at 5-1 ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
CLAREMORE, OK—SEPTEMBER 28, 2025—Fastest qualifier Kowboy Boogie delivered on his promise Sunday afternoon at Will Rogers Downs, capturing the Grade 3 $36,660 John Deere Will Rogers Juvenile Challenge over 350 yards for AQHA Challenge-enrolled 2-year-olds.
Under jockey Bryan Candanosa, the bay ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX—SEPTEMBER 27, 2025—Cowgurl Up surged late under jockey Raul Hernandez, Jr. to capture the $28,261 Cox Ranch Lone Star Distaff Challenge at 400 yards for AQHA Challenge-enrolled fillies and mares three years old and up.
The sorrel daughter of leading sire Flying Cowboy 123 stopped the timer in 19.671 seconds, earning a 94 speed index with a 2 mph crosswind on a fast track.
With the victory, Cowgurl Up also earned a coveted berth ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
ALBUQUERQUE, NM—SEPTEMBER 26, 2025—Paige surged in the final yards to capture the $52,266 Cox Ranch New Mexico Distaff Challenge on Friday afternoon at The Downs at Albuquerque, edging rival Amber Alerrt in a thrilling finish at 400 yards. ...
By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott
CLAREMORE, OK–SEPTEMBER 26, 2025–Sunday afternoon’s card at Will Rogers Downs will showcase four major American Quarter Horse Association Challenge races, each offering added purse money and coveted berths into the national finals at Albuquerque on October 18. The action runs from races seven through ten, highlighted by the $20,000-added (G3) AQHA Distance Challenge, the $20,000-added ...
By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott
GRANDPRAIRIE, TX–SEPTEMBER 22, 2025–Saturday night’s feature at Lone Star Park will be the $28,611 guaranteed Cox Ranch Lone Star Park Distaff Challenge Stakes, carded as race three. The event draws a competitive field of fillies and mares three years old and upward, all set to contest the 400-yard distance.
In addition to the purse, the winner will earn a berth to the Cox Ranch Distaff Championship Challenge Stakes finals on ...
By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott
ALBUQUERQUE, NM–September 21, 2025–The Friday, September 26 card at Downs at Albuquerque will feature a full slate of stakes and trials. The program includes seven trials for the La Fiesta Quarter Horse Futurity, three for the La Fiesta Quarter Horse Derby. It will conclude with the day’s highlight, the $30,000-added Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge Regional Finals.
A field of ten fillies and mares, three years and older, will line up at 400 yards for a berth in the Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge Championship finals on October 18.
Installed as the 2-1 morning line favorite is Aj Gold Heart, a four-year-old mare ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
ALBUQUERQUE, NM—SEPTEMBER 20, 2025—Handin Out Candy dug in gamely through the final yards to prevail in the $60,000 Q Racing Video New Mexico Distance Challenge (G2) at Downs at Albuquerque on Saturday, turning back the late surge of West Tx Rain by a neck.
The Grade 2 event, run at 870 yards for AQHA Challenge-enrolled 3-year-olds and older, was contested over a fast track under clear skies with a crosswind of six miles per hour.
The 6-year-old gelding completed the distance in 45.367, ...
SHELBYVILLE, IN–SEPTEMBER 16, 2025–RR Lotta Runforrobyn and Francisco Quintero timed their move just right to score the win Tuesday, September 16 in the $39,363 Adequan Derby Regional Challenge at Horseshoe Indianapolis.
The duo stopped the timer in :20.017 in the 400 yard dash to gain a seat at the Challenge Championships ...
SHELBYVILLE, IN–SEPTEMBER 16, 2025–TW Streakin Cowboy and Diego Villamil Bocanegra took one step closer to the Grade 2 John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship set for Saturday, October 18 at The Downs at Albuquerque. The local duo rallied home for the win in the regional challenge for the $30,000John Deere Juvenile to earn a spot in the final.
TW Streakin Cowboy began from post six and wasn’t the first out of the gate but was surrounded by speed. WR Hott ...
