LEADING TRAINER SANTOS CARRIZALES HAS FASTEST QUALIFIER SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW AT REMINGTON PARK
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 7, 2022 โ Leading trainer at Remington Park, Santos Carrizales, Jr., sent out Friday nightโs fastest qualifier on night two of trials for the Grade 1, $1,112,440 Heritage Place Futurity finals, the second night in a row for that feat.
On Friday, it was Fancy Scarface that blazed down the track in the fastest 350-yard time, stopping the timer in :17.355 on a fast track for a speed index of 98. It was the seventh of 10 trials and it was run with the flag lying limp against the infield pole, indicating no breeze. His stablemate, Ivory Senator had a faster time on Thursday night in :17.272, but with a 15 mph tailwind for a 101 speed index.
In all, Carrizales finished with those two fastest horses in the trials and the third-fastest in Friday nightโs heats with Turcotte. That horse was not fast enough to win his trial, however as he was beaten a half-length by $441,000 Oklahoma Futurity winner Tres Crystals in the eighth race. Tres Crystals was the second-fastest qualifier Friday night.
Fancy Scarface, a winner by three full lengths in his trial, was never bothered in breaking from the gate or during the race. He broke from the No. 3 post and the 4-horse broke outward while the 2-horse broke in, leaving a wide-open path for the winner. It was like the parting of the Red Sea. Remingtonโs leading jockey Juan Pulido took advantage of the clear road ahead and kept Fancy Scarface on a straight line to the wire. It was very different in the horseโs last race when he was sent off as the 8-5 favorite in the Oklahoma Futurity against Tres Crystals. On that night, March 19, Fancy Scarface broke seventh instead of first and was squeezed back behind the field. He had no chance and finished sixth in his only career loss. He is now 2-for-3 lifetime going into the finals for owner Rito Sosa of Blanchard, Okla. This 2-year-old gelded son of PYC Fun N Fancy, out of the Walk Thru Fire mare Dolls in Fire, is an Oklahoma home-bred for Sosa.
Fancy Scarfaceโs sire won the 2018 Remington Park Derby. PYC Fun N Fancy won 5-of-14 starts lifetime for almost a half-million dollars earned, so the bloodlines run true.
The sire of Ivory Senator (top qualifier from Thursday), Louisiana Senator, had similar success in his career, winning 8-of-20 starts for nearly $600,000 in earnings. He was a three-time stakes winner in one meet at Remington Park in 2011, taking down the Eastex Stakes, the Leo and the Remington Park Championship. He also won the Golden State Juvenile as a 2-year-old in 2008 at Los Alamitos in California.
Pulido rode both fastest qualifiers each night and will have an interesting decision to make for his Heritage Place Futurity mount.
The following were the five fastest qualifiers Friday with times, speed index, race number, jockey and trainer, followed by Thursdayโs qualifiers:
1) Fancy Scarface, :17.355, 98, trial seven, Juan Pulido, Santos Carrizales (no wind)
2) Tres Crystals, :17.429, 96, trial eight, Bryan Candanosa, Dee Keener
3) Turcotte, :17.522, 93, trial eight, Juan Pulido, Santos Carrizales
4) Hooked N Gone, :17.531, 93, trial four, Cristian Esqueda, Jerry Livingston
5) Teller Ima Eagle, :17.554, 92, trial two, James Flores, Troy Carter
4) One Fine V, :17.620, 90, trial nine, James Flores, Jacobo Mejia
5) Take a Swig of This, :17.643, 90, trial eight, Francisco Calderon, Monty Arrossa
Remington Park racing continues Saturday with trials featured for the Heritage Place Derby. Racing begins early at Noon as the Kentucky Derby simulcast is also featured from Churchill Downs at approximately 5:30pm.
