RAMIRO GARCIA, JASON OLMSTEAD JOIN FORCES TO RULE IN REMINGTON PARK FUTURITY QUALIFYING, EARNING LIP CHIP JOCKEY, TRAINER OF WEEK
By Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – April 10 – Jockey Ramiro Garcia and trainer Jason Olmstead were likely biting their fingernails in angst when the barn started the meet like a penguin’s feet in Antarctica – stone cold.
Like Sleeping Beauty, they must have been kissed sometime last week as they awakened from their deep slumber to earn the Lip Chip Jockey and Trainer of the Week awards. Garcia began the meet winning only 2-of-29 out of the gate and Olmstead’s drought was even worse at 2-for-32. One would have had to send out a search party to find either one in the jockeys’ and trainers’ standings at Remington Park.
The two paired up for an amazing week of trials last week for the $868,455 Remington Park Futurity, $185,420 Derby and $160,670 Oaks. Garcia and Olmstead combined to qualify four of the top-10 2-year-old Oklahoma-bred American Quarter Horses that made the finals set for Saturday, April 19 in the futurity. They qualified two more of the 10 fastest in the Oaks for 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred Quarter Horse fillies and one additional 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred Quarter Horse for the Derby.
They went from nowhere in the standings to Olmstead rising to a tie for second with eight wins, behind runaway two-time defending champion trainer Dee Keener, who has 21 victories. Garcia rose like a phoenix to a tie for ninth among a tough riding colony at Remington Park with eight trips to the winner’s circle. He is tied with David Alvarez, Jr., for ninth. Francisco Calderon leads all jockeys with 21 wins.
In one week of racing, Garcia went from 7 percent winners to 14 percent (8-of-55 starts victorious). Olmstead rose from 6 percent to 11 percent (8-of-72 starts).
Garcia will have four mounts to choose from Olmstead’s barn as qualifiers for the futurity as he rode them all. They are (with their qualifying times at 330 yards):
FRIDAY, APRIL 4
Entice Me Ona Monday, :16.369, 103 speed-index (fastest trial for either night of qualifying)
Illegal Cowgirl 123, :16.547, 97
SATURDAY, APRIL 5
AJs Secret Cash, :16.493, 98
Good Blue Candy, :16.573, 96
It wasn’t all that surprising that Olmstead was sitting on a gold mine of 2-year-olds, though. Back on March 26-27, on back-to-back days of training races at Remington Park, Olmstead’s barn produced nine winners from the schooling races. It turns out that Entice Me Ona Monday’s schooling victory at :13.381 for 250 yards on Thursday, Feb. 27, was the fastest training race win of the meet and now will obviously be heavily favored in the finals of the Remington Park Futurity. In the trials, Entice Me Ona Monday defeated Oklahoma Futurity winner from earlier this meet, Flying Joy 1, by nine-hundredths of a second in a head-to-head matchup. She was the second-fastest qualifier. The grudge match continues April 19.
The good weekend continued with qualifying trials on Sunday, April 6 for the $160,670 Remington Park Oaks and $185,420 Remington Park Derby.
Remington Park racing continues tonight-Sunday, April 10-13. The first race nightly is 6pm with Sunday racing at 4pm. All times are Central.
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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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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.
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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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RAMIRO GARCIA, JASON OLMSTEAD JOIN FORCES TO RULE IN REMINGTON PARK FUTURITY QUALIFYING, EARNING LIP CHIP JOCKEY, TRAINER OF WEEK
By Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – April 10 – Jockey Ramiro Garcia and trainer Jason Olmstead were likely biting their fingernails in angst when the barn started the meet like a penguin’s feet in Antarctica – stone cold.
Like Sleeping Beauty, they must have been kissed sometime last week as they awakened from their deep slumber to earn the Lip Chip Jockey and Trainer of the Week awards. Garcia began the meet winning only 2-of-29 out of the gate and Olmstead’s drought was even worse at 2-for-32. One would have had to send out a search party to find either one in the jockeys’ and trainers’ standings at Remington Park.
The two paired up for an amazing week of trials last week for the $868,455 Remington Park Futurity, $185,420 Derby and $160,670 Oaks. Garcia and Olmstead combined to qualify four of the top-10 2-year-old Oklahoma-bred American Quarter Horses that made the finals set for Saturday, April 19 in the futurity. They qualified two more of the 10 fastest in the Oaks for 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred Quarter Horse fillies and one additional 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred Quarter Horse for the Derby.
They went from nowhere in the standings to Olmstead rising to a tie for second with eight wins, behind runaway two-time defending champion trainer Dee Keener, who has 21 victories. Garcia rose like a phoenix to a tie for ninth among a tough riding colony at Remington Park with eight trips to the winner’s circle. He is tied with David Alvarez, Jr., for ninth. Francisco Calderon leads all jockeys with 21 wins.
In one week of racing, Garcia went from 7 percent winners to 14 percent (8-of-55 starts victorious). Olmstead rose from 6 percent to 11 percent (8-of-72 starts).
Garcia will have four mounts to choose from Olmstead’s barn as qualifiers for the futurity as he rode them all. They are (with their qualifying times at 330 yards):
FRIDAY, APRIL 4
Entice Me Ona Monday, :16.369, 103 speed-index (fastest trial for either night of qualifying)
Illegal Cowgirl 123, :16.547, 97
SATURDAY, APRIL 5
AJs Secret Cash, :16.493, 98
Good Blue Candy, :16.573, 96
It wasn’t all that surprising that Olmstead was sitting on a gold mine of 2-year-olds, though. Back on March 26-27, on back-to-back days of training races at Remington Park, Olmstead’s barn produced nine winners from the schooling races. It turns out that Entice Me Ona Monday’s schooling victory at :13.381 for 250 yards on Thursday, Feb. 27, was the fastest training race win of the meet and now will obviously be heavily favored in the finals of the Remington Park Futurity. In the trials, Entice Me Ona Monday defeated Oklahoma Futurity winner from earlier this meet, Flying Joy 1, by nine-hundredths of a second in a head-to-head matchup. She was the second-fastest qualifier. The grudge match continues April 19.
The good weekend continued with qualifying trials on Sunday, April 6 for the $160,670 Remington Park Oaks and $185,420 Remington Park Derby.
SUNDAY, APRIL 6
RP OAKS trials (400 yards)
Flying Bandida, (:19.523, 98 speed-index, 2nd fastest qualifier)
Curlie D, (:19.733, 92, 10th fastest qualifier)
RP DERBY trials (400 yards)
Relentless American, (:19.616, 95, seventh fastest qualifier)
Remington Park racing continues tonight-Sunday, April 10-13. The first race nightly is 6pm with Sunday racing at 4pm. All times are Central.
••••
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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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
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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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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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