TRAINER CODY NOEL SENDS OUT TWO FASTEST WINNERS OF DAY IN TRAINING RACES; JASON OLMSTEAD HAS FIVE WINNERS FROM HIS BARN
written by: Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — March 15, 2023 – It would have been a trainer Jason Olmstead fest Wednesday during training races at Remington Park, but it was trainer Cody Noel who stole the show and spotlight with three winners, including the two fastest times of the day.
Olmstead won five training races and had a couple of runner-up finishes as well.
Noel held onto the fastest time of the day when 2-year-old American Quarter Horse filly, This Candy Can Fly, won the fourth race, and she held that position until the 14th and final race when Burn the Bridge came in a tick faster, also from his barn. Jockey Raul Valenzuela rode those two to victory in confident fashion.
Olmstead’s runner-up to This Candy Can Fly, a filly named Sheza Famous Candy, was only a head behind that winner and they both scored 77 speed indexes for their efforts. This Candy Can Fly stopped the timer for 250 yards in :13.774 into a 21-mph headwind.
Noel’s final winner of the day in the 14th, Burn the Bridge, a 2-year-old colt by Duponte, out of the Carters Cartel mare Runaway Renata, ran slightly faster. That runner hit the wire in :13.642, earning a 78. His was an extremely impressive two-length win into a 24-mph headwind.
All training races were conducted at 250 yards under sunny skies, over a fast track into headwinds ranging from 20-24mph.
Duponte, the sire of the fastest winner, certainly passed on the blazing wheels for this colt. The Champion horse stood at Four Sixes Ranch near Guthrie, Texas, until 2020 when he passed away. Duponte earned $921,237 in his career and boasts a win in Remington Park’s biggest race of the Quarter Horse meet, the 2016 Grade 1, $1 million Heritage Place Futurity. He was voted the American Quarter Horse Association’s Champion 3-year-old colt in 2017 and retired with a record of seven wins in 16 starts.
After the top three fastest horses of the day, the next fastest winner was a full six speed index points back. Noel finished the day with three winners, including in race seven when SC Jessie D covered the distance in :14.108 (59).
Olmstead’s five winners for the day were Midnight Arrival, :13.822, 71, race one; Swingin Lightening, :13.911, 67, race two; Relentless Fantsy, :13.925, 66, race five; Inocent Bystander, :13.984, 64, race eight, and Midnight Politics, :14.001, 63, race 11.
It also was a big day for runners from trainer Shawna Manriquez’s barn as she brought home three winners. Her winners on the day were Runaway Cowgirl 123, :13.809, 71, race nine; Six Good Kicks, :13.855, 69, race three, and My First Prize Rex, :13.860, 69, race 12.
The other training race winners (all Quarter Horses), their times (in order from fastest to slowest winners), speed index, trainers and race number were:
Lady Corona 123, :13.790, 72, Heath Taylor, race 13
Wallstreet Lassie, :13.958, 65, Eddie Willis, race six
One Smoken Dynasty, :14.060, Ed Hardy, race 10
The 2023 Remington Park American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season continues Thursday-Sunday, March 16-19 with the first post time at 6 p.m. every day except Sunday when it’s 4 p.m.
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Tracked by more than 172,000 fans on Facebook and 10,700 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $316 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 the 2023 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa season through June 3. Remington Park presents simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — March 23, 2023 – Lawless Wallace did something in the Grade 3, $234,860 Oklahoma Derby trials two weeks ago that no one had ever done at Remington Park – beat Tres Crystals here.
Tres Crystals, the Horse of the Meeting last year off wins in the Oklahoma Futurity and the $1.1 million Heritage Place Futurity was 4-for-4 in Oklahoma City until the trials of Sunday, March 12 at Remington Park. Off that victory as the fastest 3-year-old American Quarter Horse qualifier, Lawless Wallace has been made the 5-2 favorite for the finals set for Saturday. That 3-year-old colt by Tres Seis, out of the Apollitical Jess mare Elicity, finished a neck in front of Tres Crystals. Lawless Wallace got a better break from the gate in the trials and it was the difference at the finish.
It won’t be hard for the two speedsters to find each other in the Derby finals. They will be eyeball to eyeball as they break from the two outside post positions, Lawless Wallace in the 9-hole and Tres Crystals in the No. 10 gate. Jockey Jimmy Brooks stays aboard the favorite for trainer Eddie Willis and Bryan Candanosa retains the mount with Tres Crystals for conditioner Dee Keener. Tres Crystals is the second favorite in the morning line at 7-2 odds.
Keener still has high hopes for Tres Crystals to rebound for 96-year-old owner Elizabeth Logan of Haskell, Okla.
“I got hooked up with Elizabeth through my vet, Jay Ross, in Coweta, Oklahoma,” said Keener. “Mrs. Logan is a really nice lady. She says her secret to longevity is cheeseburgers and Dr. Pepper. I think Tres Crystals really loves Remington Park.”
Logan had the secret to Quarter Horse racing at Remington Park last year, winning with Tres Crystals and last year’s Grade 2, $270,535 Remington Park Derby winner Dreamsville.