SHELBYVILLE, IN–SEPTEMBER 16, 2025–Kelli Girl and Edgar Diaz left no room for doubt Tuesday, September 16 during the regional qualifier for the $26,273 Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge at Horseshoe Indianapolis. The duo powered home to graduate ...
By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott
ALBUQUERQUE, NM–SEPTEMBER 16, 2025–The spotlight at Albuquerque Downs on Saturday, September 20, will shine on the (G2) $50,000-added Q-Racing Video New Mexico Distance Challenge Stakes, carded as race six on the program. A compact but competitive field of five older horses will contest the 870-yard distance, with not only the purse on the line but also an automatic berth into the AQHA Distance Challenge Championship (G1) on October 18 at Albuquerque Downs.
Leading the field as the 9-5 ...
By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott
SHELBYVILLE, IN–SEPTEMBER 13, 2025–Stakes action takes center stage at Horseshoe Indianapolis on Monday, September 16, with three AQHA Challenge Finals slated back-to-back.
The evening begins with the $26,273-added Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge Finals in race nine, continues with the $30,000-added John Deere Juvenile Challenge Finals in race ten, and concludes with the $39,363-added Adequan Derby Challenge Finals in race eleven. Each winner ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
CLAREMORE, OK—SEPTEMBER 9, 2025—Four trials were contested Tuesday afternoon at Will Rogers Downs to determine the 10 fastest qualifiers for the $30,000-added John Deere Will Rogers Juvenile Challenge final, set for Sunday, September 28, 2025.
The 350-yard trials featured accredited AQHA Challenge-enrolled 2-year-olds, and Kowboy Boogie and Raizen Kane posted the two fastest times of the day to lead the field to the championship event.
Kowboy Boogie, a ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
CLAREMORE, OK—SEPTEMBER 9, 2025—Two trials were contested Tuesday afternoon at Will Rogers Downs to determine the field for the $30,000-added Adequan Will Rogers Derby Challenge final, and Four Sweet Kid and Ketzal emerged as the two fastest qualifiers from a competitive group of three-year-olds.
The top ten finishers from two heats will return for the 400-yard final on Sunday, September 28.
In the first trial, Four Sweet Kid, a sorrel ...
By Stallionesearch / Louanne Wainscott
CLAREMORE, OK–SEPTEMBER 8, 2025–On Tuesday afternoon, the final leg of trial heats to qualify for the AQHA Challenge races will be contested, featuring derby and juvenile hopefuls.
The program begins with the Adequan Derby Challenge trials in races three and four, drawing seventeen entrants at 400 yards, followed by thirty-five juveniles in races five through eight for the John Deere Juvenile Challenge trials at 350 yards. Each set of heats will determine the ten fastest qualifiers, who will return for the finals on September ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
EDMONTON, AB—AUGUST 22, 2025—O Seeyalater, a five-year-old brown mare by First Timber out of Howdoyado, by Pappasito, fought off a determined challenge late to capture the $46,395(US) AQHA Century Mile Championship Challenge on Friday afternoon at Century Mile Racetrack.
Breaking sharply under jockey Daniel Garcia, O Seeyalater quickly gained the lead and never relinquished it, stopping the timer in 21.589 seconds for the 440 yards and earning a 97 speed index. The mare’s victory came under ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
EDMONTON, ONT–AUGUST 20, 202– A full field of top-caliber older Quarter Horses will square off Friday, August 22, in the $40,000(CAN) AQHA Century Mile Championship Challenge at Century Mile Racetrack & Casino.
The 440-yard test, run at the “classic” Quarter Horse distance, will highlight the evening card with an approximate post time of 6:15 p.m. (MDT).
Leading the lineup ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
ALTOONA, IA—AUGUST 17, 2025—Hooked N Gone punched his ticket to the Grade 1 AQHA Challenge Championship with a determined victory in Sunday’s $54,510 AQHA Prairie Meadows Championship Challenge Stakes at Prairie Meadows.
