By Stephanie Corum Imagine your thrill when all four of your charges in a race have a chance to win a prestigious grade 1 race. That was the exact position Lynn Ashby was in when the horses turned for home in the $35,000 Buzz Brauninger Arabian Distaff H. (G1). Top...

July 5, 2014, Pleasanton, California ~ In an exhilarating display of raw speed, 6-year-old Sammy V under Juan Sanchez, smashed the record for a 6-furlong (1200 metres) race in the US and also registered one of the biggest margin of victories with a 13-length win in...

By Jonathan Horowitz July 2, 2014 Aurora, CO Saturday, July 5, will be a big day in the United States for the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival. Arapahoe Park in Aurora, Colorado will host the Wathba Stud Farm Cup as part...

By Jonathan Horowitz July 4, 2014 Aurora, CO Trainer Ken Danyluk won the Kerry Danyluk Memorial at Arapahoe Park, a race named for his son who died in Afghanistan this year, with Lil Rich Girl. United States Marine Corp Combat Logistics Battalion 453 from Buckley,...

Following is a list of the 2013 COBRA (Colorado Owners and Breeders of Racing Arabians) awards: ARAPAHOE PARK 2013 AWARDS 3-Year-Old Filly of the Year: My Vaz Is Hot - Sam Vasquez, Owner 3-Year-Old Colt of the Year: Para Que Sluffy - Sam Vasquez, Owner 4-Year-old...

By Jonathan Horowitz June 22, 2014 Aurora, CO Sammy V went straight to the front and never looked back to win Sunday’s COBRA Sprint at Arapahoe Park. The speedy gray horse with a similar name to his owner, Sam Vasquez, built a quick two-length lead at the end of a...

This year’s President of the United Arab Emirates Cup, a Gr 1 for Arabian horses 4 and over, was once again run on Churchill Downs’ Stephen Foster Day, that track’s most important racing Saturday after the Kentucky Derby. June 14th is an annually designated “Downs...

By Jonathan Horowitz June 19, 2014 Aurora, CO Ms Dixie, one week removed from winning the COBRA Distaff Sprint for the third year in a row, and Sammy V, coming off a fast allowance victory over Ms Dixie in May, head a talented field of seven for the COBRA Sprint at...

By Jonathan Horowitz June 15, 2014 Aurora, CO Ms Dixie won the COBRA Distaff Sprint at Arapahoe Park on Sunday for the third straight year but had to work harder this year than in her victories in the race in 2012 and 2013.  The two-time Darley Award winner as...

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The first stakes race of the year at Delaware Park was held on June 7. The Arabian Diamond State Stakes (G2), sponsored by Mokee Arabians, was contested at 1 1/16 miles for a purse of $25,000 guaranteed. The favorite was RB Champagne Taste, bred and owned by Rosebrook...

By Jonathan Horowitz  May 25, 2014 Aurora, CO Etres Chic picked an ideal time to win her first race at Arapahoe Park in the first Wathba Stud Farm Cup for Arabians held at the Aurora, Colorado racecourse. Jockey Kelsi Purcell gave the 5-year-old bay mare owned by...

May 21, 2014 The Arabian racing industry suffered a significant blow with the unexpected passing of Bobbi Patscheider, longtime editor of Arabian Finish Line and staunch racing supporter. However, earlier this year, she had begun discussions of turning the magazine...