Fundraising efforts by the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association and the Thoroughbred Racing Association of Oklahoma for equine related losses from the tornado are still underway.
We want to thank our horse family from one coast to the other for the generous donations that are coming this way. Fundraising efforts by the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association and the Thoroughbred Racing Association of Oklahoma for equine related losses from the tornado are still underway. We want to thank our horse family from one coast to the other for the generous donations that are coming this way.
Unfortunately few of the horse people will be eligible for State or Federal Agriculture disaster funding available to many of the rural livestock owners to assist with debris removal, barn and fence repair or replacement as horses are not classified as production agriculture.
OQHRA and TRAO with the assistance of the Racetrack Chaplaincy Equine Disaster Response pastors are now working to identify those individuals who were impacted from the Oklahoma tornado.
If you know someone that needs assistance or if you were impacted by the storm and will let us help you with funding to replace your equipment, fences, barns, etc. we urge you to apply for assistance (CLICK HERE for Application!). Our benevolence committee will review information and document the losses and then make recommendations for payments.
If you would like to contribute to our efforts to help these victims rebuild their lives, you can donate in a variety of ways: Mail a check to OQHRA Benevolence c/o OQHRA P.O. Box 2907, Edmond, OK 73083 and mark it for Tornado relief. Call 405-216-0440 to make a donation with your credit or debit card.
๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ๐จ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐จ ๐ช๐ฐ๐ป๐, ๐ถ๐ฒ โ ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ค๐ฌ wasnโt expected to win his ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ on Thursday at Remington Park; he was a longshot at 15-1 odds. He certainly was the surprise of the night when he was the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, cementing a spot in the finals of this ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ $๐,๐๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐.
The Heritage Place Futurity is the cornerstone 350-yard race for 2-year-old American Quarter Horses, and is one of the most heralded futurities in the country annually. The fastest five horses from 13 trials on Thursday and the five fastest of 13 more trials on Friday will make up the field of 10 finalists for the million-dollar race.
In the fifth trial Thursday, Calling Chicks, a beautiful gray gelding by Eyesa Cashing Teller, out of the Fly Jess Fly mare Call Me Paratus, broke on top early under ๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ณ and never was headed. He looked more like 1-5 than 15-1 as he opened up to a three-quarters length victory in his heat. When he hit the line in :17.438 seconds, earning, a 95 speed-index on the fast track. It turned out to be the fastest time of the night, despite there being eight more trials to run. It was run with a slight tailwind behind him, virtually the same speed for every race Thursday night, between 5-8 mph.
No one could have expected this from a horse that had run fourth and fifth in his first two starts. The key, however, was that his first two tries came against futurity trial company, not maidens. In his first start for ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ, Calling Chicks raced on a sloppy track in the Oklahoma Futurity trials and finished 1-1/4 lengths behind the eventual winner of the Remington Park Futurity โ Flying Joy 1. The next time out, Calling Chicks faced Remington Park Futurity trial horses and could do no better than fifth, beaten 1-1/2 lengths. His speed index that night over a muddy track (90) was certainly good enough to win a trial for the Heritage Place and thatโs just what he did on Thursday as the fastest qualifier. It was also the first time Calling Chicks had raced over a fast track. Possibly another determining factor as well.
Calling Chicks, ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ก, broke his maiden in this trial and put a smile on the face of ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐) ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐. He paid $32.60 to win, $10.60 to place and $3.80 to show across the board. Cruz, last yearโs top rider at Remington Park for the first time, had ridden Calling Chicks in his first race, was off in the second start and then got back on him Thursday for one more chance. It paid off. Itโs amazing that a horse that has earned only $9,649 in three starts, has a shot at winning a large portion of a million-dollar purse in three weeks, but that is the case. If that isnโt enough to make a great story, it must also be pointed out that the owner bought Calling Chicks for $8,000 from the Heritage Place September Yearling Sale in 2024.
Other than Calling Chicks, the fastest of the five qualifiers from Thursday night were (with jockey, trainer, trial number, times and speed index): โข DR Americas Dynasty, Juan Pulido, Marco Chavez-Gutierrez, trial four, :17.481, 94 โข Hawkeye Vision, Joseph Belloc, Jr., James J. Gonzales III, trial four, :17.507, 93 โข Jess Flash the Cash, Ramiro Garcia, Jason Olmstead, trial five, :17.548, 92 โข Effortless Favorite, Francisco Ramirez, Jr., Jason Olmstead, trial nine, :17.561, 91
It was a great night of training for conditioners Marco Chavez-Gutierrez and Jason Olmstead. Chavez-Gutierrez might trade his night with Olmsteadโs, even though the former won two more races than latter. Any other night, a training quadruple would have been an incredible evening of racing, but none of Chavez-Gutierrezโs four winners qualified for the finals of the Heritage Place Futurity.
Olmsteadโs two winners did qualify. One of Chavez-Gutierrezโs winners, Apollirevenge, was the last eliminated from the bubble on the night. He lasted until Effortless Favorite won the ninth trial in a slightly faster time. Apollirevenge covered his 350 yards in :17.595 in the third trial, just three-hundredths of a second slower than the last finalist.
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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 $1,000,000 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: Calling Chicks (1) wins the fifth trial of the evening on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at Remington Park to post the top 350-yard qualifying time on the first night of trials for the Grade 1 Heritage Place Futurity. The final will be held on May 31. ๐ธ: Dustin Orona Photography... โExpandโSee Less
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Fundraising efforts by the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association and the Thoroughbred Racing Association of Oklahoma for equine related losses from the tornado are still underway.
