ALL-TIME NO. 2 JOCKEY IN TRACK HISTORY, LUIS QUINONEZ, PULLS OFF HUGE UPSET WITH 21-1 LONGSHOT SHOULDABOUGHTDABAR IN FEATURE

Everyone was touting 3-5 favorite Spoiler in Friday night’s featured allowance race. However, Remington Park’s second all-time winningest jockey Luis Quinonez milked front-runner Shouldaboughtdabar on the lead and the 21-1 longshot responded with the win.

The race was at 7-1/2 furlongs on the firm turf and Quinonez made every pole a winning one for trainer Travis Murphy. Murphy owns Shouldaboughtdabar with Matt Trent of Jones, Okla., and the 5-year-old horse was bred in Kentucky by Edward “Beau” Lane. The son of Alternation, from the Gio Ponti mare Gallery Girl, paid $44.40 to win, $21.60 to place and $10.40 to show.

Shouldaboughtdabar covered the distance in a winning time of 1:29.77 after setting interior fractions of :23.78 for the first quarter-mile, :47.77 for the half-mile and 1:12.26 for three-quarters of a mile. Spoiler could do no better than check in fourth, well back of the winner. Tap the Dot (5-2) checked in second, one length ahead of third-place finisher Mazuma (6-1).

Looking at the longshot winner objectively, he shouldn’t have been that much of a surprise. Last time out when he raced 7-1/2 furlongs on Sept. 18 here, he had the lead for half the race and finished third, beaten less than three lengths with open allowance horses. He was dropping in class to horses that had not won since April 30 or not won four races lifetime. Shouldaboughtdabar also had been laid off from July 14 to September 18, so as they say in the business, this horse needed a race. His last race on the grass before that was the year before on Oct. 4 at a mile and was beaten less than three lengths in that one.

Shouldaboughtdabar earned $24,996 in Friday’s allowance race to improve lifetime to 23 starts, four wins, four seconds, and two thirds for a bankroll of $145,028. He was purchased for $7,000 at the Keeneland Association September Yearling Sale in 2021.

The big winner keyed large payouts in the exacta, trifecta and Pick 3 during this race. The $2 exacta was worth $222.20, the 50-cent trifecta returned $417.05 and with this horse as the final competitor in the 50-cent Pick 3 that ended in this race, the eighth, paid $437.80. Expanding even further, The Last Chance Pick 3 that ended in the ninth was worth $1,102.35, the PrimeTime Pick 4 paid $2,126.90 and the late Pick 5 returned $5,725.

Remington Park racing continues Saturday, Nov. 1 with a special first post time of 6:20 p.m.-Central due to simulcasting of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships from Del Mar near San Diego, Calif.

Remington Park has provided more than $396 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District, Remington Park presents year-round simulcast racing and casino gaming. The 2025 Springboard Mile, a 2026 Kentucky Derby qualifying points race, takes place Saturday, Dec. 20, the final night of the Thoroughbred Season. Guests must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or to enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.

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