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BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 15, 2024–Four graded stakes will headline Saturday's 12-race program at Remington Park. Post time for the first of a dozen races is set for 6 p.m. (CDT). Two of the stakes -- the SLM Big Daddy Stakes (G3) and Mighty Deck Three Stakes (RG2) -- are postponed from last week. Run at 550-yards for a purse of $50,000, the SLM Big Daddy drew a field of 10 middle-distance specialists, led by Im No Lawyer Butt. A sorrel 4-year-old ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–MARCH 14, 2024–Hes Chickless, the winner of the Moonist Award in 2023, will now look to win the running of the $40,000 Moonist Stakes when he leads a strong field of eight runners in the eighth race on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

​​A multiple stakes winner, Hes Chickless is owned by Jeryl Hartley, who along with her husband, the late Ron Hartley, campaigned the great champion Moonist during a career that spanned 34 starts for 24 wins from 2013 to 2016.

Ron Hartley dreamed of winning the race named in honor of his Grade 1 stakes winning champion and he came close a few times. His stakes winning gelding Black Fryday ran third in the 2019 running of this race and the Hartleys’ multiple ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–MARCH 14, 2024Gary Laramie’s Jessica Cruz and Ed Allred’s Remember Her, a pair of stakes winner in 2023, will face off fourth time in their careers when the two hard-knocking ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

LEXINGTON, KY–MARCH 14, 2024–Seven sprinters, led by early favorite Piloted By An Angel, will square off in Sunday's 220-yard, $45,000 Cherokee Overnight Stakes at The Red Mile.

Trained by Anthony Cunningham for owner Salvador Villalobos, Piloted By Angel will be making the first start of her 4-year-old season. The daughter of Paint My Pilot earned $37,260 from four outs last year, and he ended his sophomore season with a second-place finish, 1 1/4 lengths ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SUNLAND PARK, NM--MARCH 13, 2024--Recent maiden breakers Daou and Bout Perfect lead a group of 120 2-year-olds entered in Sunday's 300-yard West Texas Futurity (G2) trials at Sunland Park. A dozen heats will be contested, starting at 12:25 p.m. (MDT). The 10 fastest qualifiers will meet in the $100,000-added West Texas Futurity final on April 6. Daou is a bay son of champion FDD Dynasty trained by Fred Danley for owner J & SM ...



OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 13, 2024—The two opening weekend stakes at Remington Park – the SLM Big Daddy Stakes and Mighty Deck Three Stakes – have been rescheduled for Saturday, March 16.

The two stakes were postponed this past Sunday due to power issues in ...



