By: Ray Paulick James Padgett II saddled the winner of last year's All American Futurity – Quarter horse racing's richest and most famous event held on Labor Day at Ruidoso Downs – but the American Quarter Horse Association's leading trainer by money won in 2017 has been told he will not be allowed to participate
By: Matt Hegarty Judd Kearl, one of the leading trainers in Quarter Horse racing, has been suspended for 19 years by the Texas Racing Commission due to multiple positives for a banned antidepressant that has not been available commercially for nearly 30 years. The 19-year ban was the cumulative result of five separate rulings dealing
By: Matt Hagerty The Texas Racing Commission has upheld the summary suspensions it handed down to three Quarter Horse trainers in June for positives for the banned antidepressant nomifensine, according to records of the commission released Saturday. In upholding the indefinite suspensions, the commission’s stewards disregarded testimony from all three trainers that the drug was
By: Matt Hegarty New Mexico has barred three Quarter Horse trainers who were recently suspended by the Texas Racing Commission for Class 1 racing positives, including the trainer of an early favorite for the upcoming All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs in the state. Ismael Trejo, the executive director of the New Mexico Racing Commission,
By: Matt Hegarty Three Quarter Horse trainers, including two on the breed’s top 10 list by wins this year, have been charged with Class 1 drug violations in Texas after horses they trained tested positive for a banned antidepressant. According to Texas Racing Commission records, Judd Kearl, who is second among Quarter Horse trainers in
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