MULTIPLE STAKES WINNERS GET FIRST WORKOUTS OF MEET OUT OF NEW BARN
Two multiple stakes winners, Run Slewpy Run and her half-sister Alternative Slew, made their first two appearances on the work tab under the guidance of a new trainer for them – Jayde Gelner. Despite getting three stakes wins at Remington Park from Run Slewpy Run, under former trainer Jesse Oberlander, owner Mike Jones of Bristow, …
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SPRINGBOARD MILE WINNER WILDATLANTICSTORM POSTS HIS FIRST OFFICIAL WORKOUT FOR REMINGTON PARK MEET
OKLAHOMA CITY – Last year’s surprise winner of the Springboard Mile, Wildatlanticstorm, at 15-1 odds, got in his first official workout over the Remington Park racing surface Tuesday morning, breezing three furlongs in :40 flat. The 2022 seasonal Horse of the Meeting jogged over the track a week ago before official workouts were being recorded. …
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2023 CLASS FOR OKLAHOMA HORSE RACING HALL OF FAME SET AT REMINGTON PARK
The evening before the Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park this fall will not lack for star power. The newest class for the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame will be inducted during the races on Saturday night, Sept. 23. A group of four horses and one horsemen will be honored in between races …
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Learn MoreREMINGTON PARK OPENS TRACK, SPRINGBOARD MILE WINNER WILDATLANTICSTORM FIRST OVER THE SURFACE
Wildatlanticstorm, the 2022 Springboard Mile winner and the seasonal Horse of the Meeting, was the first to move over the main track at Remington Park this morning. He appeared on the track at 6am sharp, under clear skies with temperatures in the low 70s. The track opened for light training with the beginning of the …
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FORMER REMINGTON PARK JOCKEY LARRY TAYLOR RETURNS HOME AS TRAINER, ONE OF HIS OWNERS IS ALL-TIME OKC RIDER CLIFF BERRY
Former jockey Larry Taylor has memories of Remington Park like no other and now he hopes to make new ones as a trainer, returning to his home city for the upcoming thoroughbred fall-winter meet about 30 years after he left it. The race meet is scheduled to begin Aug. 18. Taylor was the first African …
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TRAINER MARK LEE FIRST TO ARRIVE WITH HORSES FOR UPCOMING FALL REMINGTON PARK THOROUGHBRED RACE MEET
When the barn area gates officially opened for the upcoming Remington Park fall thoroughbred race meeting, trainer Mark Lee was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed with the first bunch of horses in at 8 a.m. Saturday. Lee, being the first in line at the backside entrance, broke a streak of three years in a row for trainer …
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OKLAHOMA DERBY LEADS REMINGTON PARK STAKES SCHEDULE, SEASON BEGINS AUGUST 18
The Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby headlines the stakes schedule for the upcoming 2023 Remington Park Thoroughbred Season. The 67-date schedule starts Aug. 18 and continues through Dec. 15. The Oklahoma Derby is one of two graded stakes events featured on Sunday, Sept. 24. The Grade 3, $200,000 Remington Park Oaks bolsters the only Sunday …
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DANJER VOTED HORSE OF THE MEETING AT REMINGTON PARK
Danjer, the 2021 American Quarter Horse Association World Champion, was voted the unanimous choice for Horse of the Meeting for the recently concluded American Quarter Horse / Paint & Appaloosa season. The 7-year-old gelding also repeated as Champion Older Male. It was the second time in the past three years Danjer has garnered Champion Horse …
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ALL THREE TITLE WINNERS AT REMINGTON PARK TOOK HOME TROPHIES FOR FIRST TIME – JOCKEY ESCOBEDO, TRAINER KEENER, OWNER MAHER
Only two or three wins separated the competitors in every category of the final leaders for the horsemen titles at Remington Park for the just concluded American Quarter Horse / Paint and Appaloosa Season. All three winners earned titles for the first time – jockey Edwin Escobedo, trainer Dee Keener, and owner Tom Maher. Edwin …
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FASTEST QUALIFIER FOR GRADE 1 HERITAGE PLACE FUTURITY, SAN LENCHO, WAS ALSO FASTEST IN THE FINALS
San Lencho, the fastest qualifier on trials night, proved to be the fastest horse on finals night of the Grade 1, $1,207,640 Heritage Place Futurity on Saturday, the richest race in Oklahoma annually. The win, under jockey Juan Pulido, for trainer Waylon Melton, kept the 2-year-old colt by Apollitical Jess, out of the Heza Fast …
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