JS ON FIRE MAKES SCORES AQHA REMINGTON CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGE
by Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – April 6, 2025 – If not for three-quarters of a length, Js On Fire might be a two-time stakes winner at this Remington Park meet. Sunday her won ,the Grade 2 $68,535 AQHA Remington Park Championship Challenge.
The 4-year-old horse by Hes Relentless, out of the Apollitical Jess mare As and Js, ran second by less than a length in the Grade 2, $50,000 SLM Big Daddy Stakes at 550 yards on opening weekend in March. He had the lead in that race every step of the way except the last few strides. Shortening up to 440 yards on Sunday was the recipe for success for Js On Fire. Jockey Bryan Candanosa rode him with confidence throughout after breaking third from the gate.
Js On Fire won by a half-length as the 6-5 betting favorite, just edging out another closer, One Stolin Eagle (6-1). Nothin Like You (5-2 second favorite) finished third. The rest of the order of finish was Mystic Paint (7-2) fourth, Im No Lawyer Butt (11-1) fifth, Mr May (32-1) sixth, JT True Grit (23-1) seventh and SW Awesome Wild Bill (22-1).
“He left there awkward,” said winning jockey Candanosa. “That was probably my fault, but in the last 100 yards, he really put it all together.”
Trainer Michael Joiner said he thought running him in the SLM Big Daddy would set him up well for this race.
“I think that probably helped him the last 100 yards tonight,” Joiner said. “I don’t really know what we will do with him next. Guess I’ll have to make a game plan.”
It might be tough to find a horse more well-bred than Js On Fire. His sire, Hes Relentless, is a multiple AQHA Racing Champion Sire and is the sire of All-American Futurity winner Hes Judgeandjury. On the bottom side of his pedigree is Apollitical Jess, who sired three All American Futurity winners – KJ Desparado, Apocalyptical Jess and Mr Jess Jenkins – not to mention World Champion Empressum. If that’s not enough, Js On Fire’s dam (mother), As and Js, won more than a half-million dollars in her racing career as a graded stakes winner, taking the Junos Request Stakes at Remington Park among other stakes.
Tonight’s trip to the winner’s circle was the fifth for Js On Fire, but it was the first time he has relished a stakes win. He had some victories that were stakes-like, winning an All American Futurity trial, Rainbow Futurity trial and a Texas Classic Futurity trial, all events for Grade 1 races.
Js On Fire stopped the timer for 440 yards in :21.367 seconds for a speed-index of 106 over the muddy and sealed track. He paid $4.60 to win, $2.80 to place and $2.20 to show. Js On Fire earned $32,897 for owner Joshua Owens of Pleasanton, Texas, and improved to 14 starts, five wins, one second and two thirds for a bankroll of $140,358. He was purchased in the 2022 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale for $105,000.
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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 $868,455 Remington Park Futurity on Saturday, April 19. 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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JS ON FIRE MAKES SCORES AQHA REMINGTON CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGE
by Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – April 6, 2025 – If not for three-quarters of a length, Js On Fire might be a two-time stakes winner at this Remington Park meet. Sunday her won ,the Grade 2 $68,535 AQHA Remington Park Championship Challenge.
The 4-year-old horse by Hes Relentless, out of the Apollitical Jess mare As and Js, ran second by less than a length in the Grade 2, $50,000 SLM Big Daddy Stakes at 550 yards on opening weekend in March. He had the lead in that race every step of the way except the last few strides. Shortening up to 440 yards on Sunday was the recipe for success for Js On Fire. Jockey Bryan Candanosa rode him with confidence throughout after breaking third from the gate.
Js On Fire won by a half-length as the 6-5 betting favorite, just edging out another closer, One Stolin Eagle (6-1). Nothin Like You (5-2 second favorite) finished third. The rest of the order of finish was Mystic Paint (7-2) fourth, Im No Lawyer Butt (11-1) fifth, Mr May (32-1) sixth, JT True Grit (23-1) seventh and SW Awesome Wild Bill (22-1).
“He left there awkward,” said winning jockey Candanosa. “That was probably my fault, but in the last 100 yards, he really put it all together.”
Trainer Michael Joiner said he thought running him in the SLM Big Daddy would set him up well for this race.
“I think that probably helped him the last 100 yards tonight,” Joiner said. “I don’t really know what we will do with him next. Guess I’ll have to make a game plan.”
It might be tough to find a horse more well-bred than Js On Fire. His sire, Hes Relentless, is a multiple AQHA Racing Champion Sire and is the sire of All-American Futurity winner Hes Judgeandjury. On the bottom side of his pedigree is Apollitical Jess, who sired three All American Futurity winners – KJ Desparado, Apocalyptical Jess and Mr Jess Jenkins – not to mention World Champion Empressum. If that’s not enough, Js On Fire’s dam (mother), As and Js, won more than a half-million dollars in her racing career as a graded stakes winner, taking the Junos Request Stakes at Remington Park among other stakes.
Tonight’s trip to the winner’s circle was the fifth for Js On Fire, but it was the first time he has relished a stakes win. He had some victories that were stakes-like, winning an All American Futurity trial, Rainbow Futurity trial and a Texas Classic Futurity trial, all events for Grade 1 races.
Js On Fire stopped the timer for 440 yards in :21.367 seconds for a speed-index of 106 over the muddy and sealed track. He paid $4.60 to win, $2.80 to place and $2.20 to show. Js On Fire earned $32,897 for owner Joshua Owens of Pleasanton, Texas, and improved to 14 starts, five wins, one second and two thirds for a bankroll of $140,358. He was purchased in the 2022 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale for $105,000.
••••
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 $868,455 Remington Park Futurity on Saturday, April 19. 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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