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 ATBA Fall Mixed Sale Entry Blank or here: ATBA Fall Mixed Sale Entry Form
Horseshoe Park Equestrian Centre is located at 20464 E. Riggs Road, Queen Creek, Arizona 85142.
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
Three newly minted Arizona-bred champions of 2017 went to post on Arizona Thoroughbred Breeders’ Festival day at Turf Paradise on April 21, and each returned a winner in their respective events. Fortified Effort, champion Arizona-bred 2-year-old male of 2017, bounced back from a unplaced outing in the Grade 3 Sunland Park Derby to win the […]
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Posted April 29th, 2018
The ATBA Breeders Banquet is slated for Friday, April 20, to be followed on Saturday by the Arizona Thoroughbred Breeders Festival, a stakes-filled day at Turf Paradise for Arizona-breds. The banquet, to be held at the Turf Club Terrace at Turf Paradise, begins with a no-host bar at 5:30 pm, with dinner starting at 7 pm. The […]
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Posted April 8th, 2018