SEVEN-TIME ECLIPSE AWARD-WINNING TRAINER TODD PLETCHER SENDING CONTENDERS FOR OKLAHOMA DERBY and REMINGTON PARK OAKS
OKLAHOMA CITY – Todd Pletcher, a seven-time Eclipse Award winner as Trainer of the Year, has committed a colt and filly for the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby and the Grade 3, $200,000 Remington Park Oaks, on Sunday, Sept. 30. An itinerary of Tex Sutton’s plane “Air Horse One” shows Pletcher is sending 3-year-old colt …
GOVERNOR’S CUP ON OKLAHOMA DERBY UNDERCARD LIKELY FEATURES MILLIONAIRE HORSE SHOTGUN KOWBOY
GOVERNOR’S CUP ON OKLAHOMA DERBY UNDERCARD LIKELY FEATURES MILLIONAIRE HORSE SHOTGUN KOWBOY, 2017 KENTUCKY DERBY HORSE OKLAHOMA CITY – This year’s $175,000 Governor’s Cup on the Oklahoma Derby Day undercard Sunday, Sept. 30, will likely feature a rematch of a millionaire horse – Shotgun Kowboy – and a horse that competed in the 2017 Kentucky …
KENTUCKY DERBY RUNNER COMBATANT EXPECTED FOR GRADE 3 OKLAHOMA DERBY AMONG OTHER TOP HORSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
OKLAHOMA CITY – One of the top horses on the Kentucky Derby trail, going the Arkansas route this year, Combatant is expected to compete in the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park on Sunday, Sept. 30. The 3-year-old colt, a son of Scat Daddy, out of the Boundary mare Border Dispute, was prominent …
GRADE 3 REMINGTON PARK OAKS NOMINATIONS FEATURE MULTIPLE GRADED WINNERS EXPECTED IN OKLAHOMA CITY
OKLAHOMA CITY – The $200,000 Remington Park Oaks, a new Grade 3 event this year, is the main undercard race on the Oklahoma Derby Day program on Sunday, Sept. 30. Nominations were released today with many graded stakes winners expected for the 1-1/16 miles event for 3-year-old fillies. A couple of those anticipated for the …
OKLAHOMA DERBY MAY FEATURE HORSES WHO RAN THIRD TO TRIPLE CROWN WINNER JUSTIFY
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby, to be run Sept. 30 at Remington Park, is expected to include likely starters Core Beliefs and Lone Sailor. Both horses have figured prominently on the national scene this year in the 3-year-old championship division. Core Beliefs ran third to Triple Crown winner Justify in the …
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TRAINER SCOTT YOUNG, ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST SHOOTING STARS SINCE HANGING UP HIS JOCKEY SILKS
For eight years trainer Scott Young couldn’t even look at pizza or Mexican food, trying to retain his jockey weight of about 115 pounds. Then six years ago when he hung up his riding silks to become a trainer, ALL he could look at was food. Young has had plenty of dough to purchase all …
MILLIONAIRE OKLAHOMA-BRED SHOTGUN KOWBOY PUTS SMILE ON TROUT’S FACE AFTER WORKOUT
OKLAHOMA CITY – Breeder-owner-trainer C.R. Trout had a big smile on his face as he contemplated the work tab Wednesday morning from his Remington Park barn. The reason was simple – his big horse, Oklahoma-bred 6-year-old gelding Shotgun Kowboy, had just come back from his first work of the meet, coming off a major upset …
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