SUNLAND PARK, NM–MARCH 12, 2024–Recent winner HS Danger Weapon is one of 94 state-bred 2-year-old Quarter Horses entered in Saturday’s 300-yard New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG2) trials at Sunland Park. A homebred son of Osbaldo racing for Hubaldo Solis of Peralta, New Mexico, HS Danger Weapon made his debut with a three-quarter length victory in a 300-yard, $30,000 maiden-special-weight dash for New Mexico-bred ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 12, 2024–Lett It Happen, a 5-year-old Jet Black Patriot stallion racing for Eutimio Torres, is the 8-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday's 400-yard, $30,000 Lip Chip Stakes at Louisiana Downs. Lett It Happen made his season debut with a three-quarter length win in the February 28, 350-yard Mr Jess Perry Stakes (R) for Louisiana-breds. The stallion earned $51,415 from 10 races last year, and he ended his ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 9, 2024–Nine middle-distance specialists, led by Im No Lawyer Butt, are entered in Sunday's 550-yard, $50,000 SLM Big Daddy Stakes (G2) at Remington Park. A 4-year-old son of One Famous Eagle trained by Mike Joiner for owners Scott and Jaime Bryant, Im No Lawyer Butt will be making his first start since November 19, when he ran third, a ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 8, 2024–Party Tyme Racing's Eyesa Freighttrain B and Jo Rice's Cardiac Cowboy head a group of 56 sophomores entered in Sunday's 350-yard Oklahoma Derby (G3) trials at Remington Park. A bay son of Freighttrain B trained by Jose R. Espinosa, Eyesa Freighttrain B will be making his season debut off of a 2-year-old campaign during which ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–MARCH 3 2024–Grade 1 winner You Can Run, the decorated Cattail Cove, and stakes winners Up The Interest and JessBeing A Friend are among the six top sprinters that will square off in the featured $15,000 allowance main event on Saturday at Los Alamitos.          ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 5, 2024–This weekend's live racing action at Louisiana Downs will be dominated by Mardi Gras Futurity (RG2) trials for state-bred 2-year-olds. First post time for Saturday and Sunday is set for 1:05 p.m. (Central). Eighteen 300-yard heats -- nine each day -- will be run. The five fastest qualifier from each day's trials will race ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SUNLAND PARK, NM–MARCH 5, 2024–Whiskey Creek, a Grade 1-winning son of world champion Apollitical Jess owned by Rancho AA LLC, is one of 30 aged sprinters entered in Sunday's 400-yard West Texas Maturity (G3) trials at Sunland Park. A $300,000 purchase at the 2021 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, Whiskey Creek will be making his first start since December 9, when he ran 10th, three lengths behind winner Flash Bak, in the sport's richest and most prestigious race for older runners, the 440-yard, $750,000 Champion of Champions (G1) at Los Alamitos. The ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 4, 2024–A total of 144 2-year-olds -- all of whom will be making their first official starts -- are entered in this week's Oklahoma Futurity (G2) trials at Remington Park. Eight 300-yard heats will be contested on Friday and Saturday. The five fastest qualifiers from each night of trials will meet in the $500,000-est. Oklahoma Futurity final on March 23. Seventy-two juveniles are entered in Friday's trials, led by Reliance ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 4, 2024–A total of 126 2-year-olds are entered in this week's 300-yard Louisiana Downs Futurity (G2) trials. A total of 14 trials -- seven on Thursday and seven on Friday -- will be contested. The five fastest qualifiers from each day of trials will meet in the March 30, $250,000-est. Louisiana Downs Futurity final. Thursday's heats are led by Tempting Debut GL, a homebred son ...



SELMA, TX–MARCH 4, 2024–Summer sale graduate continue to dominate training races this time of year. Retama Park will host its third training race card on Wednesday (Mar 6) with 24 of 33 juveniles entered being graduates of the TQHA, Ruidoso, Heritage Place, Los Alamitos or LQHBA Yearling Sales.

A six-race "non-wagering" card is set for a noon (CST) first-post. Training races at the San Antonio area racetrack are open to the public for free viewing.

The top eight high-sellers, of 24 sales graduates entered, on Wednesday come ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–MARCH 3, 2024–Wednesday's eight-race program at Louisiana Downs will be dominated by 400-yard trials for the Mardi Gras Derby (R) for state-bred 3-year-olds and Mardi Gras Oaks (R) for state-bred sophomore fillies. First post time for Wednesday's card is set for 1:05 p.m. (CST). Thirty-one Louisiana bred fillies are entered in four Mardi Gras Oaks trials. Special Wild Train B, a daughter of Freighttrain B leased by Bobby D. ...



OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 1, 2024–The Remington Park racing office has compiled the racing card for the first night of the 2024 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season at Remington Park. A total of 12 races were drawn for the opener on Thursday, March 7.

The first night of the season will feature six trials for the Grade 1 Oklahoma Paint & Appaloosa Futurity. A group of 53 Paints and Appaloosas will compete at 300 yards, attempting to qualify in the fastest 10 for the final field on Saturday, March 23. The Paints have the majority of the trial ...




LOS ALAMITOS, CA–FEBRUARY 29, 2024–Trials to the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Oaks, one of the premier races for sophomore fillies in the nation in both purse money and stature, and the Grade 2 El Primero Del Año Derby will headline the 12-race Sunday night program here.

The Oaks trials were moved to Sunday night after the track cancelled the Saturday card due to rain.