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Tracked by more than 170,000 fans on Facebook and 10,600 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $290 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 will feature the $1,112,440 Heritage Place Futurity and the $250,000 Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship on May 28. Simulcast horse is racing featured daily at Remington Park where the casino is always open! Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ๐จ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐จ ๐ช๐ฐ๐ป๐, ๐ถ๐ฒ โ ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ โ How the tables have turned in one year. The ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ Saturday at Remington Park for this yearโs ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐, $๐๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, finished 10th in last yearโs $1 million Heritage Place Futurity.
Last yearโs Heritage Place Futurity winner, Kempton, also ran in the Derby trials Saturday and was the 10th-fastest qualifier, almost knocked off the bubble in the final trial. According to these trials, these two quality 3-year-old American Quarter Horses have flip-flopped positions since last May.
House of Lords hit the finish line in the first of four trials on the night in a time of :19.422 seconds at 400 yards on a fast track ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง, earning a speed-index of 101. This 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelded son of Flying Cowboy 123, out of the Okey Dokey Dale mare This Candys Okay, was the only finalist to break the 100-mark for a speed index. He won his trial by only a neck over Toastin Heros (5-1), who was another neck ahead of third-place finisher Curls Magic Wagon (1-2 post-time favorite). The fourth-place runner, Apolitical Time (18-1) was only a head back of Curls Magic Wagon. This blanket finish was so tight and fast that the top four horses in this trial were the four fastest horses of the entire night.
House of Lords, ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ณ-๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, was sent off at 7-2 odds and paid $9.20 to win, $4.60 to place and $2.40 to show. He earned $5,775 in this trial for ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ (๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐จ) ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐, ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ฌ, and improved his lifetime record to eight starts, four wins, one second and $58,932 in earnings. House of Lords, ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ก, was purchased for $65,000 from the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale in 2023.
The Heritage Place Derby, is a 400-yard race for 3-year-old Quarter Horses scheduled to be run on the final night of the season, Saturday, May 31.
Past House of Lords, the other top nine qualifiers for the Heritage Place Derby were (with their jockey, trainer, trial number (race number), times and speed index) were:
โข Toastin Heros, Christian Ramos, Clinton Crawford, trial one (race three), :19.471, 99 โข Curls Magic Wagon, Ali Rivera, John Stinebaugh, trial one (race three), :19.508, 98 โข Apolitical Time, Mario Delgado, Raul Ramirez, trial one (race three), :19.525, 98 โข Kiss My Maruska, Nestor Duran, Bobby Pena, trial three (race five), :19.556, 97 โข Nine One Won, Mario Delgado, Raul Ramirez, trial four (race six), :19.718, 93 โข Relentless Purrsuit, Ramiro Garcia, Jason Olmstead, trial four (race six), :19.737, 92 โข Heavens Uncle, Bryan Candanosa, Guillermo Valdivia, trial two (race four), :19.741, 92 โข Church Spire, Christian Cardenas, James J. Gonzales III, trial one (race three), :19.743, 92 โข Kempton, James Flores, James J. Gonzales III, trial two (race four), :19.745, 92 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 $1,161,000 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: House Of Lords wins the first trial of four for the Heritage Place Derby on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at Remington Park, earning the top qualifying time for the 400-yard trials. The final for the Heritage Place Derby will be contested on May 31. ๐ธ: Dustin Orona Photography... โExpandโSee Less
๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ๐จ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐จ ๐ช๐ฐ๐ป๐, ๐ถ๐ฒ โ ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ โ The sprite 98-year-old ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ง is trying to make the magic happen again in this yearโs ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐, $๐,๐๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, after she won Oklahomaโs richest horse race in 2022 with Tres Crystals.
Logan, of Haskell, Okla., wasnโt on hand at Remington Park on Friday night on day two of the Heritage Place Futurity trials when her 2-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelding, Jay W, was the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. The final is scheduled for Saturday, May 31, the final night of the Remington Park season.
