OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 29, 2017—The $100,000 Leo Stakes drew a stellar field of previous stakes winners for the Saturday, April 1 event at Remington Park.

The first Grade 1 race of the season for older American Quarter Horses is long on talent, led by last year’s Leo Stakes winner Zooming Effortlessly.

Owned by Telesforo Perrett of Houston and trained by Edelmiro Carrizales, Zoomin Effortlessly won the 2016 edition of the Leo Stakes as part of a huge campaign that included four stakes wins from seven such attempts. Zoomin Effortlessly will be ridden by Santos Carrizales and has been labeled as the morning-line favorite at 2-1 odds by line-maker Jerry Shottenkirk.

Zoomin Effortlessly also won the Grade 1, $250,000 Remington Park Championship (as the 4-5 wagering favorite) in 2016 but was disqualified, post-race, due to a medication violation. In his seven stakes attempts in 2016, the 6-year-old son of Zoomin For Bux crossed the finish-line first in five races and was second in his last two starts of the year.

The runner-up efforts came to the eventual AQHA World Champion Jessies First Down, in both the $150,000 Zia Park Championship in Hobbs, N.M. and in the $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park, N.M.

Bodacious Eagle, winner of the $50,000 Eastex Stakes on March 12 at Remington Park, is the second-choice in the morning-line at 7-2 odds.

Owned by Johnny Trotter of Hereford, Texas and trained by Trey Wood, Bodacious Eagle easily won the Eastex by 1-1/2 lengths under Ricky Ramirez who has the return call. He is by leading sire One Famous Eagle.

Apollitical Man, winner of the $50,000 SLM Big Daddy Stakes at 550 yards on March 18 at Remington Park, will shorten up to the 400-yard distance of the Leo Stakes. Owned by Terry McLean of Claremore, Okla. and trained by her husband Gerry McLean, jockey James Flores will once again ride the 5-year-old Apollitical Jess gelding who is at 10-1 morning-line odds.

Big Lew, a sharp winner in a March 19 allowance race at Remington Park, is at 4-1 morning-line odds. Owned by Reliance Ranches of Guthrie, Okla. and trained by Mike Robbins, the Corona Cartel 4-year-old won the Los Alamitos Super Derby in November 2016 before finishing a quality third in the Champion of Champions the next month in southern California.

A field of 10, 3-year-olds and older, will contest the Leo Stakes on Saturday night in race 10 at approximately 10:01pm. The field, by program and post-position number, with trainer, jockey and morning-line odds:

1. Fly Thru The Fire: Judd Kearl, jockey to be named, 15-1
2. Apollitical OK: Joel Valeriano, Sergio Becerra, 30-1
3. Apollitical Man: Gerry McLean, James Flores, 10-1
4. Zoomin Effortlessly: Edelmiro Carrizales, Santos Carrizales, 2-1
5. Mr Jo Eagle: Rick Robinson, Agustin Silva, 12-1
6. Big Lew: Mike Robbins, Stormy Smith, 4-1
7. Wahoo Raider: Jed Vane, Raul Herrera, 50-1
8. Tres Friends: Trey Wood, Larry Payne, 15-1
9. Bodacious Eagle: Trey Wood, Ricky Ramirez, 7-2
10. Boogies Special Dash: Kasey Willis, Cesar Gomez, 6-1

The Leo Stakes is named in honor of one of Quarter Horse racing’s foundation sires. He stood the bulk of his long career in Perry, Okla. where a life-size statue commemorates him to this day.

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The Grade 3, $50,000 Decketta Stakes precedes the Leo Stakes on Saturday night as race nine. The 350-yard event for fillies and mares, 3-years-old and older, drew a field of 10. Miss Feet Down First is the top earner in the Decketta with $296,871 to her credit.

Now a 4-year-old mare, Miss Feet Down First was fifth in the $1.2 million Rainbow Derby at Ruidoso Downs, N.M. in July 2016. In 2015, The daughter of multiple stakes sire Dominyun won the $298,000 Hobbs American Futurity and the $200,000 Southwest Juvenile Championship, both at Zia Park.

The Decketta Stakes is named after the 1968 All American Futurity winner who was born in Blanchard, Okla. and campaigned by her breeder, owner and trainer W.W. Wilson. Decketta was a successful broodmare for over 20 years after her racing career was completed.

The Remington Park season continues March 30-April 2. Racing is underway at 6pm Thursday thru Saturday with Sunday afternoon racing at 1:30pm. Sunday, March 26 with the first race at 1:30pm.

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Tracked by over 119,000 fans on Facebook and 8,400 Twitter followers, Remington Park is the home of the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Futurity on Saturday, March 25. Remington Park has provided over $165 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Open daily at 10:30am with free parking and admission, Oklahoma City’s only Racetrack & Casino 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.