EIREANN PULLS OFF UPSET IN SLIDE SHOW STAKES OVER SLOPPY TRACK WITH BRILLIANT RIDE FROM FREDDY MANRRIQUE
When it comes to 2-year-old Oklahoma-bred filly races, just about anything can happen, especially over a sloppy track. That adage came true Friday night at Remington Park as Eireann pulled off an upset in the $50,000 Slide Show Stakes when heavy 4-5 favorite Elegant Echo broke poorly from the gate. With Elegant Echo trying to …
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BREAKABLE CODE BREAKS CODE TO WINNING SILVER GOBLIN STAKES AT REMINGTON PARK
Jockey Harry Hernandez had never ridden Breakable Code in his career, but he pushed all the right buttons to get him to the lead, never looking back to win Friday night’s $50,000 Silver Goblin Stakes at Remington Park over a sloppy track. “I went back and watched his replays,” said Hernandez. “Looked like he was …
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SEVERE WEATHER WITH LIGHTNING FORCES REMINGTON PARK TO CANCEL FINAL FIVE RACES THURSDAY
Remington Park was forced to cancel part of a race card Thursday night when severe weather rolled through central Oklahoma, accompanied by lightning. It was the second week in a row that thunderstorms forced a cancellation. Rain started shortly after the first race of the night and was off and on until becoming a constant …
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SOUL SACRIFICE RETURNS TO STAKES-WINNING FORM TO WIN ALLOWANCE FEATURE AT REMINGTON PARK
OKLAHOMA CITY – After winning the $50,000 Jim Thorpe Stakes at Remington Park last year at Remington Park, no one could blame anyone for thinking Soul Sacrifice might be a tough competitor at that level again this meet. It had not happened until the 4-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelding dropped into a first-level allowance race on Wednesday …
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LONGSHOT IN SHORT FIELD, KIRBY KAYE, UPSET WINNER IN FEATURED ALLOWANCE OVER SLOPPY TRACK
Kirby Kaye didn’t mind a little slop in her face as she came from just off the pace to pass two horses at the top of the stretch, winning Saturday night’s allowance feature on a sloppy track as a 13-1 upsetter. The race had originally been scheduled for 7-1/2 furlongs on the turf, but a …
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JOCKEY HARRY HERNANDEZ RECORDS HIS 1,000TH NORTH AMERICAN WIN IN FIRST RACE FRIDAY AT REMINGTON PARK
Jockey Harry Hernandez was pretty excited about getting his 1,000th North American victory in Remington Park’s first race aboard R Doc on Friday night, but there was one person who was even more animated about the milestone. “My dad (Andy Hernandez, a jockey in Puerto Rico), he’s the one who has been counting it down …
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LEADING JOCKEY STEWART ELLIOTT RECORDS BACK-TO-BACK TRIPLES AT REMINGTON PARK
Remington Park’s leading jockey Stewart Elliott recorded a riding triple for the second night in a row Thursday, by a slight nose-bob. Elliott’s mount in the final race of the night at about one mile on the firm turf course, Keraunos, was trailing Magna Tap every step of the way to the wire except the …
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WEATHER LEADS TO CANCELLATION OF FINAL TWO RACES WEDNESDAY AT REMINGTON PARK, ASMUSSEN AND ELLIOTT TEAM FOR TRIPLE BEFORE RAIN
A pounding rainstorm hit Remington Park prior to the running of the eighth race on Wednesday night forcing the cancellation of the last two races on the nine-race card. It was a night on which the leaders prospered as top jockey Stewart Elliott and top trainer Steve Asmussen combined for three wins apiece in only …
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MANOR BORN WINS SECOND STRAIGHT OVER REMINGTON PARK TURF IN SATURDAY FEATURE
Manor Born held off a cavalry charge from behind him in the stretch of the turf course Saturday night to win his second consecutive Remington Park race, this one the featured allowance. Jockey Lindey Wade had won on this 5-year-old gelding last time out in a 7-1/2 furlong race on the grass against $20,000 claimers. …
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JOLLY SAMURAI REMAINS UNDEFEATED, SCORING CLEVER TREVOR STAKES AT REMINGTON PARK
Jolly Samurai is proving to be the buy of the century. The 2-year-old gelding, an $8,000 purchase at auction, remained undefeated after three starts at Remington Park with a victory in the Clever Trevor Stakes on Friday night. Jolly Samurai, a Texas-bred son of First Samurai, out of the Paddy O’Prado mare Jolly Good, was …
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