OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—APRIL 5, 2020—An undefeated filly, Fernweh, and the 2019 All American Futurity(G1) winner, Mr Jess Jenkins, were the two fastest qualifiers in the trials Sunday for the restricted Grade 2, $268,700 Remington Park Derby. Fernweh, trained by Blane Wood, posted the quickest time at 400 yards, stopping the timer in :19.624 over a fast surface, earning a 92 speed index. Mr Jess Jenkins was the second-fastest at :19.780 and 88. The finals are scheduled for these 3-year-old American Quarter Horses on Saturday, April 18. The Remington Park Derby is restricted to eligible ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—APRIL 5, 2020, 2020—Jockey Eduardo Nicasio could sense Maximo II rapidly lugging towards him and his mount, Up And Coming, during the running of the $20,000 James Smith Memorial Handicap. The veteran pilot quickly began to process ways to avoid major trouble, while continuing to pilot the La Feliz Montaña and MRB Racing ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—APRIL 5, 2020, 2020—Owned and bred by Reliance Ranches LLC, SC Divas Cartel Man cruised to a ¾ length victory in the first race for 2-year-olds of the meet on Sunday at Los Alamitos. Ridden by Oscar Peinado for trainer Mike Robbins, SC Divas Cartel Man led from start to finish 300 yards in :15.712 as the 3-1 third choice ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—APRIL 4, 2020—The majority of top qualifiers were from early trials on the card Saturday night for the restricted Grade 1, $891,900 Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Futurity, until Dalts Fancy Pistol fired the shot heard round the track with an amazing win. The 2-year-old filly had seen the fastest time of the night hold up ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—APRIL 3, 2020—The same combination that brought you last year’s $3 million All American Futurity winner, Mr Jess Jenkins – trainer Marcos Carrizales and jockey James Flores – might just have another 2-year-old runner that is lightning fast. Eye Work for You put up a sparkling time of :16.663 seconds in his 330-yard trial ...

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, ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—APRIL 2, 2020—Let There Be Sound had won four races in a row, three of those stakes wins in New Mexico, and showed why he is practically impossible to catch in the Grade 2, $42,980 Pauls Valley Handicap on Thursday night at Remington Park. “I’ve had four distance champions and I do believe this one is the best,” said ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—MARCH 29, 2020, 2020—Owner Mimi Wells and trainer Matt Fales swept the top three spots in the Grade 3, $213,300 El Primero Del Año Derby with 2-1 favorite Tell Cartel scoring a daylight victory with stablemate Old School Icon running second at 26-1 odds and Fire By Night, the longest shot on the board at 40-1, running with the leaders right from the start while finishing third on Sunday at Los Alamitos. Tell Cartel broke sharply from the outside post nine and was second behind early leader Flokie about 100 yards after the race. With Ruben Lozano aboard, Tell Cartel ...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—MARCH 28, 2020, 2020—The dream season continues for Dreams Divine, as the Reliance Ranches LLC-owned filly won the first running of the $403,500 Los Alamitos Oaks by a half-length here on Saturday night. The Los Alamitos Oaks is the nation's richest race for 3-year-old fillies and Dreams Divine appears to be the nation's top filly right now. Bred by J. Garvan Kelly, Nancy Yearsley and J.L. Yother, the Apollitical Jess filly out of Answer The Dream, by Tres Seis, improved her 2020 record to perfect three-for-three after covering the 400 yards in :19.768. Ridden by Oscar Peinado for trainer Mike Robbins, Dreams Divine broke nicely ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 28, 2020—MM Fourinthemorning, the 2018 winner of the $1 million Rainbow Futurity at Ruidoso Downs, N.M., and a qualifier to the $3 million All American Futurity there, made his racing debut at Remington Park a winning one Saturday night. The 4-year-old gelded son of Mr Jess ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 22, 2020— It was Benito Baca Day at Remington Park on Sunday. It wasn’t a planned promotion, but he made it so as he won on four of the five horses that he rode to the wire. Baca was unstoppable, bringing home winners in races two, four, five and eight. The only race he lost was the sixth and he still picked up a check as his horse ran fourth. His horses that got their noses in front at the wire were Celee Chico (7-1 odds), Beggars Bargain (2-1 betting favorite), The Foose Goose (14-1) and Dominating Knockout (4-1). Baca quickly jumped up the ladder of the jockey ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 21, 2020—Monty Arrossa is training for the first time at Remington Park this season and already has made quite an impression, winning Saturday night's largest purse in a stakes-laden card. Arrossa is the conditioner of Aint She Tempting, who stormed home a winner at huge odds of 18-1 in the Grade 2, $383,725 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 21, 2020—Jockey Jimmy Brooks wasn't surprised that he could win the Grade 3, $232,600 Oklahoma Derby aboard Love Is Everything V against such a stout field. After all, his winner Saturday night at Remington Park is the son of another horse that Brooks rode to this win. Love Is Everything V is sired by second-crop ...