BEST IS SAVED FOR LAST AS WINNER OF 17TH TRIAL, PIANO MAN SAM, IS FASTEST QUALIFIER FOR $533,270 OKLAHOMA FUTURITY
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — March 12, 2023 – The two fastest qualifiers for the Grade II, $533,270 Oklahoma Futurity scheduled for Saturday, March 25 came out of the final two of 17 trials on Saturday at Remington Park with Piano Man Sam being the swiftest.
Fun N Fire had held the fastest time for 15 races, posting :15.445 for the 300-yard distance in the first race of the day, but had to give up the top spot to the victors of the late Daily Double.
Piano Man Sam, with jockey Alonso Rivera in the saddle for trainer Kevin Goodnight finished the final trial of the night in :13.353, good enough for a 94 speed index. The gelding handled the fast track with a tailwind of 18mph during the final heat.
The trials began under sunny skies with the temperature at 79 degrees. As the trials ended, more than seven hours later, night had fallen along with the temperatures into the low 50s. The tailwind throughout the program ranged from 16-22mph.
Owner Shelley Goodnight of Park Hill, Okla., will have the horse to beat in the finals, a 2-year-old gelded son of Tres Seis, out of the PYC Paint Your Wagon mare Paint Your Pie. Shelley also bred her speedster in Oklahoma.
The second-fastest qualifier came in the 16th race when Colleys Cartel bumped Fun N Fire off the fastest time when he hit the wire in :15.434 and a 91 speed index. The 2-year-old colt by Carters Cartel, out of the Walk Thru Fire mare A Friend in the Sky, was ridden to victory by Javier Hernandez-Gallardo, who had taken over on the mount when Juan Pulido took off due to injury.
Colleys Cartel is trained by Juan Diaz, Jr., and owned by Josefina Guzman of Dallas, Texas. He was bred in Texas by Alan and Sharon Colley.
Pulido was having a huge evening when he could no longer continue, racking up four winners before injuring a shoulder and taking off his final mounts. Included among his victories were three of the top five fastest horses in Fun N Fire (race 1), Dashin Hocks (race 7) PYC Legacy (race 9). His fourth winner, Fly On Sister (race 9), qualified 10th.
Piano Man Sam burst out of the gate in the 17th like a fan running late for a Billy Joel concert and was never challenged by the rest of the field, drawing off to a one-length victory. He was so fast that the runner-up, a full length back, qualified for the finals as the eighth fastest horse of the night.
Rivera had Piano Man Sam wound up and ready to fire and the horse responded in kind. He was sent off at generous 6-1 odds and paid $14.60 to win, $6.20 to place and $5 to show. Dodge City was second to Piano Man Sam another full length ahead of third-place runner Thunder Cartel, who did not qualify for the finals.
The top 10 qualifiers for the finals of the Oklahoma Futurity were (with their jockey, trainer, trial number, times and speed index) were:
Piano Man Sam, Alonso Rivera, Kevin Goodnight, race 17, :15.353, 94
Colleys Cartel, Javier Hernandez-Gallardo, race 16, :15.434, 91
Fun N Fire, Juan Pulido, Waylan Melton, trial one, :15.445, 91
Dashin Hocks, Juan Pulido, Juan Diaz, Jr., trial seven, :15.464, 90
PYC Legacy, Juan Pulido, Waylan Melton, trial eight, :15.473, 90
JT True Grit, Roman Cruz, Jeff Tyer, trial 14, :15.473, 90
Dodge City, Bryan Candanosa, Robi Meche, trial 17, :15.519, 88
Pearl Hart, Bryan Candanosa, Robi Meche, trial two, :15.525, 88
Fly On Sister, Juan Pulido, Waylan Melton, trial nine, :15.530, 88
The historic 82nd Oklahoma Futurity will headline a stakes-laden program of racing on March 25. The Oklahoma Futurity has been held at Remington Park since 2006. The race originally started in 1947.
