SHOCKINGLYFAMOUS MAKES HIS FIRST TRY AROUND HOOK A MEMORABLE ONE, WINNING FEATURE 870-YARD RACE BY SEVEN-PLUS LENGTHS
The one big question in Friday night’s feature race was whether the multiple stakes-winning Shockinglyfamous could make that class handle a turn race at 870 yards. When the featured allowance/optional claiming race around the hook was over, this son of One Famous Eagle, not only proved he could turn left but that he could leave …
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DASHING MOVEMENT MADE 7-2 MORNING-LINE FAVORITE IN WIDE OPEN OKLAHOMA DERBY AT REMINGTON PARK SATURDAY
There were only four points difference in the speed index between the fastest qualifier and the 10th-fastest qualifier for the finals of the Grade 3, $262,700 Oklahoma Derby on Saturday night at Remington Park. Therefore, it’s not that big a surprise that Dashing Movement was made the 7-2 morning-line favorite in this wide open field. …
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SIGNS OF LIVEWIRE DRAWS RAIL AS 3-1 LUKEWARM FAVORITE FOR THE OKLAHOMA PAINT & APPALOOSA FUTURITY AT REMINGTON PARK
Four trainers – Dee Keener, Santos Carrizales, Kasey Willis and Ty Blackwell qualified two horses apiece for Saturday night’s finals of the Grade 1, $231,600 Oklahoma Paint and Appaloosa Futurity at Remington Park, but it was Keener’s Signs of Livewire that was made the 3-1 morning-line favorite. In the trials on March 4, jockey Jesus …
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FANCY SCARFACE MADE 5-2 MORNING LINE FAVORITE FOR HISTORIC $440,800 OKLAHOMA FUTURITY AT REMINGTON PARK
Fancy Scarface wasn’t the fastest qualifier for the Grade 2, $440,800 Oklahoma Futurity on Saturday, but his win in the trials was by far the most impressive visually. The 2-year-old gelded son of PYC Fun N Fancy, from the Walk Thru Fire mare Dolls in Fire, was made the 5-2 morning-line favorite for the finals. …
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JOCKEY CODY SMITH ON A ROLL, WINNING THREE TIMES IN CONSECUTIVE RACES, MOVES INTO FIRST PLACE IN RIDER STANDINGS
Jockey Cody Smith was tied for sixth in the rider standings at Remington Park going into Sunday’s race card. After turning on the afterburners, Smith won three consecutive races in the middle of the card and moved into first place with a huge jump. When Smith won the sixth, seventh and eighth races aboard Beatem …
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GENESIS 1 PULLS OFF MINOR UPSET IN FEATURED ALLOWANCE RACE
Genesis 1 was somewhat overlooked in Saturday night’s allowance feature race at Remington Park, despite the fact that this 3-year-old gelding’s connections thought he might be good enough to qualify for the Grade 3 West Texas Derby at Sunland Park in January. Genesis 1, out of trainer Harvey Baeza’s barn, won his West Texas Derby …
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TRAINER JASON OLMSTEAD, JOCKEY EDWIN ESCOBEDO COMBINE FOR THREE WINS TOGETHER, INCLUDING FEATURE WITH DICKEY BOB
It was quite a year for trainer Jason Olmstead in 2021, and this year just got a lot nicer as he and jockey Edwin Escobedo combined to win three races on Thursday at Remington Park, including the feature with a horse named Dickey Bob. Last year, Olmstead was voted the American Quarter Horse Association’s Blane …
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REMINGTON PARK ALTERS RACING SCHEDULE DUE TO FORECAST OF WINTER WEATHER
A forecasted blast of winter weather throughout Oklahoma, expected Thursday, March 10 and continuing overnight to Friday, March 11, has led to a change in the racing schedule at Remington Park. Remington Park officials, working with representatives of the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association, have agreed to rearrange some race dates and post times in …
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O DONOVAN ROSSA, 38-1 LONGSHOT, PULLS OFF MAJOR UPSET IN GRADE 3 SLM BIG DADDY STAKES, PAYING $79 TO WIN
The three favorites ran second, third and fourth in the Grade 3, $55,520 SLM Big Daddy Stakes, but all three had to watch 38-1 longshot O Donovan Rossa finish first at the wire on Sunday night in a huge upset. O Donovan Rossa, a 4-year-old gelded son of Apollitical Jess, the most prolific sire going …
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FAMOUS CORONAS IS FASTEST QUALIFIER FOR GRADE 3 OKLAHOMA DERBY FINALS, TENTH SPOT DETERMINED BY SHAKE ELIMINATION
Twelve-time training title winner Eddie Willis had the fastest qualifier Sunday, Famous Coronas, for the Grade 3, $262,700 Oklahoma Derby finals scheduled at 350 yards for March 19. For the second night in a row, the weather played a factor in the qualifying trials. None of the horses from the first three trials qualified over …
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