The same 25 fillies that were set to race on Saturday came back to compete in the trials on Sunday, ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–FEBRUARY 29, 2024–Keith Nellesen’s Political Rivalry, a multiple graded futurity winner at Los Alamitos in 2023, and Jorge Carmona’s Five Bar Supreme, also a futurity winner here last year, are among the 22 sophomores that will race in the trials to the $204,200 El Primero Del Ano Derby on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

The runners in the El Primero trials will be divided into three trials and were carded as races 7,8 and 9 on the 12-race card. The evening’s action will ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SUNLAND PARK, NM–FEBRUARY 28, 2024–Over Da Edge, a graded stakes winning daughter of Eye Am King racing for Miguel Y. Gallegos and Mauricio Gallegos, will make her next start in Sunday’s 350-yard, $100,000 Sunburst Stakes (RG3) for New Mexico-bred 3-year-old fillies at Sunland Park. Over Da Edge will be shortening in distance off of her neck victory in the 400-yard, $193,000 Shue Fly Stakes (RG2) on February 4. A $24,500 purchase from breeder MJ Farms at the 2022 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, the filly is ...



OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—FEBRUARY 27, 2024—Trainer Cody Noel led the way after the first week of training races at Remington Park with five winners, but Trey Wood flew past him like he was standing still after the second week.

Who will have the hot hand as Remington Park hosts ...



BOSSIER CITY, LA–FEBRUARY 26, 2024–A special early post has been set Thursday (Feb 29) at Louisiana Downs when 83 3-year-old and up hopefuls will contest 10 trial races for the $156,500 Louisiana Downs Maiden Classic (not black type).

First post is 12:05 p.m. (CST).

The 10 fastest qualifiers, that were maidens at time of nomination, will return to the Bossier City racetrack on Saturday, March 23 to vie for the winner's share ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SUNLAND PARK, NM–FEBRUARY 26, 2024–Adrian Zapata's One Little Liar, a stakes-winning son of One Valiant Hero and the fastest qualifier, leads a field of 13 sophomores entered back in Saturday's 400-yard, $156,900 West Texas Derby (G3) at Sunland Park. One Little Liar made his local debut with a neck victory in the first of seven West Texas Derby trials on February 10. The gelding has earned $104,889 from eight races, and his four wins include last year's 350-yard, $172,000 Four Corners Futurity at SunRay Park. One Little Liar was a $25,000 purchase ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI PHOENIX, AZ–FEBRUARY 25, 2024–Twenty-nine 3-year-olds, led by Jimenas Ranch's Dashin Hocks, are entered in Thursday's 350-yard AQRA President's Open Spring Derby trials at Turf Paradise. The 10 fastest qualifiers from Thursday's three heats will meet in the March 21, $30,000-added final. Dashin Hocks is a gelded son of Kiss My Hocks trained by Angel Hernandez Dominguez, and he's coming off of a juvenile ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–FEBRUARY 24, 2024–Eutimio Torres' Lett It Happen and Jennifer Walker's One Sweet Rogue lead a field of five state-bred sprinters entered in Wednesday's 350-yard, $30,000 Mr Jess Perry Stakes (R) at Louisiana Downs. The 6-5 morning-line favorite, Lett It Happen will be making his 5-year-old season debut from the barn of trainer Gilberto Rosales. The Jet Black Patriot stallion will be shortening in distance off of his second-place finish, three-quarters of a length behind winner Mr ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–FEBRUARY 23, 2024Adan Farias will saddle two strong contenders including fastest qualifier SM Jess Corona in the running of the $115,000 Los Alamitos Maiden Stakes (not black type) on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

Owned and bred by Santos Montemayor, SM Jess Corona surprised all when he won his trial race at 30-1 odds while covering the distance in the ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–FEBRUARY 23, 2024–Battle Born Racing's Tizlightning, who swept the two major races held at 1,000 yards at Los Alamitos in 2023, will make his season debut when he headlines the fourth race on Sunday night card here.

Trained by Jesus Uranga, Tizlightning will be in action in an $18,000 allowance at 1,000 yards while facing a strong field that includes the Ryan Hanson-trained Helladic, who scored a ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–FEBRUARY 22, 2024–APick Six Carryover of $28,534 and a pair of a stakes races each with a field of 10 distaffers will highlight an action-packed Saturday night at Los Alamitos.   

