PHOENIX, AZ—MAY 1, 2024—Second fastest qualifier from the trials, Four Sweet Kid returns to Turf Paradise for his second career win in the finals of the $65,575 Desert Classic Futurity Wednesday afternoon.

Jockey Alan Hernandez piloted Four Sweet Kid to his 3/4-length victory in :15.543 seconds clocking a 97 speed index. He got the jump out of the gates and didn't look back for a wire-to-wire lead to the finish line. The post-time favorite's winning time paid $3.00 to win on a $2.00 wager.Read More

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI
FARMINGTON, NM—MAY 1, 2024—Pavel, a graded stakes winning son of the Corona Cartel stallion Czar Cartel MV owned and trained by Jorge Luis Sanchez Jr., is one of 55 state-bred 2-year-olds entered in Friday's New Mexico Breeders' Futurity (RG3) at SunRay Park.

The 10 fastest qualifiers from Friday's 350-yard trials will meet in the May 18, $120,000-added final.

Pavel will be stretching out in distance off of his head victory as the fastest qualifier in the 300-yard, $355,000 New Mexican Spr .. Read More

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 .. Read More