RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM–APRIL 30, 2024–Javys Interest, a $17,000 Ruidoso New Mexico-Bred Yearling Sale repurchase, won the 9th training race handily today at Ruidoso Downs Race Track while recording the fastest time of the day, :15.802 seconds for 300-yards.

The 2-year-old filly is owned by Javier Rodriguez of La Feliz Montana Ranch (Hondo). She is by first-crop sire Suspicious Interest from Javys Brown Sugar by First Moonflash.

"We were surprised by the time," Rodriguez said after the race. "She seems to be doing so well at this point in her development, but we were extremely happy to see that race time go up."

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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