If you can only make it out to one weekend this summer at The Horses At Evergreen Park this is probably the weekend you should be at J.D.A. Raceway.
There are 16 races over the two days including seven on Saturday and nine on Sunday. And dog races to boot!
Saturday’s feature race is Leg 1 of the Sprint Series. Six horses leave the gate (3:20 p.m.) in that one with the Park Pick being No. 1 horse, with Jose Rocha on board, to take home the largest portion of the $9,000 purse.
Sunday will the busiest, and one of the most important, race days of the season.
It starts in Race 1 with the Adequan Challenge Final. Six quarter horses are entered in the $30,000 event over 400 yards with the Park Pick being No. 2 Noble Rearing – owned by locals Jerry Stojan and Kevin Lyons and ridden by J.B. Botello. William Leech is the trainer.
Race 2 is also a biggie – the $40,000 Bank of America Championship Challenge. That races is over 440 yards and five horses are leaving the starting gate. The Park Pick in that one is coming out of the No. 3 gate – Flight Club. The horse is owned by Charles Stojan, trained by Leech and ridden by Botello.
The third big quarter horse race of the day is No. 4. This one has a purse of $40,000 and travels 350 yards. Bitterroots Wagon – owned by Buckey Stockwell and Glenn Wills, trained by Stockwell and ridden by Alexander Marti – is the Park Pick in that one.
Winners of the three quarter horse races are, basically, Canadian champions and will have earned the right to compete at the Bank of America Championships being held in Grand Prairie, Texas at Lone Star Park on October 21.
The three races are sponsored by the American Quarter Horse Association and Evergreen Park.
The three races are sponsored by the American Quarter Horse Association and Evergreen Park.
Sunday’s big day continues in Race 5 with the $9,000 Distaff Series Leg 1 over 5 ½ furlongs. The Park Pick in that race is among eight entries is No. 1 Causin Mischief.
Race 7 Sunday is Leg 1 of the Marathon Series over one mile. Seven horses will be chasing $9,000 with the Park Pick being No. 3 Meet At Jakes.
The racing day ends with a 5 ½ furlongs jog among eight horses – including Evergreen Park Racing Club steed Ynotgiveitago, which leaves from the No. 7 gate.
And, if nine horse races isn’t enough excitement for the day, Sunday is also the third Wiener Dog Derby. The dogs, including a puppy race, will be entertaining between horse races throughout the day.
It all starts at 1:15 with the first post. There is no admission charge.
