Jamies Sin Tacha was among several of the stakes winners sent out over the past few days at Remington Park, gaining official works before the season opening.

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By Richard Linihan

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–FEBRUARY 16, 2026–Several top trainers sent stakes winners to the Remington Park racing surface over the past few days, gaining official works prior to the season opening on March 5. Among the top-flight horses included last year’s winner of the $868,455 Remington Park Futurity – Jamies Sin Tacha.

The 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelding got up by a nose in the Remington Park Futurity, a restricted Grade 1 for Oklahoma-breds, to win $347,382, handing Entice Me Ona Monday the first loss of his career.

Jamies Sin Tacha worked out Sunday at 220 yards and worked a leisurely :13.30 over a fast track. The bullet workout for that distance was :12.21. He is owned by Miguel A. Vargas and was bred in Oklahoma by Monty McNair.

Other stakes winners that worked out this weekend were As Moonflash, Js Freightrain and Catchn Southern Rays, all for different conditioners.

As Moonflash, a 5-year-old Oklahoma-bred mare trained by Leo Alcala, worked 220 yards on Saturday in :13.07, handily. The bullet work at that distance was :12.44. As Moonflash, a winner of 6-of-10 lifetime for $134,099 in earnings has won three stakes races since leaving Remington Park in 2024. As a 2-year-old in 2023, she won a Remington Park Futurity trial, but did not race in the final.

She went on that year to win an All American Futurity trial, but did not qualify for that final. Last year she won three stakes at two tracks – the Selma Stakes and Grade 3 Retama Championship Challenge at Retama Park on July 3 and Aug. 15 in Selma, Texas, just outside San Antonio. The mare also won the Miss Ellen Stakes on Oct. 12 at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla.

On Sunday, other than Jamies Sin Tacha, Catchn Southern Rays worked 220 yards and Js Freightrain covered 250 yards in morning efforts. Catchn Southern Rays, a 4-year-old Oklahoma-bred filly racing for trainer Stacy Charette-Hill, stopped the timer in :13.20, handily. Her best race at Remington Park came in the Heritage Place Juvenile Stakes on June 1, 2024 when she was the runner-up. Her black-type win came in the Black Gold Futurity on Nov. 12, 2024 at WRD.

Catchn Southern Rays, by Apollitical Jess, out of the PYC Paint Your Wagon mare Mary Paintyourwagon, is owned and was bred by Leann J. Burns. Catchn Southern Rays’ record is 15 starts, six wins and two seconds for $301,704 in earnings.

Js Freightrain, a 4-year-old Oklahoma-bred filly by Freighttrain B, out of the Apollitical Jess mare As and Js, has won 6-of-12 starts for a bankroll of $208,027 and is in the Alcala barn. She also has two seconds and one third. Alcala, who bred this filly, owned her dam As and Js, an earner of $531,134. As and Js won the Junos Request Stakes at Remington Park on June 1, 2019.

Js Freightrain worked 250 yards Sunday in :13.89, handily from the gate. That compares to the bullet work of the day in :13.51, handily from the gate.

ABOUT REMINGTON PARK
Remington Park has provided more than $407 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District. The 2026 Remington Park American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season begins March 5. Remington Park presents year-round simulcast racing and casino gaming. Guests must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or to enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.

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