𝐒𝐇𝐘 𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐏𝐒 𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒, 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐎𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊
By Richard Linihan

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – April 20, 2025 – Shy Kisser wasn’t shy about showing her competition to losers alley as she won the $100,000 Dee Raper Sooner State Stakes on Saturday at Remington Park as a 22-1 longshot.

The race is a restricted Grade 1 for Oklahoma-breds, 3-years-old and older at 400 yards.

Jockey Mario Delgado used every ounce of energy encouraging the 6-year-old Oklahoma-bred mare to get there first. In the end, Shy Kisser slapped the kiss of fate on her opponents with a win by a head. She returned a healthy $47.80 to win, $27.80 to place and $7.40 to show.

Hooked N Gone, the class of the field with $570,323 earned, held the lead most of the race until Shy Kisser just nailed him at the wire. Hooked N Gone is a graded stakes winner and Shy Kisser’s only previous stakes win came in the $24,000 Miss Ellen Stakes at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla., last fall.

Shy Kisser earned $57,600 for her efforts and improved her career running lines to 26 starts, five wins, six seconds and six thirds. The mare has made $234,364 in earnings for owner Leobardo Soria of Oklahoma City, who won the Sooner State for the first time. She was bought for $19,000 at the Heritage Place September Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City. Trainer Juvenal Licona-Vazquez won this race for the first time, but it was the second time Delgado has made it to the winner’s circle in the Sooner State. He also won this race in 2020 with Eagles Fly Higher.

Running time for the winner was :19.574 for a speed-index of 96, over a sloppy track. The rest of the order of finish past the top two was Lucky Luke (21-1) third, One Stolin Eagle (7-2) fourth, Paint Your Lips P (32-1) fifth, Cardiac Cowboy (6-1) sixth, Heza Relentless Mess (21-1) seventh, Rare Roy (46-1) eighth and the even-money favorite RGs Gold Wagon was last after rearing up high at the start of the race.

The Sooner State Stakes honors influential Oklahoma horseman Dee Raper. He played a key role in helping Oklahoma pass pari-mutuel racing legislation in the early 1980s. Raper also served 14 years as president of the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association, all while operating Belle Mere Farms in Norman, Okla. with his wife Betty. Belle Mere stood such top stallions Bully Bullion and Mr Eye Opener, while campaigning the likes of Eye Yin You to multiple stakes triumphs. Dee Raper was inducted into the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame at Remington Park in 2012.

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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: Shy Kisser (8) wins the Dee Raper Sooner State Stakes on Saturday, April 19, 2025 at Remington Park. Jockey Mario Delgado was up for the triumph. 📸: Dustin Orona Photography ... ’Expand’See Less

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𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐁 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐀𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐔𝐏
by Richard Linihan

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – April 20, 2025 – Heavens Uncle won for the fourth time in five starts at Remington Park as he cruised over a sloppy racing surface to win the Grade 2, $54,800 Bob Moore Memorial Stakes in a heavy downpour.

The 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelded son of Uncle D, out of the Streak and Dash mare Heavens Assured, sped to his second stakes victory here after winning the Grade 1 (restricted) $854,775 Remington Park Futurity on April 29, 2024 by a head. Bryan Candanosa was up for that futurity score and had the leg up from trainer Guillermo Valdivia again on Saturday night in the Bob Moore while sent off as the betting favorite at 2-1 odds. His only loss at Remington Park was a second-place finish in his first career start among maidens when he fell short by a neck on March 16, 2024. He has not lost at Remington Park since that initial attempt.

This was the first time Heavens Uncle had raced over an off track and he seemed to like it just fine. He won $34,500 from the purse, improving his career record to nine starts, five wins, two seconds and one third, getting ever closer to the half-million dollar mark in earnings with $497,519. Heavens Uncle was bred and is owned by Sherry Gilmore of Sallisaw, Okla.

Candanosa broke on top with Heavens Uncle and held onto his half-length margin from mid-stretch to the wire. The top four favorites in the race completed the superfecta in the exact order. AB Boogie (3-1) was the runner-up, a head in front of third-place finisher Apollitical Ike (5-1). Believe in Perry (6-1) ran fourth, one length behind the winner. The rest of the order of finish was The Swamp (13-1) fifth, Rustys Cowgirl (12-1) sixth, Eye Dynasty (30-1) seventh, Striking Breeze (34-1) eighth, and Liberty for Jess (24-1) ninth.

