AQHA DISTANCE CHAMPION FOR 2021, WASCALLYWITTLEWABBIT, MAKES 2022 DEBUT A WINNING ONE IN PAULS VALLEY STAKES
Wascallywittlewabbit was the American Quarter Horse Association Distance Champion for 2021, putting together a campaign of 870-yard wins in which he was virtually unbeatable. He began his defense of that title with a victory in Thursday night’s $50,880 Pauls Valley Stakes. Wascallywittlewabbit had a few things working against him, coming into this stakes race at …
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CHARLIES FURY WINS FIFTH STAKES RACE OF HIS CAREER, TAKING MR JET MOORE STAKES AT REMINGTON PARK
Jockey Agustin Silva fell back on his old bag of tricks, getting Charlies Fury to the winner’s line first in the restricted Grade 2, $68,000 Mr Jet Moore Stakes on Thursday night at Remington Park. “I just close my eyes and Charlie does the rest,” Silva joked. “He’s awesome.” The 6-year-old gelding by Furyofthewind, out …
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PAULS VALLEY STAKES ON THURSDAY COULD BE PREVIEW OF REMINGTON PARK DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIP ON CLOSING DAY
The Grade 2, $50,000 Pauls Valley Stakes scheduled for Thursday night could be a preview for Champion Distance Horse at Remington Park this meet. Last year’s American Quarter Horse Association Distance Champion, Wascallywittlewabbit, has been made the even-money morning-line favorite for the Pauls Valley Stakes, but not that much of a choice over multiple stakes-winning …
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JOSEFINA GUZMAN TOPS OWNER STANDINGS, TRAINERS RACE TIGHTENS, TOP JOCKEYS MOVE FARTHER AHEAD
Josefina Guzman broke a logjam at the top of the owners standings at Remington Park on Saturday night when her horse, Vencedora Jess, won the 10th race. Guzman, of Dallas, Texas, got her fifth win of the meet, with her first-time starter hitting the finish line first in a 250-yard race. When she sends a …
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APOLLITICAL HERO WINS FOR SECOND TIME AT REMINGTON PARK, TAKING FEATURE RACE FOR AQHA TOP TRAINER OF 2021, JASON OLMSTEAD
The 2021 American Quarter Horse Association Champion Trainer, Jason Olmstead, continued his winning ways Friday night, taking the Remington Park feature race with Apollitical Hero. Last year was the greatest season of Olmstead’s career with his horses coming very close to winning $2 million for 2021. He finished the year with $1,949,697 earned from the …
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BOOMIN WITH EAGLES WINS FOR THIRD TIME IN LAST FOUR TRIES FROM RED-HOT TOBY KEETON BARN
Boomin With Eagles jumped on top early and was ahead late, outlasting a field of eight other horses in the featured starter allowance race on Thursday night at Remington Park. It was the third win in the 4-year-old mare’s last four starts from the sizzling hot barn of trainer Toby Keeton. Last year’s top rider …
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LEADING RIDER CODY SMITH BRINGS LONGSHOT APOLLICARTEL HOME IN FEATURED ALLOWANCE RACE AT REMINGTON PARK
Apollicartel broke his maiden against tough competition in his career debut last year at Remington Park in the $477,000 Oklahoma Futurity trials, then finished eighth in that final. He didn’t win again in 2021, nor in a trial for the Oklahoma Derby earlier this season, gaining little respect in the allowance finale on Sunday. One …
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OKLAHOMA FUTURITY WINNER TRES CRYSTALS MAKES 95-YEAR-OLD OWNER and 19-YEAR-OLD JOCKEY A HAPPY COUPLE
Everyone was amazed in 2019 when they saw the spritely spring in the step of 92-year-old owner Elizabeth Logan winning the Oklahoma Futurity. You can imagine the joy of the Remington Park crowd when she won it again Saturday night, now at 95 years of age. Logan’s bright and shiny face lit up the winner’s …
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ALL POINTZ BULLETIN FINDS HER MOMENT OF ZEN, WINNING GRADE 3 $262,700 OKLAHOMA DERBY
The biggest concern for trainer Monty Arrossa and jockey Francisco Calderon was whether All Pointz Bulletin would be calm enough to win the Grade 3, $262,700 Oklahoma Derby on Saturday night at Remington Park. She was and they did. “We tried some new things to get her to calm down and it seems to have …
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SIGNS OF LIVEWIRE TIES TRAINER DEE KEENER WITH LEW WARTCHOW AT FIVE WINS IN OKLAHOMA PAINT AND APPALOOSA FUTURITY
A quick stop on Facebook by owner Jeff Adams of Durant, Okla., led to trainer Dee Keener winning the Grade 1, $231,435 Oklahoma Paint and Appaloosa Futurity at Remington Park for the fifth time in his career. The Saturday night score came with Signs of Livewire, a 2-year-old Paint. The fifth win tied Keener with …
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