By Louanne Wainscott / Stallionesearch

SELMA, TX–JULY 11, 2025–Retama Park will be the center of Texas Quarter Horse racing on Saturday evening as it hosts the rescheduled TQHA Sale Futurity Trials, initially slated for July 3, 109 juveniles will line up across eleven trial heats, each vying for one of ten coveted spots in the restrcited Grade 1 TQHA Sale Futurity Finals on July 26, featuring a purse of $614,485 over 350 yards.

The first trial begins with Race 1 at approximately 6:15 P.M., headlined by Eagle On A June Bug, the 2-1 morning line favorite. Purchased for ...

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ALTOONA, IA–JULY 10, 2025–A field of talented Iowa-bred three-year-olds will line up Saturday, July 12, for the $57,290 Cyclone Derby at Prairie Meadows. The race will be contested at 350 yards with an approximate post time of 6:50 p.m. (CDT).

The final is part of the track’s Quarter Horse stakes calendar and highlights the continuing success of local breeding programs.

Morning-line favorite Prize Flyter (9-5) will break from post four for owners ...

By Darbie Cullipher, Race Marketing Intern

SHELBYVILLE, IN–JULY 10, 2025– For German Rodriguez, the journey from jockey to trainer has come full circle, and just in time for one of the biggest Quarter Horse days of the meet at Horseshoe Indianapolis Racing & Casino. On Saturday, July 19, Rodriguez will return to the paddock with a special mount, Heza Hawkeye, a Texas-bred 2-year-old gelding who ...

By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

VINTON, LA–JULY 9, 2025–Delta Downs will showcase the $75,000 Restricted Grade 2 Louisiana Classic Stakes on Saturday, July 12, with an approximate post time for Race 7 at 8:56 p.m. (CST).

The 440-yard test for Accredited Louisiana-bred Quarter Horses three years old and upward highlights a 10-race card loaded with nine stakes races (see ...

By Louanne Wainscott / Stallionesearch

EVANSTON, WY–JULY 9, 2025–Friday afternoon’s race card at Wyoming Downs showcases the best Wyoming-bred juvenile talent, with ten highly anticipated trial heats for the Ron Cook Wyoming Bred Futurity Trials. Ninety-three promising two-year-olds will compete across ten 330-yard heats, all vying for a top-ten fastest time and a coveted berth in the $25,000-added Ron Cook Wyoming Bred Futurity Final, slated for July 27, 2025.

All eyes will be on R Dash Of Fire, the standout of ...

SHAKOPEE, MN—JULY 9, 2025—Quarter horse trainer Jason Olmstead has the makings for a very good night Thursday at Canterbury Park. He has seven 2-year-olds in the $57,156 MQHRA Stallion Auction Futurity and entered two in the $22,400 Bob Morehouse Stakes.

Olmstead ran nine horses in the MQHRA Futurity trials on June 24 and qualified seven, including the six fastest qualifiers. Holliewood, the quickest of the seven, ...

By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

VINTON, LA–JULY 8, 2025–The stars of Louisiana’s 2-year-old Quarter Horse crop will converge at Delta Downs on Saturday, July 12, for the $597,622 restricted Grade 1 Lee Berwick Futurity, a marquee event for accredited Louisiana-bred juveniles.

The 350-yard final is set for a Race 10 on a stakes laden card Saturday with estimated post time of 10:17 PM (CDT) under the lights at Delta.

Headlining the field is morning-line favorite RF Fast Dash N Blood (6-5), owned by Jaime Cardenas and trained by Miguel A. Castillo. The gelded son of champion sire Apollitical Blood, out of Fast Dash N Deb by Heza Fast Dash, bred by ...

By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

VINTON, LA–JULY 8, 2025–A field of ten accredited Louisiana-bred 3-year-old colts and geldings will clash in Saturday night’s $154,230 Delta Downs Louisiana Bred Derby at 400 yards.

The ...

By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

VINTON, LA–JULY 8, 2025–A field of accredited Louisiana-bred 3-year-old fillies will line up for the $134,755 Delta Downs Louisiana-Bred Oaks final on Saturday night at Delta Downs.

The final is ...

By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–JULY 6, 2025–A talented field of ten 3-year-olds is set for the $709,045 Grade 1 Rainbow Quarter Horse Derby at 440 yards on Saturday at Ruidoso Downs.

First post for the July 12 card is 1:00 p.m. (MDT). The Rainbow Derby goes as Race 10 with an approximate post time of 4:54 p.m.

Ruidoso Downs’ fast strip will ...

By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–JULY 6, 2025–A field of ten three-year-old fillies will line up Saturday, July 12, for the $550,548 Grade 1 Rainbow Quarter Horse Oaks at Ruidoso Downs.

The 440-yard final for ...

By Jennifer Morrison

AJAX DOWNS–JULY 7, 2025–One of the most unique races at Ajax Downs is the Gridiron Gallop, a 110-yard dash named for the length of a Canadian Football League field. It's a popular wager with bettors as the start occurs virtually in front of the fans, and occasionally, a track record will be set.

This Wednesday, July 9, a featured event on the seven-race card is race 6, an allowance dash at the Gridiron distance for horses who have never won at the 110 yards. Three of the seven entrants have never even ...

By: Louanne Wainscott/Stallionesearch

SHAKOPEE, MN–JULY 7, 2025–Thursday evening’s race card at Canterbury Park promises fireworks on and off the track, with two significant stakes races highlighting the night: the $57,156 MQHRA ...