Remington Park announces
annual Oklahoma Derby Week
Festivities -
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oct. 5, 2011
- Remington Park officials
have released the lineup of
festivities for its major
weeklong event of
Thoroughbred racing season.
The 3rd annual Oklahoma
Derby Week features the
Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall
of Fame induction ceremony,
a special
open-to-the-community expo,
Derby-style hat contest and
running of the 2011
Thoroughbred season’s
richest race. Oklahoma Derby
Week kicks off Tuesday, Oct.
11 and runs through Sunday,
Oct. 16.
Read the Footnotes to River
Oaks in Oklahoma -
Oct. 4, 2011 - Grade II
winner Read the Footnotes
has been purchased for
stallion duty at River Oaks
Farm near Sulphur, Okla. The
fee for the 10-year-old son
of Smoke Glacken will be
announced later.
Oklahoma amends Employment
Act, excludes jockey and
trainers
- Oct. 1, 2011 - The law
clarifies that the term
“employment” does not
include riding services
performed by a jockey and
services performed by a
trainer of race horses in
preparation for and during
an approved race meeting
licensed by the Oklahoma
Horse Racing Commission.
First Prize Moon tops
Heritage Place Yearling
Sale, Average up 13%
-
Oklahoma City, OK - Sept.
18, 2011 - Heritage Place
Sale Company concluded their
three-day September yearling
auction on Saturday
afternoon with a 13%
increase in average over
last year's sale. read more
QH Hall of Fame trainer Ted
Wells, Jr. dead at 87
- Sept. 18, 2011 - Noted
Oklahoma horseman Ted Wells,
Jr. passed away at his home
near Pawhuska, Oklahoma on
September 16, at the age of
87, his family announced.
Wells was a member of the
Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall
of Fame, the Oklahoma
Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
and the Ruidoso Downs Hall
of Fame.
Heritage
Place Continues Increases
- Sept. 17, 2011 - The
average for day one and two,
excluding repurchase,
increased 21% to $14,424
from $11,881 in 2010.
Repurchase for both sessions
equals 16%. Gross sales for
both sessions, excluding
repurchases, equal
$7,384,900.00 representing a
16% increase from 2010.
Heritage Place Day 1 off to
strong start -
Oklahoma City - Sept. 16,
2011 - The average price per
horse for session one
increased 34% to $14,646
versus $10,962 from 2010.
Gross sales including
repurchases increased 24% to
$4,437,800. versus
$3,573,600 from 2010. The
number of repurchases
equaled 17%. Total number of
horses offered during
session one decreased by 23
horses for a total of 303
versus 326 horses offered in
2010.
Louisiana Senator to Stand
at Lazy E Ranch -
GUTHRIE, OK—SEPT. 14,
2011—Louisiana Senator, who
this year at Remington Park
won two Graded Stakes and
set a 400-yard track record,
will enter stud in 2012 at
Lazy E Ranch in Guthrie,
Oklahoma. Already an earner
of $377,908, Louisiana
Senator SI-111 will race the
remainder of the current
racing season before
shipping to Lazy E Ranch in
Guthrie.
Don't Get Mad to Zoellner’s
Rockin’ Z Ranch in OK
- Sept. 7, 2011 - Grade II
winner Don't Get Mad, who
finished fourth in the 2005
Kentucky Derby (gr. I), has
been purchased by Dr. Robert
Zoellner and Clark Brewster
to stand in 2012 at
Zoellner’s Rockin’ Z Ranch
south of Tulsa, Okla., near
Beggs. The 9-year-old son of
Stephen Got Even will stand
for $2,000.
BERRY
TAKES RIDING LEAD WITH
TRIPLE SATURDAY NIGHT
- OKLAHOMA CITY – August 28,
2011 - The first seven days
of the 2011 Thoroughbred
Season are in the book at
Remington Park. The top of
the jockey standings has the
most familiar name in track
history back in the lead,
after a riding triple
Saturday night.
Cherokee Casino Sallisaw
opens new simulcast room
- SALLISAW, Okla. – August
24, 2011 - Cherokee Nation
Entertainment has expanded
its offerings at Cherokee
Casino Sallisaw by opening a
simulcast or off-track
betting room for horse
racing.
McNaughton memorial service
-
OKLAHOMA CITY — Richard
Brett McNaughton, 53, died
Aug. 11, 2011, in Oklahoma
City. A memorial service
will be at 1 p.m., Tuesday,
Aug. 16, at Remington Park
with Carl Crisswell
officiating. Strode Funeral
Home is facilitating
arrangements.
Oklahoma Thoroughbred
Association disbands
- August 13, 2001 - The
Oklahoma Thoroughbred
Association, which has
represented the state’s
breeders since 1958, will
turn that duty over to the
Thoroughbred Racing
Association of Oklahoma, a
branch of the National
Horsemen’s Benevolent and
Protective Association,
beginning Monday, reported
the Daily Racing Form.
Want to be a trainer?
Remington Park to Offer
classes
- August 6, 2011 - For a
mere pittance, you can be
the next up-and-coming
trainer in the sport of
horse racing by attending a
class at Remington Park in
Oklahoma City and learning
all the ins and outs of
conditioning horses.
KOTULAK JOINS REMINGTON PARK
TEAM, SEASON OPENS AUG. 18
- OKLAHOMA CITY – August 4,
2011 - Remington Park is
proud to announce the
addition of Chris Kotulak to
its team, as preparations
continue leading to the
start of the 2011
Thoroughbred Season in two
weeks.
MORNING TRAINING WELL
UNDERWAY AT REMINGTON PARK,
THOROUGHBRED SEASON
- OKLAHOMA CITY – July 19,
2011 - Today marks exactly
one month from the start of
the 2011 Remington Park
Thoroughbred Season on Aug.
