TRAINER JOHN STINEBAUGH CONTINUES WIN SKEIN, TAKING OKLAHOMA JUVENILE TO MAINTAIN HIGH WINNING PERCENTAGE

Trainer John Stinebaugh has started the 2024 race meet at Remington Park hotter than an Oklahoma parking lot in July. He continued his winning ways, taking the $50,000 Oklahoma Juvenile Stakes on Saturday night with This Eagles Armed.

Of the trainers that have started at least 10 times during the Remington Park meet, only one conditioner has a higher winning percentage – Juan Diaz, Jr. – who won the big race Saturday night, the Grade 2 $502,385 Oklahoma Futurity. Diaz has won 4-of-12 starts for a 33 percent winning ratio while Stinebaugh has won 5-of-17 for 29 percent.

The top seven horses in this field were flanked right on top of each other in a blanket finish. This Eagles Armed, a 2-year-old gelded son of This is an Eagle, out of the Tac It Like a Man mare Empty Arms, had run second in his Oklahoma Futurity trial to Xpress Lane, who wound up running second in the half-million Grade 2 final of that event later in the evening.

Jockey Ali Rivera kicked into gear from the outside post 10-hole for the winner and he cruised home a neck winner over BP Pink Venom (6-1). This Eagles Armed was sent off at 8-1 odds and paid $19.60 to win, $10.20 to place and $5.60 to show. It was a first win this stakes series for Stinebaugh, Rivera and the owner, Pete Scarmardo of Caldwell, Texas. This Eagles Armed earned $20,000 to improve to two starts, one win and one second for earnings of $21,946.

This Eagles Armed stopped the clock for 300 yards in :15.587 over the fast track for a speed index of 87. He was bred in Texas by his owner.

Hott Temptation (6-1) checked in third, three-quarters of a length back of the runner-up and the next five margins of finish were a nose, a neck, a neck, a head and a neck. Outcome is Income (8-1) ran fourth, Starwood (9-1) fifth, Rich Strike (5-1) sixth, Kingpyn (7-1) seventh, Sin Tachas Eagle (10-1) eighth, Moon Knight (3-1 favorite) ninth and Cedar Hill (17-1) 10th.

Remington Park has provided more than $345 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District, Remington Park presents simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. The Remington Park Futurity for Oklahoma-breds is featured on April 27. The 2024 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season continues through June 1. starts its 50-date season. Parking and admission are always free. Must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.

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