The Oct. 15 Turf Paradise card featured a pair of trials for the upcoming ATBA Fall Sales Futurity – Fillies Division, and the day’s stakes action was highlighted by Senoradiablo’s flashy victory as the 1-10 favorite in the first of the two races. Second in the Turf Paradise Open Spring Futurity when last seen at the local track, Senoradiablo had summered at Emerald Downs and returned to Arizona in top form as the Kentucky-bred daughter of Flat Out ran away from the opposition to win the six-furlong event by nine and a half lengths in 1:09.92. Tim Bankers owns the filly, who was bred by Richard and Connie Snyder. Manuel Ortiz trains.
Two races later, Let Me Fly was a front-running winner at 2-5, winning by three and three-quarter lengths in 1:10.56. The daughter of Ez Dreamer was bred by Fleming Thoroughbred Farm and is owned by J. Lloyd Yother, Kevin Eikleberry, William Matthews and Marvin Fleming. Eikleberry trains the filly, who, like Senoradiablo, was earning her second career victory.
The ATBA Fall Sales Futurity events will be contested on Nov. 3. There was no trial run for the colt and gelding division this year.
Posted October 19th, 2018
The ATBA Fall Sale catalog is now available online, under the Sales menu item.
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Posted October 19th, 2018
The ATBA Fall Yearling & Mixed Sale is to be held at Horseshoe Park Equestrian Centre on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. Late entries close Oct. 17, and late entry fees are $1,000 for yearlings and $500 for others. Sale-related forms can be downloaded on this site via Forms & Deadlines –> Printable Forms –> 2018 […]
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Posted August 19th, 2018
An Arizona-Bred gelding is making waves this summer! Bushrod won the $100,000 Mystic Lake Turf Express Stakes on August 25, 2018. Bushrod not only won this stakes race, but 18 days later Bushrod won a $100,000 Starter Allowance at Kentucky Downs (September 12, 2018). Bushrod was sold as a yearling in the 2014 ATBA Fall […]
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Posted August 19th, 2018
All horsemen entering Turf Paradise will need to have a current Health Certificate for all horses indicating vaccination for EHV-1 no less than 14 days and no more than 90 days prior to arrival. A current negative Coggins is required for all horses shipping in to Turf Paradise. All current vaccinations are recommended. Contact the […]
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Posted August 19th, 2018
The former Yavapai Downs racetrack has reopened with a new name. The new ownership of the track in Prescott Valley has changed its name to Arizona Downs, which was the name of a former racetrack in Phoenix that opened in 1951 at one site and later ran its annual race meetings by leasing Turf Paradise […]
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Posted August 1st, 2018
There is $250,000 in the Breeders Awards account for the next fiscal year.
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Posted June 11th, 2018
The Second Annual Turf Paradise Open Spring Futurity will be ran on Sunday, May 6, 2018. The futurity is the seventh race on an eight card race closing out the 2017-2018 Turf Paradise Meet. There were three trials ran on April 14, 2018, and the first four of each trial qualified. The top six finishers […]
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Posted May 3rd, 2018