DA CHIEF, 24-1 LONGSHOT, UNDER JOCKEY KELSI PURCELL PULLS BIG UPSET IN REMINGTON PARK FEATURE
Da Chief was challenged to the hilt Thursday night in a battle to the wire with Waylon’s Guitar, but the 24-1 longshot prevailed, getting his nose down at the wire for jockey Kelsi Purcell in a huge upset among first-level allowance horses at Remington Park. Da Chief, a 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelded son of Da Stoops, …
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ERIK ASMUSSEN PUTS EXCLAMATION POINT ON RIDING DOUBLE BY WINNING REMINGTON PARK FEATURE ON IMPERIAL GUN
The hottest jockey-trainer combo of Erik and Steve Asmussen were at it again Saturday night at Remington Park. The son-father duo won a pair of races together, including the featured allowance race with Imperial Gun. The last time this 4-year-old Kentucky-bred colt won for Steve, it was with his other jockey son Keith in the …
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ROYALAMERICAN RUNS HIS BLACK TYPE-WINNING STREAK TO TWO IN ROW WITH IN DON McNEILL STAKES
Royalamerican is proving to be a versatile 2-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelding, winning his first stakes sprinting at Remington Park in October. Then, on Friday night, extended that black-type streak to two in a row, this one at one mile in the $50,000 Don McNeill Stakes. The race is named for the late Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall …
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LANALUAH PULLS OFF MINOR UPSET IN SLIDE SHOW HANDICAP AS CYNDI LOPER EXPERIENCES FIRST LOSS
Leading rider Ramon Vazquez timed it perfectly and made his move with Lanaluah at the top of the stretch, pouncing on a tiring, undefeated Cyndi Loper for a minor upset in the $50,000 Slide Show Handicap on Friday at Remington Park. This race is named for the great Oklahoma-bred filly Slide Show, who once won …
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C W PRIZE ADDS ANOTHER BLACK TYPE WIN TO HIS RESUME, WINNING SILVER GOBLIN HANDICAP AT REMINGTON PARK
C W Prize broke out of his two-race slump Friday night under jockey Richard Eramia and wound up in the winner’s circle of the $50,000 Silver Goblin Handicap for 3-year-olds and older, Oklahoma-breds, sprinting 6-1/2 furlongs at Remington Park. C W Prize, a 5-year-old gelded son of Code West, out of the Pure Prize mare …
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GIGANTE WAS ALL OUT TO BEAT LONGSHOT IN FEATURED REMINGTON PARK ALLOWANCE AFTER WINNING REMINGTON GREEN IN SEPTEMBER
Gigante was a one-length winner in the $75,000 Remington Green last time out, so it appeared the Steve Asmussen runner might cruise in the featured allowance race at Remington Park on Thursday night. The betting public thought so, too, as they sent him off at 1-5 odds. Gigante, a 5-year-old Virginia-bred son of Not This …
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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 …
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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 …
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VETERAN JOCKEY STEWART ELLIOTT, ERNESTO VALDEZ-JIMENEZ WIN SEVEN OF NINE RACES AT REMINGTON PARK
Two jockeys dominated the races Thursday night at Remington Park, winning seven of the nine races on the card – Stewart Elliott with a four and Ernesto Valdez-Jimenez scoring three. In fact, the only other jockey to win a race was Erik Asmussen, who recorded two wins. His father, Steve Asmussen, made sure he is …
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ASMUSSENS – JOCKEY ERIK AND TRAINER STEVE – DOMINATE, WINNING BOTH ALLOWANCE RACES SATURDAY AT REMINGTON PARK
Remington Park’s and North America’s all-time winningest trainer Steve Asmussen and his son Erik, the fifth-leading rider this season, joined forces on Saturday night to dominate the big races, sweeping both allowance features here. It was tough to tell which win was more impressive. The first allowance race was only a half-length victory by Ryvit, …
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