18. The track’s stable area
began receiving horses last
Friday with training
starting the next morning.
Remington Park
will hold a new stakes race this fall - the
David Vance Sprint Stakes, in honor the first
President and General Manager of Remington Park.
The race will be run September 30, 2011,
and
will carry a $100,000 purse.
Remington Park GM Scott
Wells Publishes Racing Novel
- July 6, 2011 - “A riveting
writer, a hopeless romantic,
Scott Wells has travelled a
fascinating life--and he
kept notes along the way.
His remarkable experience in
horse racing enables him to
paint his characters with
mesmerizing accuracy. “From
the time I started reading
it I couldn’t put it down.
Scott Wells has been there
and he doesn’t hold anything
back. It’s an amazing book.”
Chris Kotulak.
Will Rogers Downs sees
increase in wagering- CLAREMORE, OK - June 30,
2011 - Cherokee Casino Will
Rogers Downs' spring race
season ended May 21 with $14
million wagered during the
32-day meet, nearly double
what was bet during last
year's spring meet.
Fair Meadows struggling in
obscurity -
June 20, 2011 - The live
meet at Fair Meadows
Racetrack has become an
embarrassment, with
pari-mutuel clerks unable to
provide change and TV
monitors so foggy viewing is
impossible, horse owners and
a horse trainer at the track
said last week.
Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1)
Situation Contained in
Oklahoma
-
June 15, 2011 - Oklahoma
horse owners should take
great relief that the EHV-1
outbreak has been contained.
The entire horse industry
should be commended for
cooperative response in
alleviating the disease
threat.
STREAKIN DOWN IS NEWEST
SUPREME RACE HORSE -
AQHA -
June 6, 2011 – Ed Melzer’s
Streakin Down has become
AQHA’s newest Supreme Race
Horse. The honor is given by
AQHA to a horse that during
its racing career earns
$500,000 or more and wins at
least 10 races, including
two or more open Grade 1
stakes races.
OKLAHOMA DERBY & SPRINGBOARD MILE HEADLINE ENHANCED
THOROUGHBRED STAKES SCHEDULE AT REMINGTON PARK -
OKLAHOMA CITY – June
3, 2011 - The 2011 Remington Park Thoroughbred Season
will feature 28 stakes events on the 67-date schedule.
Led by the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby and the $300,000
Springboard Mile, the entire stakes schedule is worth
more than $3.2 million with 15 of the races carrying
purses of $100,000 or more. Stall apps available - The
first condition book for the season is expected to be
released by June 10.
Deadly Virus
forces quarantine in Oklahoma - May
21, 2011 - An Oklahoma horse is being tested for a
dangerous herpes virus that has killed horses in the
West and Midwest and led to cancellation of horse events
in Tulsa and other cities.
HEAVY THUNDERSTORM
SHORTENS THURSDAY RACING AT
REMINGTON PARK
- May 19, 2011 - A severe
thunderstorm packing heavy
rain and lightning forced
the cancellation of the
final two races on
Thursday’s program at
Remington Park.
The Remington Park racing
surface was fast throughout
the first seven races of the
program before the storm hit
just before race eight.
At that point, the weather
was deemed too extreme to
continue, citing safety
concerns for the horses and
all involved in the racing
production. The final two
races, the ninth and 10th,
on the Thursday card were
not contested.
Oklahoma Governor makes
appointments
-
Tulsa, OK - May 3, 2011 -
Gov. Mary Fallin on Monday
announced her appointments
to the Oklahoma Horse Racing
Commission.
Will Rogers Downs to Host
Pfizer Starter Allowance
Challenge -
April 21, 2011 - Will Rogers
Downs in Claremore,
Oklahoma, will host a
regional Pfizer Starter
Allowance Challenge on
October 2nd.
The 350-yard race is for
horses 3 and up who have
started for a claiming price
of $5,000 or less within 12
months prior to the
sustaining or late payment
deadline. It is a
$15,000-added race.
The $100 nomination fee is
due August 1st, and the $400
sustaining or $2,500 late
payment is due September
1st. The trials are
scheduled for September
18th.
Remington Park To Host
Nation’s Richest State-Bred
Race In History
- OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - APRIL
8, 2011 - Remington Park
officials today announced a
record $1.8 million will be
paid out in purses to the
owners of Oklahoma-bred
Quarter Horses through the
trials and finals of the
Remington Park Futurity and
Derby. This will make it the
richest state-bred racing
event in the nation’s
history.
REMINGTON PARK RAISES PURSES
FOR OVERNIGHT RACES
-
OKLAHOMA CITY – April 1,
2011 - Effective with the
racing program on Thursday,
April 7, Remington Park is
proud to announce a purse
increase for all overnight
races for the remainder of
the 2011 American Quarter
Horse & Mixed-breed Season.
Oklahoma Quarter Horse
Racing App for Smart Phones
-
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 25,
2011—The initial version of
the Oklahoma Quarter Horse
Racing smart phone
application was released on
March 24. To download the
smart phone version on your
smart phone just go to
www.oqhra.com.
Rich Oklahoma Futurity
Filled with Bargain Buys
- AQHA -
March 17, 2011 - The
futurity and derby season at
Remington Park starts on
Saturday night when top
qualifiers Adolph Tres
Knockout and Mr Taka B, who
ran 1-2 in their trial, head
the $326,000 Oklahoma
Futurity (G3), and the
consistent fastest-qualifier
Freighttrain B races in the
$155,000 Oklahoma Derby.
