CLASSICS CUP DRAWN, NUMBER ONE DUDE MADE SLIGHT MORNING-LINE FAVORITE

October 12, 2023

The field for the Oklahoma Classics Cup, powered by FanDuel TV, has been set with two past winners of the race included in the field of six for the 1-1/16 miles main event on Friday, Oct. 20 at Remington Park. Returning Classics Cup champ That’s Something and Absaroka, winner in 2021, will face four others …

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DOUDOUDOUWANADANCE MADE LUKEWARM 3-1 FAVORITE IN OKLAHOMA CLASSICS DISTAFF

October 12, 2023

This year’s edition of the $111,000 Oklahoma Classics Distaff Handicap may be one of the toughest competitively from top to bottom as evidenced by Doudoudouwanadance being made the 3-1 lukewarm favorite on Friday, Oct. 20 at Remington Park. Remington Park morning line maker Jerry Shottenkirk tabbed the 3-year-old daughter of Magna Graduate, out of the …

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OKLAHOMA DERBY RUNNER, HEROIC MOVE, WINS ALLOWANCE FEATURE WITH DROP IN CLASS

October 11, 2023

Nothing like a drop in class from the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby to wake up a horse in an allowance event for non-winners-of-two career races. The move worked as Heroic Move’s alarm went off on Wednesday night at Remington Park in a one-mile race. Heroic Move, a 3-year-old colt by Quality Road, out of …

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GUARANTEED NEW WINNER for the OKLAHOMA CLASSICS DISTAFF ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20

October 10, 2023

There is a sure thing involved with this year’s 31st edition of the $111,000 Oklahoma Classics Distaff Handicap; there will be a new winner on Friday, Oct. 20, as three-time defending champion She’s All Wolfe was retired after her 2022 triumph. A total of 29 Oklahoma-bred females have been nominated to 1 mile-70 yard event …

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TWO PAST CHAMPIONS OF OKLAHOMA CLASSICS CUP, THAT’S SOMETHING, ABSAROKA NOMINATED TO THIS YEAR’S EDITION ON FRIDAY, OCT. 20

October 7, 2023

The past two champions of the Oklahoma Classics Cup – That’s Something and Absaroka – have been nominated to this year’s edition of the biggest race on Friday, Oct. 20 at Remington Park. The 31st edition of the Oklahoma Classics, contested every year since 1993, is an evening that honors the top Oklahoma-bred horses in …

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LEADING TRAINER STEVE ASMUSSEN WINS TWO INCLUDING FEATURED ALLOWANCE RACE WITH FEE

October 6, 2023

Horse racing’s all-time winningest North American trainer and 17-time title winner at Remington Park, Steve Asmussen, added two more victories to his tallies Friday night to stretch his margin in the standings. He did this despite being without his top rider at the meet, Stewart Elliott. Elliott leads the jockeys’ standings 40-20 over second-place rider …

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KWONTRO PULLS OFF UPSET IN FEATURE, CASTER WINS 200TH RACE AT REMINGTON PARK

October 5, 2023

The scales of balance tipped in Kwontro’s favor in Thursday night’s featured allowance race at Remington Park when heavy rain on Wednesday night forced all the races on the turf course to be moved to the main track. One could almost see the smile forming on the 6-year-old gelding’s face and those of his connections …

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MINDY WILLIS ENJOYING A SUCCESSFUL REMINGTON PARK SEASON, A LONG WAY FROM RAKING OATS INTO HER DAD’S SHEDROW AS A LITTLE GIRL

October 4, 2023

Longtime Remington Park trainer Mindy Willis grew up in her Dad’s barn on the West Coast and has been a winner in every way except one. “When I was a little girl, just a brat, I used to love to pour the horses’ oats out on the shedrow in my dad’s barn and rake them …

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TRAINER RONNIE CRAVENS WINS TWICE FOR THIRD NIGHT IN ROW TO MOVE INTO SOLE POSSESSION OF SECOND PLACE IN STANDINGS

September 30, 2023

It was a week that a trainer dreams about and no one was more on fire than red hot Ronnie Cravens III. He moved from fifth place in the Remington Park trainers’ standings at the beginning of the week into sole possession of second place after the action on Saturday night. Cravens won two races …

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THREE JOCKEYS, TWO TRAINERS HAD TWO WINS APIECE ON REMINGTON PARK’S FRIDAY NIGHT CARD

September 29, 2023

Three jockeys and two trainers made trips to the winner’s circle twice each on Friday night. Floyd Wethey, Jr., Stewart Elliott and Harry Hernandez won two apiece and they were joined by two trainers, J.R. Caldwell and Ronnie Cravens III in the winning doubles column. Wethey got things rolling in the first race of the …

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