DEEP BLUE SETS QUICK TIME IN FIRST TRIAL THAT HOLDS UP FOR TOP HERITAGE PLACE OAKS QUALIFYING SPOT
By Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 13, 2024 – Last year’s runner-up in the Grade 1, $1.2 million Heritage Place Futurity, Deep Blue, set the bar in her Heritage Place Oaks trial on Sunday at Remington Park. In the first trial heat she posted a time that no other 3-year-old filly could top over the ensuing six trial events.
Deep Blue, a 3-year-old daughter of A Revenant, out of the Corona Cartel mare Blues Girl Too, flashed to the finish line under jockey Ali Rivera in a swift time of :19.829 in her 400-yard trial for a 90 speed-index over the fast track. That time held up the rest of the day. She will be the fastest qualifier for the finals of the Grade 2, $296,940 Heritage Place Oaks set for Saturday, June 1, closing night at Remington Park.
The Heritage Place Oaks will be a part of a card that also includes the Grade 1, $1,081,820 Heritage Place Futurity, one of the top races in the country annually for 2-year-old Quarter Horses going 350 yards. The Heritage Place Oaks is for 3-year-old fillies at 400 yards.
Deep Blue was sent off at 13-1 odds in the 2023 Heritage Place Futurity and ran second to San Lencho, beaten only three-quarters of a length. She has not been close to 13-1 odds since. In fact, she has been the favorite in four of her last five starts, including in her trial Sunday night. She went off as the public’s 3-5 favorite and won by a full length over Shez My Chick. Despite losing by a full length in this trial, Shez My Chick also qualified for the finals. That’s how fast Deep Blue’s finish was in this heat. She paid $3.40 to win, $2.20 to place and $2.10 to show. This fast filly is trained by John Stinebaugh and owned by RDS Legacy Racing of Manchester, Iowa.
Deep Blue improved lifetime to seven starts, four wins and two seconds for earnings of $245,644. She was bred in Oklahoma by Lucky Seven Ranch. Deep Blue wasn’t the only filly that Stinebaugh and Rivera qualified for the finals. They also had the ninth-fastest in Seperate Heart.
One other combo had two qualifiers. Trainer Heath Taylor and Francisco Calderon qualified the third- and fourth-fastest fillies in Tempting Scout and Running to the Moon. Oddly enough, Tempting Scout was not a winner in her trial. She just got nosed out by Midnight Ryde who qualified as the second-fastest.
It has been Taylor’s story of second- and third-itis this meet as he had started 40 horses this season without winning before Running to the Moon won her trial today. Despite going 0-for-the-meet, he had finished in the money in 75 percent of his starts. That’s a lot of seconds and thirds. There would be nothing like a win in the Grade 2 Heritage Place Oaks to turn the entire meet around.
The following are the 10 fastest qualifiers with times from Sunday’s Heritage Place Oaks trials, with speed index, trial number (wind speed), jockey and trainer:
1) Deep Blue, :19.829, 90, trial one (11 mph headwind), Ali Rivera, John Stinebaugh
3) Tempting Scout, :19.872, 89, trial five (10 mph headwind), Francisco Calderon, Heath Taylor
4) Running to the Moon, :19.901, 88, trial three (13 mph headwind), Francisco Calderon, Heath Taylor
5) San Lorenzo Blood, :19.911, 88, trial three (13 mph headwind), Juan Pulido, Toby Keeton
6) Alliekat Dynasty, :19.959, 87, trial two (14 mph headwind), Roman Cruz, Jesus Ruiz
7) Shez My Chick, :19.982, 86, trial one (11 mph headwind), Cordarelton Benn, Michael Pittman
8) Rustys Cowgirl, :20.043, 84, trial four (11 mph headwind), Angel Ramirez, Renee Wilson
9) Seperate Heart, :20.044, 84, trial three (13 mph headwind), Ali Rivera, John Stinebaugh
10) Relentless Fantsy, :20.046, 84, trial three (13 mph headwind), Edwin Escobedo, Jason Olmstead
Remington Park live racing continues Thursday-Sunday, May 16-19. The first race Thursday and Friday is at 6pm. Saturday racing begins at Noon as the Preakness Stakes simulcast from Pimlico in Baltimore is featured. Sunday racing starts at 4pm. All times are Central.
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Remington Park has provided more than $349 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 simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. The Remington Park 2024 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season continues through June 1 with the biggest racing program of the season. The Champions Night boasts total purses in excess of $2,000,000, led by the $1,080,000 Heritage Place Futurity. Parking and admission are always free. Must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – April 18, 2025 – Entice Me Ona Monday, the top qualifier from the first of two nights of trials, has been tabbed as the morning-line favorite for Saturday night’s $868,455 Remington Park Futurity.
