OKLAHOMA CITY, March 25, 2022 – Josefina Guzman broke a logjam at the top of the owners standings at Remington Park on Saturday night when her horse, Vencedora Jess, won the 10th race.
Guzman, of Dallas, Texas, got her fifth win of the meet, with her first-time starter hitting the finish line first in a 250-yard race. When she sends a horse to the track, she is all business. Guzman has won those five races in only six starts and ran second in the other try. Vencedora Jess is a 2-year-old filly by Apollitical Jess, from the Corona Cartel mare Belle of the Cartel. This filly was purchased for $38,000 at the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale in New Mexico in 2021.
The following is the current top five among owners:
Guzman, five wins; 2) tie – Bryan Hawk, Jeff Adams and Shelley Coldwell Goodnight, four each; 5) tie – Reliance Ranches (Micah McKinney), Gene and Tod Bradley, Heavy Hitters Racing Stables and Elizabeth Logan, three apiece.
In the trainers standings, Dee Keener was shut out Saturday, but still leads by a pair of wins over Santos Carrizales, Jr., who sent out two winners on the evening. Carrizales won with EC Regal Rock in the fourth and Vencedora Jess in the 10th. Jockey James Flores, the leading rider here from 2018-2020 here, was aboard for both wins. He couldn’t gain any ground, however, as top rider Cody Smith and second-place Jorge Torres each had a riding double to keep pace.
Carrizales was one of three trainers to win two on Saturday. Clint Crawford and Ty Blackwell also bagged a pair each. Here’s what the trainers top five looks like after 15 days of live racing:
Keener, 13 wins; 2) Carrizales, 11; 3) Crawford, 10; 4) tie – Eddie Willis and Blackwell, eight each.
Smith and Torres put some distance between themselves and the rest of the riding colony with their two wins each, Smith aboard Livewires Wagon in the second and DTL Secret Weapon in the sixth. Both are Paint horses trained by Blackwell. Torres’ two winners were Hey Soul Sistr in the third and Furrst String in the seventh. Both times he met Crawford in the winner’s circle for their picture with the horses. Hey Soul Sistr was declared the winner in her race after Wasting Light, a maiden for Willis, was disqualified for bumping a horse right out of the gate, causing a stack-up of interference, compromising many.
Here’s a look at the top five jockeys after Saturday’s racing:
Smith, 15 wins; 2) Torres, 12; 3) tie – Flores, Justine Klaiber, Francisco Calderon, Juan Pulido (last year’s top rider), Edwin Escobedo, and Jesus Salazar, eight wins apiece.
AQHA WORLD CHAMPION, DANJER, TAKES TO TRACK FOR WORKOUT The millionaire American Quarter Horse Association World Champion from 2021, Danjer, stretched his legs for a workout Saturday morning at Remington Park. The 6-year-old gelded son of FDD Dynasty, from the Take Off Jess mare Shez Jess Toxic, was sent to the track for a 220-yard move and recorded a time of :11.34 breezing over the fast surface. That was the fastest time of the day for that distance (a bullet work) of 38 horses that worked 220.
Owner-trainer Dean Frey said prior to the meet that his millionaire charge of a horse would be pointed possibly to the Grade 1 $100,000 Leo Stakes on Saturday, April 30, if he is ready. If not, the ultimate goal would be the Grade 1, $250,000 Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship on Saturday, May 28.
Danjer, ridden by Remington Park leading jockey Cody Smith, has raced 26 times in his career, winning 15 times, running second six other times and third three times for earnings of $1,503,885. He won five of seven races in 2021 and second in the other two races for $651,113 for the year. Among his wins were the following Grade 1 races – the Debbie Schauf Remington Park Invitational, the All American Quarter Horse Gold Cup at Ruidoso Downs, the AQHA Challenge Championship Stakes at the Downs at Albuquerque, and the Refrigerator Invitational Championship at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. His only non-Grade 1 win for the year was the Grade 3 Bank of American Canterbury Park Challenge Championship Stakes in Minnesota.
