HOUSTON, TX—DECEMBER 8, 2021—Nominations to the Grade 2 $450,000-est. Sam Houston Futurity and the Grade 3 $100,000-added Sam Houston Derby are due Wednesday, December 15th. The Sam Houston Futurity trials will be contested over 330 yards on Saturday, May 13th and final for the $150,000 added race will run-back at Sam Houston Race Park on Saturday, June 4th.

Horsemen may nominate American Quarter Horse foals of 2020 by paying a nomination fee of $150 on or before Wednesday, December 15th.

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SHELBYVILLE, IN—DECEMBER 8, 2021—The Indiana Horse Racing Commission (IHRC) met Monday, Dec. 6 at Indiana Grand and approved racing dates for the 2022 racing season. Indiana Grand will host a total of 127 racing days with 12 Saturdays set aside for live action. Racing is set to get underway Tuesday, April 19 and conclude Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. “We have established a great spot for our racing cards during the week and wanted to keep those intact, but we also wanted to accommodate our local racing fans with some Saturday racing cards,” said Eric Halstrom, Vice President and General Manager of Racing. “We feel our racing schedule offers a great balance that will appeal to a wide range of racing fans in 2022. We want to thank both ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—DECEMBER 7, 2021—Four $1,000 scholarships will awarded through a live drawing in the Fairgrounds winner's circle on Saturday (Dec. 11th), registration closes following Race 1. Applicants must register in person beginning at 10:45 am (CST) on Saturday. The LQHBA Scholarship registration table will be located at the foot of the escalator on the casino level of the racetrack. Scholarship participant/entrant must be a Louisiana High School graduate or student who is graduating from a Louisiana High School in 2022 and planning to attend a higher education institution. Louisiana residents enrolled in a Louisiana college or university are also eligible. Scholarship is ...

ALTOONA, IA—DECEMBER 6, 2021—Altoona, IA. Prairie Meadows Casino, Racetrack, & Hotel has announced the live horse racing dates for the 2022 season, which have been approved by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC). Prairie Meadows 2022 live racing season will begin on Friday, May 13 and will conclude on Sunday, October 2, 2022. A ...

GUTHRIE, OK—DECEMBER 6, 2021—- StallioneSearch.com is unveilng a commercial series this week highlighting one of the newest additions to the stallion roster at Lazy E Ranch, Grade 1 Ruidoso Futurity winner Cyber Monday.

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LOS ALAMITOS, CA—DECEMBER 6, 2021—The field is set for the Champion of Champions. The Champion of Champions draw to take place on Wednesday, December 8th and will be aired live on TVG at 3 pm (Pacific). Here is how the field shapes up:

• There is a trio of three-year-olds: Candy Blood, Flash Bak and Reason To Fly MV. There is a ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—DECEMBER 3, 2021—Ed Allred’s Nomadic and Dunn Ranch’s Really First Down will complete this year’s Champion of Champions presumptive field after posting the third and fourth fastest qualifying times in the Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Trials. The following 10 horses are earmarked ...

CASPER, WY—DECEMBER 3, 2021—During the Wyoming Pari-Mutuel Commission meeting held Friday November 19, 2021 in Casper, the Commissioners approved the request by state operators to conduct 52 live race dates in Wyoming for 2022, the most races to be run in Wyoming for decades, if ever. 307 Horse Racing, LLC will offer 16 live race days at ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—DECEMBER 3, 2021—Weekend doubleheaders are back at Los Alamitos as the Winter Thoroughbred Meet opens this Friday and the live nighttime action continues Saturdays and Sundays. The daytime meet has two big stakes races on tap with the Grade I Starlet for 2-year-olds and the Grade III Bayakoa for fillies and mares on Sunday. ...

NORTH PLATTE, NE—DECEMBER 3, 2021—According to a regional market analysis presented Thursday by Sean Boyd, the president of Global Gaming Nebraska, a proposed racetrack and casino in North Platte, Nebraska could mean about $115 million in tax revenues for the city, county and state over a decade. "The findings of this study verify our ...

ALEXANDRIA, LA—DECEMBER 3, 2021—A regular meeting of the LQHBA Board of Directors will be conducted Saturday, December 18, 2021 in the Evangeline Downs JOHN HENRY room at Evangeline Downs in Opelousas, La. Set for 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm (CST), LQHBA members and the public are invited but not required to attend. Please email ...

SHELBYVILLE, IN—DECEMBER 3, 2021—Indiana Horse Racing Commission Executive Director Deena Pitman recommended a 20-year suspension and $10,000 fine for Indiana Grand's leading Quarter Horse jockey in a complaint November 17th. During interviews in the on-going investigation jockey Sammy Mendez admitted he possessed and used a prohibited ...

by Greg Thompson, StallioneSearch.com DALLAS, TX—DECEMBER 2, 2021—Sundance Film Festival award winning film, Jockey, will be hitting theaters in New York and Los Angeles on December 29, 2021, and then will spread across the country to other theaters following the debut. Veteran actor Clifton Collins Jr., who won the U.S ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—DECEMBER 1, 2021—Los Alamitos Race Course will host a special post-position draw at approximately 3 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8 for the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity and Grade 1 Champion of Champions. The draw will take place in the Finish Line Room at Los Alamitos and will be televised nationally on TVG. ...