BRACKET BUSTER MAKES HISTORY IN OKLAHOMA DERBY AT REMINGTON PARK
After 37-runnings of the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby, Victoria Oliver shattered the glass ceiling, becoming the first female trainer to win the event when her 2-5 favorite Bracket Buster crossed the finish line first Sunday night at Remington Park. “(Bracket Buster) is a really neat horse,” said Oliver. “We were looking for a race …
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JACKMAN’S RIDE LEADS THROUGHOUT TO WIN INAUGURAL $250,000 GREAT WEST TURF SPRINT
Jackman’s Ride carried the local flag of Remington Park in Sunday’s inaugural $250,000 Great West Turf Sprint Stakes and when he was finished in the five furlongs race, he proudly planted that flag in the winner’s circle. Jackman’s Ride may be an 8-year-old Kentucky-bred gelding, but he didn’t appear he has lost a single step …
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SO THERE SHE WAS WINS STRETCH BATTLE TO OUTLAST HEAVY FAVORITE LEMON ZEST IN REMINGTON PARK OAKS
The top two favorites in the $200,000 Remington Park Oaks went eyeball-to-eyeball the entire 1-1/16 miles of the race. When it was said and done, it was the second choice, So There She Was (7-2 odds) who put away the heavy favorite Lemon Zest (2-5). Leading local rider Ramon Vazquez and Luis Saez went 1-2 …
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TRAINER DANNY PISH HAD HIS OWNERS CONFUSED, BUT THEY WERE HAPPY AFTER ESSENTIAL TIME WON CLEVER TREVOR STAKES
Trainer Danny Pish had to laugh after his 2-year-old trainee Essential Time, a maiden second-time starter, won for the first time in the $150,000 Clever Trevor Stakes on Sunday at Remington Park. Pish got a kick out of it because he had his owners bouncing back and forth like a ball and a paddle. “I …
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SURVEILLANCE ROMPS HOME THE VANCE STAKES AT REMINGTON PARK
Trainer Michael Maker won the E.L. Gaylord Memorial earlier Sunday with Woodstock. He then added the biggest race of the day for sprinters – the $100,000 David M. Vance Stakes – with Surveillance, ridden by Jose Ortiz. It also was Ortiz’s second win of the day as he earlier captured the $75,000 Remington Green aboard …
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SABALENKA SCORES RICKS MEMORIAL AT REMINGTON PARK
Jockey Luis Saez won back-to-back stakes on Sunday on the Oklahoma Derby Day undercard, when Sabalenka gave him his second black-type win in $75,000 Ricks Memorial Stakes. This was a race over the grass for older fillies and mares going 1-1/16 miles. Saez stayed in mid-pack, biding his time and as 2-1 favorite Neom Beach …
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JOCKEY JOSE ORTIZ TIMES IT PERFECTLY WITH GIGANTE, COMING FROM LAST TO FIRST TO WIN REMINGTON GREEN
Jockey Jose Ortiz patiently sat at the back of the pack aboard Gigante in the $75,000 Remington Green Stakes on Sunday. When the field of five horses bunched up in the turn for home, he made his move on the outside to give trainer Steve Asmussen his fourth win in this series. Gigante, a 5-year-old …
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WOODSTOCK ROCKS OUT WITH 10-1/2 LENGTH VICTORY IN E.L. GAYLORD MEMORIAL
One would be hard-pressed to find a more visually impressive winner on Oklahoma Derby Day at Remington Park than Woodstock was in the $50,000 E.L. Gaylord Memorial on Sunday. A 2-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by Yaupon, from the Medaglia d’Oro mare Hot Hippie, Woodstock was two lengths behind front-running Echos of Violence after a half mile …
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JOCKEY ERIK ASMUSSEN RECORDS RIDING TRIPLE, ALL FOR HIS TRAINER FATHER STEVE SATURDAY AT REMINGTON PARK
Winning three races in one night is nothing new to 22-year-old jockey Erik Asmussen anymore, but it is something new for him at Remington Park, posting the hat trick on Saturday night. After all, it takes those kind of nights to be named North America’s Eclipse Award-winning apprentice jockey as he was in 2024. He …
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REMINGTON PARK ADDS RACE DATE ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5
Remington Park has added a date of racing on Sunday, Oct. 5 with the first race at 2pm-Central. The added date serves as a makeup situation for the racing night lost on Thursday, Sept. 25. The Remington Park schedule for the first week of the new month will have racing Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 2-5. …
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