โShe wasnโt here,โ said leading ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ, of Logan on trials night, โbut, Iโll bet she was at the simulcast facility in Tulsa (Okla.). She canโt really see anymore, but she has a woman who drives her, and, oh yeah, she will be here for the finals with this horse. She has to have her friends tell her how her horse is doing during a race.โ
Jay W, with a 13 mph tailwind in the third of 13 trials, put up a time of :17.407 seconds over a fast track in the in his trial as the fastest of the night, earning a 96 speed-index for the 350-yard run. The wind significantly died down below double figures in the later trials.
A gelded son of Valiant Hero, out of the Apollitical Jess mare A Pollitical Phoebe, Jay W was bought at the Heritage Place September Yearling Sale last fall for $42,000.
Jay W picked this night to break his maiden and did it at 12-1 odds even though he was campaigning out of the top trainerโs barn the past three Remington Park meets. Prior to this trial win, Jay W had run second in his Oklahoma Futurity trial on March 7. He then lost to Fasterthanmybrothers in a subsequent maiden event, he got revenge on that rival in this trial score.
Fasterthanmybrothers (5-1) could only manage a fourth-place run on Friday against Jay W. The 6-5 post-time favorite, DR Whizkey on Ice, got up for third in this same trial. Jay W won by three-quarters of a length over runner-up Cyber Command III (9-2), who was a half-length ahead of Fasterthanmybrothers.
๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ for all three lifetime attempts by Jay W.
Logan won $467,225 when Tres Crystals won the Heritage Place Futurity in 2022. She is now hoping to experience a similar richly rewarding victory in about three weeks.
Other than Jay W, the other four that qualified Friday were (with jockey, trainer, trial number, times and speed index): โข Jess a Good Angel, Juan Pulido, Cristian Alcala, trial five, :17.466, 94 โข Flying Policy 123, Edwin Escobedo, Michael Joiner, trial six, :17.512, 93 โข Cyber Command III, Bryan Candanosa, Kash Reed, trial three, :17.517, 93 โข Coronados 123, Mario Delgado, Juvenal Licona-Vazquez, trial eight :17.565, 91
The fastest five qualifiers Thursday night were: โข Calling Chicks, Roman Cruz, Buddy Clay, trial five, :17.438, 95 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 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 $1,1,61,010 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: Jay W (2) wins the third trial on Friday, May 9, 2025 at Remington Park to post the top time on the second night of trials for the Grade 1 Heritage Place Futurity. Jockey Jesus Ayala was up for the victory ๐ธ: Dustin Orona Photography... โExpandโSee Less
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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LEADING TRAINER SANTOS CARRIZALES HAS FASTEST QUALIFIER SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW AT REMINGTON PARK
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 7, 2022 โ Leading trainer at Remington Park, Santos Carrizales, Jr., sent out Friday nightโs fastest qualifier on night two of trials for the Grade 1, $1,112,440 Heritage Place Futurity finals, the second night in a row for that feat.
On Friday, it was Fancy Scarface that blazed down the track in the fastest 350-yard time, stopping the timer in :17.355 on a fast track for a speed index of 98. It was the seventh of 10 trials and it was run with the flag lying limp against the infield pole, indicating no breeze. His stablemate, Ivory Senator had a faster time on Thursday night in :17.272, but with a 15 mph tailwind for a 101 speed index.
In all, Carrizales finished with those two fastest horses in the trials and the third-fastest in Friday nightโs heats with Turcotte. That horse was not fast enough to win his trial, however as he was beaten a half-length by $441,000 Oklahoma Futurity winner Tres Crystals in the eighth race. Tres Crystals was the second-fastest qualifier Friday night.
Fancy Scarface, a winner by three full lengths in his trial, was never bothered in breaking from the gate or during the race. He broke from the No. 3 post and the 4-horse broke outward while the 2-horse broke in, leaving a wide-open path for the winner. It was like the parting of the Red Sea. Remingtonโs leading jockey Juan Pulido took advantage of the clear road ahead and kept Fancy Scarface on a straight line to the wire. It was very different in the horseโs last race when he was sent off as the 8-5 favorite in the Oklahoma Futurity against Tres Crystals. On that night, March 19, Fancy Scarface broke seventh instead of first and was squeezed back behind the field. He had no chance and finished sixth in his only career loss. He is now 2-for-3 lifetime going into the finals for owner Rito Sosa of Blanchard, Okla. This 2-year-old gelded son of PYC Fun N Fancy, out of the Walk Thru Fire mare Dolls in Fire, is an Oklahoma home-bred for Sosa.