Silver
Goblin, Oklahoma first Entry
in Preakness, dies
- Bache, OK -
March 12, 2011 - Silver
Goblin, the millionaire
earner that became the first
Oklahoma-bred to run in the
Preakness Stakes, was found
dead in the gelding's
pasture in Bache, Okla., on
Monday. The horse died of
natural causes, McAlester
owner Al Horton said.
Foal from Oklahoma gets a
part in Spielberg’s War
Horse - Guthrie, OK
-
March 12, 2011 - A funny
thing happened to Oklahoma
breeders Larry and Nelda
Kettles after their
appropriately named
broodmare Time for a
Makeover delivered a colt by
Indy Thunder on February 18.
Hollywood came calling.
69-year-old Brooks back in
saddle -
OKLAHOMA CITY —
March 4, 2011 - As he helped
load injured jockey Roy
Brooks into an ambulance
last May, Remington Park
general manager Scott Wells
felt sad.
Brooks is a legend in the
quarter horse world, still a
competitive rider at age 69.
He'd returned from injury
before, but Wells seemed
certain Brooks couldn't
bounce back again, not after
a horse fell on top of the
jockey, breaking his pelvis
and tearing his urethra.
REMINGTON PARK DEBUTS
4-STORY VIDEO SCREEN
-
OKLAHOMA CITY
– March 3, 2011 - Officials
with Global Gaming Solutions
and Remington Park unveiled
a four-story,
high-definition video screen
this morning, further
demonstrating the property’s
continued renewal over the
past 15 months. The screen
along with several other
renovations have Oklahoma’s
premiere racetrack and
casino ready for the opening
of the American Quarter
Horse & Mixed-breed racing
season, slated for Friday,
March 4 at 6pm.
PAINT
YOUR BEAU SETS NEW TRAINING
RACE MARK AT REMINGTON
-
OKLAHOMA CITY – February 18,
2011 - A glimpse of things
to come took place in the
opening training race of the
morning at Remington Park on
Friday. Paint Your Beau
marked herself as a future
superstar in setting a new
fastest training race time
at the track.
Oklahoma panel approves program to
assist retired and unwanted racehorses
- Feb. 18, 2011 - Retired and unwanted racehorses are a
huge problem in Oklahoma. A plan approved by the
Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission would call for funds to
be set aside to help pay for retraining and care of
Oklahoma-bred thoroughbred racehorses.
Will Rogers Downs opener delayed
by weather- Claremore, OK -
Feb. 18, 2011 - The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission on
Thursday voted to delay the start of thoroughbred racing
at Will Rogers Downs by two weeks this spring because of
recent inclement weather.
SPIT
CURL DUCHESS FASTEST WINNER
ON FIRST TRAINING RACE DAY
AT REMINGTON PARK
- OKLAHOMA CITY – February
16, 2011 - The first day of
training races at Remington
Park has been completed as
preparations move forward
for horsemen and their
athletes to the start of the
2011 American Quarter Horse
& Mixed-breed Season.
February 9 Training Races
Cancelled at Remington Park
- OKLAHOMA
CITY, OK- Feb. 4, 2011--Due
to the forecast for freezing
temperatures and snow on
this coming Sunday through
Wednesday, February 6-9, the
training races scheduled for
Wednesday, February 9 have
been cancelled. The next
scheduled training races are
set for Wednesday, February
16.
"We have training races
scheduled every Wednesday
through March 30 and may
schedule additional training
race days as needed and
weather permits after
Wednesday, February 9th,"
Dan Fick, Remington Park
Director of Racing/Racing
Secretary said. ATTENTION
HORSEMAN: Due to frozen
water lines Remington Park
is asking that until the
extreme freezing temps
subside that horseman not
move any additional horses
or grooms into the barn
area. Please call the track
before you move in.
HIGHER GOALS SET FOR
CHAMPION SPIT CURL DIVA
-
OKLAHOMA CITY – Jan. 21,
2011 - After an astounding
2010 campaign, champion Spit
Curl Diva is expected to
return to action later this
spring at Remington Park.
Her connections are raising
the bar for her as she
continues to succeed in the
world of American Quarter
Horse racing.
Heritage Place Opening
Session Off to Record Start
- OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—JAN.
14, 2011—In one of the
biggest crowds ever seen at
Heritage Place on a
Thursday, the 2011 Winter
Mixed Sale got off to a
great start with the help of
International buyers.
Results Day 1
REMINGTON PARK PURSE
PROJECTION: A
QUARTER-MILLION PER DAY
- OKLAHOMA CITY –
Jan. 14, 2011
- The return of live racing
to Remington Park in 2011
will be abundant with the
nation’s most talented
athletes and horsemen. The
American Quarter Horse &
Mixed-breed season begins
March 4.
Remington Park renovations
bring success
-
Dec. 24, 2010 - The first
year of racing at Remington
Park under new owner Global
Gaming Solutions has proved
to be a success, with
operators reporting big
jumps in pari-mutuel handle
for thoroughbred and
American Quarter Horse
meets.
World Champion Contender
Apollitical Jess to JEH
Oklahoma
- Wynnewood,
OK - December 24, 2010 -
Champion of Champions winner
and leading contender for
world championship honors
Apollitical Jess will begin
his stallion career at Jim &
Marilyn Helzer's JEH
Stallion Station
Oklahoma-Division near
Wynnewood. His 2011 has not
been announced.
NO SUCH WORD IS REMINGTON PARK
HORSE OF THE MEETING -
OKLAHOMA CITY –
Dec. 22, 2010 - No Such Word turned in one of the
top performances of the 2010 Remington Park
Thoroughbred Season and that sole victory resonated
to voters who tabbed her as the Horse of the
Meeting.