Running time for the winner at 300 yards was :15.049, the fastest time of the meet at that distance. Heavens Uncle earned a speed-index of 106 for the effort.

Heavens Uncle paid $4.40 to win, $2.80 to place and $2.20 to show. Cowboys Gun Z, the 5-2 morning line favorite, was an early scratch from the Bob Moore.

It was the second win in the Bob Moore for Valdivia, who also won this race in 2019 with Eye Captain. Candanosa and Gilmore won for the first time in this series.

The Bob Moore Memorial is named in honor of the Hall of Fame horseman who was prominent in American Quarter Horse racing for over four decades, operating from his Norman, Okla. farm. Bob Moore Farms continues to be a leader in breeding quality horses.
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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: Heavens Uncle (7) wins the Bob Moore Memorial on Saturday, April 19, 2025 at Remington Park. Jockey Bryan Candanosa was up for the victory. 📸: Dustin Orona Photography ... ’Expand’See Less

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𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐊𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐘𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐘, 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝟏𝟑-𝟏 𝐎𝐃𝐃𝐒, 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐀𝐒 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐘 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒
by Richard Linihan

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – April 20, 2025 – Nearly everyone forgot that Alliekat Dynasty loves the Remington Park racetrack like she loves sweet feed on a day off. The 4-year-old mare didn’t forget how to win, however, as she flew to victory Saturday night in the Grade 2, $82,520 Easy Date Stakes at 13-1 odds.

The Easy Date is for fillies and mares, three and older, at 350 yards.

Alliekat Dynasty, an Oklahoma-bred mare by FDD Dynasty, out of the Apollitical Jess mare Pollitical Scorpion, won for the seventh time in 11 starts at Remington Park and pocketed $47,925 from the purse for owner Arrowhead Racing (Anita Ruiz) of Wapanucka, Okla. Alliekat Dynasty is trained by Jesus Ruiz.

Alliekat Dynasty has now won three stakes races in Oklahoma City – the FL Lady Bug Stakes in 2023; the Grade 2 Decketta Stakes in 2024, and now the Easy Date. She was bred by Jahree Standridge. Interestingly enough, Standridge won the Easy Date Stakes as an owner and it was done with Alliekat Dynasty’s dam (mother), Pollitical Scorpion in 2016.

Alliekat Dynasty provided the first win in the Easy Date Stakes for all her connections.

The reason Alliekat Dynasty may have been ignored at 13-1 odds, was that she had not won a race in almost a year (May 12, 2024) and was on a four-race non-winning streak going into the Easy Date. Jockey Roman Cruz put her on the lead over a sloppy track with rain falling and nothing bothered her as she battled to the wire for a win by a head over Curls Joyful Wagon.

Those who stayed loyal to Alliekat Dynasty on this night were rewarded with a return of $28 to win, $7.60 to place and $5.60 to show. Curls Joyful Wagon (the heavy 3-5 favorite), was coming hard at the winner in the latter stages, but couldn’t quite catch her. The favorite was a nose ahead of 43-1 longshot Paige. That 50-cent trifecta paid $541.50. The 10-cent superfecta with 13-1 longshot Hallmarke running fourth was worth $893.03.

The rest of the order of finish in the Easy date was BP Moonlight (10-1) fifth, First Time for Wine (6-1) sixth, Flying Sophia (5-1) seventh, I Got Thiss (20-1) eighth, and Relentless Diamond (27-1) ninth. Edelyns PYC was a gate scratch in the race.

Alliekat Dynasty improved her career record to 15 starts, nine wins, one second and two thirds for a bankroll of $299,867. The winner won for the sixth time in seven starts at 350 yards.

The Easy Date Stakes is named after the 1974 All American Futurity winner and 1975 American Quarter Horse World Champion who was bred, owned and trained by Walter Merrick of Sayre, Okla.

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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: Alliekat Dynasty (yellow shadow roll) wins the Easy Date Stakes on Saturday, April 19, 2025 at Remington Park. Jockey Roman Cruz was up for the score. 📸: Dustin Orona Photography ... ’Expand’See Less

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