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Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch and Freddy Carmona of StallioneSearchesp.com talk with industry leaders, and top performers about events and news stories that are happening in the Quarter Horse Racing world. Hear first-hand stories from the newsmakers of Quarter Horse racing, as well as topics of yesteryear from those racing legends who join the podcast to share their experiences first-hand with the Quarter Horse racing audience.
Ruidoso Race Horse Hall of Fame trainer Paul C. Jones, who is considered by many as one of the top trainers in the history of Quarter Horse racing, is the focus of episode 37 of the QH Racing Talk podcast on StallioneSearch.com.
The all-time leading trainer in earnings with over $90-million in career earnings, and the 14-time AQHA World Champion trainer talks with Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch.com about his illustrious career that has included six wins in the Champion of Champions(G1), and three wins in the prestigous All American Futurity(G1). According to AQHA records (as of October 23, 2023), Jones is also the all-time record-setter of stakes wins in his career with 459.
A native of California, who has been a regular at the famed Los Alamitos Race Course in Los Alamitos, California since childhood, Jones started through the ranks while working for his father, long-time trainer Paul T. Jones. Paul C. Jones took out his trainers license in the early-1990's, and continues to pad the statistics with his ongoing career in multiple categories where he is the all-time leader.
On the cusp of his upcoming induction into the AQHA Hall of Fame in Amarillo, Texas this weekend to become only the sixth-jockey in Quarter Horse racing history to receive this distinction, all-time leading jockey G.R. Carter, Jr. is the focus of episode 36 of the QH Racing Talk podcast as Carter discusses multiple-facets of his illustrious career on StallioneSearch.com.
The record-holding, 10-time AQHA World Champion jockey talks with Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch.com about his career that spanned over 35-years, and saw him achieve heights that no other jockey besides him has reached. According to AQHA records, Carter ended his career with the all-time record for wins (4,013), starts (25,700), lifetime earnings ($75,900,474), and stakes wins (386).
Hall of Fame jockey Cliff Lambert, who rose to fame in the Quarter Horse racing world with a victory in the first-All American Futurity(G1) aboard Galobar in 1959, is the focus of episode 35 of QH Racing Talk podcast on StallioneSearch.com.
Lambert, who turns 87 years-old later in 2023, sits down with QH Racing Talk host Greg Thompson to discuss key events of his racing career that included stints as a jockey, trainer, jockey's agent, assistant starter, and as a the first-ever racing secretary when Evangeline Downs opened for business in the mid-1960's. Lambert spent the bulk of his career as a successful trainer after retiring from the saddle multiple decades ago.
Lambert not only goes in-depth about the victory aboard Galobar in 1959, but discusses with first-hand knowledge about such legendary runners as Tonto Bars Hank, Rocket Bar, and Go Man Go.
Episode 34 of the QH Racing Talk podcast, featuring legendary Hall of Fame broadcaster Chris Lincoln debuts today on StallioneSearch.com's podcast page. Lincoln worked for ESPN, where he hosted thoroughbred and quarter horse races and the weekly Racehorse Digest. Lincoln's involvement of covering Quarter Horse racing dates back to 1981 at Blue Ribbon Downs in Oklahoma, and counts his first broadcast of the All American Futurity as the triple crown win of Special Effort on Labor Day of that year.
Lincoln has been honored throughout his career as an inducted member of multiple Hall of Fame's, including: the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, as well as being announced as an upcoming inductee into the prestigious Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. In 2022, Lincoln was also honored with receiving the Jim McKay Award for career excellence in broadcasting during the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters’ 62nd annual awards dinner in Lexington, Kentucky.
Throughout his four-decades with the Quarter Racing Journal, Chamberlain was able to witness some of the key historical races in the sport, as well as to interview the legends of our sport at one time or another. Chamberlain probably has written more articles about Quarter Horse racing than any other journalist in the sport, and is highly-regarded as one being one of a handful of people considered as to be some of the top historians of Quarter Horse racing history in the world.
Chamberlain has received multiple accolades, and awards for journalism in his 40+ year career. In 1984, Chamberlain was awarded the prestigious Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Center in Oklahoma.
As the son of AQHA Hall of Fame member Walter Merrick, Joe Merrick was a 12-year old during the legendary run of his fathers trainee in 1969, and has taken to writing the upcoming book that will give the account of those events in 1969 from the perspective of the pre-teenage adolescent. Merrick is in the finishing stages of authoring the book, and hasn't set a date for release as of yet.
