FARMINGTON, NM–MAY 3, 2024–By winning the restricted Grade 3 $70,000 Jimmy Drake Stakes at SunRay Park today, 4-year-old Just En King picked up right where he left off last year.

The son of leading third-crop sire Eye Am King closed out 2023 with a win in his last on November 26, the restricted Grade 1 Namehimastreaker New Mexico Classic Cup Championship Stakes at Zia Park.

Under jockey Alfredo Sigala, Just En King drove to a new SunRay Park track record for 350 yards while defeating post-time favorite Rc Corona King by a half-a-length in the Jimmy Drake Stakes.  His :16.898 cl .. Read More

LOS ALAMITOS, CA–MAY 3, 2024– Dunn Ranch’s Pattys Saint, a two-time Grade 1 stakes winner at Los Alamitos, will face the red-hot multiple stakes winner mare AJ Born Runnin and six other top mares in the running of the Grade 3, $60,000 Miss Princess Handicap at 350 yards on Sunday at Los Alamitos.

Pattys Saint loves running in stakes races at the Orange County oval. The 6-year-old mare won the Grade 1 Mildred Vessels Memorial Handicap in 2022 and then the Grade 1 Charger Bar Handicap earlier this year. She also ran second in the Grade 2 Las Damas Handicap while also racing in the prestigious Grade 1 Champion of Champions .. 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