The 2023 Remington Park American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season continues with 10 races on Sunday, beginning with a 4 p.m. first post. The card includes trials for the $234,860 Oklahoma Derby and the $50,000 SLM Big Daddy Stakes.
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Tracked by more than 172,000 fans on Facebook and 10,700 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $316 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, Remington Park features the 2023 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa season through June 3. Remington Park presents simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — March 23, 2023 – Lawless Wallace did something in the Grade 3, $234,860 Oklahoma Derby trials two weeks ago that no one had ever done at Remington Park – beat Tres Crystals here.
Tres Crystals, the Horse of the Meeting last year off wins in the Oklahoma Futurity and the $1.1 million Heritage Place Futurity was 4-for-4 in Oklahoma City until the trials of Sunday, March 12 at Remington Park. Off that victory as the fastest 3-year-old American Quarter Horse qualifier, Lawless Wallace has been made the 5-2 favorite for the finals set for Saturday. That 3-year-old colt by Tres Seis, out of the Apollitical Jess mare Elicity, finished a neck in front of Tres Crystals. Lawless Wallace got a better break from the gate in the trials and it was the difference at the finish.
It won’t be hard for the two speedsters to find each other in the Derby finals. They will be eyeball to eyeball as they break from the two outside post positions, Lawless Wallace in the 9-hole and Tres Crystals in the No. 10 gate. Jockey Jimmy Brooks stays aboard the favorite for trainer Eddie Willis and Bryan Candanosa retains the mount with Tres Crystals for conditioner Dee Keener. Tres Crystals is the second favorite in the morning line at 7-2 odds.
Keener still has high hopes for Tres Crystals to rebound for 96-year-old owner Elizabeth Logan of Haskell, Okla.
“I got hooked up with Elizabeth through my vet, Jay Ross, in Coweta, Oklahoma,” said Keener. “Mrs. Logan is a really nice lady. She says her secret to longevity is cheeseburgers and Dr. Pepper. I think Tres Crystals really loves Remington Park.”
Logan had the secret to Quarter Horse racing at Remington Park last year, winning with Tres Crystals and last year’s Grade 2, $270,535 Remington Park Derby winner Dreamsville.
Lawless Wallace, owned by Ronald, Melany, and Brad Shalz of Colby, Kan., now is the horse that is undefeated at Remington Park with a win in his only effort here with the trials victory, stopping the timer for 350 yards in :17.557 for a 92 speed index. Tres Crystals raced in 17.600 for a 91.
Lawless Wallace had performed well at Los Alamitos in California and Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico prior to coming to Remington Park. He had won the $50,000 Los Al 2 Million Juvenile and won an All American Futurity trial without qualifying for the finals. His career record is seven starts, five wins and $52,150 in earnings. Tres Crystals has won four of eight tries and had two seconds for a gaudy bankroll of $662,077.
Lawless Wallace was bred in Colorado by Papas Place and was a $100,000 purchase in the 2021 Heritage Place September Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City. Tres Crystals was bred in Texas by Simmons Racing. He was bought for a measly $30,000 out of the 2021 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale.
The field for the Derby that goes as the 10th race (approximately 10:03 p.m.) Saturday on a 12-race card with post, horse, jockey, trainer and odds from the rail out is:
1) AP Scout: Ricky Ramirez, Trey Wood, 6-1 2) A Political Eye: Raul Valenzuela, Jose Huerta, 10-1 3) Teller Ima Eagle: Juan Pulido, Troy Carter, 5-1 4) Divas Perry: Daniel Torres, Xavier Alonzo III, 20-1 5) Water Or Corona: Edwin Escobedo, Jason Olmstead, 15-1 6) Proximity: Francisco Calderon, Monty Arrossa, 12-1 7) Apollitical Face: James Flores, Heath Taylor, 8-1 8) Pink Kiss: Mario Delgado, Jason Driver, 12-1 9) Lawless Wallace: Jimmy Brooks, Eddie Willis, 5-2 10) Tres Crystals: Bryan Candanosa, Dee Keener, 7-2 The 2023 Remington Park American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season continues Friday-Sunday, March 24-26. First post time is 6 p.m. nightly with the exception of Sunday when first post is 4 p.m.