FICK TO LEAD REMINGTON PARK
RACING - OKLAHOMA CITY – December 14,
2010 - Remington Park president and general manager
Scott Wells announced Tuesday that the racetrack and
casino has reached an agreement with Dan Fick to
serve as Director of Racing, beginning Jan. 1, 2011.
REMINGTON PARK HANDLE
SKYROCKETS IN RESURGENT THOROUGHBRED SEASON
- Oklahoma City – Dec. 13, 2010 - The 2010 Remington
Park Thoroughbred Season came to a close Dec. 11
with Grant Jack capturing the $250,000 Springboard
Mile, the richest 2-year-old stakes event of the
meeting. The final night of racing this year also
boosted the already positive seasonal attendance and
pari-mutuel handle statistics.
Custom for Carlos getting healthy
- Dec. 12, 2010 - THE
WIECZOREKS, John and Ann, racehorse owners in Tulsa, had high
hopes of watching their horse, Custom for Carlos, run in the
Breeders' Cup Sprint last year for a chance to win that $2
million race.
GRANT
JACK WINS SPRINGBOARD MILE AS REMINGTON SEASON WRAPS
- OKLAHOMA CITY – December 11, 2010 - The richest
2-year-old race of the successful 2010 Remington
Park Thoroughbred Season produced an upset winner
and huge exotic payoffs as Grant Jack came through
in the $250,000 Springboard Mile at 14-1 odds.
- Dustin Orona Photography
CLIFF
BERRY DOMINATES, WINNING 7 FRIDAY TO SET NEW
REMINGTON PARK MARK - OKLAHOMA
CITY – December 10, 2010 - Jockey Cliff Berry won
five races on Thursday night and managed to top
himself on Friday night, winning all seven of his
races. He set a new Remington Park standard for wins
on one Thoroughbred program in the process.
- Dustin Orona Photography
SPIT CURL DIVA HONORED AS
SUPREME RACE HORSE -
Dec. 9, 2010 –
With her victory in the November 19 Merial Distaff
Challenge Championship (G1), Spit Curl Diva became
the 24th racing American Quarter Horse since 1983 to
earn the distinction of an American Quarter Horse
Association Supreme Race Horse.
BERRY
RIDES 5 WINNERS, VON HEMEL BARN SENDS 4 TO WINNER’S
CIRCLE - OKLAHOMA CITY –
December 9, 2010 - The final Thursday night of the
2010 Remington Park Thoroughbred Season was richly
rewarding for a pair of horsemen. Leading jockey
Cliff Berry opened up his lead at the top of the
jockey standings with five winners while Remington
Park’s all-time leading trainer Donnie Von Hemel had
four athletes from his talented barn post victories.
- Dustin Orona Photography
GLEAMING
STREAK CONTINUES, 4TH STRAIGHT WIN AT REMINGTON
- OKLAHOMA CITY – December 8, 2010 - The talented
3-year-old filly Gleaming stepped away from her
Oklahoma-bred comfort zone on Wednesday at Remington
Park to face open company rivals in a $32,260
allowance event for fillies and mares, three and
older. She managed her fourth consecutive win,
scoring by three-quarters of a length in the
six-furlong event. - Dustin Orona
Photography
PACIFIC
TSUNAMI REELS IN VICTORY, BERRY QUADRUPLES
- OKLAHOMA CITY – December 4, 2010 - Jockey Cliff
Berry won four races Saturday night at Remington
Park to give him some breathing room at the top of
the rider standings. His fourth and final victory
came aboard Pacific Tsunami who enjoyed a perfect
pace scenario to rally down the stretch in a $20,000
starter allowance sprint at six furlongs.
- Dustin Orona Photography
ZIMMERMAN
GAINS GROUND ON BERRY IN RIDER STANDINGS, ACE AND
JIM WINS FIRST AT REMINGTON
- OKLAHOMA CITY – December 3, 2010 - The
Remington Park Thoroughbred Season is now down to
just five race dates with the race for supremacy in
the jockey colony far from decided. Ramsey Zimmerman
posted a riding triple and gained considerable
ground on Cliff Berry who holds a slim two-win lead.
- Dustin Orona Photography
FRONT
RUNNING EDPLICIT MAKES EVERY POLE A WINNING ONE IN
THIRD WIN OF SEASON - OKLAHOMA CITY –
December 2, 2010 - The speedy Edplicit threw his hat
in the ring for Champion Claiming Horse honors at
Remington Park, scoring for the third time this
season. The three-year-old gelding was able to carry
his front running style around two turns in the
$28,500 Allowance feature for this first win at the
route distance. - Dustin Orona
Photography
STEPHENGOTHISSTAR
MAKES IT FOUR IN A ROW -
OKLAHOMA CITY – December 1, 2010 - Stephengothisstar
kept his record perfect this season at Remington
Park with four wins in as many starts, winning
Wednesday’s featured Optional Allowance with a purse
of $29,500. The victory put Stephengothisstar in the
same category as Antioch Diamond as the only horses
to have four wins on the season. -
Dustin Orona Photography
Brooks 'n Down to Stand in
Oklahoma -
Coleman, OK - December 1, 2010 - Brooks 'n Down, a
half brother to undefeated juvenile filly Awesome
Feather, will enter stud in 2011 at Ted and Lynn
Griffith’s Legend Farm in Coleman, Okla.