The AQHA Hall of Fame runner and sire Easy Jet rattled out an epic two-year old campaign in 1969 that saw the son of Jet Deck score 22-victories from a lofty 26-starts as a two year-old. During that run in 1969, Easy Jet qualified, and claimed victories in the Blue Ribbon Futurity, Columbus Triple Crown Futurity, Lubbock Downs, Futurity, Laddie Stakes at Centennial Park, Rocky Mountain QHA Futurity, All American Congress Futurity, Sunland Park Fall Futurity, Kansas Futurity, and the All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs.
StallioneSearch continues the 2023 podcast season with the debut of episode 31 of the QH Racing Talk Podcast today, that features a discussion with legendary Quarter Horse jockey Gilbert Ortiz.
According to AQHA records, Ortiz joined G.R. Carter, Alvin Brossette, Danny Cardoza, Eddie Garcia, Jacky Martin, and John Creager as the seventh-jockey to surpass 3000 victories. Ortiz recently has announced that he will step away from race riding at conclusion of the 2023 racing season.
During his 45-year career as a jockey, Ortiz was the regular rider of top runners War Colors, Show Me Your Toole, Diamond Tres Seis, Heza Louisiana Dash, Watergirl B, Zupers Quick Dash, Coors Select, Magic Shiney, and millionaire Vals Fortune, and AQHA Racing Champion Aged Mare, Kool Kue Baby. Kool Kue Baby won 25 stakes victories in her career, and Vals Fortune won 18 of 20 races in his illustrious race career.
In this episode, Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch.com interviews the AQHA Hall of Fame and Ruidoso Race Horse Hall of Fame trainer about his illustrious career that began on the non pari-mutuel race tracks of Texas. A native-Texan himself, Gilbreath goes into an in-depth discussion of some of the top runners he had the pleasure of working with throughout his long-stint as a conditioner.
During his career, Gilbreath was able to capture the running of the All American Futurity(G1) three-times as a trainer, as well as recording wins in the All American Derby(G1) a record four-times, according to AQHA records. Gilbreath applied his trade as a trainer on some of the top-runners in the history of the sport, including: Yankee Win, On A High, Refrigerator, Cold Cash 123, Ochoa, and Hotstepper, just to name a few.
In this episode, Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch.com interviews Dawson about his career in broadcasting that has spanned over 50 years. Dawson has covered both Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing for a multitude of television networks (ESPN, NBC, FS1, RideTV, Cowboy Channel), as well as traveling the globe while doing so.
During the interview with Dawson, the episode touches upon various topics ranging from both Special Effort's and Tiny's Gay run at the Ruidoso Triple Crown, celebrities of the past at the All American Futurity, Dawson's participation in the making of the movie Casey's Shadow, covering trainer Jack Brooks' run at winning eight All American's, as well as a slew of discussions of the legends of Quarter Horse racing.
On this episode, Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch.com interviews the 1987 AQHA World Champion jockey James Lackey about his upbringing in Oklahoma to his career highlights during what industry historians feel was the heyday of racing in California during the 1980's and 1990's.
Amongst the accolades given to Lackey following his retirement from the saddle after a severe back injury, Lackey was inducted into the 2017 Ruidoso Racehorse Hall of Fame in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Lackey discusses some of the top horses he had the privilege of riding while working with Hall of Fame trainer Blaine Schvaneveldt in California, as well as with Hall of Fame trainer Dwayne "Sleepy" Gilbreath.
In this second-installment of StallioneSearch.com University on the QH Racing Talk podcast, 2019 AQHA World Champion trainer Chris O'Dell discusses the ideology used at yearling sales, as well as the mindset and direction taken when making selection on some of the higher-priced sales yearlings in the industry.
Joining O'Dell on this installment is bloodstock agent Javier Alvarez, who picks a multitude of yearlings for various clients at all of the major yearling sales throughout the year. Although Alvarez does work with some clients who tend to focus on some of the high-end priced yearlings, he's mainly focused on the mid-range yearling market in order to a seek out a 'diamond in the rough' without paying for the yearling at a premium.