The 5-year-old gelding covered 440 yards in :21.760 seconds, earning a 90 speed index with ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
ALTOONA, IA—AUGUST 17, 2025—Flashin Dynamite fought gamely through the stretch to capture the $48,807 Adequan Prairie Meadows Derby Challenge on Sunday afternoon at Prairie Meadows, edging clear by a neck at the wire in the 400-yard test for AQHA Challenge-enrolled 3-year-olds. ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
ALTOONA, IA—AUGUST 16, 2025—Margarets Cowboy fought gamely in the final strides to capture the $70,125 John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge Stakes on Saturday evening at Prairie Meadows.
The son of leading third-crop sire Flying Cowboy 123 stopped the timer in ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
ALBURN, WA—AUGUST 16, 2025—Shaundas Eagle was elevated to first via disqualification to capture the $58,152 AQHA Emerald Downs Championship Challenge at 440 yards, also earning him a berth to the Grade 1 $350,000-est. AQHA Challenge Championship on October 18 at The Downs at Albuquerque.
Breaking well under jockey Sergio Dominguez, the 5-year-old gelding by One Fabulous Eagle out of First Prize Shaunda by Pyc Paint Your Wagon was moved up after the stewards disqualified A Famous Ribbon from first to ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
ALBURN, WA—AUGUST 16, 2025—Jess F Y I turned a strong performance into another stakes victory Saturday afternoon at Emerald Downs, capturing the $52,294 John Deere Emerald Downs Juvenile Challenge for AQHA Challenge-enrolled 2-year-olds at 350 yards.
With the win, the Oregon-bred gelding earned a berth to the $140,000-est. John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship (G2), scheduled October 18 at The Downs at Albuquerque on AQHA Challenge Championship Night.
Breaking alertly from the ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
ALTOONA, IA—AUGUST 16, 2025—Foxy Cowgirl powered to victory in Saturday’s $48,429 Cox Ranch Prairie Meadows Distaff Challenge Stakes (G3) at Prairie Meadows, earning a berth to the $140,000-est. Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge Championship (G1) to be contested on October 18 at The Downs at ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
SELMA, TX—AUGUST 15, 2025—Multiple stakes winner As Moonflash delivered a commanding performance Saturday evening at Retama Park, taking the $54,978 AQHA Racing Championship Challenge Stakes (G3) for 3-year-olds and up at 440 yards, and securing a coveted berth to the $350,000-est. AQHA Challenge Championship (G1) to be contested on October 18 at The Downs at Albuquerque on AQHA Challenge Championship Night.
Breaking sharply under jockey Nestor Duran, As Moonflash surged to the lead early and widened her advantage late, crossing the wire 1¾ lengths clear in a swift 21.934 seconds ...
By Louanne Wainscott/Stallionesearch
ATLOONA, IA–AUGUST 15, 2025–The feature attractions on Prairie Meadows’ Sunday, August 17 card are the $57,575 added Iowa Stallion Derby in race one (see preview article) and the $48,807 Adequan Prairie Meadows Derby Challenge Stakes in race two and the (G2) $54,510 AQHA Racing Prairie Meadows Championship Challenge Stakes in race four.
Both winners will secure berths in their respective divisions for the AQHA Bank of America Challenge Championship finals on October 18, 2025, at Albuquerque Downs. Adequan Prairie Meadows Derby Challenge Stakes
Race two will feature ten AQHA ...
By Louanne Wainscott/Stallionesearch
ATLOONA, IA–August 13, 2025–Saturday evening, August 16th, Prairie Meadows will light up with a trio of stakes races headlining the card. Post time for the first stakes event is set for approximately 6:00 p.m., beginning a night of speed, talent, and championship implications.
The opening stakes, the (G3) $38,148 Cox Ranch Prairie Meadows Distaff Challenge Finals, will feature a field of eight fillies and mares sprinting 400 yards. The winner not only secures the winner’s share of ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
SELMA, TX–AUGUST 11, 2025–A talented field of four Challenge-enrolled Quarter Horses will break from the Retama Park starting gate on Friday, August 15, in the $50,000 AQHA Retama Park Championship Challenge (G3), a 440-yard test for 3-year-olds and up.
First post for the evening card is 6:30 p.m. (CDT), with Race 6 scheduled to go off at approximately 8:25 p.m.
