HOUSTON, TX–APRIL 25, 2024–On Friday, April 19, Sam Houston Race Park hosted six trials for the John Deere Juvenile Challenge(G3) as well as three trials for the Adequan Derby Challenge, with the ten fastest qualifiers advancing to the final on Friday, May 10.

The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) contacted Sam Houston Race Park on Monday morning to inform the northwest Houston racetrack about a discrepancy in the validity of the reported qualifying times for the John Deere Juvenile Challenge. AQHA did an analysis and reached out to Sam Houston Race Park and communicated with the timing vendor, which is ...

HOUSTON, TX–APRIL 19, 2024–Aguila Rapida, a 2-year-old son of champion sire Tempting Dash from the powerful 'Candy' female line, broke his maiden at first asking on Friday night while posting the fastest qualifying time for the $40,000-added John Deere Sam Houston Juvenile Challenge (G3) on Quarter Horse season opening night at Sam Houston Race Park Friday.

The 10 fastest qualifiers will ...

HOUSTON, TX–APRIL 19, 2024–Ensignia raced to his third win in five starts this season when he defeated Frankie Jr as the post-time favorite while setting the fastest qualifying time for the $40,000-added Adequan Sam Houston Derby Challenge on Friday, San Houston Race Park's 2024 Quarter Season opening night.

The 10 fastest qualifiers will return to the Houston, Texas racetrack on Saturday, May 10th to not only vie for the winner's ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI HOUSTON, TX—APRIL 16, 2024—Sam Houston Race Park will open its 2024 American Quarter Horse meet with a 10-race program dominated by Bank of America Racing Challenge trials. Post time for the first race, a 300-yard first-level allowance dash for sophomore fillies, is set for 6:30 p.m. (CDT) on Friday, April 19. Twenty-nine 3-year-olds are entered in three 400-yard Adequan Sam Houston Derby Challenge trials. The 10 fastest qualifiers will meet in the May 10, $40,000-added final. Lefty, a graded stakes placed son of This Is An Eagle trained by Martin Rodriguez for owner Francisco Guadalupe Guerrero, drew post 8 and will be ridden by Francisco Giles in the first heat. A $6,000 purchase at the 2022 TQHA Yearling Sale in San Antonio, Lefty is coming off of a 2-year-old campaign during which he earned $50,225 from eight races and placed third in the 350-yard, $196,000 TQHA Sires' Cup Futurity ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–APRIL 5, 2024–Bella Vista Farms' A Tres Of Eagle and Donald J. Friesen's A Legacy Of Tales are two of the eight aged sprinters entered in Sunday's 440-yard, $60,000 AQHA Remington Park Championship Challenge (G2). A Tres Of Eagle is a 5-year-old son of One ...

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–APRIL 5, 2024–A field of seven distance specialists, led by Kelly Yother Equine's O Donovan Rossa, will face the Remington Park starter in ...