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Tracked by more than 172,000 fans on Facebook and 10,700 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $316 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, Remington Park features the 2023 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa season through June 3. Remington Park presents simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
BEST IS SAVED FOR LAST AS WINNER OF 17TH TRIAL, PIANO MAN SAM, IS FASTEST QUALIFIER FOR $533,270 OKLAHOMA FUTURITY
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — March 12, 2023 – The two fastest qualifiers for the Grade II, $533,270 Oklahoma Futurity scheduled for Saturday, March 25 came out of the final two of 17 trials on Saturday at Remington Park with Piano Man Sam being the swiftest.
Fun N Fire had held the fastest time for 15 races, posting :15.445 for the 300-yard distance in the first race of the day, but had to give up the top spot to the victors of the late Daily Double.
Piano Man Sam, with jockey Alonso Rivera in the saddle for trainer Kevin Goodnight finished the final trial of the night in :13.353, good enough for a 94 speed index. The gelding handled the fast track with a tailwind of 18mph during the final heat.
The trials began under sunny skies with the temperature at 79 degrees. As the trials ended, more than seven hours later, night had fallen along with the temperatures into the low 50s. The tailwind throughout the program ranged from 16-22mph.
Owner Shelley Goodnight of Park Hill, Okla., will have the horse to beat in the finals, a 2-year-old gelded son of Tres Seis, out of the PYC Paint Your Wagon mare Paint Your Pie. Shelley also bred her speedster in Oklahoma.
The second-fastest qualifier came in the 16th race when Colleys Cartel bumped Fun N Fire off the fastest time when he hit the wire in :15.434 and a 91 speed index. The 2-year-old colt by Carters Cartel, out of the Walk Thru Fire mare A Friend in the Sky, was ridden to victory by Javier Hernandez-Gallardo, who had taken over on the mount when Juan Pulido took off due to injury.
Colleys Cartel is trained by Juan Diaz, Jr., and owned by Josefina Guzman of Dallas, Texas. He was bred in Texas by Alan and Sharon Colley.
Pulido was having a huge evening when he could no longer continue, racking up four winners before injuring a shoulder and taking off his final mounts. Included among his victories were three of the top five fastest horses in Fun N Fire (race 1), Dashin Hocks (race 7) PYC Legacy (race 9). His fourth winner, Fly On Sister (race 9), qualified 10th.
Piano Man Sam burst out of the gate in the 17th like a fan running late for a Billy Joel concert and was never challenged by the rest of the field, drawing off to a one-length victory. He was so fast that the runner-up, a full length back, qualified for the finals as the eighth fastest horse of the night.
Rivera had Piano Man Sam wound up and ready to fire and the horse responded in kind. He was sent off at generous 6-1 odds and paid $14.60 to win, $6.20 to place and $5 to show. Dodge City was second to Piano Man Sam another full length ahead of third-place runner Thunder Cartel, who did not qualify for the finals.
The top 10 qualifiers for the finals of the Oklahoma Futurity were (with their jockey, trainer, trial number, times and speed index) were:
The historic 82nd Oklahoma Futurity will headline a stakes-laden program of racing on March 25. The Oklahoma Futurity has been held at Remington Park since 2006. The race originally started in 1947.
The 2023 Remington Park American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season continues with 10 races on Sunday, beginning with a 4 p.m. first post. The card includes trials for the $234,860 Oklahoma Derby and the $50,000 SLM Big Daddy Stakes.
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Tracked by more than 172,000 fans on Facebook and 10,700 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $316 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, Remington Park features the 2023 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa season through June 3. Remington Park presents simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — March 23, 2023 – Lawless Wallace did something in the Grade 3, $234,860 Oklahoma Derby trials two weeks ago that no one had ever done at Remington Park – beat Tres Crystals here.
