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By Emily Paulk, StallioneSearch PRINEVILLE, OR—JULY 17, 2026—Tomatito extended his winning streak to two with a determined neck victory in the $10,000 Prineville Futurity Friday night at Crooked River Roundup. Under jockey Jesus Afanador, the Juan Marquez-trained gelding covered 250 yards in :13.305 while earning a 93 speed index. Owned by Leobardo Bernal and bred in Oregon by Brazos and Sarah Wilfong, Tomatito is by One Famous Man out of the Five Bar Cartel mare Sister Showtime.

By Louanne Wainscott, StallioneSearch EVANSTON, WY–JULY 17, 2026–Saturday afternoon at Wyoming Downs will feature a 10-race card beginning at 1:05 p.m., highlighted by the $58,999 AQHA 870 Challenge Stakes and the $120,200 Gary Waite Maiden Stakes. The afternoon's distance feature offers more than a lucrative purse, as the winner will secure a berth in the AQHA Distance Challenge Championship at Albuquerque Downs on October 17.

By Louanne Wainscott, StallioneSearch FREDERICKSBURG, TX–JULY 17, 2026–Saturday afternoon at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds will feature an eight-race card beginning at 1:00 p.m., highlighted by the $30,000-added GCFA Paint and Appaloosa Maturity Stakes. A talented field of 10 Paints and Appaloosas, ages three and up, will sprint 350 yards in race six at approximately 3:05 p.m., showcasing many of the region's top dual-registered runners.

By Louanne Wainscott, StallioneSearch FARGO, ND–JULY 17, 2026–Saturday afternoon at North Dakota Horse Park will feature an eight-race card beginning at noon, with the spotlight on the $10,000 NDQHRA Dash for Cash Quarter Horse Stakes. A field of six accomplished North Dakota-Breds, ages three and up, will line up in race six to sprint 220 yards, promising to be one of the day's most competitive events. Im Rip has been installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite following another productive season.

By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch TULSA, OK–JULY 17, 2026–Chicks Cartell surged to the front turning for home and drew off impressively to earn the first stakes victory of his career in Friday night's $27,500 Walter Merrick Stakes at Fair Meadows, covering 870 yards in 45.303 while earning a 104 speed index. The 5-year-old chestnut gelding defeated multiple graded stakes winner O Donovan Rossa by 4½ lengths, while Chickn Hock finished another ½-length back in third.

By Emily Paulk, StallioneSearch PRINEVILLE, OR—JULY 17, 2026—Rtm Hot Milk returned to the winner's circle with a three-quarter-length victory in the $13,000 Eduardo Gutierrez-Sosa Memorial Stakes Friday night at Crooked River Roundup. Ridden by Jaime Lopez, the Mark Hanson trainee covered 250 yards in :13.208 while earning a 97 speed index.

By Louanne Wainscott, StallioneSearch EVANSTON, WY–JULY 17, 2026–Saturday afternoon at Wyoming Downs will feature a 10-race card beginning at 1:05 p.m., highlighted by the $120,200 Gary Waite Maiden Stakes and the $58,999 AQHA 870 Challenge Stakes.

By Louanne Wainscott, StallioneSearch AURORA, CO–JULY 17, 2026–Saturday afternoon at Arapahoe Park will feature a seven-race card with a first post of 1:00 p.m., highlighted by the $30,855 Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge Stakes. A talented field of seven fillies and mares will line up in race six at approximately 3:30 p.m. to sprint 400 yards. The winner will earn a coveted berth in the AQHA Distaff Challenge Championship on October 17 at Albuquerque Downs during AQHA Challenge Championship Day.

By Louanne Wainscott, StallioneSearch FARGO, ND–JULY 17, 2026–Saturday afternoon at North Dakota Horse Park will feature an eight-race card beginning at noon, with the spotlight on the $10,000 NDQHRA Dash for Cash Quarter Horse Stakes. A field of six accomplished North Dakota-Breds, ages three and up, will line up in race six to sprint 220 yards, promising to be one of the day's most competitive events. Im Rip has been installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite following another productive season.

By Louanne Wainscott, StallioneSearch FREDERICKSBURG, TX–JULY 17, 2026–Saturday afternoon at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds will feature an eight-race card beginning at 1:00 p.m., highlighted by the $30,000-added GCFA Paint and Appaloosa Maturity Stakes. A talented field of 10 Paints and Appaloosas, ages three and up, will sprint 350 yards in race six at approximately 3:05 p.m., showcasing many of the region's top dual-registered runners.