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.