WEATHER AWARE FOR NEW REMINGTON PARK WEEK
In a rarity at Remington Park, none of the season’s 40 race dates contested to this point have had to deal with precipitation. That may change tonight on Day 41.
There is a chance of rain and thunderstorms to roll through the Oklahoma City metro, sometime after racing begins at 6:30pm. At the moment, the track is fast and turf is firm. Updates will happen as needed once racing begins.
Breeders’ Cup Simulcast Schedule Set at RP
In addition to the live action nightly, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be received via simulcast from Del Mar on Friday and Saturday.
Future Stars Friday spotlights the 2-year-old stakes events with the first race from Del Mar at 1:35pm and the initial Breeders’ Cup stakes, the Juvenile Turf Sprint, at 4:45pm.
Remington Park will offer advance wagering Friday for all of the Saturday Breeders’ Cup races.
The Saturday Breeders’ Cup World Championship program begins at 12:05 for the Del Mar opener. The first Saturday Breeders’ Cup race is at 2pm with the Filly & Mare Sprint. The $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic will go at 4:40pm. The Dirt Mile, at 7:25pm, will conclude the Saturday BC action.
Hernandez Still at 998
Jockey Harry Hernandez starts the new Remington Park week with 998 career wins int North America. He will have to be perfect Wednesday night if he is to hit the milestone as he has only two mounts.
Hernandez rides O S U Budke (8-1 morning-line odds) in race two. He scored a victory on that 4-year-old filly earlier this season on Sept. 7. The second race is a $10,000-claiming event at six furlongs for Oklahoma-bred fillies and mares, 3 and older.
The final attempt on the night for Hernandez, barring he picks up mounts, is set in race five on Utsira (15-1). The race is scheduled for turf at about one mile for $20,000-claiming fillies and mares, 3 and older.
Hernandez, a native of Puerto Rico, moved to the United States in 2015.
Seven Stakes Winners Among Nominations for Silver Goblin Stakes
Nominations for the $50,000 Silver Goblin Stakes, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 8, attracted seven stakes winners for the race to be run at 6-1/2 furlongs on the main track at Remington Park.
The Silver Goblin is for 3-year-olds-and-older who are accredited Oklahoma-breds. The top money earner in the field if he is entered is Number One Dude, a multiple stakes winner for owner and breeder Terry Westemeir of Broken Arrow, Okla. Trainer Scott Young conditions this 6-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelded son of American Lion, out of the Macho Uno mare Ebony Uno. Number One Dude’s record is 34 starts, 10 wins, 10 seconds and two thirds for $560,028. His regular rider is jockey Leandro Goncalves. His 10 trips to the winner’s circle include stakes wins in the 2022 Red Earth Stakes, the 2021 Jim Thorpe Stakes, the 2021 Oklahoma Stallion Stakes, and the 2020 Don McNeill and Oklahoma Classics Juvenile, all at Remington Park.
The other six stakes winners nominated are Eakly, Fly to the Bank, Lake Bee, Mister Wayside, Soul Sacrifice and That’s Something.
Eakly, a 4-year-old Oklahoma-bred by Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Caleb’s Posse, is trained by Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Famer Donnie Von Hemel. He conditions the gelding for owner Cheyenne Stables (Everett Dobson). Richard Eramia is his regular rider. Eakly, out of the Lonhro (AUS) mare Vian, is in top form, having won his last race – the OKC Turf Classic Handicap on the grass on Oct. 18 here, his second straight victory in that race.
Fly to the Bank would be the second-highest earner in the field if he and Number One Dude enter, and he is not far off the winnings of that rival. Fly to the Bank, a 7-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelded son of Eurorears, out of the Kingkiowa mare Take it and Fly, has raced 49 times, winning 13, running second 12 times and third another six times for a bankroll of $551,824. Steve Martin trains him for owner Juan Carlos Gallegos. Among Fly to the Bank’s stakes wins are the back-to-back Silver Goblin and Oklahoma Classics Sprints in 2022 and 2023, all at Remington Park. He also won the 2019 Kip Deville at Remington Park in 2019. Fly to the Bank was bred by James Helzer.
One of the other nominees who recently defeated Fly to the Bank is Lake Bee when he won the Oklahoma Classics Sprint on Oct. 18 at Remington Park for owner Silva Racing and trainer Miguel Silva while under jockey Jose Alvarez. The 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelding by Bee Jersey, out of the Salt Lake mare Lake Piru, closed from dead last in that six-furlong sprint to win by a full length. His record is 18 starts, six wins, four seconds and three thirds for earnings of $219,727.
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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