The Pick Six will start in race number four and will include the running's ...



OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—FEBRUARY 18, 2024—Remington Park will host 21 schooling races over two days this week, Wednesday (Feb 21) and Thursday (Feb 22), for 2-Year-Old Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosas.

First post each day is 11:00 am. (CST). All races are contested over a ...



SELMA, TX–FEBRUARY 18, 2024–Leading trainer John Stinebaugh will send out seven juveniles in Wednesday's nine training races contested over 250 yards at Retama Park. Two of those brought a final bid of $100,000 each during last year's summer sales.

Fifty 2-year-old Quarter Horses are scheduled to take part in the second day of training races this year at the San Antonio area racetrack.  First post is set for noon (CST).

Stinebaugh will saddle $100,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale gradate Holy Pete for owner Zane Kiehne ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–FEBRUARY 16, 2024–With the recent retirement of the millionaire Apollitical Pence, there will be a new Winter Champion crowned on Sunday night when an outstanding field of nine older horses compete in the running of the Grade 1, $135,400 Brad McKinzie Los Alamitos Winter Championship here on Sunday night.

Apollitical Pence won this race the past two years, but now there’s a new group of standouts ready to add a victory in this ...



SUNLAND PARK, NM—FEBRUARY 15, 2024—White Lightenin, a 4-year-old son of leading sire Eye Am King racing for Denis and Julie Schoenhofer, will risk his win streak in Saturday’s 350-yard, $100,000 Pepsi Cola Handicap (R) for New Mexico-bred Quarter Horses at Sunland Park.

White Lightenin has won his last three starts, including the November 26, $229,000 New Mexico Classics Derby (RG2) at ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–FEBRUARY 15, 2024–A first time Grade 1 stakes winner will be crowned on Saturday night when a talented field of sophomores face off in the running of the $174,200 Los Alamitos Winter Derby.

While each of the nine starters in this 400-yard derby will aim for their first Grade 1 victory, ...



OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–FEBRUARY 14, 2024–Seven six-figure yearlings will be among the 102 juveniles slated to make their career debuts during 13 more schooling races at Remington Park Thursday.

First post is 11:00 a.m. with all races contested over a distance of 250 yards.  The first ...



OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–FEBRUARY 14, 2024–Schooling races for the 2024 Remington Park Quarter Horse season will get under way today with 13 races carded.

First post is 11:00 a.m. with all races contested over a distance of 250 yards.  The first three races are for Paint and Appaloosa juveniles and races 4 through 13 will feature 2-year-old ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI PHOENIX, AZ–FEBRUARY 13, 2024–You Cant Drive 95, a sorrel daughter of the Jet Black Patriot stallion You Drive I Fly owned by J Lazy Six Racing, is one of seven sophomores entered in Thursday's 300-yard, $30,000 Desert Classic Stakes (R) for 3-year-olds sired by participating stallions at Turf Paradise. You Cant Drive 95 will be making her first official start since October 22, when she finished eighth after a troubled start in the 350-yard, $86,000 Wild West Futurity (RG3) at Los Alamitos. The filly has earned ...



OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—FEBRUARY 9, 2024—Remington Park begins training races Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 14 & 15, with 203 horses entered in 13 races each day.

The schooling races help to prepare 2-year-old horses for the upcoming American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa race meeting that begins Thursday, March 7.

The training races will begin at 11 a.m. (CST) each day.

Two of the top three trainers from last year’s spring race meet at ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–FEBRUARY 9, 2024–Led by several runners with strong efforts in Grade 1 futurity trials last year, 44 sophomores have been entered in the trials to the $115,000 Los Alamitos Maiden Stakes on Saturday.             

Horses are eligible to compete in the 350-yard trials if they are maidens as of November 1. Since then, 11 have paid a visit to the winner’s circle and two of them have made a pair of trips to the ...



BOSSIER CITY, LA–FEBRUARY 7, 2023–State-bred juveniles takes the spotlight Saturday at Louisiana Downs when 101 2-year-olds will compete in 16 schooling races.  First post is 11:00 a.m. ICST).

