LOS ALAMITOS, CA—DECEMBER 5, 2019—Los Alamitos Race Course will host a special post-position draw at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 11 for the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity and Grade 1 Champion of Champions. The draw will take place in the Finish Line Room at Los Alamitos and will be televised nationally on TVG. Media members, horsemen and the general public are invited to attend the draw festivities. Los Alamitos track announcer Ed Burgart will also announce the morning line for the December 14 Champion of Champions and December 15 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity. Burgart will call both of these tremendous race for a final time before retiring from the announcer’s booth on the meet’s closing night, ...

TUCSON, AZ—DECEMBER 5, 2019—The University of Arizona's Race Track Industry Program Symposium will kick off on Monday, December 9, and runs through the 11th. The annual Global Symposium on Racing held in Tucson, Arizona, has been held each December since 1974, and discusses racing topics across horse breeds, Greyhound and racinos. Topics presented during the Symposium include issues and trends of importance to the pari-mutuel industry such as international simulcasting, account wagering, marketing, track surfaces, track operations, new technologies and regulation. Symposium speakers and panel sessions represent the who's who of the racing industry as well as specialists from outside the field. The broad cross-section of North American and international participants, representing all pari-mutuel racing breeds, makes the ...

SUNLAND PARK, NM—DECEMBER 5, 2019—Live racing at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino is only three weeks away. The 61st live racing season begins on Thursday, December 26 and extends through Tuesday, April 21, 2020. The highly anticipated 68-day meet offers some of the most attractive races in the Southwest. The season is powered by the $700,000 Sunland Derby (Gr. III) and a sparkling stakes schedule worth $5 million filled with 33 stakes races worth $100,000 or more. Over $1.5 million in purses will be on the line during Sunland ...

LEXINGTON, KY—DECEMBER 4, 2019—Bidding began December 2 and will continue for one week for halters of history-making racehorses, stallions and broodmares on the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium, an industry 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, eBay page. All proceeds from this auction go to the RMTC’s Tactical Research Program, which funds studies focused on the identification and detection of illicit substances impacting racing integrity and safety. Among the horses represented is leading living Quarter Horse sire, Corona Cartel (view halter). Other halters offered include Thoroughbreds Arrogate, Awesome Again, ...

AMARILLO, TX—DECEMBER 4, 2019—The American Quarter Horse Association released the following rulings for horses who competed in 2019 "Stakes Races" that required disqualifications due to medication positives.

• ADDY ANN ANGEL EYES has been disqualified from 2nd place in the Rita Danley Distaff Stakes race held on June 30, 2019 due ...

BOSSIER CITY, LA—DECEMBER 4, 2019—The 2020 Quarter Horse racing season will get underway at Harrah’s Louisiana Downs on Saturday, January 4. The 46-day meet will include 12 stakes highlighted by the first official futurity of the year, the $100,000-added Mardi Gras Futurity (RG2) on Saturday, March 14. Last year’s $310,466 Mardi Gras ...

OPELOUSAS, LA—DECEMBER 3, 2019—Evangeline Downs will be hosting the biggest night in Louisiana Quarter Horse racing on Saturday night. There will be four stakes races on the 10-race program, the $1,000,000 LQHBA Louisiana Million (RG1), the $280,661 LQHBA Breeders Derby, the $40,000 LQHBA Invitational and the $30,000 Scoopies Leaving You ...

AMARILLO, TX—DECEMBER 3, 2019—The American Quarter Horse Association released the following rulings for horses who competed in 2019 "Stakes Races" that required disqualifications due to ...

OPELOUSAS, LA—DECEMBER 2, 2019—StallioneSearch.com launched its 2019 coverage of the restricted Grade 1 LQHBA Louisiana Million Futurity with a special "Million" page today. Bios of the 10 fastest qualifiers from the November 15th trials at Evangeline Downs can found on the special "Million" coverage page by CLICKING HERE. "All 10 finalist passed through the 2018 LQHBA Yearling or Mixed Sale which demonstrates the quality of yearlings LQHBA Breeders are bringing to market," LQHBA Executive Director Bruce Salard said. "With a $445,000 winner's purse plus a $111,250 ...

TAYLOR UT—DECEMBER 2, 2019—Funeral services for Utah horseman Thomas Kirk Favero will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, December 5 at the Taylor Stake Center, 2200 South 4300 West in Taylor, Utah.. The family will meet with friends Wednesday (Dec. 4) from 6 to 8 pm (MST) at Lindquist’s Roy Mortuary, 3333 West 5600 South and Thursday (Dec. ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—DECEMBER 2, 2019—The 2020 Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale Catalog is available online at their website CLICKING HERE. User's should allow for a little extra initial download time due to the size of the book, depending on their connection. ...

FARGO, ND—NOVEMBER 29, 2019—Live horse racing will return to the North Dakota Horse Park in Fargo and Chippewa Downs near Belcourt in 2020, after the North Dakota Racing Commission approved 18 days of racing between the two tracks last week. According to a report by the Forum News Service, the commission granted the North Dakota Horse Park ...

ALEXANDRIA, LA—NOVEMBER 29, 2019—Eligible Louisiana Bred Quarter Horse foals may nominate to the $400,000-est. 2020 LQHBA Sale Futurity(RG1) on or before December 1. Any 2018 Louisiana Bred Quarter Horse foal paid to date in the 2020 Louisiana Million Futurity (RG1) that passed through the sale ring of the 2019 LQHBA Yearling Sale or the ...