Clark Brewster

When Clark Brewster was only two years old, his father bought a pony for the family. Once old enough to ride, Clark took the filly, named Cutie, on trips around the family dairy farm in Michigan and adjacent lands. Cutie lived to be 34 and was also enjoyed by Clark’s daughter once she was old enough. The pony had great longevity and helped develop the bond with horses for Clark and his family that continues today with great success in racing.

A nationally renowned defense attorney from Tulsa, Okla., Brewster was inducted in 2025 to the University of Tulsa College of Law Hall of Fame, recognized for lifetime achievement. Brewster received his induction to the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame at Remington Park, also in 2025.

Brewster has excelled in Oklahoma racing with a great emphasis at Remington Park. His first victory as an owner came in 1990 with Practicing, in a $5,000-level claiming event. Through 2025, he is the track’s second leading owner all-time in wins. He trails only Danny Caldwell of Poteau, Okla., also an Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame member.

While Brewster has had great success campaigning horses under just his name, he has also enjoyed many victories, on the national scene and in Oklahoma, racing in partnerships with others. He and his partners are extremely active at all major horse sales, always seeking the next stable star.

Those who saw the Remington Park Springboard Mile on Dec. 14, 2014 will recall the stubbornness and huge heart Bayerd showed for Brewster, coming down the stretch to beat millionaire and Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame horse Shotgun Kowboy by a head. The son of Speightstown, out of the Cherokee Run mare Cherokee Jewel, provided Brewster with his largest stakes win at Remington Park and is his all-time top earner, of horses he solely owned, banking $663,836.

Brewster always has runners competing at Remington Park and has utilized many trainers since the track opened. Randy Oberlander was a primary conditioner for Brewster through 2011. It was in 2012 when Brewster incorporated the talents of North American horse racing’s all-time leading trainer, Steve Asmussen. The victories have piled up in rapid fashion since.

Brewster has enjoyed success nationally, notably with turf sprinter Cogburn. He was part owner of this Kentucky-bred multiple graded stakes winner with big-time Houston, Texas-based owners William and Corinne Heiligbrodt. Brewster watched Cogburn when he blew away his competition in the Grade 1 Jaipur Stakes at Saratoga in upstate New York in 2024 when he set the world record at 5-1/2 furlongs over the turf in :59.80. Cogburn won 9-of-16 races in his career, earning $2,422,630.

Brewster experienced his first starter in the Kentucky Derby when Track Phantom went to the gate at Churchill Downs for the 2024 edition. The winner of the Grade 3 Lecomte and fourth-place finisher in the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, led early in the “Run for the Roses.” After providing thrills for the Brewster team, Track Phantom began to fade at the top of the derby stretch, eventually finishing 11th in the field of 20, behind winner Mystik Dan.

While Brewster has enjoyed tremendous victories as an owner, he is a noted breeder as well. Not many programs take place at Remington Park where Brewster is not the winning breeder of at least one winner on any given race date. He operates a ranch south of Bristow, Okla. where he maintains 30 broodmares who produce in both Oklahoma and Kentucky.

According to Equibase, from 2000 into November 2025, Brewster has won more than 600 races as an owner with his horses earning more than $14 million in that time. The numbers continue to climb, considering the multiple owning partnerships in which Brewster has been victorious.