DAD CHARLEY HUNT WINS BATTLE VS. SON CHARLTON HUNT IN NOSE VICTORY BY NSM FLYING CORONA IN REMINGTON FEATURE

When the ninth race was over Thursday, March 26 at Remington Park, it was a matter of inches that made the difference in a battle of father-son trainers. NSM Flying Corona got her nose to the wire as the victor for the in the allowance event over AJ Lucky Girl.

NSM Flying Corona is a 3-year-old Kansas-bred filly trained by the father, Charley Hunt, and AJ Lucky Girl, a California-bred 3-year-old filly, who lost the photo by a nose, is trained by the son, Charlton Hunt. That tiny margin of victory gave jockey Angel O. Ramirez a riding triple Thursday night after it took a minute for the placing judges to declare a winner. The tight photo-finish would determine if the father or the son would get his first win of this spring season.

The feature winner, NSM Flying Corona was racing in allowance company for 3-year-old fillies that had never won two races lifetime. Now this daughter of Flying Cowboy 123, out of the Corona Cartel mare Im Gone For A Corona, has won for a second time. The filly is owned by Nancy McCoy of Wichita, Kan., and earned $14,340 for the win from the $25,680 allowance purse. She improved her career marks to six starts, two wins and one third for a bankroll of $22,270. NSM Flying Corona is a home-bred for McCoy.

Running time for the winner at 350 yards was :18.136 on the fast track, earning a speed index of 74 into a stiff southerly headwind of 20mph. AJ Lucky Girl will have to wait another day despite earning that same 74. Running third, another 1-1/2 lengths behind was Chile Piquin. NSM Flying Corona was sent off at 18-1 odds while AJ Lucky Girl was at 7-1. The winner paid $38.20 to win, $12.20 to place and $7 to show across the board.

Ramirez also made it to the winner’s circle in the second race with the maiden breaker, EF Five Swifty, and with Eza One, also a maiden winner in the fifth race. Ramirez won aboard the former for trainer Ed Hardy and owner Joe Carter, and with the latter for trainer Jose Gamez and owner Oscar Espinoza. EF Five Swifty was bred in Oklahoma by her owner and Eza One was bred Louisiana by Bennie and Terri Jeter.

The three wins for Ramirez vaulted him from a tie for 11th place in the jockey standings into a tie for seventh with six trips to the winner’s circle this meeting. He is now tied with Jesus Ayala. They are both 12 victories behind the front-running Juan Pulido (18 wins) in first.

Remington Park racing continues Friday through Sunday, March 27-29. The first race nightly is at 6pm with Sunday racing at 4pm. All times are Central.

Remington Park has provided more than $408 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. The 2026 Remington Park Futurity, the richest race of the season for Oklahoma-breds, takes place on Saturday, April 18. Remington Park presents year-round simulcast racing and casino gaming. 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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