LETTA’S LEGACY GETS SECOND WIN IN ROW OVER TWO-TIME REMINGTON PARK HORSE OF MEET MISS CODE WEST

Some doubted Letta’s Legacy’s win over two-time Remington Park Horse of the Meet Miss Code West was for real when the former won a 6-1/2 furlong allowance race on Aug. 16.

Letta’s Legacy, a 4-year-old filly owned, trained and bred by C.R. Trout of Edmond, Okla., repeated that effort again Saturday night in a non-conditioned allowance race for Oklahoma-bred fillies and mares, 3 and older, sprinting 6-1/2 furlongs over the main track. Letta’s Legacy, sired by Practical Joke, out of the Sunday Break (JPN) mare Sundayville Break, won for the eighth time in her career and kept Miss Code West from scoring her 13th.

Miss Code West has nothing to despair in her four starts at the meet, winning two stakes races – the $130,000 Oklahoma Classics Distaff Turf at 1-1/16th miles on the grass and the $50,000 Bob Barry Memorial Stakes at 7-1/2 furlongs greensward. She hasn’t appeared as sharp, sprinting on the main track this meet, but she also has chased Letta’s Legacy when that filly has had an easy lead in those two sprints without much pressure up front.

Jockey David Cabrera was sitting chilly on Letta’s Legacy as they approached the turn for home while Floyd Wethey, Jr., was pushing Miss Code West’s neck, asking for more run. When it seemed like Letta’s Legacy had the race in the bag, Miss Code West finally answered Wethey’s call and showed her huge heart. She engaged the winner again down the stretch, but Letta’s Legacy had gotten the early jump and Cabrera had saved enough horse to hold on in gate-to-wire fashion.

Letta’s Legacy held on by a half-length over Miss Code West, the 4-5 odds-on favorite. The runner-up was another 2-3/4 lengths in front of third-place finisher Nice Neighbor (3-1). Artistic Vision (12-1) was fourth and Calebs Lady (14-1) ran fifth. Catale Winemixer and Eireann were both scratches.

Letta’s Legacy was 2-1 in the wagering and paid $6.80 to win, $2.60 to place and $2.10 to show. Running time for the winner was 1:16.79 on the fast track. She made every pole a winning one, setting interior fractions of :22.15 for the first quarter-mile, :45.06 for the half-mile, and 1:10.01 for three-quarters of a mile.

Letta’s Legacy, after Saturday night’s big run and win, has definitely claimed her ground as top older sprinting mare on the grounds among the Oklahoma-breds. She earned $26,400 from the $44,000 purse and improved to 17 starts, eight wins, six seconds and one third for a bankroll of $302,265.

Miss Code West, trained by Kevin Scholl for owners Jeffry and Julie Puryear of Denton, Texas, still has a sparkling record of 17 starts, 12 wins and three seconds for total earnings of $573,277. Scholl has hinted we may see her again in the She’s All In Stakes on closing night, Dec. 20. If Miss Code West were to rebound, stretching back out in that route race, she would have three stakes wins for the meet and would remain in the running for her third Horse of the Meet award, something only Welder has done at Remington Park. Welder is the all-time winningest horse in Oklahoma City with 16 wins at this track.

Remington Park racing continues Nov. 20-22, Thursday through Saturday, with the first race nightly at 6pm-Central.

Remington Park has provided more than $399 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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