Entice Me Ona Monday is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the restricted Grade 1 event, for eligible Oklahoma-bred 2-year-olds. Owned by Tejas Troubadours of Rhome, Texas and trained by Jason Olmstead, Entice Me Ona Monday put up the best time at 330 yards on Friday, April 4 to head a group of five from that first night of trials for the Remington Park Futurity. Jockey Ramiro Garcia was up for the trial and has chosen to stay on the gelding by Cyber Monday from the Make It Anywhere mare Enticilizeur.
Garcia also qualified three other Olmstead runners for the Remington Park Futurity in Illegal Cowgirl 123, Good Blue Candy and AJs Secret Cash but elected to stay with Entice Me Ona Monday.
The Oklahoma Futurity winner in March, Flying Joy 1, is the second morning-line favorite at 9-2 odds. She finished second on trials night to Entice Me Ona Monday, beaten a half-length. The placing was the first defeat for Flying Joy 1 from three starts this season. She posted victory in the Oklahoma Futurity on March 22 for owner David Rogers of Graham, Texas and trainer Trey Wood. Jockey Ricky Ramirez keeps his usual mount for the Remington Park Futurity.
Jamies Sin Tacha, the top qualifier from the second evening of trials on Saturday, April 5, is the third morning-line favorite at 5-1 odds. Jamies Sin Tacha is owned by Miguel Vargas of Grand Prairie, Texas and trained by James J. Gonzales III. He will be ridden again by Christian Cardenas.
The field of 10, by post-position and program order, for the Remington Park Futurity with trainer, jockey and morning-line odds:
• Illegal Cowgirl 123: Jason Olmstead, Armando Alvidrez, 6-1 • Jamies Sin Tacha: James J. Gonzales III, Christian Cardenas, 5-1 • MM Rampage: Trey Wood, Angel O. Ramirez, 10-1 • Entice Me Ona Monday: Jason Olmstead, Ramiro Garcia, 2-1 • Maverykk: Michael Joiner, Francisco Calderon, 20-1 • Eyem D Prince: Salimm Hernandez, Agustin Silva, 20-1 • Good Blue Candy: Jason Olmstead, Eugenio Navarrete, 20-1 • AJs Secret Cash: Jason Olmstead, Francisco Ramirez, Jr., 8-1 • Ima Bigg Flash: John Stinebaugh, Ali Rivera, 8-1 • Flying Joy 1: Trey Wood, Ricky Ramirez, 9-2
The Remington Park Futurity, at 330 yards, is the 10th of 12 races on Saturday night and is scheduled to leave the gate at 10:03pm. The racing program for the evening also boasts eight other stakes events, including: $100,000 Dee Raper Sooner State Stakes; the $160,670 Remington Park Oaks and the $185,420 Remington Park Derby, among the others. The total purses for the 12-race program stand at more than $1.6 million.
The first race on Saturday is at 6pm. All times are Central.
Remington Park racing resumes tonight through Saturday, April 17-19. Saturday, April 19 is Remington Park Futurity Night. First race nightly is 6pm-Central. There is no Remington Park racing on Easter.
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DEEP BLUE SETS QUICK TIME IN FIRST TRIAL THAT HOLDS UP FOR TOP HERITAGE PLACE OAKS QUALIFYING SPOT
By Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 13, 2024 – Last year’s runner-up in the Grade 1, $1.2 million Heritage Place Futurity, Deep Blue, set the bar in her Heritage Place Oaks trial on Sunday at Remington Park. In the first trial heat she posted a time that no other 3-year-old filly could top over the ensuing six trial events.
Deep Blue, a 3-year-old daughter of A Revenant, out of the Corona Cartel mare Blues Girl Too, flashed to the finish line under jockey Ali Rivera in a swift time of :19.829 in her 400-yard trial for a 90 speed-index over the fast track. That time held up the rest of the day. She will be the fastest qualifier for the finals of the Grade 2, $296,940 Heritage Place Oaks set for Saturday, June 1, closing night at Remington Park.
The Heritage Place Oaks will be a part of a card that also includes the Grade 1, $1,081,820 Heritage Place Futurity, one of the top races in the country annually for 2-year-old Quarter Horses going 350 yards. The Heritage Place Oaks is for 3-year-old fillies at 400 yards.
Deep Blue was sent off at 13-1 odds in the 2023 Heritage Place Futurity and ran second to San Lencho, beaten only three-quarters of a length. She has not been close to 13-1 odds since. In fact, she has been the favorite in four of her last five starts, including in her trial Sunday night. She went off as the public’s 3-5 favorite and won by a full length over Shez My Chick. Despite losing by a full length in this trial, Shez My Chick also qualified for the finals. That’s how fast Deep Blue’s finish was in this heat. She paid $3.40 to win, $2.20 to place and $2.10 to show. This fast filly is trained by John Stinebaugh and owned by RDS Legacy Racing of Manchester, Iowa.
