QH RACING TALK WEEKLY PODCAST: EP.83 AQHA Challenge Champioships Preview Podcast

StallioneSearch.com previews Saturday night’s AQHA Challenge Championships at The Downs at Albuquerque in Episode 83 of the QH Racing Talk–Weekly podcast, exploring the event’s history and analyzing the five AQHA stakes races on the championship card.

The Challenge Championships began in 1993 at Sunland Park in Sunland Park, New Mexico, and have grown into an event featuring three Grade 1 races. This year’s $285,000 AQHA Challenge Championship (G1) brings together a standout field competing for the winner’s share of the purse and a berth in the 2026 Champion of Champions (G1) at Los Alamitos Race Course in Orange County, California.

StallioneSearch’s Greg Thompson is joined by racing analyst Yancye Guymon to discuss the leading contenders in Albuquerque. The episode also features interviews with AQHA World Champion trainer Marc Jungers, multiple Grade 1-winning jockeys Noe Garcia Jr. and Cody Smith, and stakes-winning trainer Sammy Mendoza. Thompson also recaps several of the top stakes races from across the Quarter Horse racing world.

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As always, QH Racing Talk–Weekly brings fans closer to Quarter Horse racing through conversations with the people who have shaped the sport and analysis of its biggest races. Episode 83 combines championship history, contender analysis, and insight from the connections preparing for Saturday night’s races.

The QH Racing Talk–Weekly podcast is sponsored by the sire Uncle D, the stallions of Royal Vista Ranch, the stallions of Lazy E Ranch, AQHA, the sire Eagle Fly Higher, the stallion roster of Robicheaux Ranch Inc., Purina, and Ruidoso Sales Company.

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