StallioneSearch produced episode 25 of the QH Racing Talk Podcast today, that features an interview with AQHA Hall of Fame and Ruidoso Racehorse Hall of Fame jockey Danny Cardoza about his stellar race-riding career that spanned 26-years in his home state of California.
The host of the show, Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch.com and Cardoza discussed the era, known as the heyday of Quarter Horse racing in California, in which the All American Futurity(G1) winning rider battled on a nightly basis with multiple AQHA Hall of Fame jockeys in the same jocks room. Cardoza elaborates for the listening audience what it was like to compete with jockeys like Bobby Adair, Kenny Hart, Ralph Pauline, James Lackey, Jerry Nicodemus, and a slew of other legendary Quarter Horse race-riders, as well as to ride for some of the biggest named trainers in the sports history.
StallioneSearch produced episode 24 of the QH Racing Talk Podcast today, that features an interview with Ruidoso Racehorse Hall of Fame jockey, and 3-time AQHA World Champion jockey Cody Jensen about his career that saw him as the winning rider in two-All American Futurities(G1).
The host of the show, Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch.com, conducted the interview the now retired jockey that hung up his tack in 2019, after a successful run aboard eventual AQHA World Champion Bodacious Eagle in the 2018 Champion of Champions(G1). Thompson and Jensen also discuss the injuries that plagued the rider throughout his career, and the return from those injuries that resulted in multiple memorable moments in Quarter Horse racing history.
StallioneSearch produced episode 23 of the QH Racing Podcast that features an interview with Hall of Fame Thoroughbred trainer Steve Asmussen about his early experiences in Quarter Horse racing through his families involvement which yielded a classic win in the 1978 Rainbow Futurity(G1) with Vespero.
The host of the show, Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch.com sat down at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas to conduct the interview with North America's all-time leading trainer in wins. Asmussen gives an emotional account of various topics, ranging from his early childhood years at Ruidoso Downs and Sunland Park, as well as the attributes learned during his time while his family in the Quarter Horse racing world that has shaped him into the celebrated-Hall of Fame conditioner he is today.
StallioneSearch produced episode 22 of the QH Racing Podcast today, that features an interview with 20-year old 'rising star' jockey Bryan Candanosa, and a segment within the podcast entitled 'Stories With Jacky'.
The host of the show, Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch.com, discusses the current career and the early development of jockey Bryan Candanosa. Candanosa, the nephew of former prominent jockey Aldaberto Candanosa, recently was victorious aboard Dee Keener trained Tres Crystals in the Oklahoma Futurity(G2) at Remington Park.
Stories with Jacky is a segment of historical interviews conduction with the now-deceased legendary 7-time All American Futurity(G1) winning jockey Jacky Martin. Speedhorse Magazine and StallioneSearch are collaborating on these recordings for historical value, as well as for the delight of the Quarter Horse racing public.
On this segment of Stories With Jacky, Martin goes in-depth about the two-year old campaign of Rainbow and All American Futurity(G1) winner Merganser.
StallioneSearch produced episode 21 of the QH Racing Podcast today, that features the beginning of a segment within the podcast entitled 'Stories With Jacky'.
Stories of Jacky is a segment of historical interviews conduction with the now-deceased legendary 7-time All American Futurity(G1) winning jockey Jacky Martin. Martin was interviewed multiple-days back in 2011 by Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch.com while he was working for Speedhorse Magazine. Speedhorse Magazine and StallioneSearch are collaborating on these recordings for historical value, as well as for the delight of the Quarter Horse racing public.
VP of Racing at both Remington Park and Lone Star Park, Matt Vance, joins the Quarter Horse Racing Talk podcast to discuss the implementation of the new hair testing-policy as a condition of entry at Lone Star Park for the upcoming 2022 Fall Meeting of Champions.
Also on the podcast, Quarter Horse Racing Talk host, Greg Thompson, goes in-depth about the 2022 Claimers Cup taking place in December at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie during their 2022 Fall Meeting of Champions.
Episode 20 of the QH Racing Podcast features an in-depth discussion with legendary AQHA Hall of Fame and National Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas about his years training Quarter Horses in the late 1960's through the early 1980's.
Lukas was the trainer of 23 AQHA champions during his career as a Quarter Horse trainer, predominantly seeing the most success while racing and training in California during the 1970's. In 1980, Lukas switched his attention to training Thoroughbreds and went on to become one of the greatest Thoroughbred race horse trainers of all time. His shift to Thoroughbreds from Quarter Horses pathed the path for Hall of Fame trainers like Bob Baffert, and Steve Asmussen who both have Quarter Horse racing backgrounds.