STREAK
CONTINUES FOR GLENBEIGH, NOW UP TO THREE
- OKLAHOMA CITY – November 27, 2010 - A surface
switch made no difference to the winning ways of
Glenbeigh. He successfully moved from the turf to
the main track to win his third consecutive race in
handling a $29,500 optional allowance event going
one mile. - Dustin Orona Photography
ANTIOCH
DIAMOND IS SEASON’S FIRST 4-TIME WINNER, TAKING
SILVER GOBLIN STAKES - OKLAHOMA CITY-
November 26, 2010 - A pair of Oklahoma-bred stakes
events shared top billing on the final afternoon
program of the 2010 Remington Park Thoroughbred
Season on Black Friday. Antioch Diamond powered to
the lead in the Silver Goblin Stakes to win his
fourth race of the season while in the final turf
race of the season, She’s All In handled her first
attempt over the grass to win the Ladies on the Lawn
Stakes. - Dustin Orona Photography
Oklahoma race dates for 2011
season set - Nov.
26, 2010 - Remington Park in Oklahoma City will race
its typical 67-date Thoroughbred meet in 2011 after
the Oklahoma Racing Commission approved a racing
calendar for the state’s tracks. Remington’s meet
will open on Aug. 17 and continue through Dec. 10.
IMOKTODRIVE
SCORCHES THE TRACK IN SPRINT FEATURE -
OKLAHOMA CITY – November 20, 2010 - Veteran
Oklahoma-breds battled in Saturday’s $34,000
optional allowance feature going 5-1/2 furlongs at
Remington Park. Imoktodrive made it two consecutive
wins this season, blazing away on the front of the
seven-horse field to win by a length in 1:03.52.
Dustin Orona Photography
OK-Bred - Feature
Jess Rockin Sets Track Record in Bank of America
Challenge Championship - New Orleans, LA - November 19, 2010 - Feature
Jess Rockin upset a tremendous field in the $353,500
Bank of America Challenge Championships (G1) on
Friday night at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, going
gate-to-wire in track record time.
Lou Hodges Photography
OK-Bred -
Spit Curl Diva Victor
in Merial Distaff Challenge Championship
- New Orleans, LA - November 19,
2010 - Rose Mary Chandler’s Acorn proved mightiest
in the $200,000 Adequan Derby Challenge Championship
(G1), holding off Diamond For Jess for a neck win in
track record time. The gelding, ridden by Alfonso
Lujan, went the 400 yards in :19.504, shaving a
1/100th off the record set by champion Vals Fortune
in 2004. Acorn was trained by Janet VanBebber.
LONGSHOT
CALOOSAHATCHEE WINS TURF FEATURE -
OKLAHOMA CITY – November 19, 2010 - When the early
frontrunners faded in the final quarter-mile of
Friday’s $29,500 optional allowance turf feature,
those that rally from off the pace began their
battle for the spoils. Caloosahatchee had the best
run of that group, seizing the lead with a furlong
to go to win as a 24-1 longshot in the event for
older fillies and mares. Dustin Orona
Photography
SPEEDY
TOMAHAWK CREEK PREVAILS FOR FIRST TURF SCORE
- OKLAHOMA CITY – November 18, 2010 - Leaving
the starting gate with plenty of determination,
Tomahawk Creek took the lead immediately in
Thursday’s $29,500 optional allowance feature at
Remington Park. The 7-year-old led throughout the
five furlongs over the turf, crossing the finish
1-1/2 lengths ahead of Wholelotatricks who had a
two-race winning streak end. Dustin
Orona Photography
GREEN
DIGGER DOES IT AGAIN, ALONE ON THE FRONT FOR VICTORY
- OKLAHOMA CITY – November 17, 2010 - Green
Digger loves his privacy. Wednesday night he managed
to get more alone time as he went to the front of a
field of 11 in a starter allowance with a purse of
$15,000. The unrivaled effort turned into his third
consecutive victory as he led all the way at 1
mile-70 yards. - Dustin Orona
Photography
REMINGTON PARK PROGRAMS
INCREASE TO 11, POST TIME ADJUSTED -
OKLAHOMA CITY – November 16, 2010 - The Remington
Park 2010 Thoroughbred Season continues as one of
the most successful in recent years. Beginning
Friday night, 11 races will be conducted for every
program thru the remainder of the season which
culminates Dec. 11.
Freighttrain
B Rolls to Victory in Black Gold Futurity
- Claremore, Ok - November 14, 2010
-Will Rogers Downs concluded its American Quarter
Horse meet on Sunday with a stakes-filled card of
racing featuring the $348,659 Black Gold Futurity
(RG3) for progeny of participating stallions.
Coady Photography
SMILES
AHEAD ROLLS TO ANOTHER STAKES TRIUMPH, ZIMMERMAN
RIDES 5 WINNERS
- OKLAHOMA CITY – November 13, 2010 - The
return of the Oklahoma Stallions Stakes series for
2-year-olds headlined Saturday’s card at Remington
Park. Smiles Ahead was dominant in winning by 4-3/4
lengths, adding another stakes victory to his
successful season. Dustin Orona
Photography
FAVORED
OKIE MOTIVE PREVAILS IN SPRINT FEATURE -
OKLAHOMA CITY – November 12, 2010 - Oklahoma-breds
had the spotlight Friday night at Remington Park in
a $33,200 allowance at 6-1/2 furlongs. Okie Motive
wore down the leaders in the stretch to win by
three-quarters of a length. Dustin
Orona Photography
Cold
Granite Stone Solid in Oklahoma Bred Futurity
- Claremore, Oklahoma - November 11,
2010 -Joe Hurdle’s Cold Granite Stone will be the
solid choice in the $117,000 Oklahoma-Bred Futurity
(RG3) on Friday at Will Rogers Downs on the strength
of his trial win that easily topped the qualifiers’
list. Kellie Johnston/Coady
Photography
Black
Oak Special Tops Black Gold - Claremore, Oklahoma - November 11, 2010 -
Owen Stanley Jr.’s Black Oak Special stands out in
the $367,010 Black Gold Futurity Championship (RG3)
on Sunday at Will Rogers Downs after setting a new
track record with his fastest-qualifying trial
victory. Kellie Johnston/Coadt
Photography
THE
CAT WHO PULLS UPSET WITH FRONT-END EFFORT
- OKLAHOMA CITY – November 11, 2010 - The Cat
Who took advantage of a short field, moving to the
front of the group of five older fillies and mares
in Thursday’s $39,350 allowance feature at Remington
Park. She was never threatened in winning by 1-3/4
lengths, leading the entire mile over a firm turf
course. Dustin Orona Photography
GLEAMING
RUNS STREAK TO THREE - OKLAHOMA CITY
– November 10, 2010 - After winning by clear margins
in the first two races of her streak, Gleaming added
her third straight score, fighting for victory to
win by a head in Wednesday’s $34,000 allowance event
for older Oklahoma-bred fillies and mares.