The winner will earn an automatic berth to the $350,000-est. AQHA Challenge Championship (G1) on October 18 at The Downs at Albuquerque.
Morning-line favorite Relentless ...
By Leann Noguera/StallioneSearch
MEXICO CITY, MEX–AUGUST 10, 2025–The Singaporean won the $44,175 AQHA Hipódromo De Las Américas Championship Challenge on Sunday afternoon.
Piloted by Heriberto Camacho, the son of Mr Apollitical Dash, posted a 104 speed index while stopping the timer in 21.39 seconds, defeating Docs Famous Card and Magical Jess. The Singaporean entered ...
LOS ALAMITOS, CA–AUGUST 9, 2025–Keith Nellesen's Trident IOT earned his ticket to the AQHA Racing Challenge after posting a surprising victory in the $53,856 John Deere California Juvenile Challenge on Saturday at Los Alamitos.
Sent off at odds of 20-1, Trident IOT broke okay, but picked up speed in a hurry, moving up to challenge for the lead near the midway point of the 350-yard race before pulling away ...
By Louanne Wainscott/Stallionesearch
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO–AUGUST 7, 2025–The Sunday card at Hipódromo De Las Américas will showcase three stakes events, highlighted by the $44,174.95 AQHA Hipodromo De Las Americas Championship Challenge in race one. Also on tap are the $38,484.50 Jody’s Glory Classic in race six, and the Mexico Bred Distaff Derby Trials in races nine and ten.
The AQHA Hipodromo De Las Americas Championship Challenge opener will cover 440 yards, with three contenders vying for the championship ...
LOS ALAMITOS, CA–AUGUST 7, 2025–Longtime owner James Sills will look to score another stakes victory at Los Alamitos when he is represented by fastest qualifier Hockrodd in the $50,000 (est.) John Deere Juvenile California Challenge on Saturday at Los Alamitos.
The winner will advance to the AQHA Challenge Championships Night at ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
ALTOONA, IA—JULY 31, 2025—Stakes winner Catchn Southern Rays turned in the fastest qualifying time on Thursday evening to headline the ten finalists for the $48,807 Adequan Prairie Meadows Derby Challenge for Challenge-enrolled 3-year-olds.
The 400-yard final is set for Sunday, August 17, at Prairie Meadows, with the winner also earning a berth in the $165,000-est. Adequan Derby Challenge Championship (G3) on October 18 at The Downs at ...
By StallioneSearch
ALTOONA, IA–JULY 29, 2025–Prairie Meadows will host a pair of 400-yard trials on Thursday evening, July 31, for the $30,000-added 2025 Adequan Prairie Meadows Derby Challenge.
First post is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CDT, with the trials comprising Races 2 and 3 on the card. The fastest qualifiers from the trials will return for the 400-yard final on Sunday, ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB—JULY 27, 2025—In a thrilling blanket finish, Pretty Sweet Jess surged late to claim the $18,476(US) Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge Stakes at Grande Prairie over a distance of 400 yards.
The 4-year-old sorrel filly clocked 20.614 seconds on a good track, holding off a determined rally from First Famous Prize by a head in a ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
ALTOONA, IA—JULY 27, 2025—A trio of sharp juveniles punched their tickets to the $70,125 John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge final on Saturday, August 16, with fast efforts in Sunday’s trials at Prairie Meadows. ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
AUBURN, WA—JULY 27, 2025—Two competitive 440-yard trials were held Sunday at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington, to determine the field for the $40,000-added AQHA Racing Emerald Downs Championship Challenge.
The final, set for Saturday, August 16, 2025, will feature the ten fastest qualifiers ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
AUBURN, WA—JULY 27, 2025—Kr Cartels Calamity emerged as the fastest qualifier from two trials held Sunday afternoon at Emerald Downs for the $30,000-added John Deere Emerald Downs Juvenile Challenge, setting the stage for an exciting final on ...
