Q-Racing Blog: Girl Power
By Ty Wyant
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Whitmire Ranch’s Whistle Stop Cafe had a well-documented six-race campaign last year that resulted in six wins and $1,974,986 in earnings. That perfection earned her the titles of champion 2-year-old and champion 2-year-old filly in addition to becoming only the second juvenile filly to be honored as overall world champion.
To earn nearly $2 million, a horse must have done well in million-dollar races. She did.
In the $3 million All American Futurity (G1), Whistle Stop Cafe put away a game 19-10 favorite Insygator over the quarter mile to win by a neck.
Oklahoma Futurity Qualifiers
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Q-Racing Blog: Looking Forward, Looking Back
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Q-Racing Blog: Spring Time
Q-Racing Blog: Spring Time It s the season of training races and anticipating the future. PHOTO: Dustin Orona Photography
By Ty Wyant
Yes, spring is coming, even though the weather seems to have made this sound like wishful thinking. So, how do we know this?
It isn’t because of buds appearing on trees or sprouts inching out of the ground.
In American Quarter Horse racing, we have a sure-fire indicator. We turn our calendars over to March and on March 1, 2-year-olds can officially race.
There was a time when 2-year-olds were allowed to run on January 1 and most eyes were focused on Blue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, for the Blue Ribbon Futurity.