OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MAY 19, 2017— Saturday racing at Remington Park contained four trial events for the Grade 1, $200,000 (estimated) Speedhorse Graham Futurity for Paints and Appaloosas. Topping the qualifying heats was Hotwiredotcom as he bids for his second futurity triumph of 2017.

The winner of the Oklahoma Paint & Appaloosa Futurity in March at Remington Park, Hotwiredotcom won the first 350-yard trial of the night by an easy 1-1/4 lengths over his nearest competitor. Owned by Shirley Wheeler of Boynton, Okla. and trained by Guillermo Valdivia, jockey Larry Payne was up for the romp as the 2-year-old Paint gelding crossed the finish in 17.654 seconds over a fast track.

Hotwiredotcom has now qualified for all three futurities this season where Paints are eligible. He finished fourth in the American Paint Classic in April. Bred in Oklahoma by Wheeler, Hotwiredotcom is by CRM Livewire from the Willie Wanta Dash (QH) mare Iwilliewantarunner (QH). He has won four of his five attempts this season.

For the 10 qualifiers to the Speedhorse Graham Futurity final on June 3, with individual times, sires, dams, owns, breeders, trainers and jockeys CLICK HERE.

Heza Soul On Fire and Ojo Por Ojo are the only Appaloosas in the field of 10 for the Speedhorse Graham Futurity as the rest are Paints. The qualifiers all came from the first three trial heats, competed with tailwinds of 13mph (trial 1), 12mph (trial 2) and 10mph (trial 3).

Jockey Cody Smith continued his hot weekend at Remington Park winning four more races on Saturday night. He started his riding quadruple in race one with Lota Jess ($15.60 to win). He rode Bully Pulpit ($6.40) to his trial win in the sixth race of the night, followed by a score on Taken It Tothe Limit ($3.20) in race eight. The four-win night was completed with KG Johnny B Good ($4.40) in the 10th race.

Smith posted three wins on Friday night at Remington Park. The rush of victories over the past two racing programs has given him a total of 18 wins for the season, putting him sixth in the standings.

Leading jockey Ricky Ramirez has 41 wins for the season. He is sitting on a milestone as his next win aboard an American Quarter Horse will be his 1,000th.

Sunday, May 21 is Fiesta at Remington Park with the first race at 1:30pm.

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Tracked by over 124,000 fans on Facebook and 8,800 Twitter followers, Remington Park is the home of the Grade 1, $1,000,000 Heritage Place Futurity on June 3. Remington Park has provided over $167 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.