OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MAY 4, 2024–The Swamp turned it on when the spotlight shone brightest, winning the first stakes race of his career, taking the Grade 1, $61,120 Leo Stakes. He upset the 4-5 heavy favorite, A Tres of Eagle, in order to get the victory.

"He really left good," jockey Gonzalo Gutierrez said of his mount, The Swamp. "He did all the job. I just knew I didn't have to (mess) it up."

The 5-year-old horse by Favorite Cartel, out of the Hawkinson mare Tahma Hawk, jumped on top, out of the gate first, and cruised home a winner by three-quarters of a length over runner-up Konnan Cartel (9-5 second favorite), who was another half-length ahead of A Tres of Eagle.

The Swamp paid $28.40 to win, $11 .. 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