QH Racing Podcast host Greg Thompson dives deep into the history and background of Quarter Horse racing for the Wisconsin-native who went on to become one of the most celebrated trainers ever in the Thoroughbred racing arena.
On this episode, the host Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch interviews the headline makers of the 2021 racing season. The guests interviewed for episode 19 include 2021 AQHA World Champion Trainer Jason Olmstead, 2021 AQHA World Champion Jockey Francisco Calderon, and the co-owner/trainer/breeder of the 2021 AQHA World Champion Danjer.
Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch talks with multi-World Champion, and two-time All American Futurity(G1) winning jockey G.R. Carter, and 2020 All American Futurity(G1) jockey and 2015 AQHA World Champion Ricky Ramirez
On this episode, Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch conducts a round-table discussion with industry experts concerning Jess Savin Candy's run at the triple crown of 2021. Also on the podcast is long-time trainer Fred Danley who discusses the decades of training and racing horses up on the mountain at Ruidoso Downs.
On this episode, StallioneSearch's Greg Thompson talks about the triple crown potential of All American Futurity(G1) fastest qualifier Jess Savin Candy going into the Labor Day weekend with former Triple Crown-winning jockey Billy Hunt, as he also reflects on the triumph of Special Effort's triple crown winning two-year old season of 1981.
Also on the program, All American Futurity(G1) winning trainer Donna McArthur talks to Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch about her enshrined into the Ruidoso Racehorse Hall of Fame at Ruidoso Down. McArthur joins her husband, trainer James McAthur, and becomes the only husband-wife combination to be inducted into the Hall of Fame as trainer, as well as being the only husband-and-wife combination to have won the All American Futurity(G1).
On this episode, StallioneSearch's Greg Thompson talks about the triple crown potential of All American Futurity(G1) fastest qualifier Jess Savin Candy going into the Labor Day weekend with former Triple Crown-winning trainer Johnnie Goodman, as he also reflects on the triumph of Special Effort's triple crown winning two-year old season of 1981.
Also on the program, Jess Savin Candy's trainer John Stinebaugh talks to Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch about his time as an long-time assistant for legendary AQHA Hall of Fame trainer Blaine Schvaneveldt. Stinebaugh reflects on some of the traits that made Schvaneveldt the cornerstone of Quarter Horse racing trainers during his career, up to his death in 2010.
On this epsiode of QH Racing Talk, StallioneSearch's Greg Thompson talks with Remington Park's Racing Secretary, Mike Acton, about the invitational process of the Debbie Schauf Remington Invitational(G1), as well as some of the top runners comprising the field for 2021. Also on the program, former jockey Jeff Williams discusses his riding career that saw multiple Grade 1 wins, and three runner-up finishes in the prestigious All American Futurity(G1), as well as some brief discussion of some of the other legendary riders that competed in the era that Williams was a prominent national-level rider.
StallioneSearch.com's 13th edition of the Quarter Horse racing podcast called QH Racing Talk. On this episode, we speak with the General Manager Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino, Rick Baugh, about being hired with his management team as consultants to the operation of Ruidoso Downs for the upcoming 2021 race meet. QH Racing talk also features a discussion with trainer Michelle Hurdle, who is recently coming off of her very first Grade 1 win in the Leo Stakes (G1) with Jess My Hocks, as well as a brief discussion with trainer Trey Wood about the first published workout of 2021 for the 2020 All American Futurity(G1) winning AQHA World Champion, Whistle Stop Cafe.
Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch.com talks about the upcoming stakes weekend at Remington Park for April 17th, while talking in-depth about the RG1 Sooner State Stakes for Oklahoma breds 3yr Old and Up, going 400 yds. Also on the program, former child actor , Mike Hershewe, who played the role of Casey in Casey's Shadow joins the podcast to discuss the making of the QH racing film, Casey's Shadow, that Hershewe made when he was 9yrs old alongside acting great Walter Matthau. Erin Inman of Sonrisas Trails joins us to talk about their non-profit organization that provides therapy to individuals with mental, physical and emotional disabilities, as well as to discuss their upcoming fundraising event to assist with operating cost of the non-profit.
