HUGE 34-1 LONGSHOT, ROYALAMERICAN, PULLS OFF UPSET OVER 2-5 ODDS-ON FAVORITE, MISTER OMAHA, TO WIN SILVER GOBLIN HANDICAP

For Immediate Release
Friday, November 6, 2026

The 34-1 longshot, Royalamerican, had run three bad races in a row, but he showed up with bells on Friday night at Remington Park to upset 2-5 odds-on favorite Mister Omaha in the $50,000 Silver Goblin Handicap.

In fact, Mister Omaha didn’t light the board in any of the top three spots of this race after setting the pace into the stretch. It was the heavy favorite’s first time sprinting since winning the $48,500 Welder Stakes at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla., on March 18, 2025 as the 1-9 favorite. Since that race, Mister Omaha had run 12 races around two turns, until the Silver Goblin.

The Silver Goblin is for Oklahoma-breds, 3 and older, going 6-1/2 furlongs.

Friday night’s winner, Royalamerican, who made the Remington Park toteboard light up like a full-blown Christmas tree, had shown some promise as a 2-year-old last year, winning two stakes races – the Oklahoma Classics Juvenile and the Don McNeill Stakes, both against Oklahoma-breds. His owner-trainer-breeder C.R. Trout of Edmond, Okla., said there was a good reason Royalamerican had run poorly in his last three starts.

“He had EPM (equine protozoal myeloencephalitis, a serious neurological disease that affects a horse’s brain and spinal cord) real bad,” said Trout. “I can’t say enough about how (assistant trainer) Kassie (Gladd) stayed with him, brought him back to health and I don’t know what I would have done without her. (Royalamerican has gained 100 pounds to get back to where he is tonight.”

Royalamerican came into this stakes race with a sixth-place finish in the Bath House Row Stakes at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., on April 18, followed by two fifth-place finishes against allowance company here on Aug. 22 and Sept. 18. So, it was no coincidence that he would be ignored at 34-1 odds on the toteboard, even with second-leading rider David Cabrera up. There was only one thing that kept Cabrera from being over-confident coming into the Silver Goblin, knowing that Royalamerican might be sitting on a big race back to 100 percent health.

“I had a dream that I pulled the trigger too late and didn’t get there (to the finish line first),” Cabrera said. “But all the crew in the barn had him so ready. What else could you ask for?”

Royalamerican came from dead last in this field of nine to blow past them all in the stretch to win this 6-1/2 furlong stakes race. He hit the finish in 1:17.08 over the fast surface after Mister Omaha set the early pace of :22.08 for the first quarter-mile, :44.74 for the half-mile, and 1:10.41 for three-quarters of a mile, setting up Royalamerican’s late kick.
“I just felt like they were going too quick in front of me,” said Cabrera, who languished in last with Royalamerican. “I knew I had plenty of horse under me when we made our move.”

A 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred by Upstart, from the Creative Cause mare Scat for the Cause, Royalamerican put Trout to the winner’s circle for the second time in the Silver Goblin and paid a whopping $71.20 to win, $17.60 to place and $10.60 to show. Trout also won this stakes in 2021 with Fast Breakin Cash.

The longshot win keyed a 10-cent superfecta payout of $2,651.76 with Classy Empire (3-1) second, Nucleus (9-1) third and Missin Hollywood (111-1) in fourth. Mister Omaha checked in fifth, followed by Cajun Stoops (38-1) sixth, Breakable Code (13-1) seventh, I Am What I Am (63-1) eighth and Connors Outlaw (34-1) ninth.

Royalamerican earned $30,000 for the victory and improved to 11 starts, five wins, two seconds and one third for a bankroll of $207,529.

Cabrera scored his fourth win in the Silver Goblin, after winning three times before, all with Welder (2018-2020), Remington Park’s all-time winningest horse with 16 victories in Oklahoma City.

The race is named for the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Famer, Silver Goblin. The Oklahoma-bred began his career at Remington Park in 1993 and concluded in 1999 for owner Al Horton and trainer Kenny Smith, winning multiple stakes events locally. Ridden by regular jockey Dale Cordova, Silver Goblin was a multiple graded stakes winner away from Remington and once ran second to the legendary Cigar in the 1995 Oaklawn Handicap. He topped a million dollars in earnings before retiring.

Remington Park racing continues Saturday, Nov. 7 with the first post at 6:30pm-Central.

Remington Park has provided more than $432 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’s marquee event for 2-year-old Thoroughbreds is the Springboard Mile. A qualifying points race for the 2027 Kentucky Derby, the Springboard will be contested on Saturday, Dec. 19. 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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