JOCKEY JUAN PULIDO’S PREDICTION OF UPSET BY HIS 30-1 HORSE COMES TRUE, WINS SPEEDHORSE GRAHAM FUTURITY WITH FACING THE FIRE
OKLAHOMA CITY – May 31, 2020 – Trainer Dee Keener now believes if there is anything to believe in, it’s jockey Juan Pulido’s intuition.
When Keener spoke to Pulido before giving him a leg up on 30-1 longshot Power Fade in the Grade 1, $136,700 Speedhorse Graham Futurity, he said the rider told him, “I’m fixin’ to win this race.”
The Speedhorse Graham Futurity is the world’s richest horse race for Paints and Appaloosas.
There was nothing on paper that indicated there was any reason to do anything but scoff at such a prediction. Yes, Power Fade is a daughter of the all-time winningest Paint horse in racing, Painted Turnpike. But she had not shown any sign of that kind of talent or ability in four lifetime races. She was still a maiden, coming into her second stakes race. Her previous try she had run ninth, beaten four lengths in the $103,200 American Paint Classic Futurity in April.
“The only thing was that in that last race (the trials for this final), she was closing at the end,” said Keener.
Did she finally show why she is her daddy’s daughter?
“You bet she did,” said Keener.
In fact, Keener’s two horses in the race finished first and second as with Lota Cowboy Try Cowboy at 11-1 odds. Power Fade beat her stablemate by a half-length. For those two to beat This Wire Is Hot (5-2), Queen for Cash (2-1 favorite) and Tales U Lose (3-1) was almost unbelievable. Those three finished third, fourth and eighth despite vying for favoritism during the wagering leading up to the race.
“I really didn’t believe we could do that,” said Keener, “but nobody else did either.”
Power Fade broke her maiden in a $136,700 stakes race and paid $62.80, $35.80 and $10.40 across the board and combined with Lota Cowboy Try to return $630 on a $2 exacta. The winner raced the 350 yards in 17.635 seconds on a fast track for an 87 speed index. It was Keener’s third win in this stakes event and he now sits one behind Matt Whitekiller’s four trips to the winner’s circle in this race.
Keener’s other winners in the Speedhorse Graham Futurity were PHQ Goodbye Earl in 2016 and Texas Silk in 2014. It was Pulido’s first win in this stakes race. Owners J. Garvan Kelly and J. Lloyd Yother of Culver City, Calif., also made it to the winner’s circle in this race for the first time.
Power Fade is out of the Fade to Fame mare Fade Shot and she was bred in Oklahoma by Kelly/Yearsley Equine. She earned a winning paycheck of $51,946, earning 10 times more than she had in four other starts. The filly now has $56,956 in her racing wallet.
“We’ll take both of these horses to Tulsa at Fair Meadows,” said Keener. “They both are paid up into the Speedhorse there.”
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Tracked by more than 163,000 fans on Facebook and more than 10,400 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $242 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Remington Park is located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District.
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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JOCKEY JUAN PULIDO’S PREDICTION OF UPSET BY HIS 30-1 HORSE COMES TRUE, WINS SPEEDHORSE GRAHAM FUTURITY WITH FACING THE FIRE
OKLAHOMA CITY – May 31, 2020 – Trainer Dee Keener now believes if there is anything to believe in, it’s jockey Juan Pulido’s intuition.
When Keener spoke to Pulido before giving him a leg up on 30-1 longshot Power Fade in the Grade 1, $136,700 Speedhorse Graham Futurity, he said the rider told him, “I’m fixin’ to win this race.”
The Speedhorse Graham Futurity is the world’s richest horse race for Paints and Appaloosas.
There was nothing on paper that indicated there was any reason to do anything but scoff at such a prediction. Yes, Power Fade is a daughter of the all-time winningest Paint horse in racing, Painted Turnpike. But she had not shown any sign of that kind of talent or ability in four lifetime races. She was still a maiden, coming into her second stakes race. Her previous try she had run ninth, beaten four lengths in the $103,200 American Paint Classic Futurity in April.
Did she finally show why she is her daddy’s daughter?
In fact, Keener’s two horses in the race finished first and second as with Lota Cowboy Try Cowboy at 11-1 odds. Power Fade beat her stablemate by a half-length. For those two to beat This Wire Is Hot (5-2), Queen for Cash (2-1 favorite) and Tales U Lose (3-1) was almost unbelievable. Those three finished third, fourth and eighth despite vying for favoritism during the wagering leading up to the race.
Power Fade broke her maiden in a $136,700 stakes race and paid $62.80, $35.80 and $10.40 across the board and combined with Lota Cowboy Try to return $630 on a $2 exacta. The winner raced the 350 yards in 17.635 seconds on a fast track for an 87 speed index. It was Keener’s third win in this stakes event and he now sits one behind Matt Whitekiller’s four trips to the winner’s circle in this race.
Keener’s other winners in the Speedhorse Graham Futurity were PHQ Goodbye Earl in 2016 and Texas Silk in 2014. It was Pulido’s first win in this stakes race. Owners J. Garvan Kelly and J. Lloyd Yother of Culver City, Calif., also made it to the winner’s circle in this race for the first time.
Power Fade is out of the Fade to Fame mare Fade Shot and she was bred in Oklahoma by Kelly/Yearsley Equine. She earned a winning paycheck of $51,946, earning 10 times more than she had in four other starts. The filly now has $56,956 in her racing wallet.
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Tracked by more than 163,000 fans on Facebook and more than 10,400 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $242 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Remington Park is located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District.
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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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