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Tracked by more than 168,000 fans on Facebook and 10,600 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $286 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 richest futurity for state-breds, the $925,000 (estimated) Remington Park Futurity on April 16. 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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Jim,Barb and Kevin
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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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JOSEFINA GUZMAN TOPS OWNER STANDINGS, TRAINERS RACE TIGHTENS, TOP JOCKEYS MOVE FARTHER AHEAD
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 25, 2022 – Josefina Guzman broke a logjam at the top of the owners standings at Remington Park on Saturday night when her horse, Vencedora Jess, won the 10th race.
Guzman, of Dallas, Texas, got her fifth win of the meet, with her first-time starter hitting the finish line first in a 250-yard race. When she sends a horse to the track, she is all business. Guzman has won those five races in only six starts and ran second in the other try. Vencedora Jess is a 2-year-old filly by Apollitical Jess, from the Corona Cartel mare Belle of the Cartel. This filly was purchased for $38,000 at the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale in New Mexico in 2021.
The following is the current top five among owners:
In the trainers standings, Dee Keener was shut out Saturday, but still leads by a pair of wins over Santos Carrizales, Jr., who sent out two winners on the evening. Carrizales won with EC Regal Rock in the fourth and Vencedora Jess in the 10th. Jockey James Flores, the leading rider here from 2018-2020 here, was aboard for both wins. He couldn’t gain any ground, however, as top rider Cody Smith and second-place Jorge Torres each had a riding double to keep pace.
Carrizales was one of three trainers to win two on Saturday. Clint Crawford and Ty Blackwell also bagged a pair each. Here’s what the trainers top five looks like after 15 days of live racing:
Smith and Torres put some distance between themselves and the rest of the riding colony with their two wins each, Smith aboard Livewires Wagon in the second and DTL Secret Weapon in the sixth. Both are Paint horses trained by Blackwell. Torres’ two winners were Hey Soul Sistr in the third and Furrst String in the seventh. Both times he met Crawford in the winner’s circle for their picture with the horses. Hey Soul Sistr was declared the winner in her race after Wasting Light, a maiden for Willis, was disqualified for bumping a horse right out of the gate, causing a stack-up of interference, compromising many.
Here’s a look at the top five jockeys after Saturday’s racing:
AQHA WORLD CHAMPION, DANJER, TAKES TO TRACK FOR WORKOUT
The millionaire American Quarter Horse Association World Champion from 2021, Danjer, stretched his legs for a workout Saturday morning at Remington Park. The 6-year-old gelded son of FDD Dynasty, from the Take Off Jess mare Shez Jess Toxic, was sent to the track for a 220-yard move and recorded a time of :11.34 breezing over the fast surface. That was the fastest time of the day for that distance (a bullet work) of 38 horses that worked 220.
Owner-trainer Dean Frey said prior to the meet that his millionaire charge of a horse would be pointed possibly to the Grade 1 $100,000 Leo Stakes on Saturday, April 30, if he is ready. If not, the ultimate goal would be the Grade 1, $250,000 Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship on Saturday, May 28.
Danjer, ridden by Remington Park leading jockey Cody Smith, has raced 26 times in his career, winning 15 times, running second six other times and third three times for earnings of $1,503,885. He won five of seven races in 2021 and second in the other two races for $651,113 for the year. Among his wins were the following Grade 1 races – the Debbie Schauf Remington Park Invitational, the All American Quarter Horse Gold Cup at Ruidoso Downs, the AQHA Challenge Championship Stakes at the Downs at Albuquerque, and the Refrigerator Invitational Championship at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. His only non-Grade 1 win for the year was the Grade 3 Bank of American Canterbury Park Challenge Championship Stakes in Minnesota.
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Tracked by more than 168,000 fans on Facebook and 10,600 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $286 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 richest futurity for state-breds, the $925,000 (estimated) Remington Park Futurity on April 16. 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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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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