AJAX, ONT–OCTOBER 22, 2024–Sarah Wincikaby's talented 2-year-old Niigaanii will meet nine other top juveniles in Wednesday's $77,220 Alex Picov Memorial Futurity at Ajax Downs, one of this country's richest Quarter Horse races.

The Futurity, at a challenging 400 yards, is race eight on a big nine-race card that gets underway at 12:55 p.m.

Niigaanii, who was bred by Wincikaby, has won two of his five starts and was second by just a neck in his latest, the Ontario Sires Stakes Futurity, to Runaway Fate, who is also in the Picov Futurity field.

"He's going to run as best as he can," said Wincikaby, who ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–OCTOBER 18, 2024–Nori, a homebred son of Favorite Cartel owned by MRB Racing LLC, drew post 7 for Sunday’s 400-yard, $207,730 La Fiesta Derby for 3-year-olds at Albuquerque Downs.

The fastest qualifier from four trials run September 27, Nori is coming off of a one-length victory in the last heat. The gelding has earned $120,723 from 14 races, and he was a finalist in the sport’s richest race for sophomores, the September 2, ...



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LOS ALAMITOS, CA–OCTOBER 17, 2024–TYKHE Racing LLC’s Dark Nme, winner of nine of her first 12 starts and over $1.6 million in career earnings, will make her West Coast debut when she is one of 33 standout sophomores in the 400-yard trials to the Grade 1, $763,000 Los Alamitos Super Derby on Sunday night.

Trained by Romeo Mireles, Dark Nme will be in action in the first of four Super Derby trials and will start from post number two against a field that includes multiple local derby winner BP Cartel Policy. The horses with the ten fastest times in the trials will advance to the Grade 1 final on Sunday, November 10.

Named ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALBUQUERQUE, NM--OCTOBER 17, 2024--Karmalites, a multiple stakes-winning daughter of the One Famous Eagle stallion The Marfa Lights racing for Fabian Muniz Porras, is one of 10 2-year-olds entered back in Sunday’s 400-yard, $383,353 La Fiesta Futurity (G3) at Albuquerque Downs.

Karmalites will be seeking her third career stakes win and second graded stakes victory, as the sorrel filly has scored wins in the 350-yard, $215,000 ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–OCTOBER 17, 2024–Jeryl Hartley’s Hes Chickless won the Moonist Award in 2023 thanks to his tremendous work rate and great success at high racing levels at Los Alamitos. The colt won the El Primero Del Año Derby and the A Ransom Handicap while racing in five other stakes or derby finals during his sophomore campaign.

The talented son of Hes Relentless is putting together another great resume during his 4-year-old campaign, once again exhibiting great ability and consistency on the racetrack. Hes Chickless will look for his first stakes score of the season when ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI AURORA, CO–OCTOBER 15, 2024–Kali K and Yo Morning Delite are two of the 10 aged sprinters entered in Friday’s 350-yard, $20,300 Pen Pal Stakes at Arapahoe Park near Denver.

A 5-year-old daughter of One Fabulous Eagle trained by Alexander Orozco for owner Luis Marquez, Kali K made her official season debut with a wire-to-wire, one-length victory in the 400-yard, $27,000 Leo Beaudash Stakes at Arapahoe Park on September 28. The Colorado-bred mare and horse for the ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–OCTOBER 11, 2024–Pedro Barbizan Santiago Leite’s Miss Isao Jqm, who in 2022 became the first Quarter Horse in Brazil to win the GP São Paulo, GP Brasil and GP Consecration since 2014, will make her second start at Los Alamitos when she heads the $13,600 allowance feature on Sunday night.

The mare by Mr Jess Perry became ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALBUQUERQUE, NM--OCTOBER 10, 2024--Miss Hi Tide, a stakes-winning and Grade 1-placed daughter of the Dash Ta Fame stallion Woodbridge campaigned by Uno Menos, is one of 10 state-bred 3-year-olds entered in Sunday’s 400-yard, $442,075 New Mexico State Fair Derby (RG3) at Albuquerque Downs.

Miss Hi Tide is the fifth-fastest qualifier from her 1 3/4-length victory in the second of five trials on September 21. The sorrel filly has earned $201,506 from five races in New ...