We want to thank our horse family from one coast to the other for the generous donations that are coming this way. Fundraising efforts by the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association and the Thoroughbred Racing Association of Oklahoma for equine related losses from the tornado are still underway. We want to thank our horse family from one coast to the other for the generous donations that are coming this way.
Unfortunately few of the horse people will be eligible for State or Federal Agriculture disaster funding available to many of the rural livestock owners to assist with debris removal, barn and fence repair or replacement as horses are not classified as production agriculture.
OQHRA and TRAO with the assistance of the Racetrack Chaplaincy Equine Disaster Response pastors are now working to identify those individuals who were impacted from the Oklahoma tornado.
If you know someone that needs assistance or if you were impacted by the storm and will let us help you with funding to replace your equipment, fences, barns, etc. we urge you to apply for assistance (CLICK HERE for Application!). Our benevolence committee will review information and document the losses and then make recommendations for payments.
If you would like to contribute to our efforts to help these victims rebuild their lives, you can donate in a variety of ways: Mail a check to OQHRA Benevolence c/o OQHRA P.O. Box 2907, Edmond, OK 73083 and mark it for Tornado relief. Call 405-216-0440 to make a donation with your credit or debit card.
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By Richard Linihan
๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ๐จ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐จ ๐ช๐ฐ๐ป๐, ๐ถ๐ฒ โ ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ค๐ฌ wasnโt expected to win his ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ on Thursday at Remington Park; he was a longshot at 15-1 odds. He certainly was the surprise of the night when he was the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, cementing a spot in the finals of this ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ $๐,๐๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐.
The Heritage Place Futurity is the cornerstone 350-yard race for 2-year-old American Quarter Horses, and is one of the most heralded futurities in the country annually. The fastest five horses from 13 trials on Thursday and the five fastest of 13 more trials on Friday will make up the field of 10 finalists for the million-dollar race.
In the fifth trial Thursday, Calling Chicks, a beautiful gray gelding by Eyesa Cashing Teller, out of the Fly Jess Fly mare Call Me Paratus, broke on top early under ๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ณ and never was headed. He looked more like 1-5 than 15-1 as he opened up to a three-quarters length victory in his heat. When he hit the line in :17.438 seconds, earning, a 95 speed-index on the fast track. It turned out to be the fastest time of the night, despite there being eight more trials to run. It was run with a slight tailwind behind him, virtually the same speed for every race Thursday night, between 5-8 mph.
No one could have expected this from a horse that had run fourth and fifth in his first two starts. The key, however, was that his first two tries came against futurity trial company, not maidens. In his first start for ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ, Calling Chicks raced on a sloppy track in the Oklahoma Futurity trials and finished 1-1/4 lengths behind the eventual winner of the Remington Park Futurity โ Flying Joy 1. The next time out, Calling Chicks faced Remington Park Futurity trial horses and could do no better than fifth, beaten 1-1/2 lengths. His speed index that night over a muddy track (90) was certainly good enough to win a trial for the Heritage Place and thatโs just what he did on Thursday as the fastest qualifier. It was also the first time Calling Chicks had raced over a fast track. Possibly another determining factor as well.
Calling Chicks, ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ก, broke his maiden in this trial and put a smile on the face of ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐) ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐. He paid $32.60 to win, $10.60 to place and $3.80 to show across the board. Cruz, last yearโs top rider at Remington Park for the first time, had ridden Calling Chicks in his first race, was off in the second start and then got back on him Thursday for one more chance. It paid off. Itโs amazing that a horse that has earned only $9,649 in three starts, has a shot at winning a large portion of a million-dollar purse in three weeks, but that is the case. If that isnโt enough to make a great story, it must also be pointed out that the owner bought Calling Chicks for $8,000 from the Heritage Place September Yearling Sale in 2024.
Other than Calling Chicks, the fastest of the five qualifiers from Thursday night were (with jockey, trainer, trial number, times and speed index):
โข DR Americas Dynasty, Juan Pulido, Marco Chavez-Gutierrez, trial four, :17.481, 94
โข Hawkeye Vision, Joseph Belloc, Jr., James J. Gonzales III,
trial four, :17.507, 93
โข Jess Flash the Cash, Ramiro Garcia, Jason Olmstead,
trial five, :17.548, 92
โข Effortless Favorite, Francisco Ramirez, Jr., Jason Olmstead,
trial nine, :17.561, 91
It was a great night of training for conditioners Marco Chavez-Gutierrez and Jason Olmstead. Chavez-Gutierrez might trade his night with Olmsteadโs, even though the former won two more races than latter. Any other night, a training quadruple would have been an incredible evening of racing, but none of Chavez-Gutierrezโs four winners qualified for the finals of the Heritage Place Futurity.
Olmsteadโs two winners did qualify. One of Chavez-Gutierrezโs winners, Apollirevenge, was the last eliminated from the bubble on the night. He lasted until Effortless Favorite won the ninth trial in a slightly faster time. Apollirevenge covered his 350 yards in :17.595 in the third trial, just three-hundredths of a second slower than the last finalist.
โขโขโขโข
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 $1,000,000 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: Calling Chicks (1) wins the fifth trial of the evening on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at Remington Park to post the top 350-yard qualifying time on the first night of trials for the Grade 1 Heritage Place Futurity. The final will be held on May 31. ๐ธ: Dustin Orona Photography ... โExpandโSee Less
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