FULL SIBLINGS WIN WEDNESDAY AT REMINGTON PARK FOR SEPARATE BREEDERS
Oklahoma owner and breeder James Rogers of Elk City, Okla. enjoyed the races Wednesday at Remington Park as a pair of full siblings by his stallion Black Bear posted victories. While full siblings, the two winners were bred by different people, in back-to-back years.
In the second race Wednesday, John broke his maiden status against fellow Oklahoma-breds going five furlongs. Owned by Rogers’ Black Hawk Stable, John is by Black Bear from the National Saint mare, Aunt Sissy. The 2-year-old was bred by Rogers.
In race six, a $20,000-Maiden Claiming event for Oklahoma-breds, Aunt Kendra found the winner’s circle in her 12th career start. A 3-year-old filly by Black Bear out of Aunt Sissy, by National Saint, Aunt Kendra was bred by the late John Wartchow.
How did the same broodmare, who was bred by Rogers and who raced her the first two season of her career for his Black Hawk Stable in 2013 & 2014, produce for two different breeders in successive seasons.
“After we raced Aunt Sissy for a couple of years we gave her to Jody Pruitt (trainer) and she eventually ended up with John Wartchow (trainer) at the end of her career to be a broodmare,” Rogers explained. “After a while, John decided he had too many broodmares and gave Aunt Sissy back to us, but he was the breeder for Aunt Kendra.”
Black Hawk Stable started the racing career for Aunt Kendra before she was claimed from their operation earlier this spring at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla. for $7,500. She won her first race on Wednesday for owner KW Thoroughbred of Burbank, Wash. and trainer Briannah McDaniel.
John has shown talent but also developed a poor habit of either blowing the turn or floating extremely wide into the stretch in some of his races at Remington Park this season. Rogers was extremely pleased that John finally seems to have overcome that issue, gaining his first win. John has started seven times with the one victory, two places and three shows.
Rogers and Wartchow were longtime friends so Rogers had named Aunt Sissy’s newest runner after him. One day before John the horse had his first start at Remington Park, John Wartchow passed away, on August 15, 2024.
The Rogers’ stallion Black Bear was a multiple-stakes placed athlete who campaigned for Black Hawk Stable, winning eight of 33 starts with seven seconds and six more third-place finishes. He accumulated total earnings of $376,828 from 2013-2018.
The 50th race date of this Remington Park season begins at 6:30pm-Central. The nine race program features turf action in race one and race nine. The track is fast and the turf is firm.
Remington Park has provided more than $363 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 2024 Thoroughbred Season continues through Dec. 13 when the $300,000 Springboard Mile tops the final night of the season. The major 2-year-old stakes race of the season, the Springboard awards valuable 2025 Kentucky Derby qualifying points. 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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