All participants are eligible to make the final payment to the March 8 and 9 trials for the Mardi Gras ...



BOSSIER CITY, LA–FEBRUARY 6, 2024–Fifty-three juveniles, including a number of 2023 "summer sale" graduates, are set to make their unofficial career debut in nine schooling races on Friday at Louisiana Downs.

All starters are eligible to compete in the 300 yard Grade 2 Louisiana ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SUNLAND PARK, NM–FEBRUARY 6, 2024–Wired 440, a multiple graded stakes winning son of champion Tempting Dash racing for Alberto Villanueva Jr., will make his 3-year-old season debut in Saturday's 400-yard West Texas ...



SELMA, TX–FEBRUARY 5, 2024–Retama Park will host 14 schooling races for two-year-olds on Wednesday. Post time for the first race is noon (CST).

Ninety-five juveniles, headed by a number top "summer sale" graduates from TQHA, Heritage Place, Ruidoso and LQHBA will make their career debuts at 250 yards.

Forty-two sires will be represented including first crop stallions Gold Heart ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI BOSSIER CITY, LA–FEBRUARY 5, 2024–John T. Sargent's Patty Wagon Train, a stakes-winning daughter of the Pyc Paint Your Wagon stallion BP Wagon Train, is one of 10 state-bred distaffers entered in Thursday's 330-yard, $30,000 Billy ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI PHOENIX, AZ–FEBRUARY 3, 2024–Charlies Fast Man, a 6-year-old son of champion Apollitical Blood and a stakes winner during the Lone Star Park fall meet, heads a field of 12 sprinters entered in Wednesday's 300-yard, $30,000 Wayne Brasher Memorial Stakes at Turf Paradise. Trained by Diego Cervantes for owner Jose Aguilar Mendoza, Charlies Fast Man will be making his season debut off of a 5-year-old campaign during which he earned $33,475 from eight races and scored a wire-to-wire, 1 1/2-length victory in the 440-yard, $35,000 Equineline Stakes on the October 21 ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SUNLAND PARK, NM–FEBRUARY 1, 2024–Freedom Flash, a homebred son of 2009 AQHA Racing champion aged stallion First Moonflash, will make his 8-year-old season debut in Sunday’s 870-yard, $100,000 Starr Western Wear Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds at Sunland Park. Trained by Todd Fincher for owners Pierre and Leslie Amestoy and Roger K. Beasley, Freedom Flash will be facing state-breds off of his third-place finish, 1 1/4 lengths behind winner and eventual AQHA champion distance horse The Grand Legend, in the December 17, 870-yard ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI SUNLAND PARK, NM-–ANUARY 31, 2024–Call Me Jessiecartel, a son of Jess A Chicks and the fastest qualifier from five trials run on January 13, is one of 10 New Mexico-bred 3-year-old Quarter Horses entered back in Sunday’s 400-yard, $100,000-added Shue Fly Stakes (RG2) at Sunland Park. Trained by Eric Valenzuela for owners ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JANUARY 26, 2024–Grade 1 winners Apollitical Pence, Jeriko, Scoops Dynasty, Take A Swig Of This and London Toby are among the 12 top older runners that will be in action in the trials to the Grade 1, $135,400 Brad McKinzie Los Alamitos Winter Championship to be held on Sunday night.

Apollitical Pence will ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–JANUARY 25, 2024–Headed by Grade 1 stakes placed runners Rockin With Energy, Optical Illusion and Kevins Wise Corona, 22 sophomores will be in action in a trio of trials to the Grade 1, $174,200 Los Alamitos Winter Derby trials on Saturday night.

The trials will be conducted at the ...



SUNLAND PARK, NM–JANUARY 19, 2024–Jimmy Vasquez's EBW Dancnthemoonlite and Oscar Diaz's Brookes Legacy will make their season debuts in Sunday's 400-yard, $100,000 Lou Wooten/Sydney Valentini Stakes (RG2) for New Mexico-bred distaffers at Sunland Park. A 5-year-old daughter of champion First Moonflash trained by David Gomez-Barraza, EBW Dancnthemoonlite will be ...