Tres Crystals, the Horse of the Meeting last year off wins in the Oklahoma Futurity and the $1.1 million Heritage Place Futurity was 4-for-4 in Oklahoma City until the trials of Sunday, March 12 at Remington Park. Off that victory as the fastest 3-year-old American Quarter Horse qualifier, Lawless Wallace has been made the 5-2 favorite for the finals set for Saturday. That 3-year-old colt by Tres Seis, out of the Apollitical Jess mare Elicity, finished a neck in front of Tres Crystals. Lawless Wallace got a better break from the gate in the trials and it was the difference at the finish.
It won’t be hard for the two speedsters to find each other in the Derby finals. They will be eyeball to eyeball as they break from the two outside post positions, Lawless Wallace in the 9-hole and Tres Crystals in the No. 10 gate. Jockey Jimmy Brooks stays aboard the favorite for trainer Eddie Willis and Bryan Candanosa retains the mount with Tres Crystals for conditioner Dee Keener. Tres Crystals is the second favorite in the morning line at 7-2 odds.
Keener still has high hopes for Tres Crystals to rebound for 96-year-old owner Elizabeth Logan of Haskell, Okla.
“I got hooked up with Elizabeth through my vet, Jay Ross, in Coweta, Oklahoma,” said Keener. “Mrs. Logan is a really nice lady. She says her secret to longevity is cheeseburgers and Dr. Pepper. I think Tres Crystals really loves Remington Park.”
Logan had the secret to Quarter Horse racing at Remington Park last year, winning with Tres Crystals and last year’s Grade 2, $270,535 Remington Park Derby winner Dreamsville.
Lawless Wallace, owned by Ronald, Melany, and Brad Shalz of Colby, Kan., now is the horse that is undefeated at Remington Park with a win in his only effort here with the trials victory, stopping the timer for 350 yards in :17.557 for a 92 speed index. Tres Crystals raced in 17.600 for a 91.
Lawless Wallace had performed well at Los Alamitos in California and Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico prior to coming to Remington Park. He had won the $50,000 Los Al 2 Million Juvenile and won an All American Futurity trial without qualifying for the finals. His career record is seven starts, five wins and $52,150 in earnings. Tres Crystals has won four of eight tries and had two seconds for a gaudy bankroll of $662,077.
Lawless Wallace was bred in Colorado by Papas Place and was a $100,000 purchase in the 2021 Heritage Place September Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City. Tres Crystals was bred in Texas by Simmons Racing. He was bought for a measly $30,000 out of the 2021 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale.
The field for the Derby that goes as the 10th race (approximately 10:03 p.m.) Saturday on a 12-race card with post, horse, jockey, trainer and odds from the rail out is:
1) AP Scout: Ricky Ramirez, Trey Wood, 6-1
2) A Political Eye: Raul Valenzuela, Jose Huerta, 10-1
3) Teller Ima Eagle: Juan Pulido, Troy Carter, 5-1
4) Divas Perry: Daniel Torres, Xavier Alonzo III, 20-1
5) Water Or Corona: Edwin Escobedo, Jason Olmstead, 15-1
6) Proximity: Francisco Calderon, Monty Arrossa, 12-1
7) Apollitical Face: James Flores, Heath Taylor, 8-1
8) Pink Kiss: Mario Delgado, Jason Driver, 12-1
9) Lawless Wallace: Jimmy Brooks, Eddie Willis, 5-2
10) Tres Crystals: Bryan Candanosa, Dee Keener, 7-2
The 2023 Remington Park American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season continues Friday-Sunday, March 24-26. First post time is 6 p.m. nightly with the exception of Sunday when first post is 4 p.m.
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Tracked by more than 172,000 fans on Facebook and 10,700 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $316 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, Remington Park features the 2023 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa season through June 3. Remington Park presents simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
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