𝐖𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐀𝐏 𝐔𝐏𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐖𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐏𝐈𝐊𝐄, 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐋𝐄𝐖𝐈𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐒, 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐒
by Richard Linihan

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – May 11, 2025 – It was a big night for 𝐣𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧 as he won the 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝟏, $𝟐𝟏,𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 aboard 𝐖𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐩 and also qualifying the fastest horse in the Heritage Place Derby trials with House of Lords.

Calderon’s win in the Mister Lewie Memorial ended the winning streak of Livewires Turnpike, who was going for his third victory in a row in this stakes race. Wire Tap shares a barn with Livewires Turnpike under the tutelage of 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫. The end of that streak continued the streak of Calderon, who had ridden Livewires Turnpike the last two years in this race. On Saturday night, Cody Smith rode the 2-1 co-favorite for Whitekiller, and Calderon was on the eventual winner. Consequently, Calderon’s streak stands at three consecutive visits to the winner’s circle in this race.

The Mister Lewie Memorial Stakes is named in honor of the late, great Lewis Wartchow, who was the King of the Paints, winning more all-time races for this breed for years and years before passing away in 2003, shortly after his 65th birthday. He held the Remington Park record for stakes wins in the Quarter Horse and Mixed-breed seasons with 34.

On Saturday night, it seemed apropos that Whitekiller won the race as he was a Wartchow protégé in his early years. Wire Tap broke on top from the gate and led the field of nine Paints and Appaloosas the entire distance of 400 yards. Wire Tap gave his stablemate, Livewires Turnpike, his first loss, racing this distance. Prior to Saturday night, Livewires Turnpike was five-for-five at 400 yards and 8-of-12 racing at Remington Park. It was the second time in his past three races in which they have faced each other that Wire Tap has crossed the finish line ahead of Livewires Turnpike.

Wire Tap a 4-year-old Paint, a son of the breed’s most prominent sire, CRM Livewire, out of the Second Painted Sign (QH) mare Lindys Sign (QH), won the Mister Lewie at 6-1 odds and paid $14.60 to win, $5.60 to place, $4 to show. He won $10,800 in the race for 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐞𝐦𝐩, 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬. Wire Tap’s record stands at 20 starts, six wins, five seconds and one third for a bankroll of $81,495. He was bred by his owners.

Wire Tap beat co-favorite R Cowgirl (2-1) to the wire R Cowgirl was another half-length ahead of third-place runner Nota Pocahontas (9-2). The rest of the order of finish was Over the Shock (9-1) fourth, Storms Livewire (10-1) fifth, Queen for Cash (12-1) sixth, Livewires Turnpike (2-1) seventh, Chief Iron Eagle (21-1) eighth, and Js Ima Fancy Chicken (49-1) ninth.

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Remington Park has provided more than $377 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 presents year-round simulcast racing and casino gaming. The 2025 American Quarter Horse Season, features the $1,161,000 Heritage Place Futurity on May 31, the final night of this meet. Must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.

Photo: Wire Tap (4) defeats R Cowgirl (2) to win the Mister Lewie Memorial on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at Remington Park. Jockey Francisco Calderon was up for the victory. 📸: Dustin Orona Photography ... ’Expand’See Less

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𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐁𝐎𝐖 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐍 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐉𝐄𝐓, 𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐀𝐊𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊
by Richard Linihan

𝑶𝑲𝑳𝑨𝑯𝑶𝑴𝑨 𝑪𝑰𝑻𝒀, 𝑶𝑲 – 𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 – 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 had not had a race in 2025 but came into Remington Park sparkling like the Hope Diamond in her trial for the 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝟐, $𝟑𝟎𝟎,𝟗𝟎𝟎 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐚𝐤𝐬. When the seven-race trial series ended early Sunday night, she was easily the fastest qualifier.

The Heritage Place Oaks is a 400-yard race set for the final night of the Remington Park spring season, Saturday, May 31. The event is part of an all-stakes evening, Champions Night, with the richest purses of the season on the line, topping $2 million overall.

Rainbow of Diamonds, a 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred filly by Apollitical Blood, from the Tres Seis mare CC Seis, didn’t blink an eye coming off a layoff from Oct. 27, 2024 to May 11, 2025. 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐳-𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 had her set on ready and 𝐣𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧 had the pedal to the metal in this speedy trial. She raced in the second trial of seven and put up a time of :19.286, earning a speed-index of 105 over the fast track. Rainbow of Diamonds did that with a 13-mph tailwind on an 80-degree day in Oklahoma City. The wind did die down under 10 mph in the later trials.

Calderon was tied on and burst down the track when Rainbow of Diamonds won by a visually impressive 2-1/2 lengths. She was sent off at 4-5 odds as the prohibitive favorite and paid $3.80 to win, $3 place and $2.10 to show.

Rainbow of Diamonds won for the fourth time in her career, racing for 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 (𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨) of Odessa, Texas for the first time in this Heritage Place Oaks trial. As a 2-year-old she competed for Xcel Farms of Asher, Okla. and trained Ed Hardy.

Rainbow of Diamonds has now started nine times with four wins, and two thirds for earnings of $78,893. She was a $22,000 purchase from the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale in 2023. Her breeder in Oklahoma was Danny Joe Miller.

Rainbow of Diamonds has shown an affinity for Remington Park. As a 2-year-old last year, she won a Heritage Place Futurity trial but broke 10th in the $1 million final, never giving herself a shot at winning that cornerstone race, finishing ninth.

