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Painted Turnpike Returns In Friday’s Paul Harber Memorial At Remington Park
Paint racing’s all-time leading money earner Painted Turnpike will return to the track in the $20,000 Paul Harber Memorial on Friday night at Remington Park.

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Painted Turnpike Returns In Friday’s Paul Harber Memorial At Remington Park

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—APRIL 8, 2018—Paint racing’s all-time leading money earner, Painted Turnpike, makes his 2018 season debut on Friday night at Remington Park in the $20,000 Paul Harber Memorial.

The three-time defending World Champion Solid Paint-bred (2015, 2016, 2017), Painted Turnpike is owned and bred in Oklahoma by Nolan Pevehouse of Webbers Falls, Okla. and trained by Matt Whitekiller. Regular jockey Cody Smith will be on Painted Turnpike.

The now 5-year-old horse by leading Quarter Horse sire Pyc Paint Your Wagon is the heavy morning-line favorite at 4-5 odds on Friday night in the Paul Harber Memorial, the eighth race of 12 on the card, with a scheduled post time of 9:09pm. The race is for Paints & Appaloosas at 350 yards.

Painted Turnpike will put his eight-race winning streak on the line when he returns to action Friday. He has not been beaten since finishing second in a derby at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla. on Oct. 1, 2016.

Painted Turnpike passed legendary Got Country Grip in the summer of 2017 for all-time earnings by a Paint, and brings his bankroll of $385,245 into the Paul Harber Memorial. He has won 20 of 23 career races and has 10 victories at Remington Park.

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The 2018 Remington Park American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season will continue Thursday thru Sunday, April 12-15. The first race nightly is at 6pm, except Sunday afternoon, when racing begins at 1:30pm. All times are Central.

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Tracked by over 136,000 fans on Facebook and more than 9,600 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided over $189 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Remington Park, Oklahoma City’s only Racetrack & Casino, is home to the $900,000 Remington Park Futurity on Saturday, April 21. Located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, Remington Park is 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.