Fancy Scarfaceโs sire won the 2018 Remington Park Derby. PYC Fun N Fancy won 5-of-14 starts lifetime for almost a half-million dollars earned, so the bloodlines run true.
The sire of Ivory Senator (top qualifier from Thursday), Louisiana Senator, had similar success in his career, winning 8-of-20 starts for nearly $600,000 in earnings. He was a three-time stakes winner in one meet at Remington Park in 2011, taking down the Eastex Stakes, the Leo and the Remington Park Championship. He also won the Golden State Juvenile as a 2-year-old in 2008 at Los Alamitos in California.
Pulido rode both fastest qualifiers each night and will have an interesting decision to make for his Heritage Place Futurity mount.
The following were the five fastest qualifiers Friday with times, speed index, race number, jockey and trainer, followed by Thursdayโs qualifiers:
THURSDAY
Remington Park racing continues Saturday with trials featured for the Heritage Place Derby. Racing begins early at Noon as the Kentucky Derby simulcast is also featured from Churchill Downs at approximately 5:30pm.
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Tracked by more than 170,000 fans on Facebook and 10,600 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $290 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 will feature the $1,112,440 Heritage Place Futurity and the $250,000 Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship on May 28. Simulcast horse is racing featured daily at Remington Park where the casino is always open! Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
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by Richard Linihan
๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ๐จ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐จ ๐ช๐ฐ๐ป๐, ๐ถ๐ฒ โ ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ โ How the tables have turned in one year. The ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ Saturday at Remington Park for this yearโs ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐, $๐๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, finished 10th in last yearโs $1 million Heritage Place Futurity.
Last yearโs Heritage Place Futurity winner, Kempton, also ran in the Derby trials Saturday and was the 10th-fastest qualifier, almost knocked off the bubble in the final trial. According to these trials, these two quality 3-year-old American Quarter Horses have flip-flopped positions since last May.
House of Lords hit the finish line in the first of four trials on the night in a time of :19.422 seconds at 400 yards on a fast track ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง, earning a speed-index of 101. This 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelded son of Flying Cowboy 123, out of the Okey Dokey Dale mare This Candys Okay, was the only finalist to break the 100-mark for a speed index. He won his trial by only a neck over Toastin Heros (5-1), who was another neck ahead of third-place finisher Curls Magic Wagon (1-2 post-time favorite). The fourth-place runner, Apolitical Time (18-1) was only a head back of Curls Magic Wagon. This blanket finish was so tight and fast that the top four horses in this trial were the four fastest horses of the entire night.
House of Lords, ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ณ-๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, was sent off at 7-2 odds and paid $9.20 to win, $4.60 to place and $2.40 to show. He earned $5,775 in this trial for ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ (๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐จ) ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐, ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ฌ, and improved his lifetime record to eight starts, four wins, one second and $58,932 in earnings. House of Lords, ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ก, was purchased for $65,000 from the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale in 2023.
The Heritage Place Derby, is a 400-yard race for 3-year-old Quarter Horses scheduled to be run on the final night of the season, Saturday, May 31.
