TOP TALENT IN WRD STAKES
Will Rogers Downs in Claremore is attracting
the region’s top runners to its fall QH meet.
MORE WRD INFORMATION    

ADDITIONAL 60 RACES FOR RP MEET
OQHRA and Remington Park announced
60 added races to the 2011 QH meeting.
MORE RACES FOR QUARTER HORSES

TAD LEGGETT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FUND
You can lend a hand to jockey Tad Leggett
with a donation to help with expenses!
FULL STORY - MAKE A DONATION

2011 Major Stakes Noms
Due October 15
GET NOM FORMS HERE

Board Meeting - Oct 19
OHRC Meeting - Oct 21
HORSEMEN’S EVENTS

AQHA Young Guns’
Sights Set on Future
MORE INFORMATION

AQHA Q-Aces at WRD

Oct  9

Black Gold Futurity Div. 3 at WRD

Oct 16

Budweiser Day at WRD

Oct 22

Heritage Place Fall Sale

Oct 22-23

Oklahoma Bred Trials

Oct 29

Family Day at WRD
Camel & Ostrich Races, Carnival, BBQ & more!

Oct 30

Black Gold Futurity Championship Trials,
Black Gold Derby Trials

Oct 31

OQHRA Board of Directors Meetings

TUE, OCT 19 - Will Rogers Downs, Claremore
TUE, NOV 16 - Heritage Place, OKC
Unless otherwise noted, OQHRA board meetings are held at 12n on the Tues. immediately preceding the Racing Commission meeting for that month. Location-Heritage Place Restaurant, 2829 So MacArthur, OK City. Lunch is provided for directors. Meetings are open for members to attend. 

OK Horse Racing Commission Meetings

THU, OCT 21  - Shepherd Mall, OKC
THU, NOV 18 - Shepherd Mall, OKC
OHRC meetings, unless otherwise noted, are held in the Shepherd Mall Activity Center (23rd & Villa, Oklahoma City) at 9:30am.

OKLAHOMA Quarter Horse owners spend $780 Million annually on feed, tack, boarding, training, trailering, utilities, office supplies, equipment, structures, land, etc.

Nearly 200,000 Quarter Horses in the state – the second largest population in the World.

Nearly 50,000 OKLAHOMAN’S own a Quarter Horse – the third largest group in the world.

Each year, 8500+ Quarter Horses are born in OKLAHOMA and registered with the AQHA, making Oklahoma the 2nd largest producer of Quarter Horses in the World!

Oklahoma’s Quarter Horse Racing Industry
10,200+ starts by Quarter Horses at OK racetracks in 2008. Nearly 40% of those starts were by starters at Remington Park where 1852 different horses started in races.

2nd leading producer of racing Quarter Horses in the World. In 2008 there were 2,385 different Quarter Horse starters that were foaled in the state.

Ranked #4 the world in racing opportunities for Quarter Horses. In 2008 there were 197 race days, and 2,863 starters with a total of 10,215 starts in races at Oklahoma racetracks. Total purses-over $17 Million.

In 2008, Oklahoma racetracks hosted more than 30 Graded Stake races, including five Grade 1 events.

Since 1965, 55 Oklahoma bred horses have been recognized as AQHA Champions a total of 95 times, including eight that were named overall World Champion-Refrigerator (twice), See Me Do It, First Down Dash, Miss Thermolark, Easy Date, Tiny’s Gay, Easy Jet, and Laico Bird.

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SPEEDHORSE RACES

$1M HERITAGE PLACE FUTURITY

2010 HIGHLIGHTS

2009 HIGHLIGHTS

2008 HIGHLIGHTS

OQHRA VIDEOS

WORLD’S FASTEST ATHLETES

Racing/Horsemen’s News

Past racing news items from all Oklahoma tracks plus notices and info for OK horsemen.

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Board Meeting Minutes

AUGUST, 2010

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