LEADING RIDER FRANCISCO CALDERON PICKS UP MOUNT ON EYESA WAGON MY TALE, QUALIFIES HER AS FASTEST FOR REMINGTON PARK OAKS
by Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – April 6, 2025 – Remington Park leading rider Francisco Calderon was just hanging out in the jockeys’ quarters on Sunday afternoon, not really counting on qualifying anyone for the finals of the $160,670 Remington Park Oaks. Then trainer Marc Jungers made a change.
Jockey Christian Ramos was originally named to ride Eyesa Wagon My Tale in Sunday’s Oaks trials. That didn’t happen. So, when Jungers needed a new rider for his 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred filly, who better to ask than the track’s leading rider, Calderon.
Now, Calderon has the fastest qualifier for the Oaks final, Eyesa Wagon My Tale, scheduled for Saturday, April 19 at 400 yards. Under Calderon, the sophomore American Quarter Horse daughter of Wagon Tales, out of the Country Chicks Man mare Eyesa Candy Chick sprinted to the front right out of the gate and never was headed in her trial.
Eyesa Wagon My Tale hit the wire in :19.501 seconds, earning a 98 speed-index, the quickest of all the 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred fillies who entered the trials Sunday. The filly held off her competition in the second Oaks trial of the day (race four) by a half-length with a tailwind of 12 mph over a muddy and sealed track.
Eyesa Wagon My Tale won for the second time in her career in only six starts and improved her bankroll to $42,976. Eyesa Wagon My Tale will be trying to win a stakes race for the first time when she goes in the Oaks finals. She has run second three other times in her career. It was the first time Calderon had ridden this filly when he got a leg up for the trials Sunday.
Eyesa Wagon My Tale was bred in Oklahoma by Randy and Stacy Hill. It was the filly’s second race in the mud of her three races here and both times on the wet tracks she has been a winner.
Three trials were run Sunday to determine the 10 fastest qualifiers for the Oaks for Oklahoma-breds. The rest of the top 10 qualifiers for the Oaks past the fastest qualifier (with jockey, trainer, trial number, race number, time and speed index) were:
Flying Bandida, Ramiro Garcia, Jason Olmstead, trial three (race five), :19.523, 98
Jolie Laide, Jesus Ayala, Kevin Goodnight, trial one (race three), :19.562, 97
Apollitical Muse, Juan Pulido, Jed Vane, trial two (race four), :19.597, 96
Flashin Dynamite, Bryan Candanosa, Manuel Campos, trial two (race four), :19.609, 96
BV Elaina Ray, Jhaciel Soto, Eddie Lee “Bubba” Willis, trial one (race three), :19.675, 94
MM Lightning Jess, Ruben Castro, Trey Wood, trial one (race three), :19.722, 93
High Dollar Dynasty, Gonzalo Gutierrez, Kasey Willis, trial one (race three), :19.727, 93
Curlie D, Francisco Ramirez, Jr., Jason Olmstead, trial three (race five), :19.733, 92
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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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LEADING RIDER FRANCISCO CALDERON PICKS UP MOUNT ON EYESA WAGON MY TALE, QUALIFIES HER AS FASTEST FOR REMINGTON PARK OAKS
by Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – April 6, 2025 – Remington Park leading rider Francisco Calderon was just hanging out in the jockeys’ quarters on Sunday afternoon, not really counting on qualifying anyone for the finals of the $160,670 Remington Park Oaks. Then trainer Marc Jungers made a change.
Jockey Christian Ramos was originally named to ride Eyesa Wagon My Tale in Sunday’s Oaks trials. That didn’t happen. So, when Jungers needed a new rider for his 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred filly, who better to ask than the track’s leading rider, Calderon.
Now, Calderon has the fastest qualifier for the Oaks final, Eyesa Wagon My Tale, scheduled for Saturday, April 19 at 400 yards. Under Calderon, the sophomore American Quarter Horse daughter of Wagon Tales, out of the Country Chicks Man mare Eyesa Candy Chick sprinted to the front right out of the gate and never was headed in her trial.
Eyesa Wagon My Tale hit the wire in :19.501 seconds, earning a 98 speed-index, the quickest of all the 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred fillies who entered the trials Sunday. The filly held off her competition in the second Oaks trial of the day (race four) by a half-length with a tailwind of 12 mph over a muddy and sealed track.
Eyesa Wagon My Tale won for the second time in her career in only six starts and improved her bankroll to $42,976. Eyesa Wagon My Tale will be trying to win a stakes race for the first time when she goes in the Oaks finals. She has run second three other times in her career. It was the first time Calderon had ridden this filly when he got a leg up for the trials Sunday.
Eyesa Wagon My Tale was bred in Oklahoma by Randy and Stacy Hill. It was the filly’s second race in the mud of her three races here and both times on the wet tracks she has been a winner.
Three trials were run Sunday to determine the 10 fastest qualifiers for the Oaks for Oklahoma-breds. The rest of the top 10 qualifiers for the Oaks past the fastest qualifier (with jockey, trainer, trial number, race number, time and speed index) were:
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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.
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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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