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.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – April 18, 2025 – Entice Me Ona Monday, the top qualifier from the first of two nights of trials, has been tabbed as the morning-line favorite for Saturday night’s $868,455 Remington Park Futurity.
Entice Me Ona Monday is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the restricted Grade 1 event, for eligible Oklahoma-bred 2-year-olds. Owned by Tejas Troubadours of Rhome, Texas and trained by Jason Olmstead, Entice Me Ona Monday put up the best time at 330 yards on Friday, April 4 to head a group of five from that first night of trials for the Remington Park Futurity. Jockey Ramiro Garcia was up for the trial and has chosen to stay on the gelding by Cyber Monday from the Make It Anywhere mare Enticilizeur.
Garcia also qualified three other Olmstead runners for the Remington Park Futurity in Illegal Cowgirl 123, Good Blue Candy and AJs Secret Cash but elected to stay with Entice Me Ona Monday.
The Oklahoma Futurity winner in March, Flying Joy 1, is the second morning-line favorite at 9-2 odds. She finished second on trials night to Entice Me Ona Monday, beaten a half-length. The placing was the first defeat for Flying Joy 1 from three starts this season. She posted victory in the Oklahoma Futurity on March 22 for owner David Rogers of Graham, Texas and trainer Trey Wood. Jockey Ricky Ramirez keeps his usual mount for the Remington Park Futurity.
Jamies Sin Tacha, the top qualifier from the second evening of trials on Saturday, April 5, is the third morning-line favorite at 5-1 odds. Jamies Sin Tacha is owned by Miguel Vargas of Grand Prairie, Texas and trained by James J. Gonzales III. He will be ridden again by Christian Cardenas.
The field of 10, by post-position and program order, for the Remington Park Futurity with trainer, jockey and morning-line odds:
• Illegal Cowgirl 123: Jason Olmstead, Armando Alvidrez, 6-1 • Jamies Sin Tacha: James J. Gonzales III, Christian Cardenas, 5-1 • MM Rampage: Trey Wood, Angel O. Ramirez, 10-1 • Entice Me Ona Monday: Jason Olmstead, Ramiro Garcia, 2-1 • Maverykk: Michael Joiner, Francisco Calderon, 20-1 • Eyem D Prince: Salimm Hernandez, Agustin Silva, 20-1 • Good Blue Candy: Jason Olmstead, Eugenio Navarrete, 20-1 • AJs Secret Cash: Jason Olmstead, Francisco Ramirez, Jr., 8-1 • Ima Bigg Flash: John Stinebaugh, Ali Rivera, 8-1 • Flying Joy 1: Trey Wood, Ricky Ramirez, 9-2
The Remington Park Futurity, at 330 yards, is the 10th of 12 races on Saturday night and is scheduled to leave the gate at 10:03pm. The racing program for the evening also boasts eight other stakes events, including: $100,000 Dee Raper Sooner State Stakes; the $160,670 Remington Park Oaks and the $185,420 Remington Park Derby, among the others. The total purses for the 12-race program stand at more than $1.6 million.
The first race on Saturday is at 6pm. All times are Central.
Remington Park racing resumes tonight through Saturday, April 17-19. Saturday, April 19 is Remington Park Futurity Night. First race nightly is 6pm-Central. There is no Remington Park racing on Easter.
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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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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – April 18, 2025 – Entice Me Ona Monday, the top qualifier from the first of two nights of trials, has been tabbed as the morning-line favorite for Saturday night’s $868,455 Remington Park Futurity.
Entice Me Ona Monday is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the restricted Grade 1 event, for eligible Oklahoma-bred 2-year-olds. Owned by Tejas Troubadours of Rhome, Texas and trained by Jason Olmstead, Entice Me Ona Monday put up the best time at 330 yards on Friday, April 4 to head a group of five from that first night of trials for the Remington Park Futurity. Jockey Ramiro Garcia was up for the trial and has chosen to stay on the gelding by Cyber Monday from the Make It Anywhere mare Enticilizeur.
Garcia also qualified three other Olmstead runners for the Remington Park Futurity in Illegal Cowgirl 123, Good Blue Candy and AJs Secret Cash but elected to stay with Entice Me Ona Monday.
The Oklahoma Futurity winner in March, Flying Joy 1, is the second morning-line favorite at 9-2 odds. She finished second on trials night to Entice Me Ona Monday, beaten a half-length. The placing was the first defeat for Flying Joy 1 from three starts this season. She posted victory in the Oklahoma Futurity on March 22 for owner David Rogers of Graham, Texas and trainer Trey Wood. Jockey Ricky Ramirez keeps his usual mount for the Remington Park Futurity.
Jamies Sin Tacha, the top qualifier from the second evening of trials on Saturday, April 5, is the third morning-line favorite at 5-1 odds. Jamies Sin Tacha is owned by Miguel Vargas of Grand Prairie, Texas and trained by James J. Gonzales III. He will be ridden again by Christian Cardenas.
The field of 10, by post-position and program order, for the Remington Park Futurity with trainer, jockey and morning-line odds:
• Illegal Cowgirl 123: Jason Olmstead, Armando Alvidrez,
6-1
• Jamies Sin Tacha: James J. Gonzales III, Christian Cardenas,
5-1
• MM Rampage: Trey Wood, Angel O. Ramirez,
10-1
• Entice Me Ona Monday: Jason Olmstead, Ramiro Garcia,
2-1
• Maverykk: Michael Joiner, Francisco Calderon,
20-1
• Eyem D Prince: Salimm Hernandez, Agustin Silva,
20-1
• Good Blue Candy: Jason Olmstead, Eugenio Navarrete,
20-1
• AJs Secret Cash: Jason Olmstead, Francisco Ramirez, Jr.,
8-1
• Ima Bigg Flash: John Stinebaugh, Ali Rivera,
8-1
• Flying Joy 1: Trey Wood, Ricky Ramirez,
9-2
The Remington Park Futurity, at 330 yards, is the 10th of 12 races on Saturday night and is scheduled to leave the gate at 10:03pm. The racing program for the evening also boasts eight other stakes events, including: $100,000 Dee Raper Sooner State Stakes; the $160,670 Remington Park Oaks and the $185,420 Remington Park Derby, among the others. The total purses for the 12-race program stand at more than $1.6 million.
The first race on Saturday is at 6pm. All times are Central.
Remington Park racing resumes tonight through Saturday, April 17-19. Saturday, April 19 is Remington Park Futurity Night. First race nightly is 6pm-Central. There is no Remington Park racing on Easter.
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