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Tuesday, 16 July 2024 21:45
Epic Showdown on the Horizon: Top Quarter Horses Prepare for Clash Under Legendary Trainer Leech
Jerry Stojans and William Leech are not only sitting in the cat bird seat they are also on course to meet in what would be an epic clash. Stojans is…
Wednesday, 06 September 2023 01:42
Meet TimbersKnightRyder and Barrel Racing Partner Nicole Groeneveld (video)
Quarter Horse sensation Timbersknightryder has a 2nd career as a barrel racer — and shares a special bond with Nicole Groeneveld as she attends North West College in Wyoming on…
Monday, 17 January 2022 22:48
Destello De Luna named Canadian Champion by AQHA
It’s hard to put anything past William Leech, Alberta’s perennial quarter horse trainer. But even he was wonderfully openmouthed when Destello De Luna was named Canadian champion last week. “It…
Friday, 25 June 2021 07:43
Old Fashioned Horsemanship
Times are changing, and the era when men race on weekends on the small prairie ovals in Western Canada has slipped away. Racing is big business, and the old-time horsemen,…
Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:10
Final weekend at Rocky Mountain Turf Club a huge success
The final weekend at Rocky Mountain Turf Club provided entertainment for all ages with some great horse races for the adults and all kinds of kids activities. The Stakes Race…
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Friday, 09 October 2020 08:38
Final weekend at Rocky Mountain Turf Club has something for everyone
The final three days of live racing at Rocky Mountain Turf Club this weekend, Saturday, Sunday and Thanksgiving Monday, will feature thrills for everyone. The various stakes races are the…
Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:10
Monday Night Racing a huge success at RMTC
The management at Rocky Mountain Turf Club may want to take a look at a regular Monday night race date next year, as the six races that ran drew a…
Thursday, 10 September 2020 08:36
Alberta Stakes races kick off Opening Weekend at Rocky Mountain Turf Club
Rocky Mountain Turf Club was in high voltage action on Saturday as the Alberta-Bred Stakes Races kicked off live racing for the fall season. The first stakes race was…
Wednesday, 26 August 2020 12:20
Evergreen Park wraps up their meet with Big Time Stakes Race
On Saturday, the Quarter Horses came out to play and man, did they play. In the two-year-old Stakes Race, William Leech, veteran quarter horse trainer, had three horses entered in…
Thursday, 20 August 2020 08:28
Free Thought puts on a show at Evergreen Park
It was an exciting weekend of racing at Evergreen Park in their second-last weekend of the season. Perhaps the most exciting race of the weekend was the quarter horse distance…
Wednesday, 05 August 2020 16:56
Blatler Family all smiles at Evergreen Park
One would be hard pressed to find two happier people at Evergreen Park, than trainer Codi Blatlet, and her mom, Casandra. Codi Blatler has spent the last four years working…
Wednesday, 29 July 2020 09:41
Handles continue to surge at Evergreen Park
This past weekend of racing at Evergreen Park saw their handle increase to over 120,000, which is a huge increase from anything that happened last year. Xpressbet and HPI have…
Wednesday, 22 July 2020 11:03
Handles sharply increasing at Evergreen Park
This past weekend proved extremely lucrative handle-wise for Evergreen Park in Grande Prairie. The six races on Saturday garnered over 32,000 in handle, but on Sunday betters blew the roof…
Monday, 13 July 2020 15:30
Evergreen Park opening weekend a rousing success
There was a combination of excitement and nervous energy in the air as Evergreen Park in Grande Prairie kicked off their opening weekend. The weekend went off without a hitch,…
Thursday, 30 April 2020 11:58
RMTC cancellation of May 2-31 race days
April 30, 2020 Ms. Dot Stein Race/Simulcast Manager Rocky Mountain Turf Club Box 22020 Henderson Lake PO Station Lethbridge, AB TlK 6XS Dear Ms. Stein, RE: REQUEST TO CANCEL RACE…