by Greg Thompson, StallioneSearch.com

BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA-MARCH 24, 2023-After returning to the saddle following a near-death injury that left the veteran rider in a coma for three-weeks, jockey Everardo Rodriguez booted home his first-stakes winner since returning to the saddle in Friday's $107,000 Louisiana Downs Maiden Classic Stakes (not black type).

The 34 year-old native of San Luis Potosí, a city in central Mexico, suffered a compression fraction in his back and a brain bruise as a result on the spill at Delta Downs aboard Tf Fortunate One. The well-respected rider ...



by Greg Thompson, Stallionesearch.com

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 24, 2023–StallioneSearch.com continues its webcast coverage of the 2023 Oklahoma Futurity and Derby weekend with the release of episode 2.  Remington Park plays hosts to eight stakes races on its Saturday March 25, 2023, race card.

On this episode, StallioneSearch stops by the barn of former AQHA World Champion trainer Eddie D. Willis, who trains the fastest-qualifier of the 2023 $234,860 Oklahoma Derby(G3), Lawless Wallace.  ...


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by Greg Thompson, StallioneSearch.com

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MARCH 24, 2023–StallioneSearch.com begins its webcast coverage of the 2023 Oklahoma Futurity and Derby weekend with the release of episode 1.  Remington Park plays hosts to eight stakes races on its Saturday March 25, 2023, race card.

On this episode, StallioneSearch stops by the barn of trainer James Goodnight who trains the fastest-qualifier of the $533,270 Oklahoma Futurity(G2), Piano Man Sam.  The gelded son of leading sire ...



SHELBYVILLE, IN–MARCH 24, 2023–The Quarter Horse Racing Association of Indiana (QHRAI) held its annual awards banquet on Saturday, March 11th at the Horseshow Indianapolis in Shelbyville.

Following a reception and buffet dinner the 2022 QHRAI & Breed Development Awards Presentation was held.

The following awards were presented:

2022 QHRAI OPEN HIGH POINT AWARDS

2022 QHRAI TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLY WRS HAVA DASHER (KY) Owner Williams Racing Stables, Inc., Trainer Randy Smith, Breeder Williams Racing Stables, ...




CELINA, TX–MARCH 23, 2023–A celebration of life will be held Saturday for Jack “Corky” Wilson Evans, Jr. of Celina, Texas.  The services will be conducted at the 2 p.m. (CDT) at the Waterview Church of Christ on 1409 Waterview Drive, Richardson, Texas.

Friends are invited to Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home, 2525 ...



OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 22, 2023—Easy Money Chase, the free online Remington Park racing game is open and set for play during the remainder of the 2023 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season at Remington Park.

The top players in the contest will split more than $6,000 in prize money with the best contestant winning the Grand Prize of $3,000!

The Easy Money Chase game begins on Oklahoma Futurity Night, Saturday, March 25. All contestants simply need to visit remingtonpark.com, click on the Easy Money Chase button at the top of the site, then register/sign-in to begin ...



LEXINGTON, KY–MARCH 21, 2023–After announcing some of the world's richest horse races, longtime announcer Robert Fox, Jr. will call the races for the upcoming Quarter Horse meet in Lexington, Kentucky at the 2023 Sandy Ridge At The Red Mile meet on April 1st  thru April 6th.

Fox, Jr. will be the voice of Sandy Ridge at Red Mile as the meet transpires for six-days of Quarter Horse racing in the heart of the Kentucky bluegrass country, where hundreds of the nation's top quarter horses will be racing throughout the week, with more than $1.2 million in purses to be ...



HOUSTON, TX–MARCH 21, 2023–Sam Houston Race Park is pleased to announce that Mike Acton has been hired as the track's Racing Secretary.  Acton, 48, assumed the role on February 3 and will serve in the same capacity at Retama Park and Zia Park during their respective meets later in 2023.

"Mike is an experienced racing professional who has deep connections in our region that will serve the industry well," Sam Houston Vice ...



WAYNE, OK—MARCH 20, 2023—When the 2025 racing season rolls around the first crop of offspring to hit the racetrack of four-time graded stakes winning Eagles Fly Higher will all be vying for the chance at ...




RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–MARCH 20, 2023–Get ready for a jam-packed Summer Concert Series at Ruidoso Downs Race Track & Casino. The Summer Concert Series coincides with the 46-day race meet that begins Memorial Day weekend and runs through Labor Day.

The ...



HOUSTON, TX—MARCH 18, 2023—The condition book for the upocming Sam Houston Race Park Quarter Horse meet is now avaialble online or by CLICKING HERE.

Sam Houston Race Park will kick off its 2023 Quarter Horse racing season on Friday, April 21 and run through Saturday, June 17. Stall applications for the  meet are due by Friday, March 24 and the barn area opens Monday April 17. The online stall application is available by CLICKING HERE.

All additional information nomination forms can be found on the track website SHRP.COM under the "Horseman's ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA—MARCH 18, 2023— Since February 1, jockeys Armando Cervantes and Kevin Camacho are tied for the lead in the overall jockey standings in wins.

Cervantes is winning at 36% clip with eight Quarter Horse wins coming his 22 mounts down the straightaway, while Camacho has won at a 42% ratio with eight victories from 19 starters in Thoroughbred and Mixed-breed ...



GRAND PRAIRIE, TX–MARCH 17, 2023–The Lone Star Park Charitable Foundation for Grand Prairie - a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization will host its annual grant ceremony at Lone Star Park on Tuesday (March 21). Being awarded are local Grand Prairie charity and non-profit organizations.

Charities chosen to share in the distribution are - Boys ...



by Ray Paulick, PaulickReport.com

Veterinarian Justin Robinson, criminally charged in 2017 with multiple counts of illegally influencing the outcome of a horse race, was given a $500 fine and probation in a deferred adjudication agreement approved in Bexar County District Court in  San Antonio, Texas, Feb. ...