IQHRA News

Quarter Horse Preview Races for June 8 – 22 and Stall Application Now Available; Futurity & Derby Nomination Payments Begin March 1st  February 24, 2026 – Altoona, IA. Prairie Meadows Casino, Racetrack, & Hotel is pleased to announce updates on our upcoming Quarter Horse racing season that begins June 8 and continues for 56 race days through September 26 for the 2026 mixed Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse season in Iowa. The Thoroughbreds will start the 2026 racing season on Ma

(All Training Hour Times Weather Permitting & Subject to Change)  Backside opens for horses on Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM  Training schedule begins on Monday, April 6, 2026 (see below info / weather permitting)  Training Hours for Monday, April 6 through Saturday, April 11  Main Track Hours: 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM (No Break)  Starting Gate: CLOSED  Training Track Hours: CLOSED  Training Hours for Sunday, April 12 through Saturday, April 25  Main Track Hours: 7:00 AM – 11:

From opening day to the final tally, these are the leaders who set the pace in 2025. Written by Emily Paulk, StallioneSearch By the time the final numbers were tallied and the year-end charts came into focus, the 2025 season showed a clear pattern. Across nearly every category - sires, horses, breeders, owners, trainers, and jockeys - the same names surfaced repeatedly, not by coincidence, but through sustained performance. Success overlapped across categories, with horses, b

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA–JANUARY 6, 2026– Multiple graded stakes sire Majestic Cartel will stand the 2026 breeding season at Abrahams Equine Clinic in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at a fee of $1,000. Foaled in 2011, Majestic Cartel was purchased for $37,000 by Shane and Brooke Snow at the inaugural Fastrack Sale Company December Sale. He is a full brother to Champion and multiple stakes sire Five Bar Cartel SI 91, winner of $1,068,825. The son of leading sire Corona Cartel SI 97 was a $

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