Dustin Orona Photography
CALEB’S
POSSE WINS CLEVER TREVOR STAKES FOR THE CONNECTIONS
OF CLEVER TREVOR - OKLAHOMA CITY –
November 6, 2010 - The Remington Park 2-year-old
stakes series continued Saturday night with the
$100,000 Clever Trevor Stakes. The event was won by
Caleb’s Posse who competed for the same owner and
trainer that had so much success with the race’s
namesake. Dustin Orona Photography
TURF
MONSTER ANTIOCH DIAMOND CONTINUES REIGN AT REMINGTON
- OKLAHOMA CITY – November 5, 2010 - The perfect
season for Antioch Diamond at Remington Park
continued Friday night as he won over the turf
course again, this time around two turns for the
first time on the lawn. Dustin Orona
Photography
DIFFERENT
STRATEGY CASHES IN FOR TAOS CANYON
- OKLAHOMA CITY – November 4, 2010 - A
last to first move executed by Taos Canyon in
Thursday’s $28,500 allowance feature at Remington
Park resulted in a 1-3/4 length victory by the gray
going six furlongs. - Dustin Orona Photography
GREEN
DIGGER STEALS FEATURE, LEFT ALONE ON THE LEAD TO WIN
- OKLAHOMA CITY – November 03, 2010 - The
2010 Remington Park Thoroughbred Season moved into
November on Wednesday night and Green Digger stole
the first feature of the month. The preferred
front-runner led every step of the one-mile $30,850
main event in going on to win by 3-1/4 lengths.
- Dustin Orona Photograpy
STEPHENGOTHISSTAR
CONTINUES TO CLIMB CLAIMING RANKS & CONTINUES
WINNING STREAK - OKLAHOMA CITY –
October 30, 2010 - The win streak for
Stephengothisstar continued Saturday night at
Remington Park as the 5-year-old gelding won his
third straight of this season. He has compiled the
run while stepping up in competition each race, with
completely different connections in each race.
- Dustin Orona Photography
CHECK
MY HALO NAU CATCHES PACE-SETTER TO WIN AGAIN
- OKLAHOMA CITY – October 29, 2010 - Another
closing rush from well back was enough for Check My
Halo Nau to win her second consecutive turf event at
Remington Park. The 5-year-old mare flew from next
to last in the field of 10 with a half-mile to run,
catching pace-setting Sea of Dreams to win by
three-quarters of a length. Dustin
Orona Photography
SUGAR
ADDED SCORES IN THURSDAY TURF FEATURE, CONTINUES
SOLID REMINGTON PARK CAREER -
OKLAHOMA CITY – October 28, 2010 - Sugar Added has
made nearly half of her career starts at Remington
Park, never finishing worse than third. However, she
had never visited the winner’s circle here until her
seventh local attempt Thursday night.
- Dustin Orona Photography
OPPORTUNISTIC
PACIFIC TSUNAMI PREVAILS IN TURF SPRINT
- OKLAHOMA CITY – October 27, 2010 - When
front-runners floated wide leaving the turn into the
stretch of Wednesday’s $29,500 optional allowance
turf sprint at Remington Park, Pacific Tsunami took
advantage of the gift, shooting through the opening
to run to victory. Dustin Orona
Photography
Heritage Place Fall Mixed SALE
Up 33% Over 2009 - OKLAHOMA CITY,
OK—OCTOBER 23, 2010—The Heritage Place Fall Mixed
Sale ended strong overall with an average of $8,822
was a 33% increase over 2009. A total of 124
yearlings passed thru the ring with repurchases
equaling16%. The two day's Quarter horse sessions
increased 12% from 2009.
HARD
WORKING RALLY JUST ENOUGH FOR UNOME’S
KANDIMAN -
OKLAHOMA CITY –
October 23, 2010 - Oklahoma-bred
sprinters were featured Saturday at
Remington Park in a $33,200 allowance
event at six furlongs. Unome’s Kandiman
was finally able to make his late rally
work for him, getting up to a neck
victory against a field of rivals all
searching for their second career win.
- Dustin Orona
Photography
UPSET
IN THE OKLAHOMA CLASSIC AS J J’S INDY
LEADS THROUGHOUT - OKLAHOMA CITY
, OCT. 22, 2010 - J J’s Indy pulled off
the shocker of the Oklahoma Classics
program Friday at Remington Park,
upsetting 3-5 favorite Pleasant Storm in
the biggest race of the night, the
$167,375 Classic, presented by The
Chickasaw Nation. - Photo
Credit: Dustin Orona Photography
VAN
NISTELROOY GAL SETS REMINGTON RECORD FOR
HIGHEST WIN PAYOFF - OKLAHOMA
CITY – October 21, 2010 -
Crossfirehurricane, the even-money
wagering favorite, was defeated by just
a head in Thursday’s fifth race at
Remington Park, a $7,500-level claiming
event at six furlongs. The victor was on
the other end of the wagering spectrum,
setting a new record for a win payoff in
Oklahoma City. - Dustin
Orona Photography
PREMIER EDGE SCORES THIRD CONSECUTIVE
IMPRESSIVE WIN - OKLAHOMA CITY –
October 20, 2010 - Premier Edge proved
much the best in picking off her third
straight win of the Remington Park
season in Wednesday’s $26,500 optional
claiming feature.
