OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—APRIL 2, 2020—Trainer Kenny Laymon’s horses finished first and second in the restricted-Grade 2, $59,000 Mr Jet Moore Stakes(RG2) on Thursday night at Remington Park and both were at huge boxcar odds.

The winner, Hooked On a Win, went off at 34-1 odds and the runner-up, JK Wildcat Red, was 26-1. That Laymon duo paid $561.20 in the $2 exacta. Hooked On a Win paid $70 to win, $28.20 to place and $11 to show.

His two, both owned by his wife, Regina Laymon, had to beat a field that included four entries by trainer Blane Wood, including the heavy 2-5 favorite Apollitical Pence who stumbled badly at the start and never had a chance, running fourth.

“Regina and I were at home watching on TV (in Neosho Falls, Kan.),” said Kenny. “Regina got a little excited and hollered a little bit.”

Hooked on a Win stopped the timer at 350 yards in :17.434 over the fast surface for a 93 speed index. The two bombs keyed some four-figure payoffs in the race: the 50-cent trifecta with Tough to Bee (6-1) in third was worth $2,156.65; the 10-cent superfecta with the favorite fourth paid $1,042.57 and the 50-cent Pick 3 returned $1,246.70.

“Them two horses can handle themselves,” said Laymon. “We worked on Hooked On a Win’s hocks and it woke him up.”

The winner finished three-quarters of a length ahead of his stablemate, who was another half-length ahead of Tough To Bee.

Hooked On a Win was ridden victory by Juan Pulido. The 5-year-old gelding by Pyc Paint Your Wagon, out of the Pretty Boy Perry mare Pretty Girl Kate, was bred in Oklahoma by JK Running Horses.

Hooked On a Win earned $33,600 for first and improved lifetime to 21 starts, seven wins, one second and five thirds for $157,919.

Runner-up Jk Wildcat Red is a 5-year-old son of world champion One Dashing Eagle from the Embrujo Fg mare Shakey Girl. Ridden by Kevin Camacho, Jk Wildcat Red earned $11,200 to bring his earnings mark to $76,841.

Graded winner Tough To Be earned $6,160 for finishing third. The son of leading sire Apollitical Jess races for owner Paragon Farms LLC and is conditioned by G. Bland Wood. Coady Wainscott had the riding call on the Oklahoma-bred out of Peppermint Seis by Tres Seis. Jim and Marilyn Helzer is the breeders.

Apollitical Pence, Uptown Dynasty, Watah Flash, Sc Money Maker and Sam Crow completed the field.

Racing is scheduled to continue with Friday’s 10-race card on tap, all Remington Park Futurity trials. There will be no carryover in the Sooner 6ix as one ticket paid out $50,252.72 as the only bettor to correctly hit six-of-six. The sequence in the Pick 6 wager was Luchador (9-5) in the fourth race, Card One Starter (even-money) in the fifth, Devil of Ramadi (30-1) or Cash for Willie (6-1) a dead heat in the sixth, Let There Be Sound (even-money) in the seventh, Hooked On a Win (34-1) in the eighth and Apollitical J Twin 1 (5-1 in the ninth).

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