SHAKOPEE, MN—JULY 23, 2025—Thursday’s Grade 3 Canterbury Park Distaff Challenge will be a reunion of sorts for several of the racetrack’s all-time top trainers with Jason Olmstead, Ed Ross Hardy, Jerry Livingston and Stacy Charette-Hill each represented.
Former leading riders Edwin Escobedo and Cristian ...
By StallioneSearch
ALTOONA, IA—JULY 22, 2025—A field of talented 2-year-olds will line up Saturday, July 27, at Prairie Meadows for a pair of 350-yard trials to determine the qualifiers for the $30,000-added 2025 John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge final.
The trials are exclusively for Challenge-enrolled juveniles. The ten fastest times advance to the final, which is set for Saturday, August 16.
First post time for Saturday’s card is 4:00 p.m. (CDT) at the central Iowa ...
By Louanne Wainscott/Stallionesearch
SHAKOPEE, MN–JULY 21, 2025–Thursday evening’s feature at Canterbury Park puts the spotlight squarely on the ladies as the Grade 3 Canterbury Park Distaff Challenge assembles a sharp field of seven AQHA Challenge-enrolled fillies and mares, three years old and up. With a 400-yard dash on tap and a $30,000-added purse, the stakes are high—not only for the money but for a coveted berth in the Distaff Challenge Championship final at the Downs at Albuquerque on October ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
EDMONTON, AB—JULY 19, 2025—O Sawyer delivered a wire-to-wire performance over a muddy Century Mile racetrack to win the $40,765(US) John Deere Century Mile Juvenile Challenge for Challenge-enrolled 2-year-old Quarter Horses.
The black gelding surged from the gate and never looked back in the 350-yard regional final, stopping the clock in 18.132 ...
LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JULY 19, 2025–Owner James Sills has had a nice string of successes at Los Alamitos over the last 18 months. The longtime owner from Texas has shared many of those triumphs with longtime partner Abel Flores, as they've co-owned Cedar Hill, the winner of the 2024 Grade 2 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity, and Shaken Going On, the winner of the 2025 Grade 1 Los Alamitos Oaks.
Sills and Flores also co-owned A Toss Up, who won ...
By StallioneSearch
EDMONTON, ONT–JULY 18, 2025–A field of promising two-year-old Quarter Horses will line up for the $40,766(CAN) John Deere Juvenile Challenge at Century Mile Racetrack and Casino on Friday, July 18, going 350 yards in the second race of the evening.
First post is 5:15 p.m. (MDT) with Exacta, Trifecta, and Superfecta wagering available on the feature. ...
LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JULY 17, 2025–Keith Nellesen’s Trident IOT and Salvador Flores, Jr.’s Elmer Romero, a pair of Grade 2 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity finalists, will face off in the second of two trials to the John Deere Juvenile California Challenge on Saturday night at Los Alamitos.
Fourteen juveniles will be in action with a pair of 350-yard trials to be contested here. The 2-year-olds with the 10 fastest times will advance for ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
EVANSTON, WY—JULY 12, 2025—Showing grit and determination, Jess No Secrets surged clear to win the $38,428 Q-Racing Video Wyoming Distance Challenge Stakes at Wyoming Downs on Saturday afternoon, securing a berth in the Grade 1 $115,000-estimated Q-Racing Video Distance Challenge Championship on October 18 at The Downs at Albuquerque.
Bred and ...
By StallioneSearch
EVANSTON, WY—JULY 10, 2025—A competitive field of distance specialists will line up in Race 3 at Wyoming Downs on Saturday, July 12, for the $30,000 Q-Racing Video Wyoming Downs Distance Challenge Stakes.
The 870-yard final will highlight the day’s card at the Evanston oval, with first post set for 1:00 ...
By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch
GRANTS PASS, OR–JULY 5, 2025–Grants Pass Downs played host to an exciting edition of the $52,454 Adequan Grants Pass Derby Challenge on Saturday, July 5, where Eyez On Corona edged out a competitive field to secure the win by a narrow half-length margin.
The 3-year-old brown gelding by The Cartel Hawk out of Angel Eyez by FDD Dynasty stopped the clock in 19.423 seconds for the 400-yard dash on a fast ...
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