GLENBEIGH
RALLIES TO SCORE ON TURF, BUTLER TRIPLES
- OKLAHOMA CITY – October 16, 2010 -
Veteran claimer Glenbeigh was extremely
consistent over the Remington Park turf
course throughout the season with three
in the money finishes but no victories.
Saturday night he remedied the situation
with a rally to win by a half-length.
- Dustin Orona
Photography
EMERGING
OKLAHOMA-BRED STAR GLEAMING ROLLS AGAIN
- OKLAHOMA CITY – October 15, 2010 -
Gleaming followed her impressive
maiden-breaking performance a month ago
with a solid 3-3/4 length victory in
Friday’s $33,200 allowance feature for
Oklahoma-bred fillies and mares going
five furlongs. - Dustin
Orona Photography
STEPHENGOTHISSTAR
IMPRESSES AGAINST SOLID FIELD THURSDAY
- OKLAHOMA CITY – October 14, 2010 -
Thursday’s $26,500 optional
allowance/claiming feature had a field
of 13 with many of the foes boasting
stellar career resumes. The six-furlong
battle went to Stephengothisstar as he
knocked off rivals who had been on the
Triple Crown trail and won many stakes
events in the past. -
Dustin Orona Photography
OKIE
BLONDE MAKES UP TON OF GROUND, WINS 2ND
STRAIGHT - OKLAHOMA CITY –
October 13, 2010 - Okie Blonde won in
late September at Remington Park,
defeating Oklahoma-bred females with a
rally from just off the pace. Wednesday
night she stretched out in her first
race around two-turns and used a
different tactic, still achieving a
winning result. - Dustin
Orona Photography
PLEASANT
PRINCE A ROYAL WINNER IN OKLAHOMA DERBY
- OKLAHOMA CITY – October 10, 2010 -
Pleasant Prince rolled to a four-length
win as he showed his class and ability
in winning the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby
Sunday at Remington Park.
- Dustin Orona Photography
RESILIENT
SOONER RED WINS IN FIRST ATTEMPT OVER A
MILE - OKLAHOMA CITY – October
9, 2010 - Remington Park is now ready
for Sunday’s Oklahoma Derby Day program
after wrapping up the derby eve card on
Saturday night. The featured $33,200
allowance event for Oklahoma-breds at 1
mile-70 yards went to Sooner Red who had
enough to win a protracted speed duel
and then hold off late runners to score.
- Dustin Orona
Photography
SU
CASA G CASA SCORCHES EARTH IN KIP
DEVILLE TRIUMPH - OKLAHOMA CITY
– October 8, 2010 - The $50,000 Kip
Deville Stakes began the Remington Park
2-year-old stakes series on Friday night
with a superb and speedy performance by
Su Casa G Casa winning by an easy 4-1/4
lengths. - Dustin Orona
Photography
ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE TURF SPRINT FOR
WHOLELOTATRICKS - OKLAHOMA CITY
– October 6, 2010 - Wholelotatricks has
found his niche and is reaping the
rewards of a specialist. The 4-year-old
Florida-bred won another five-furlong
turf allowance on Wednesday at Remington
Park as he continues to pile up the
victories in turf sprints.
WIDE
RALLY WORKS WELL FOR TRICKY CAUSEWAY- OKLAHOMA CITY – October 2, 2010 -
Once Tricky Causeway uncorked his rally
from the back of the eight-horse field
in Saturday’s $30,850 allowance feature
over the turf at Remington Park, rider
Ramsey Zimmerman needed to make a
decision. In winning by 1-1/2 lengths,
he obviously chose correctly.
- Dustin Orona
Photography
RICH
ELM CONTROLS ENTIRE TURF FEATURE, BERRY
REGAINS LEAD - OKLAHOMA CITY –
October 1, 2010 - Rich Elm learned the
ropes last month in his initial
five-furlong turf sprint at Remington
Park. On Friday night, he put his
education to use in winning his second
try over the lawn at the distance.
- Dustin Orona
Photography
MISS
NATALIE STREAKS TO 2ND STRAIGHT WIN,
HAMILTON QUADRUPLES - OKLAHOMA
CITY – September 29, 2010 - Continuing
to show improvement with every attempt
this season, Miss Natalie rolled to an
impressive five-length win in
Wednesday’s $33,200 allowance feature
for Oklahoma-bred fillies.
- Dustin Orona
Photography
ANTIOCH DIAMOND WINS WIDE-OPEN TURF
SPRINT, HOLDING OFF LATE ATTACK TO WIN
BY A HEAD - OKLAHOMA CITY –
September 25, 2010 - The $50,000
Remington Park Turf Sprint Stakes was a
wide-open affair with plenty of ready
talent in the field of 10 Oklahoma-breds.
Antioch Diamond prevailed by a head in
the five-furlong race with the finish
line arriving in time as Miranda Diane
nearly caught the winner with a furious
rally in the stretch.
Dustin Orona Photography
SKEDEE
COMMANDING IN RETURN TO FEMALE
COMPETITION - OKLAHOMA CITY –
September 24, 2010 - After just missing
in a stakes attempt last month against
males, Skedee returned Friday night at
Remington Park to face female rivals and
rolled to a sharp 2-3/4 length victory
over the turf course.