Past House of Lords, the other top nine qualifiers for the Heritage Place Derby were (with their jockey, trainer, trial number (race number), times and speed index) were:
โข Toastin Heros, Christian Ramos, Clinton Crawford, trial one (race three), :19.471, 99
โข Curls Magic Wagon, Ali Rivera, John Stinebaugh, trial one (race three), :19.508, 98
โข Apolitical Time, Mario Delgado, Raul Ramirez, trial one (race three), :19.525, 98
โข Kiss My Maruska, Nestor Duran, Bobby Pena, trial three (race five), :19.556, 97
โข Nine One Won, Mario Delgado, Raul Ramirez, trial four (race six), :19.718, 93
โข Relentless Purrsuit, Ramiro Garcia, Jason Olmstead, trial four (race six), :19.737, 92
โข Heavens Uncle, Bryan Candanosa, Guillermo Valdivia, trial two (race four), :19.741, 92
โข Church Spire, Christian Cardenas, James J. Gonzales III, trial one (race three), :19.743, 92
โข Kempton, James Flores, James J. Gonzales III, trial two (race four), :19.745, 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 $1,161,000 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: House Of Lords wins the first trial of four for the Heritage Place Derby on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at Remington Park, earning the top qualifying time for the 400-yard trials. The final for the Heritage Place Derby will be contested on May 31.
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By Richard Linihan
๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ๐จ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐จ ๐ช๐ฐ๐ป๐, ๐ถ๐ฒ โ ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ โ The sprite 98-year-old ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ง is trying to make the magic happen again in this yearโs ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐, $๐,๐๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, after she won Oklahomaโs richest horse race in 2022 with Tres Crystals.
Logan, of Haskell, Okla., wasnโt on hand at Remington Park on Friday night on day two of the Heritage Place Futurity trials when her 2-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelding, Jay W, was the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. The final is scheduled for Saturday, May 31, the final night of the Remington Park season.
โShe wasnโt here,โ said leading ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ, of Logan on trials night, โbut, Iโll bet she was at the simulcast facility in Tulsa (Okla.). She canโt really see anymore, but she has a woman who drives her, and, oh yeah, she will be here for the finals with this horse. She has to have her friends tell her how her horse is doing during a race.โ
Jay W, with a 13 mph tailwind in the third of 13 trials, put up a time of :17.407 seconds over a fast track in the in his trial as the fastest of the night, earning a 96 speed-index for the 350-yard run. The wind significantly died down below double figures in the later trials.
A gelded son of Valiant Hero, out of the Apollitical Jess mare A Pollitical Phoebe, Jay W was bought at the Heritage Place September Yearling Sale last fall for $42,000.
Jay W picked this night to break his maiden and did it at 12-1 odds even though he was campaigning out of the top trainerโs barn the past three Remington Park meets. Prior to this trial win, Jay W had run second in his Oklahoma Futurity trial on March 7. He then lost to Fasterthanmybrothers in a subsequent maiden event, he got revenge on that rival in this trial score.
Fasterthanmybrothers (5-1) could only manage a fourth-place run on Friday against Jay W. The 6-5 post-time favorite, DR Whizkey on Ice, got up for third in this same trial. Jay W won by three-quarters of a length over runner-up Cyber Command III (9-2), who was a half-length ahead of Fasterthanmybrothers.
๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ for all three lifetime attempts by Jay W.
Logan won $467,225 when Tres Crystals won the Heritage Place Futurity in 2022. She is now hoping to experience a similar richly rewarding victory in about three weeks.
Other than Jay W, the other four that qualified Friday were (with jockey, trainer, trial number, times and speed index):
โข Jess a Good Angel, Juan Pulido, Cristian Alcala, trial five, :17.466, 94
โข Flying Policy 123, Edwin Escobedo, Michael Joiner, trial six, :17.512, 93
โข Cyber Command III, Bryan Candanosa, Kash Reed, trial three, :17.517, 93
โข Coronados 123, Mario Delgado, Juvenal Licona-Vazquez, trial eight :17.565, 91
The fastest five qualifiers Thursday night were:
โข Calling Chicks, Roman Cruz, Buddy Clay, trial five, :17.438, 95
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
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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 $1,1,61,010 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: Jay W (2) wins the third trial on Friday, May 9, 2025 at Remington Park to post the top time on the second night of trials for the Grade 1 Heritage Place Futurity. Jockey Jesus Ayala was up for the victory ๐ธ: Dustin Orona Photography ... โExpandโSee Less
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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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