JESS GOOD WINE KEEPS WINNING STREAK GOING AT FOUR WITH WIN IN DEBBIE SCHAUF REMINGTON PARK CHAMPIONSHIP
by Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – June 3, 2024 –Jess Good Wine ran his winning streak to four races in a row and six of his last seven starts, taking down the Grade 1, $256,400 Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship on Saturday under jockey Bryan Candanosa.
Candanosa has been in the saddle for every one of those wins for trainer Toby Keeton, but none bigger than the Debbie Schauf. Jess Good Wine, a 4-year-old gelding by Good Reason SA, out of the Mr Jess Perry mare Mr Perrys Wine, earned $154,530 for owner Guns Up Racing of Lubbock, Texas. He improved his record to 17 starts, nine wins, five seconds and one third for a bankroll of $579,413. That’s is not a bad deal for a horse that sold for $35,000 at the Heritage Place Mixed Sale in 2021.
“He left there (from the gate) phenomenal tonight,” said Candanosa. “He didn’t break in or out. I had a lot of horse underneath me at that point. Toby Keeton and the barn have really put in a lot of miles with this horse and been through some blood, sweat and tears with him. They deserve all this.”
Jess Good Wine (even-money favorite) finished first in this 440-yard race for American Quarter Horses 3-years-old and older by a head to hard-luck runner-up Flash Bak (2-1). Flash Bak won the $750,000 Champion of Champions Stakes at Los Alamitos in California on Dec. 9, 2023, beating some of the top older horses in the country, including Empressum and A Tres of Eagle. He broke poorly in the Debbie Schauf in seventh, but quickly began to gobble up ground, narrowly losing in the end.
It was the second win in the series for Keeton, who had won the Remington Park Championship in 2010 with Jess You and I.
In his current winning streak, Jess Good Wine tallied in the Sooner State Stakes and Mr Jet Moore Stakes at Remington Park this meet, both for Oklahoma-breds. He also won the $100,000 Hobbs American Derby at Zia Park in New Mexico on Dec. 17, 2023. He remained undefeated at Remington Park with his three stakes wins here.
“I knew this horse would be running to me at the end,” Keeton said. “But I was sure glad when the wire came.”
Keeton wasn’t happy with his stakes winner in his previous two starts despite Jess Good Wine scoring in those black type events.
“Tonight was really the first time he has run at this meet,” Keeton said. “He didn’t really have his mind on business in those other two.”
Jess Good Wine covered the 440 yards in :21.201 over a fast track for a phenomenal 109 speed index, but was still well off the stakes record of :20.772 in 2018 when the champion Jessies First Down was the winner. Tonight’s Debbie Schauf was so deep with talent that the fifth-place finisher scored a 102 speed-index.
The rest of the order of finish past the top two was Hooked N Gone (24-1) third, Apollitical Payoff (15-1) fourth, A Tres of Eagle (9-1) fifth, A Legacy of Tales (55-1) sixth, One Stolin Eagle (40-1) seventh, Take a Swig of This (35-1) eighth, Konnan Cartel (9-1) ninth and The Swamp (15-1) 10th when he decided to stay in the gate for virtually the entire race, enjoying the scenery.
This was the first win in the Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship for owners Guns Up Racing and jockey Candanosa.
The Remington Park Championship, the top race for older American Quarter Horses locally, was renamed the Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship in 2020 in honor of the late executive director of the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association.
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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 2024 Thoroughbred Season will begin on August 16. 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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Troy’s Awesome, congratulations and thank you for always taking such care of us🏇🏻🏇🏻
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Looking good troy. I miss those days.
He is one of the best people you will ever meet in the race horse business
Congratulations Troy! One of the nicest people I ever had the privilege to work with.
Congratulations Troy. You always do a great job
My man Troy i can remember FMT in the beginning and Troy would always be the 1st one you saw either pulling in of a morning to work or at night to race, Troy always had the chaos organized in the haul in barn. Jim and Nina got the best one possible with Troy, one amazing man!
The Stephens family!
Jim,Barb and Kevin
Congratulations! Track would be lost with out you, you are awesome.