Dustin Orona Photography
SHE’S
ALL IN POSTS IMPRESSIVE DAYLIGHT WIN
- OKLAHOMA CITY – September 23, 2010
- She’s All In made the lead in
Thursday’s $33,200 allowance feature for
Oklahoma-bred fillies at Remington Park
and never looked back, cruising to an
easy 9-3/4 length victory.
Dustin Orona Photography
DARK
RULER RUNS DOWN EDPLICIT FOR CLOSE
VICTORY - OKLAHOMA CITY –
September 22, 2010 - Dark Ruler won a
spirited stretch battle with Edplicit to
prevail by a head in Wednesday’s $29,440
allowance feature at Remington Park.
Dustin Orona Photography
PLEASANT
STORM KEEPS REMINGTON RECORD PERFECT IN
A THRILLING STRETCH RUN, QUINONEZ
TRIPLES - OKLAHOMA CITY –
September 18, 2010 - The Oklahoma-bred
Perfect Storm won his third local race
in as many starts Saturday night at
Remington Park. The featured $42,350
Allowance event could have punched the
ticket for an Oklahoma Derby start next
month for Perfect Storm.
- Dustin Orona Photogrphy
LONGSHOT
WHOOSHOOTOO WINS 3RD CONSECUTIVE RACE IN
REMINGTON DEBUT - OKLAHOMA CITY
– September 17, 2010 - After winning her
last two races at Evangeline Downs in
Louisiana last month, Whooshootoo
traveled to Remington Park for Friday’s
$29,500 optional allowance feature to
put her streak on the line. Using her
trademark early turn of foot, the
3-year-old filly led throughout the six
furlongs, holding on at the end to score
by a slim nose. - Dustin
Orona Photography
IMPRESSIVE
TURF SPRINT SCORE FOR READY CHARM,
McNEIL TAKES RIDER LEAD -
OKLAHOMA CITY – September 16, 2010 -
Ready Charm had never been out of the
money in her career when racing five
furlongs. She kept that record in tact
Thursday night at Remington Park in the
$28,500 allowance feature at five
furlongs over the turf, pulling away to
an easy five-length win.
- Dustin Orona
Photography
SHARP
LOCAL DEBUT FOR BRICKYARD FAST STAMPS
HIM AS EARLY CONTENDER FOR SPRINGBOARD
- OKLAHOMA CITY – September 15, 2010
- Remington Park features a series of
stakes races for 2-year-olds for the
first time this fall, beginning next
month with the Kip Deville Stakes and
culminating with the $250,000
Springboard Mile in December. After his
performance Wednesday night, Brickyard
Fast is an early consideration for the
series. - Dustin Orona
Photography
BATESVILLE
SURGES TO TURF SPRING SCORE, ZIMMERMAN
WINS THREE -
OKLAHOMA CITY
– September 10, 2010 - Batesville
improved in his second start of the
Remington Park season, scoring in
Friday’s $28,500 allowance feature over
the turf at five furlongs.
- Dustin Orona
Photography
FIRST
REMINGTON PARK TRY A WINNING ONE FOR GO
TIGER JACK, BERRY WINS THREE
- OKLAHOMA
CITY – September 9, 2010 - Go Tiger Jack
became the latest in a long line of
horses making their Remington Park
debuts this season to post victory in
their initial attempt in Oklahoma. The
3-year-old gelding won Thursday’s
$29,440 allowance feature over eight
rivals going one mile. - Dustin Orona
Photography
C J JONES WINS SECOND
STRAIGHT RACE OF THE SEASON
- OKLAHOMA
CITY – September 8, 2010 - A rainy
Wednesday due to remnants of tropical
storm Hermine, created a sloppy track
situation throughout the entire card at
Remington Park. The persistent
precipitation did not bother C J Jones
in the $34,000 allowance feature for
Oklahoma-bred fillies and mares as she
won her second consecutive race on the
season.
PURSUE
A DREAM GOES ALL THE WAY ON THE FRONT TO
WIN THE DEBARTOLO BREEDERS’ CUP AT
REMINGTON PARK
- OKLAHOMA
CITY – September 6, 2010 - Pursue A
Dream took advantage of his rail post
position, going to the front of the
field a few strides from the start of
Labor Day’s $125,000 Edward J. DeBartolo
Memorial Breeders’ Cup at Remington
Park. He took the lead and was never
headed by any of his eight rivals,
leading every step in winning the 1-1/8
miles turf event.
- Dustin Orona Photography
ADIOS
SWEETIE WINS SATURDAY FEATURE AT 25-1
ODDS -
OKLAHOMA CITY –
September 4, 2010 - Oklahoma-bred
sprinters battled in Saturday’s $34,000
optional allowance feature at Remington
Park with Adios Sweetie prevailing by a
head over Quick Move to pull the upset
at odds of 25-1.
Dustin Orona Photography
SHANIA
TWANG STRETCHES OUT FOR FIRST WIN AT 1
MILE -
OKLAHOMA CITY – September 3, 2010 - Just
two weeks ago, Shania Twang made her
first start of the Remington Park
season, finishing third in an allowance
race for Oklahoma-breds at six furlongs.
Tonight, she faced state-breds going one
mile to win at the longer distance for
the first time in her career. Dustin Orona Photography
RUNAWAY
OKIE HANDLES OKLAHOMA-BRED FOES -
OKLAHOMA CITY
– September 1, 2010 - The initial start
of the Remington Park season for Runaway
Okie proved victorious as the 4-year-old
gelding pulled away to win by two
lengths in Wednesday’s $33,200 allowance
feature for state-bred foes. Dustin Orona Photography
