OUR DAVINA DISPLAYS HER PATENTED WORST TO FIRST MOVE UNDER JOCKEY BELEN QUINONEZ TO WIN FEATURED TURF ALLOWANCE

Our Davina, a beautifully dappled gray horse that wins the beauty contest every time she steps on the track, many times matches that beauty by flying from the back of the pack to pass them all in the stretch to also win races.

That’s exactly what happened Saturday night in the featured turf allowance race for fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and older that had not won a race since May 1, 2025, or had not won four races in their career.

Under jockey Belen Quinonez, Our Davina, a 5-year-old Kentucky-bred mare by Midshipman, out of the Langfuhr mare Cherryblossommiss, broke dead last from the gate in the field of seven for trainer Scott Young. No problem. She loves being about 10 lengths off the pace going down the back stretch. The mare is like a cat waiting to pounce on her prey. On this night, she would fall back to 9-1/2 lengths off the leaders traveling down the backstretch.

Peak Earnings (5-2), set the pace in the 7-1/2-furlong race, setting fractions of :24.62 for the first quarter mile and :48.85 for the half before fading to third. The 8-5 favorite, Doudoudouwanadance was stalking in second and looked like she was giving it up, dropping back to third at one point before re-rallying to finish as the runner-up. While Peak Earnings and Doudoudouwanadance were battling up front, Our Davina was revving up her engine after a half mile and had cut her deficit to 5-3/4 lengths. Still, she had all the horses in her sights in last.

Quinonez pushed the go button at the top of the stretch and Our Davina began rolling down the middle of the turf course like a freight train. She hit the wire 1-1/4 lengths ahead of everyone. The public bet her down hard to odds-on prior to the race, but she eventually floated back up to 3-1 at post time. Our Davina paid $8.20 to win, $4.40 to place and $2.60 to show. She had cut into the final fraction of 1:12.59 to take the lead in deep stretch and stopping the timer in 1:30.69.

Our Davina earned $25,064 for her owners, Family Stone Racing (Leisha Gibson) of Edmond, Okla. The mare improved her record to 33 starts, five wins, 10 seconds and three thirds for a bankroll of $204,274. She was bred by Michael T. Barnett. The mare originally was purchased at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Select Yearling Sale in July 2021 for $37,000. The Family Stone then picked her up for $120,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale in October of the same year.

DON’TASK DON’TTELL, 11-YEAR-OLD VETERAN HORSE, BEATS YOUNGSTERS FOR 23RD WIN OF HIS CAREER
The feel-good story of the night came in the fifth race when 11-year-old grizzled veteran Don’task Don’ttell won for the 23rd time in his long career. If he spent any more time at Remington Park, he’d have to pay rent. It was the seventh win from 12 starts in Oklahoma City and he seems to love doing it despite his age. He raced in a one-mile turf race Saturday night against 3-year-olds and older horses that had not won two races since May 1, 2025, or that had not won four races in their careers.

As an 11-year-old, the Scott Corderman trainee raced with a field of 12 horses total. Their ages were 5,7,5,7,4,5,6,4,4,5 and 5. None of the youngsters could hold off Don’task Don’ttell in his stretch run under rider Iram Diego. He came from mid-pack in sixth to win by a length at 4-1 odds, paying $10.40 to win, $4.40 to place and $3.40 to show. The elderly gelding by Honor and Serve, from the Horse Chestnut (SAF) mare Ask But I Won’ttell, improved his lifetime record to 68 starts, 23 wins, 12 seconds and nine thirds for a bankroll of $546,108. He earned $18,138 in this race for his owner C. Dale Ledgess of Davis, Okla. The gelding was bred in Illinois by Team Block.

It was also a big night for jockey Alfredo Triana, Jr., who had a three-bagger. His three trips to the winner’s circle came in the third race with Absaroka ($7.20), followed by Chitoz’s Blur ($6.80) in the fourth and then he capped off his evening by winning the nightcap in the ninth with Nalla D ($7.20).

Live racing continues next week with a Thursday-Saturday schedule with first post time at 6 p.m. CST nightly.

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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