The other nine qualifiers for the Heritage Place Oaks on Sunday were (with their jockey, trainer, trial number (race number), times and speed index) were:
2) Js Freightrain, Juan Pulido, Cristian Alcala, trial five (race eight), :19.377, 102
3) Apollitical Muse, Juan Pulido, Jed Vane, trial one (race four), :19.483, 99
4) Bold N Beautiful, Ali Rivera, John Stinebaugh, trial one (race four), :19.577, 96
5) Catchn Southern Rays, Cristian Esqueda, Stacy Charette-Hill, trial six (race nine), :19.605, 96
6) Flying Bandida, Ramiro Garcia, Jason Olmstead, trial five (race eight), :19.623, 95
7) Sheza Fearless Eagle, Jorge Torres, Fernando Manriquez, trial one (race four), :19.637, 95
8) DK Marney Jess, Nestor Duran, Al Watson, trial four (race seven), :19.639, 92
9) Candy Flood, Mario Delgado, Dee Keener, trial six (race nine), :19.679, 94
10) Jo Cash Run, Jonathan Dominguez, Tammy Johnson, trial two (race five), :19.693, 93
Remington Park racing continues Thursday through Sunday, May 15-18. The first races on Thursday and Friday, May 15 & 16 are at 6pm. Saturday racing on May 17 begins early at Noon with the Preakness Stakes featured via simulcast at 6pm. Sunday racing on May 18 starts at 4pm. All times are Central.

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Remington Park has provided more than $377 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 presents year-round simulcast racing and casino gaming. The 2025 American Quarter Horse Season, features the $1,161,010 Heritage Place Futurity on May 31, the final night of this meet. Must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.

Photo: Rainbow of Diamonds flew to the top qualifying time during trials for the Heritage Place Oaks on Sunday, May 11, 2025 at Remington Park under jockey Francisco Calderon. The Heritage Place Oaks final will be contested on May 31 at Remington Park. 📸: Dustin Orona Photography ... ’Expand’See Less

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𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊
by Richard Linihan

𝑶𝑲𝑳𝑨𝑯𝑶𝑴𝑨 𝑪𝑰𝑻𝒀, 𝑶𝑲 – 𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 – How the tables have turned in one year. The 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓 Saturday at Remington Park for this year’s 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝟐, $𝟐𝟒𝟒,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐲, 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, finished 10th in last year’s $1 million Heritage Place Futurity.

Last year’s Heritage Place Futurity winner, Kempton, also ran in the Derby trials Saturday and was the 10th-fastest qualifier, almost knocked off the bubble in the final trial. According to these trials, these two quality 3-year-old American Quarter Horses have flip-flopped positions since last May.

House of Lords hit the finish line in the first of four trials on the night in a time of :19.422 seconds at 400 yards on a fast track 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧, earning a speed-index of 101. This 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelded son of Flying Cowboy 123, out of the Okey Dokey Dale mare This Candys Okay, was the only finalist to break the 100-mark for a speed index. He won his trial by only a neck over Toastin Heros (5-1), who was another neck ahead of third-place finisher Curls Magic Wagon (1-2 post-time favorite). The fourth-place runner, Apolitical Time (18-1) was only a head back of Curls Magic Wagon. This blanket finish was so tight and fast that the top four horses in this trial were the four fastest horses of the entire night.

House of Lords, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐳-𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬, was sent off at 7-2 odds and paid $9.20 to win, $4.60 to place and $2.40 to show. He earned $5,775 in this trial for 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 (𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨) 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚, 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬, and improved his lifetime record to eight starts, four wins, one second and $58,932 in earnings. House of Lords, 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡, was purchased for $65,000 from the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale in 2023.

The Heritage Place Derby, is a 400-yard race for 3-year-old Quarter Horses scheduled to be run on the final night of the season, Saturday, May 31.

Past House of Lords, the other top nine qualifiers for the Heritage Place Derby were (with their jockey, trainer, trial number (race number), times and speed index) were:

• Toastin Heros, Christian Ramos, Clinton Crawford, trial one (race three), :19.471, 99
• Curls Magic Wagon, Ali Rivera, John Stinebaugh, trial one (race three), :19.508, 98
• Apolitical Time, Mario Delgado, Raul Ramirez, trial one (race three), :19.525, 98
• Kiss My Maruska, Nestor Duran, Bobby Pena, trial three (race five), :19.556, 97
• Nine One Won, Mario Delgado, Raul Ramirez, trial four (race six), :19.718, 93
• Relentless Purrsuit, Ramiro Garcia, Jason Olmstead, trial four (race six), :19.737, 92
• Heavens Uncle, Bryan Candanosa, Guillermo Valdivia, trial two (race four), :19.741, 92
• Church Spire, Christian Cardenas, James J. Gonzales III, trial one (race three), :19.743, 92
• Kempton, James Flores, James J. Gonzales III, trial two (race four), :19.745, 92
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Remington Park has provided more than $377 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 presents year-round simulcast racing and casino gaming. The 2025 American Quarter Horse Season, features the $1,161,000 Heritage Place Futurity on May 31, the final night of this meet. Must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.

Photo: House Of Lords wins the first trial of four for the Heritage Place Derby on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at Remington Park, earning the top qualifying time for the 400-yard trials. The final for the Heritage Place Derby will be contested on May 31.
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