JAMES GONZALEZ, FRANCISCO CALDERON NAMED LIP CHIP TRAINER, JOCKEY OF WEEK

James “JJ” Gonzalez and Francisco Calderon have been at the top of their games at this American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa race meet and are being recognized as Lip Chip Trainer and Jockey of the Week at Remington Park for the week of March 28-30. Gonzalez only started five horses all week, but he …

RIVERA, WHITEKILLER EARN LIP CHIP HONORS WITH STAKES WINS IN WEEK THREE OF RACING AT REMINGTON PARK

Stakes victories were the highlights of week three of racing at Remington Park and boosted Ali Rivera and Matt Whitekiller to Lip Chip Jockey and Trainer of the Week honors. Rivera, 21 (his 22nd birthday is Thursday), also moved into a tie for first place in the jockeys’ standings with Roman Cruz at 11 wins …

CRUZ AND STINEBAUGH EARN LIP CHIP HONORS,EASY MONEY CHASE GAME BEGINS MARCH 23

A riding triple on St. Patrick’s Day along with stakes victories on March 16, helped secure Lip Chip Jockey and Trainer of the Week honors at Remington Park for Roman Cruz and John Stinebaugh respectively. Jockey Roman Cruz ended the week rolling to the top of the leader board in the jockeys’ standings, winning three …

RAMIREZ AND KEENER HONORED AS LIP CHIP JOCKEY AND TRAINER OF THE WEEK AT REMINGTON PARK

The first Remington Park Jockey & Trainer of the Week, presented by Lip Chip, to start the 2024 Spring Season are Ricky Ramirez and Dee Keener. Ramirez posted four victories from 13 mounts over the first four race dates of the season, taking the top spot in the jockey standings. He also rode four mounts …

TRAINER CLINT CRAWFORD LOOKING FOR IMPROVEMENT THIS YEAR AT REMINGTON PARK

Trainer Clint Crawford is hoping for a race meet more like he had at Remington Park in 2018 than the one he had in 2023. Crawford finished on top of the trainers’ standings in 2015, 2016 and 2018, his three title championships here as a conditioner as compared to running sixth last year. He had …

MULTIPLE STAKES WINNER, HOOKED N GONE, HITS THE WORK TAB ON FRIDAY WITH 220-YARD BREEZE

Three-time stakes winner Hooked N Gone, who won the restricted Grade 1 Remington Park Derby last year here, made the work tab on Friday with a 220-yard breeze. Hooked N Gone, a 4-year-old gelding by PYC Paint Your Wagon, out of the Pretty Boy Perry mare Pretty Girl Kate, won that Remington Park Derby under …

SOONER STATE STAKES WINNER FROM 2022, CANDY BLOOD, WORKS FORWARDLY AT REMINGTON PARK

A past stakes winner and Remington Park Derby runner-up, Candy Blood, put in an impressive workout over the weekend in preparation for the upcoming American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa meet at Remington Park. The 2022 Grade 1 Dee Raper Sooner State Stakes winner and 2021 Grade 2 Remington Park Derby runner-up will be racing …

NATION’S TOP TRAINER BY WINS THREE YEARS RUNNING, JASON OLMSTEAD, MAKES HIS RETURN TO REMINGTON PARK

The nation’s three-time reigning champion trainer in wins, Jason Olmstead, is getting pumped up for the start of the American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa meet on Thursday, March 7 at Remington Park. Olmstead, 45, who owns Circle JA Racing Ranch in Pryor, Okla., finished second in the racing standings at Remington Park last year …

GRADE 1 STAKES WINNER AND OKLAHOMA-BRED APOLLITICAL PENCE RETIRES AFTER MILLIONAIRE RACING CAREER

Apollitical Pence, a multiple stakes-winning American Quarter Horse at Remington Park and one of only five horses that won the Grade 1, 440-yard Champion of Champions Stakes multiple times at Los Alamitos in California, has retired from racing at 8 years old. An Oklahoma-bred gelded son of Apollitical Jess, out of the Tres Seis mare …

MORE THAN 200 HORSES ENTERED FOR INITIAL TRAINING RACE DAYS AT REMINGTON PARK

Remington Park begins training races Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 14 & 15, with 203 horses entered in 13 races each day. The schooling races help to prepare 2-year-old horses for the upcoming American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa race meeting that begins Thursday, March 7. The training races will begin at 11 a.m. each day. …