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The Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association (OQHRA) has confirmed the detection of Olodaterol through pre-entry hair testing protocols required for participation at Oklahoma racetracks. Olodaterol is a long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist, a class of bronchodilators that includes strictly prohibited substances such as clenbuterol, albuterol, and carmoterol.
Olodaterol is not an approved substance in racehorses, and its presence constitutes a violation of integrity standards. The positive findings were made as a condition of entry through OQHRA-managed hair testing, not by the regulatory body, and as such, horses testing positive were ruled ineligible for entry.
While reports of Olodaterol have surfaced in other states through hair samples, OQHRA is not currently aware of any confirmed positives in blood or urine samples. This reinforces the value of hair testing in identifying substances that may otherwise go undetected.
“This is a clear example of why hair testing matters,” said Krissy Bamberg, Executive Director of OQHRA. “Whether used pre-entry to prevent horses from competing, or post-race for official adjudication, hair testing provides a longer detection window and a clearer picture of the medications and substances a horse has been exposed to.”
OQHRA will continue to support and expand the use of hair testing as part of its integrity and welfare program. In addition, the association will continue to advocate for the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission to adopt hair testing as a standard matrix within the state’s official biological testing program. This includes both post-race testing and out-of-competition testing.
“We strongly encourage the Commission to expand its use of hair testing,” said Bamberg. “It's a reliable, science-based tool that gives regulators the ability to detect long-term exposure to prohibited substances and strengthens our ability to ensure fairness and safety in the sport.”
OQHRA and our partner racetracks remain committed to identifying and deterring the use of new and emerging substances and protecting the integrity of racing in Oklahoma. ... ’Expand’See Less
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JESS GOOD WINE KEEPS WINNING STREAK GOING AT FOUR WITH WIN IN DEBBIE SCHAUF REMINGTON PARK CHAMPIONSHIP
by Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – June 3, 2024 – Jess Good Wine ran his winning streak to four races in a row and six of his last seven starts, taking down the Grade 1, $256,400 Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship on Saturday under jockey Bryan Candanosa.
Candanosa has been in the saddle for every one of those wins for trainer Toby Keeton, but none bigger than the Debbie Schauf. Jess Good Wine, a 4-year-old gelding by Good Reason SA, out of the Mr Jess Perry mare Mr Perrys Wine, earned $154,530 for owner Guns Up Racing of Lubbock, Texas. He improved his record to 17 starts, nine wins, five seconds and one third for a bankroll of $579,413. That’s is not a bad deal for a horse that sold for $35,000 at the Heritage Place Mixed Sale in 2021.
“He left there (from the gate) phenomenal tonight,” said Candanosa. “He didn’t break in or out. I had a lot of horse underneath me at that point. Toby Keeton and the barn have really put in a lot of miles with this horse and been through some blood, sweat and tears with him. They deserve all this.”
Jess Good Wine (even-money favorite) finished first in this 440-yard race for American Quarter Horses 3-years-old and older by a head to hard-luck runner-up Flash Bak (2-1). Flash Bak won the $750,000 Champion of Champions Stakes at Los Alamitos in California on Dec. 9, 2023, beating some of the top older horses in the country, including Empressum and A Tres of Eagle. He broke poorly in the Debbie Schauf in seventh, but quickly began to gobble up ground, narrowly losing in the end.
It was the second win in the series for Keeton, who had won the Remington Park Championship in 2010 with Jess You and I.
In his current winning streak, Jess Good Wine tallied in the Sooner State Stakes and Mr Jet Moore Stakes at Remington Park this meet, both for Oklahoma-breds. He also won the $100,000 Hobbs American Derby at Zia Park in New Mexico on Dec. 17, 2023. He remained undefeated at Remington Park with his three stakes wins here.
“I knew this horse would be running to me at the end,” Keeton said. “But I was sure glad when the wire came.”
Keeton wasn’t happy with his stakes winner in his previous two starts despite Jess Good Wine scoring in those black type events.
“Tonight was really the first time he has run at this meet,” Keeton said. “He didn’t really have his mind on business in those other two.”