On this episode, StallioneSearch.com's Greg Thompson talks with:
- All-time Quarter Horse jockey great, G.R. Carter, about this new role as AQHA Racing Committee Chairman
- Jockey Mario Delgado, trainer Monty Arrossa, trainer Trey Wood, jockey James Flores, and trainer Dean Frey about some of the big stakes events in the first quarter of 2021
On this podcast episode, we talk with President and General Manager of Ruidoso Down, Jeff True, about the status of Ruidoso Downs 2021 summer meet, as well as discuss Special Effort's Triple Crown win with owner Jolene Urschel, trainer Johnnie Goodman, and jockey Billy Hunt during the 40th anniversary year of the unduplicated feat in the history of the sport.
On this episode, Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch discusses the Rising Star Jockey award with the 2020 receiptient Armando Cervantes, as well as discussing with Butch Wise of Lazy E Ranch about the 2020 Rising Star First Crop Sire Award winner Jess Good Candy. Thompson also reviews the plans on some of the top runners of 2020, on where QH racing fans are most likely to see them debut in the 2021 racing season, as well as a visit with Remington Park and Lone Star Park Director of Racing, Tim Williams, about the upcoming 2021 QH Racing Meet in Oklahoma City.
Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch.com covers topics from Los Alamitos being granted a 12-month license by the CHRB, as well as the recently concluded "strong" Heritage Place January Mixed Sale in Oklahoma City. At the sale, Thompson was able to conduct interviews with newly crowned AQHA World Champion trainer Eddie Willis, as well as two-time AQHA World Champion Jockey James Flores. KVN Corona, standing at Lazy E Ranch for 2021, and Royal Vista Ranches red-hot sire One Fabulous Eagle are the co-sponsors of episode 8.
Episode 7 on StallioneSearch features a discussion with some of the hottest trainers in all of Quarter Horse racing about some of the headline, news making two-year olds as they head towards the trials of the $3-Million All American Futurity(G1). The podcast host, Greg Thompson of StallioneSearch.com, interviews former AQHA World Champion and All American Futurity winning trainer Blane Wood, Ruidoso Racehorse Hall of Fame and All American Futurity(G1) winning trainer Heath Taylor, 2020 Ruidoso Futurity(G1) winning trainer Sergio Ibarra, multiple G1 winning West Coast-based trainer Monty Arrosa, as well as a brief chat with former AQHA World Champion jockey Ricky Ramirez.
Following a surprisingly upswing in the average prices and median for the 2020 TQHA sale, Butch Wise of Lazy E Ranch and Ryan Robicheaux of Robicheaux Ranch, Inc. talk with StallioneSearch about how the number from Texas should effect the rest of the 2020 QH yearling sales for the year.
StallioneSearch's podcast series, QH Racing Talk, takes time to talk to Ruidoso Racehorse Hall of Fame trainer Heath Taylor about two talented two year olds in his barn, Mister Illusion and Shott Gun on QH Racing. Mister Illusion ran a game runner-up finish in the Rainbow Futurity(G1), as Shott Gun will be pointed towards the trials of the All American Futurity(G1) after winning the $1-Million Heritage Place Futurity(G1) in his last start.
Another episode of QH Racing Talk With Greg and Freddy spotlights our interview with legendary track announcer Ed Burgart. Burgart discusses his career, as well as some of the top horses, and horsemen that stand out in his career of over 39 years calling races at Los Alamitos Racecourse
Another episode of Quarter Horse Racing Talk With Greg and Freddy, and special guest 2015 AQHA World Champion Ricky Ramirez. Ramirez discusses the racing season of 2019, highlighted by the in-depth discussion of the 2019 All American Futurity(G1). Originally aired in September 2019.
Another episode of QH Racing Talk With Greg and Freddy with special guest Ryan Robicheaux of Robicheaux Ranch, Inc. The podcast covers several topics from yearling consigning to the racing program in Ryan's home state of Louisiana.
Another edition of the Stallionesearch.com podcast series "QH Racing Talk With Greg and Freddy." This episode, Greg Thompson of Stallionesearch.com and Freddy Carmona of Stallionesearchesp.com interview 2019 AQHA World Champion jockey James Flores, who is coming off of a race season that saw a win in the 2019 All American Futurity(G1).
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