OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MAY 30, 2015—The Grade 1, $250,000 Remington Park Championship may be the third-richest race by purse on the huge “Mega-Card” on Saturday. However, the field of talented older runners gathered in this invitational event more than makes up for the purse stature on a night of major stakes races.

A field of 12 will compete at the classic 440-yard American Quarter Horse distance with a World Champion, a millionaire and potential future superstar all involved.

JRC Callas First, the 2014 AQHA World Champion, will make his first attempt in Oklahoma in the Remington Park Championship. Owned by Dana and Brian Stroud of Southerland, Texas and trained by Brian, JRC Callas First will have regular jockey Damian Martinez up. The 5-year-old Winners Award gelding will make just his second start of the year, trying to rebound from a third-place effort in the $50,000 Sam Houston Classic earlier this month.

A run of seven consecutive victories last year, mostly in major stakes events, sealed the honor as World Champion for JRC Callas First.

Houdini is the lone millionaire in this year’s Remington Park Championship. Owned by Ellen Kennedy Racing of Owasso, Okla. and trained by Luis Villafranco, reigning two-time AQHA Champion Jockey Cody Jensen will have the mount. The 4-year-old Houdini will make his 2015 debut following a year in which he won the $1 million Rainbow Derby at Ruidoso Downs, N.M. The Valiant Hero gelding followed that effort with a third-place run in the $1.9 million All American Derby on Labor Day Weekend.

Overall, Houdini has earned $1,107,994 while winning nine of his 16 career starts, only finishing out of the top three twice.

Gold Digging Ashley is trying to become the new superstar in Quarter Horse racing. The talented 3-year-old Inseperable filly has already won three of four races at Remington Park this season including the $100,000 Sooner State Stakes for Oklahoma-breds. Her only defeat came in the $268,000 Oklahoma Derby in March where she was second to Politically Correct, a major contender in the Heritage Place Derby in the race prior to the Remington Park Championship.

Owned by Dr. Edward Leslie of Frankfort, Ky., Gold Digging Ashley is trained by Ty Blackwell and will be ridden by James Flores who has been up for her last eight starts.

Overall, the field of 12 in the Remington Park Championship boasts a combined total of 106 wins between them with combined earnings of $4,556,954.

The Remington Par Championship is the 11th of 12 races on Saturday night. The field, by post position and program number with trainer, jockey and morning-line odds:

1. Houdini: Luis Villafranco, Cody Jensen, 5-1
2. Dashin Brown Streak: John Brasseaux, G.R. Carter, 9-2
3. Rockin Disco: Tammy Johnson, Ricardo Aguirre, 6-1
4. Streak Hitter: Guadalupe Munoz, Aldo Arboleda, 20-1
5. Wagon Full Of Gold: Wes Giles, Adrian Ramos, 12-1
6. Priceless Feature: Eddie Willis, Jose Vega, 20-1
7. Gold Digging Ashley: Ty Blackwell, James Flores, 3-1 morning-line favorite
8. Pure D Spit: Rodrigo Covarrubias, Jesus Salazar, 20-1
9. Rock You: Eddie Willis, Jimmy Brooks, 10-1
10. Jesscuzican: Wes Giles, Jorge Bourdieu, 20-1
11. JRC Callas First: Brian Stroud, Damian Martinez, 10-1
12. Foxy Moonflash: Sleepy Gilbreath, Omar Reyes, 12-1

Remington Park will begin the Saturday, May 30 program at 5pm Central. After a pair of maiden races, a starter allowance and an allowance race to begin the night, the program will close out with the following eight consecutive stakes races:

• Race 5, Grade 3, $50,000 Easy Jet Stakes, 6:52pm
• Race 6, $100,000 Heritage Place Juvenile, 7:20pm
• Race 7, Grade 3, $50,000 Junos Request Stakes, 7:48pm
• Race 8, Grade 1, $213,500 Speedhorse Graham Paint/Appaloosa Futurity, 8:16pm
• Race 9, Grade 1, $1,170,000 Heritage Place Futurity, 8:52pm
• Race 10, Grade 2, $369,910 Heritage Place Derby, 9:28pm
• Race 11, Grade 1, $250,000 Remington Park Championship, 10:04pm
• Race 12, Grade 3, $50,000 Remington Park Distance Championship, 10:37pm

Open daily at 10:30am for casino gaming and simulcast racing, Remington Park features the Bricktown Brewery on the casino floor. Admission, general parking and valet parking are always free at Remington Park, home of the $1,170,000 Heritage Place Futurity on Saturday, May 30.

Tracked by over 78,000 fans on Facebook and 6,100 Twitter followers, Remington Park is Oklahoma City’s only Racetrack & Casino and is located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District. For more information, reservations and group bookings please call 405-424-1000, 866-456-9880 or visit remingtonpark.com.