OKLAHOMA DERBY DRAW IS WEDNESDAY MORNING, MANY PROBABLES POSTING FINAL WORKOUTS
The Grade 3, $200,000 Oklahoma Derby will be compiled in the Remington Park racing office on Wednesday morning, Sept. 23. Many expected for the 1-1/8 miles event have put in their final workouts. The 32nd running of the Oklahoma Derby headlines a stakes-laden program on Sunday, Sept. 27. Here is the latest on probable contenders. …
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STUART TO SEND HOTASAPISTOL IN REMINGTON PARK OAKS, PAIGE ANNE HAS ARRIVED
The Grade 3, $100,000 Remington Park Oaks tops the undercard for Oklahoma Derby Sunday, Sept. 27. The 1-1/16 miles main track event will be drawn in the track racing office on Wednesday morning. Clinton Stuart, a mainstay at Remington Park throughout the track’s history, is expected to enter Hotasapistol in the oaks. The 3-year-old filly …
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MO MOSA, AN UNCLE MO COLT FROM TRAINER MICHAEL MAKER’S BARN, ADDED TO STRONG POSSIBILITIES FOR OKLAHOMA DERBY
Trainer Michael Maker has given a nod to Remington Park for Mo Mosa to run in the Grade 3, $200,000 Oklahoma Derby on Sunday, Sept. 27. He joins likely possibilities that include a couple of Kentucky Derby competitors – Major Fed and Necker Island – for this field looking for an Oklahoma Derby crown. A …
Jockey Sophie Doyle thought she had seen it all in her travels of the world until she was hunkered down in a severe Oklahoma thunderstorm this week.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Jockey Sophie Doyle thought she had seen it all in her travels of the world until she was hunkered down in a severe Oklahoma thunderstorm this week. After moving her tack to Remington Park for the first time in her career for the current thoroughbred season, she also received her first taste …
SLAYER POSTS FIRST OFFICIAL WORKOUT OF REMINGTON PARK PRESEASON
The Remington Park racing surface opened for training this morning, in preparation for the upcoming American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season. Slayer was the first horse to have an official workout, breezing for trainer Manual Almanza. A 4-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelding by High Rate Of Return from the Shazoom mare Shiv Katall, Slayer worked 220 …
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JOHNSON EXTENDS STREAK OF BEING FIRST TRAINER WITH HORSES ON PROPERTY AT REMINGTON PARK
The 2020 Remington Park live racing season begins on March 6 and trainer Tammy Johnson is ready. She entered the Remington Park stable area minutes after the gates opened early this morning to once again be the first trainer to arrive with horses for the season. Johnson brought in 10 athletes at 12:02am on the …
WELDER BECOMES FIRST BACK-TO-BACK THOROUGHBRED HORSE OF THE MEETING AT REMINGTON PARK
There have been plenty of incredible horses race at Remington Park over 31 years of racing, but none had ever been voted Champion Horse of the Meeting twice, until Welder. The Remington Park divisional champions were determined by voting from track officials and media who covered the season. Owner RaMax Farms (Clayton Rash of Claremore, …
RECORD-SETTING SEASON GIVES ASMUSSEN 15TH REMINGTON PARK TRAINING TITLE, END ZONE ATHLETICS NEW LEADING OWNER
Steve Asmussen, a member of the National Racing Hall of Fame and Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame at Remington Park, won his 15th seasonal training title in Oklahoma City with 83 victories. Asmussen won his fourth consecutive Chuck Taliaferro Memorial Award, named in honor of one of Remington Park’s leading trainers in its formative …
SHOTGUN KOWBOY TRYING TO BECOME FIRST HORSE TO EARN A REMINGTON PARK MILLION DOLLARS IN HAWK MEMORIAL
If Shotgun Kowboy wins the $100,000 Jeffrey A. Hawk Memorial on closing day Sunday, he would become the first horse in Remington Park history to earn more than $1 million over this racetrack. The 7-year-old gelded son of Kodiak Kowboy, out of the Siphon (BRZ) mare Shotgun Jane, has earned $958,637 of his lifetime bankroll …
ASMUSSEN 2-YO FILLY, PRINCESINHA JULIA, MADE 8-5 MORNING-LINE FAVORITE FOR $100,000 TRAPEZE STAKES SUNDAY
Four of the nine fillies entered for the $100,000 Trapeze Stakes are from the barn of leading trainer and National Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen; Princesinha Julia has been made the morning-line 8-5 favorite for the race. Jockey Ricardo Santana, who ships in to ride for Asmussen at Remington Park on big days, will ride …