AJAX DOWNS–OCTOBER 10, 2024–Ajax Downs is the place to be this Thanksgiving Monday, October 14, for Race Day For The United Way, a jam-packed afternoon of Quarter Horse racing, raffles and prizes, a pumpkin giveaway to the first 100 kids, an appearance by the headless horseman, and the 'Turkeys vs. Chickens' race, which is sure to provide laughs.

Bring a new or used clothing item and receive a $5 betting voucher. There is a blanket giveaway while quantities last.

The on-track feature is the $57,150 Ontario Sired Stakes Derby, ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–OCTOBER 10, 2024–As it’s now the norm in the top fillies and mares division, a full field of distaffers will get together for the running of the $35,000 Sound Dash Handicap on Saturday night at Los Alamitos.

The 350-yard Sound Dash is the eighth race on the card, with the Robert Boniface completing the stakes late double.

Los Alamitos is nationally regarded as having the best stakes program for fillies and mares in the nation, and the Sound Dash is another fine example of its strength. The field of 10 will include 2023 AQHA champion Fearless ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

ALBUQUERQUE, NM–OCTOBER 10, 2024–Harken, a graded stakes winning son of Eye Am King and the fastest qualifier, drew post 7 for Sunday’s 400-yard, $1,160,420 New Mexico State Fair Futurity (RG2) for state-bred 2-year-old Quarter Horses at Albuquerque Downs.

A $145,000 yearling purchase at last year’s New Mexico-Bred Sale at Ruidoso Downs, Harken races for Alepony LLC. The sorrel gelding has earned $237,214 from six races -- all in New Mexico -- and his four wins include a nose victory in the 350-yard, $351,000 Mountain Top Futurity (RG2) at Ruidoso ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–OCTOBER 10, 2024–Steve Holt and Jeff Jones’ multimillionaire Empressum, the AQHA Racing World Champion in 2022, will look to become the first back-to-back winner of the Grade 1 Robert Boniface Los Alamitos Invitational Championship since 2017 when he heads a strong field of seven here on Saturday night.

The great Heza Dasha Fire, who won this race in 2016 and 2017, is the last horse to successfully defend his title in this race and is one of only six to have done so ...



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CLAREMORE, OK–OCTOBER 9, 2024–Nine fillies and mares, led by Double G Ranch's Relentless Diamond, are entered in Sunday's 350-yard, $24,000 Miss Ellen Stakes at Will Rogers Downs.

A 4-year-old daughter of champion Hes Relentless trained by Guillermo Valdivia, Relentless Diamond has earned $103,500 from five starts in Oklahoma this year, and he won three of ...



AJAX DOWNS, ONT–OCTOBER 8, 2024–Ontario's top older Quarter Horses meet on Wednesday, October 9, at Ajax Downs in the 51st running of the prestigious Alex Picov Championship at 440 yards.

The $50,940 dash, race seven on the card, marks the second meeting between the 2023 Horse of the Year SNOW MOOSE and the previous two-time Horse of the Year Had To Be Ivory. Five other top runners have been entered, including Princess Maturity winner Queen Charlotte and last year's Championship co-winner (in a dead-heat), Had To Be Relentless.

The first race post time is 12:55 p.m.

Snow Moose, the top 3-year-old in Canada last year who won the Picov Championship last fall only to be ...



BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

SHELBYVILLE, IN–OCTOBER 6, 2024–Keith Bode’s Jess A Flyin Train, a chestnut son of Freighttrain B and the fastest qualifier, drew post 2 for Wednesday’s 400-yard, $142,600 Sterlie Bertram Memorial Stakes (R) for state-bred sophomores at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Jess A Flyin Train is coming off of a half-length victory in the first of three trials on September 18. Raced exclusively in Indiana this year, the gelding has earned $32,766 from five starts, and his record includes a second-place finish, a nose behind winner Tres Of Blood, in the open ...



LOS ALAMITOS, CA–OCTOBER 4, 2024–On a night showcasing some of the top runners in the Intermountain, Northwest and Canada, there will be two trials to the Restricted Grade 3 $77,800 Wild West Futurity plus the running of the $35,000 Blane Schvaneveldt Stakes on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

Horses in the 350-yard Wild West trials needed at least one start in 2024 in the regions listed above to be eligible for this race. The opening Wild West trial will feature juveniles who have raced at seven different racetracks in addition to Los Alamitos.

The other Wild West trial features 2-year-olds who have competed at nine different tracks in ...