Deep Blue improved lifetime to seven starts, four wins and two seconds for earnings of $245,644. She was bred in Oklahoma by Lucky Seven Ranch. Deep Blue wasn’t the only filly that Stinebaugh and Rivera qualified for the finals. They also had the ninth-fastest in Seperate Heart.
One other combo had two qualifiers. Trainer Heath Taylor and Francisco Calderon qualified the third- and fourth-fastest fillies in Tempting Scout and Running to the Moon. Oddly enough, Tempting Scout was not a winner in her trial. She just got nosed out by Midnight Ryde who qualified as the second-fastest.
It has been Taylor’s story of second- and third-itis this meet as he had started 40 horses this season without winning before Running to the Moon won her trial today. Despite going 0-for-the-meet, he had finished in the money in 75 percent of his starts. That’s a lot of seconds and thirds. There would be nothing like a win in the Grade 2 Heritage Place Oaks to turn the entire meet around.
The following are the 10 fastest qualifiers with times from Sunday’s Heritage Place Oaks trials, with speed index, trial number (wind speed), jockey and trainer:
Remington Park live racing continues Thursday-Sunday, May 16-19. The first race Thursday and Friday is at 6pm. Saturday racing begins at Noon as the Preakness Stakes simulcast from Pimlico in Baltimore is featured. Sunday racing starts at 4pm. All times are Central.
•••••
Remington Park has provided more than $349 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 simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. The Remington Park 2024 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season continues through June 1 with the biggest racing program of the season. The Champions Night boasts total purses in excess of $2,000,000, led by the $1,080,000 Heritage Place Futurity. Parking and admission are always free. Must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – April 18, 2025 – Entice Me Ona Monday, the top qualifier from the first of two nights of trials, has been tabbed as the morning-line favorite for Saturday night’s $868,455 Remington Park Futurity.
Entice Me Ona Monday is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the restricted Grade 1 event, for eligible Oklahoma-bred 2-year-olds. Owned by Tejas Troubadours of Rhome, Texas and trained by Jason Olmstead, Entice Me Ona Monday put up the best time at 330 yards on Friday, April 4 to head a group of five from that first night of trials for the Remington Park Futurity. Jockey Ramiro Garcia was up for the trial and has chosen to stay on the gelding by Cyber Monday from the Make It Anywhere mare Enticilizeur.
Garcia also qualified three other Olmstead runners for the Remington Park Futurity in Illegal Cowgirl 123, Good Blue Candy and AJs Secret Cash but elected to stay with Entice Me Ona Monday.
The Oklahoma Futurity winner in March, Flying Joy 1, is the second morning-line favorite at 9-2 odds. She finished second on trials night to Entice Me Ona Monday, beaten a half-length. The placing was the first defeat for Flying Joy 1 from three starts this season. She posted victory in the Oklahoma Futurity on March 22 for owner David Rogers of Graham, Texas and trainer Trey Wood. Jockey Ricky Ramirez keeps his usual mount for the Remington Park Futurity.
Jamies Sin Tacha, the top qualifier from the second evening of trials on Saturday, April 5, is the third morning-line favorite at 5-1 odds. Jamies Sin Tacha is owned by Miguel Vargas of Grand Prairie, Texas and trained by James J. Gonzales III. He will be ridden again by Christian Cardenas.
The field of 10, by post-position and program order, for the Remington Park Futurity with trainer, jockey and morning-line odds:
• Illegal Cowgirl 123: Jason Olmstead, Armando Alvidrez,
6-1
• Jamies Sin Tacha: James J. Gonzales III, Christian Cardenas,
5-1
• MM Rampage: Trey Wood, Angel O. Ramirez,
10-1
• Entice Me Ona Monday: Jason Olmstead, Ramiro Garcia,
2-1
• Maverykk: Michael Joiner, Francisco Calderon,
20-1
• Eyem D Prince: Salimm Hernandez, Agustin Silva,
20-1
• Good Blue Candy: Jason Olmstead, Eugenio Navarrete,
20-1
• AJs Secret Cash: Jason Olmstead, Francisco Ramirez, Jr.,
8-1
• Ima Bigg Flash: John Stinebaugh, Ali Rivera,
8-1
• Flying Joy 1: Trey Wood, Ricky Ramirez,
9-2
The Remington Park Futurity, at 330 yards, is the 10th of 12 races on Saturday night and is scheduled to leave the gate at 10:03pm. The racing program for the evening also boasts eight other stakes events, including: $100,000 Dee Raper Sooner State Stakes; the $160,670 Remington Park Oaks and the $185,420 Remington Park Derby, among the others. The total purses for the 12-race program stand at more than $1.6 million.
The first race on Saturday is at 6pm. All times are Central.
Remington Park racing resumes tonight through Saturday, April 17-19. Saturday, April 19 is Remington Park Futurity Night. First race nightly is 6pm-Central. There is no Remington Park racing on Easter.
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