Jess Good Wine covered the 440 yards in :21.201 over a fast track for a phenomenal 109 speed index, but was still well off the stakes record of :20.772 in 2018 when the champion Jessies First Down was the winner. Tonight’s Debbie Schauf was so deep with talent that the fifth-place finisher scored a 102 speed-index.
The rest of the order of finish past the top two was Hooked N Gone (24-1) third, Apollitical Payoff (15-1) fourth, A Tres of Eagle (9-1) fifth, A Legacy of Tales (55-1) sixth, One Stolin Eagle (40-1) seventh, Take a Swig of This (35-1) eighth, Konnan Cartel (9-1) ninth and The Swamp (15-1) 10th when he decided to stay in the gate for virtually the entire race, enjoying the scenery.
This was the first win in the Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship for owners Guns Up Racing and jockey Candanosa.
The Remington Park Championship, the top race for older American Quarter Horses locally, was renamed the Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship in 2020 in honor of the late executive director of the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association.
•••••
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 2024 Thoroughbred Season will begin on August 16. 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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Congratulations Troy!!! Thank you for all you have done for all of us. A special thanks for a special longtime friendship that I truly treasure.😊
Troy is the absolute BEST!! Congratulations my friend!
Congratulations Troy !!
Congrats
He deserves it.
Troy’s Awesome, congratulations and thank you for always taking such care of us🏇🏻🏇🏻
Way to go Troy !!!!!
Looking good troy. I miss those days.
He is one of the best people you will ever meet in the race horse business
Congratulations Troy! One of the nicest people I ever had the privilege to work with.
Congratulations Troy. You always do a great job
My man Troy i can remember FMT in the beginning and Troy would always be the 1st one you saw either pulling in of a morning to work or at night to race, Troy always had the chaos organized in the haul in barn. Jim and Nina got the best one possible with Troy, one amazing man! The Stephens family! Jim,Barb and Kevin
Congratulations! Track would be lost with out you, you are awesome.
Congrats Troy!!!
You are the man, Troy
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𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
The Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association (OQHRA) has confirmed the detection of Olodaterol through pre-entry hair testing protocols required for participation at Oklahoma racetracks. Olodaterol is a long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist, a class of bronchodilators that includes strictly prohibited substances such as clenbuterol, albuterol, and carmoterol.
Olodaterol is not an approved substance in racehorses, and its presence constitutes a violation of integrity standards. The positive findings were made as a condition of entry through OQHRA-managed hair testing, not by the regulatory body, and as such, horses testing positive were ruled ineligible for entry.
While reports of Olodaterol have surfaced in other states through hair samples, OQHRA is not currently aware of any confirmed positives in blood or urine samples. This reinforces the value of hair testing in identifying substances that may otherwise go undetected.
“This is a clear example of why hair testing matters,” said Krissy Bamberg, Executive Director of OQHRA. “Whether used pre-entry to prevent horses from competing, or post-race for official adjudication, hair testing provides a longer detection window and a clearer picture of the medications and substances a horse has been exposed to.”
OQHRA will continue to support and expand the use of hair testing as part of its integrity and welfare program. In addition, the association will continue to advocate for the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission to adopt hair testing as a standard matrix within the state’s official biological testing program. This includes both post-race testing and out-of-competition testing.
“We strongly encourage the Commission to expand its use of hair testing,” said Bamberg. “It's a reliable, science-based tool that gives regulators the ability to detect long-term exposure to prohibited substances and strengthens our ability to ensure fairness and safety in the sport.”
OQHRA and our partner racetracks remain committed to identifying and deterring the use of new and emerging substances and protecting the integrity of racing in Oklahoma. ... ’Expand’See Less
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Why don’t you just require hair testing in test barn of top 2 finishers. Wouldn’t that be a more accurate chance to catch abuse?
You don’t find it in blood and urine because hair testing is highly variable and substances can last for years after it’s been administered.
Felipe Martinez this what you Ben saying all along
The Louisiana Racing Commission STILL does not recognize the hair testing we owners have been paying for the last few years!
Guess you missed the news from LA??
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