OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–DECEMBER 11, 2024–An online version of the 2025 Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale Catalog is now available online.

The 47th annual Winter Mixed Sale will be held January 16 through 18, 2025, at the sale company's facility in Oklahoma City.

Over the three-day event, Heritage Place will offer 1014 broodmares, ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–DECEMBER 8, 2024– Race eight on Sunday night at Los Alamitos, which was the running of the $50,000 1,000 Yard Winter Championship, was declared a no-contest by the racing stewards after a gate malfunction affected the start of the race.

The Winter Championship, the final race on the Sunday night program, will be carded next weekend.

The net pool wagered in Sunday’s Pick 6 was paid in its entirety to tickets that correctly had five out of five going into the final race of the card. The Pick 6 with the numbers ...

LEXINGTON, KY–DECEMBER 8, 2024–Craig Bandoroff will receive the 2024 Jockeys and Jeans Uphill Push Award and will speak at the 10th annual Jockeys and Jeans fundraising event for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund at Gulfstream Park on January 11th.

This annual award is given to the person who provides the most meaningful help to the 60 jockeys who suffered career-ending injuries. Tickets are $100.00, include a buffet luncheon, and can be purchased here.

At the age of 19 in December 1974, Bandoroff was the leading apprentice jockey at Monmouth Park and Garden State Park. At the latter, his mount bolted into the inside rail shortly after the start. His right arm, his use arm, was paralyzed and useless. But ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–DECEMBER 7, 2024–The third annual Heritage Place, "Champions of The Future" Foal in Utero Online Sale, will be conducted from December 10 to 12, 2024.

Bidding will begin on Tuesday, December 10 at 8:00 AM and end on Thursday, December 12 at 5:00 PM, all times are CST.

"The unique 'Champions of The Future Sale' will be the third for Heritage Place to be conducted again in an online-only platform for Foal in Utero consignments," Heritage Place General Manager Spence Kidney says.

Forty-three (43) foals-in-utero, by the ...

OPELOUSAS, LA—DECEMBER 6, 2024—A regular LQHBA Board of Directors meeting will be held on Friday, December 13, in the "John Henry Room" at Evangeline Downs in Opelousas, Louisiana.

The event, set for 2:00 p.m. (CST), is open to all LQHBA members and the public, but attendance is not required.

Please remind anyone interested in attending to notify our office so we can ensure proper seating and refreshments.

For additional ...

CASPER, WY–DECEMBER 4, 2024 –In the past 10 years, Historic Horse Racing distributions have exceeded $6.5 Billion dollars in payouts to players, distributions to cities, towns, and counties, the Breeder's Award Program, the Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account, and to the State of Wyoming.

The Wyoming Gaming Commission, originally known as the Wyoming Pari-Mutuel

Commission, was first established during the 1967 General Session with House Bill No. 130, authorizing pari-mutuel wagering on live racing.

Over the years, the state legislature expanded the scope of the Commission, provided a fund for breeder's awards, authorized simulcasting, and in 2013, House Bill No. 25 redefined simulcast to include historic pari-mutuel events. These landmark bills set the stage ...

HOUSTON, TX—DECEMBER 3, 2024—Nominations to the Grade 2 $450,000-est. Sam Houston Futurity and the Grade 3 $200,000-est. Sam Houston Derby is due Sunday, December 15th. The Sam Houston Race Park Quarter Horse Meet will begin on April 18 and run through June 14. Racing will be conducted on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings beginning at 6:30 p.m. (CDT). Race dates are subject to TRC approval.

The Sam Houston Futurity trials will be contested for the first time at a distance of 350 on Friday, May 23, and Saturday, May 24. The final for the $150,000 added race will be run back at Sam Houston Race Park on Saturday, June 14th.

Horsemen may nominate American Quarter Horse foals of 2023 by paying a nomination fee of $150 on or before Sunday, December 15th.

CLICK HERE to download a nomination and ...

ALTOONA, IA—DECEMBER 3, 2024—Prairie Meadows Casino, Racetrack, & Hotel has announced the live horse racing dates for the 2025 season, which have been approved by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC).

Prairie Meadows 2025 live racing season will begin on Friday, May 9, and conclude on Saturday, September 27. A total of 80 racing days will be scheduled with both Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing offered.

The season begins with 20 days of Thoroughbred-only racing from May 9 – June 14, followed by 60 days of a mixed Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse schedule starting Sunday, June 15 and continuing through Saturday, ...

EDMONTON, ALB, CAN–NOVEMBER 28, 2024–Horse Racing Alberta (HRA) is pleased to announce the 2025 Budget, which includes marked increases to purse allocations and horsemen’s programs across all breeds.

"We are thrilled to announce a $22.1 million investment in Alberta’s horse racing industry through purse allocations, breed improvement, and various industry programs," said Kent Verlik, Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Alberta. "Alberta continues to lead as Canada’s most attractive destination for horse racing outside of Woodbine. We want to make it clear to the industry that horse racing in Alberta ...

RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–NOVEMBER 26, 2024–Longtime Ruidoso Horse Sale Company manager and horseman Lowell D. Neumayer, 80, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Sunday, November 24.

Born December 26, 1943, in Dimmitt, Texas, he farmed and ranched in Dimmitt and Montoya, New Mexico.

In 1988, he became the General Manager of the Ruidoso Horse Sale Company. In 1989, his first year at the helm, the Select Sale grossed $1.7 million. By contrast, the last Select Sale and New Mexico-Bred Sale under his ...

CASPER, WY–NOVEMBER 26, 2024–During the Wyoming Gaming Commission Meeting held on Friday, November 22, 2024, in Casper, Wyoming, the Commissioners approved the requests by state operators to conduct 70 live race dates for 2025. 

An astounding number of race dates from what less than 10 years ago was a diminishing agricultural industry for Wyoming.

The Commission approved live racing and simulcast (which includes historic racing) permits for 307 Horse Racing, Inc, Wyoming Horse Racing, LLC, Wyoming Downs, LLC and the newest operator Cowboy Racing, LLC.

307 Horse Racing, Inc will offer 18 live race days next year at Energy Downs in Gillette.  Their race dates for 2025 will be May 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31 and June 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, ...

SEXSMITH, ALB–NOVEMBER 26, 2024–Charles Gordon Stojan, 81, of Sexsmith, Alberta, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2024, at the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital.

A Celebration of Charles’ life will be held on Friday, November 29, 2024, at 1 p.m. (MST) at the Tara Centre (55051 Township Rd 710).

Charles was born on October 13, 1943, in Belleville, Ontario. Later in life, he became a longtime resident of Sexsmith, Alberta. Charles was the well-known business owner of Stojan ...

ELGIN, TX-NOVEMBER 26, 2024–TQHA sent out several reminders regarding the upcoming season, including the 2025 TQHA Stallion Auction, Texas Classic Futurity, Derby and Purina Feeds Oaks nominations, TQHA Sale Futurity payment reminders.

2025 TQHA Stallion Auction starts on December 2, 2024 and closes at 12:00 pm on January 9, 2025.  As of now ...

COLLEGE STATION, TX–NOVEMBER 25, 2024–AQHA Racing World Champion and former all-time leading money earner Stolis Winner died in his paddock recently at Windham Ranch in College Station, Texas. The All American Futurity(G1) winner was 18.

"I feel like I have had several nice horses in my career, but Stolis Winner was most certainly the best runner we've ever had, breeder-owner Jerry Windham said of himself and his wife Pat.

Windham bred his stakes-placed mare, Veva Jean, to All American Derby(G1) winner Stoli, and Stolis Winner was ...