LIVE MOONSHINE WINS BEAUTY CONTEST AND $45,350 NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM STAKES
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – May 30, 2021 – Live Moonshine always wins the beauty contest during the post parade prior to the race and most of the time he then wins the race. He did just that on Saturday at Remington Park, scoring the Grade 1, $45,350 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Stakes for Paints & Appaloosas.
Live Moonshine is as close as you can get to a solid black body with four high white stockings on his legs and then a white wrapping around his neck, that almost makes him look like he is wearing a shawl. The beautiful 5-year-old gelded Paint son of CRM Livewire, out of the Awesome Chrome mare PRP Sedona Sunset, breaks so quickly from the gate that he is always a length in front before his competitors know the race is on. Jockey Cody Smith booted him out of the gate in a hurry again Saturday in the 440-yard race and won going away by 1-1/2 lengths at the wire.
Live Moonshine, trained by Matt Whitekiller and owned by Dan and Kaye Jones of Kemp, Texas, earned $26,100 for the trip to the winner’s circle, improving the gelding’s lifetime mark to 24 starts, 14 wins, two seconds and three thirds for a bankroll of $236,273. He was bred in Texas by the owners. Bully Pulpit (6-1) was second, one length ahead of third-place finisher, the Appaloosa filly Queen for Cash (8-1).
It was the second year in a row that the connections had won this race with the same horse. Live Moonshine won the race last year in a time of :21.467; this year in, he won in :21.640 on the fast track for a 92 speed index. Overall, Smith has owned this race, winning it six times in the past eight years. He has won with Live Moonshine twice, Painted Turnpike three times from 2016-18, and with Major Tom in 2014. He won all those races for Whitekiller except the Appaloosa Major Tom’s victory with trainer Eddie Willis. It was the Joneses’ second victory in this race. Smith’s six trips to the winner’s circle and Whitekiller’s five victories are tops in this stakes race. Jockey G.R. Carter has four wins and trainers Brandon Parum and the late Lewis Wartchow had three each.
Live Moonshine was sent off as the prohibitive favorite at 1-5 odds and paid $2.60 to win, $2.10 to place and $2.10 to show.
Southern Electric, who constantly battles with this winner, also from Whitekiller’s barn, was scratched from the race.
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Stakes is named in honor of the famous attraction, and neighbor of Remington Park, in the Oklahoma City Adventure District.
The final racing program of the 2021 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season at Remington Park takes place on Sunday, May 30. The first race is at 1:30pm-Central.
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Tracked by more than 167,000 fans on Facebook and 10,400 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $261 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 features live and simulcast horse racing, and the casino is always open! 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
Congratulations
Congrats!!!
Never ran anything in OKLA., but CONGRATULATIONS TROY!!! Ppl like you are gold on ANY TRACK.
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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LIVE MOONSHINE WINS BEAUTY CONTEST AND $45,350 NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM STAKES
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – May 30, 2021 – Live Moonshine always wins the beauty contest during the post parade prior to the race and most of the time he then wins the race. He did just that on Saturday at Remington Park, scoring the Grade 1, $45,350 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Stakes for Paints & Appaloosas.
Live Moonshine is as close as you can get to a solid black body with four high white stockings on his legs and then a white wrapping around his neck, that almost makes him look like he is wearing a shawl. The beautiful 5-year-old gelded Paint son of CRM Livewire, out of the Awesome Chrome mare PRP Sedona Sunset, breaks so quickly from the gate that he is always a length in front before his competitors know the race is on. Jockey Cody Smith booted him out of the gate in a hurry again Saturday in the 440-yard race and won going away by 1-1/2 lengths at the wire.
Live Moonshine, trained by Matt Whitekiller and owned by Dan and Kaye Jones of Kemp, Texas, earned $26,100 for the trip to the winner’s circle, improving the gelding’s lifetime mark to 24 starts, 14 wins, two seconds and three thirds for a bankroll of $236,273. He was bred in Texas by the owners. Bully Pulpit (6-1) was second, one length ahead of third-place finisher, the Appaloosa filly Queen for Cash (8-1).
It was the second year in a row that the connections had won this race with the same horse. Live Moonshine won the race last year in a time of :21.467; this year in, he won in :21.640 on the fast track for a 92 speed index. Overall, Smith has owned this race, winning it six times in the past eight years. He has won with Live Moonshine twice, Painted Turnpike three times from 2016-18, and with Major Tom in 2014. He won all those races for Whitekiller except the Appaloosa Major Tom’s victory with trainer Eddie Willis. It was the Joneses’ second victory in this race. Smith’s six trips to the winner’s circle and Whitekiller’s five victories are tops in this stakes race. Jockey G.R. Carter has four wins and trainers Brandon Parum and the late Lewis Wartchow had three each.
Live Moonshine was sent off as the prohibitive favorite at 1-5 odds and paid $2.60 to win, $2.10 to place and $2.10 to show.
Southern Electric, who constantly battles with this winner, also from Whitekiller’s barn, was scratched from the race.
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Stakes is named in honor of the famous attraction, and neighbor of Remington Park, in the Oklahoma City Adventure District.
The final racing program of the 2021 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season at Remington Park takes place on Sunday, May 30. The first race is at 1:30pm-Central.
•••••
Tracked by more than 167,000 fans on Facebook and 10,400 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $261 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 features live and simulcast horse racing, and the casino is always open! 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
Congratulations
Congrats!!!
Never ran anything in OKLA., but CONGRATULATIONS TROY!!! Ppl like you are gold on ANY TRACK.
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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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