TRAINER SHAWN DAVIS RETURNS TO REMINGTON PARK JUST THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE, RETURNS STAKES WINNERS U.S. ARMY, SOUL SACRIFICE

Trainer Shawn Davis thanks his lucky stars every day that he is even able to physically walk into his barn at Remington Park every morning. He is 83 years old now and when he was 29, he was told by doctors that he would likely never walk again and obviously would never train horses again. …

ELLIOTT HEALED AND READY TO DEFEND HIS RIDING TITLE AT REMINGTON PARK

Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Stewart Elliott returns to Remington Park as the defending leading rider from the previous race meet for the first time. In 2023, Elliott’s fifth season at Remington Park, he ran away with the top jockey honors. His 74 triumphs blew away the field as Lindey Wade checked in second with 46 trips …

MULTIPLE STAKES WINNER ON TURF, SUNLIT SONG, RETURNS TO REMINGTON PARK

If not for a half-length and three-quarters of a length, Sunlit Song would have won the $75,000 Remington Green Stakes four years in a row. As it is, the old gray gelding has won two of the past four (2023 and 2020) and finished second in the other two. Sunlit Song has returned to defend …

PALUXY READY TO DEFEND GOVERNOR’S CUP TITLE ON OPENING NIGHT AT REMINGTON PARK

It appears not only will Paluxy be trying to defend his title in the first stakes race of the meet – the $100,000 Governor’s Cup – but he also will be trying to retain his status as king of the barn in the Opening Night feature. The Governor’s Cup, for 3-year-olds and older, is the …

CRADDOCK TANDEM EARNED WORKOUT BULLETS FRIDAY AT REMINGTON PARK

A pair of 3-year-old fillies from the barn of trainer Kari Craddock teamed up to earn a bullet four-furlong workout Friday morning at Remington Park. Maybe Dolcie and Kamikaze worked in company under sunny skies with temperatures in the mid-70s. They were clocked in :47.91 handily over a fast track. Jeremy Collier, training assistant for …

CASTER RUNNERS READY IN THE MORNING, BULLET WORKOUT THURSDAY AT REMINGTON PARK

Trainer Boyd “Jobe” Caster seems to have the athletes in his barn ready for the 2024 Thoroughbred Season at Remington Parks that starts Aug. 16. His West Coast Tino put up the fastest half-mile work on Thursday morning. Under sunny skies with temperatures in the 70s, West Coast Tino covered four furlongs in :48.66 handily …

LAST YEAR’S HORSE OF MEET, MISS CODE WEST, RETURNS TO REMINGTON PARK FOR TRAINER KEVIN SCHOLL

The 2023 Horse of the Meet, Miss Code West, returned to Remington Park, breezing on the work tab last week and trainer Kevin Scholl said it was a positive move. “She told me she was glad to be back at her track,” said Scholl, 64, who sent her out four times at Remington Park last …

OKLAHOMA HORSE RACING HALL OF FAME TRAINER C.R. TROUT SENDS OUT LETTA’S LEGACY FOR BULLET WORKOUT

Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer-owner-breeder C.R. Trout of Edmond sent out 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred filly Letta’s Legacy for an official workout Tuesday. She responded with a brisk effort. Letta’s Legacy, named for C.R.’s late wife, stopped the clocker’s timer in a blistering :46.43 for the half mile, the fastest time of the day for …

TWO-TIME STAKES WINNER FLAT HANBY COULD CARRY LOCAL FLAG INTO OKLAHOMA DERBY FOR CASTER

Flat Hanby would try to become only the third Oklahoma-bred horse to win the Oklahoma Derby if the two-time stakes winner were to be entered in the Grade 3 race on Sept. 29 at Remington Park. Trainer Boyd “Jobe” Caster is still up in the air about this Flat Out gelding’s participation in the Oklahoma …

OKLAHOMA HORSE RACING HALL OF FAME TRAINER JOE OFFOLTER WORKS OKIE CODE AT REMINGTON PARK

Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer Joe Offolter returns to Remington Park for the upcoming fall thoroughbred race meeting with a couple of nice stakes horses in his barn – Take Me Serious and Faith Alone. The meet begins Friday, Aug. 16. It was a horse of the lesser ranks that he sent out …