Lawless Wallace, owned by Ronald, Melany, and Brad Shalz of Colby, Kan., now is the horse that is undefeated at Remington Park with a win in his only effort here with the trials victory, stopping the timer for 350 yards in :17.557 for a 92 speed index. Tres Crystals raced in 17.600 for a 91.
Lawless Wallace had performed well at Los Alamitos in California and Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico prior to coming to Remington Park. He had won the $50,000 Los Al 2 Million Juvenile and won an All American Futurity trial without qualifying for the finals. His career record is seven starts, five wins and $52,150 in earnings. Tres Crystals has won four of eight tries and had two seconds for a gaudy bankroll of $662,077.
Lawless Wallace was bred in Colorado by Papas Place and was a $100,000 purchase in the 2021 Heritage Place September Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City. Tres Crystals was bred in Texas by Simmons Racing. He was bought for a measly $30,000 out of the 2021 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale.
The field for the Derby that goes as the 10th race (approximately 10:03 p.m.) Saturday on a 12-race card with post, horse, jockey, trainer and odds from the rail out is:
1) AP Scout: Ricky Ramirez, Trey Wood, 6-1 2) A Political Eye: Raul Valenzuela, Jose Huerta, 10-1 3) Teller Ima Eagle: Juan Pulido, Troy Carter, 5-1 4) Divas Perry: Daniel Torres, Xavier Alonzo III, 20-1 5) Water Or Corona: Edwin Escobedo, Jason Olmstead, 15-1 6) Proximity: Francisco Calderon, Monty Arrossa, 12-1 7) Apollitical Face: James Flores, Heath Taylor, 8-1 8) Pink Kiss: Mario Delgado, Jason Driver, 12-1 9) Lawless Wallace: Jimmy Brooks, Eddie Willis, 5-2 10) Tres Crystals: Bryan Candanosa, Dee Keener, 7-2 The 2023 Remington Park American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season continues Friday-Sunday, March 24-26. First post time is 6 p.m. nightly with the exception of Sunday when first post is 4 p.m.
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Tracked by more than 172,000 fans on Facebook and 10,700 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $316 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 the 2023 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa season through June 3. Remington Park presents simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
TRAINER CODY NOEL SENDS OUT TWO FASTEST WINNERS OF DAY IN TRAINING RACES; JASON OLMSTEAD HAS FIVE WINNERS FROM HIS BARN
written by: Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — March 15, 2023 – It would have been a trainer Jason Olmstead fest Wednesday during training races at Remington Park, but it was trainer Cody Noel who stole the show and spotlight with three winners, including the two fastest times of the day.
Olmstead won five training races and had a couple of runner-up finishes as well.
Noel held onto the fastest time of the day when 2-year-old American Quarter Horse filly, This Candy Can Fly, won the fourth race, and she held that position until the 14th and final race when Burn the Bridge came in a tick faster, also from his barn. Jockey Raul Valenzuela rode those two to victory in confident fashion.
Olmstead’s runner-up to This Candy Can Fly, a filly named Sheza Famous Candy, was only a head behind that winner and they both scored 77 speed indexes for their efforts. This Candy Can Fly stopped the timer for 250 yards in :13.774 into a 21-mph headwind.
Noel’s final winner of the day in the 14th, Burn the Bridge, a 2-year-old colt by Duponte, out of the Carters Cartel mare Runaway Renata, ran slightly faster. That runner hit the wire in :13.642, earning a 78. His was an extremely impressive two-length win into a 24-mph headwind.
All training races were conducted at 250 yards under sunny skies, over a fast track into headwinds ranging from 20-24mph.
Duponte, the sire of the fastest winner, certainly passed on the blazing wheels for this colt. The Champion horse stood at Four Sixes Ranch near Guthrie, Texas, until 2020 when he passed away. Duponte earned $921,237 in his career and boasts a win in Remington Park’s biggest race of the Quarter Horse meet, the 2016 Grade 1, $1 million Heritage Place Futurity. He was voted the American Quarter Horse Association’s Champion 3-year-old colt in 2017 and retired with a record of seven wins in 16 starts.
After the top three fastest horses of the day, the next fastest winner was a full six speed index points back. Noel finished the day with three winners, including in race seven when SC Jessie D covered the distance in :14.108 (59).
Olmstead’s five winners for the day were Midnight Arrival, :13.822, 71, race one; Swingin Lightening, :13.911, 67, race two; Relentless Fantsy, :13.925, 66, race five; Inocent Bystander, :13.984, 64, race eight, and Midnight Politics, :14.001, 63, race 11.
It also was a big day for runners from trainer Shawna Manriquez’s barn as she brought home three winners. Her winners on the day were Runaway Cowgirl 123, :13.809, 71, race nine; Six Good Kicks, :13.855, 69, race three, and My First Prize Rex, :13.860, 69, race 12.
The other training race winners (all Quarter Horses), their times (in order from fastest to slowest winners), speed index, trainers and race number were:
The 2023 Remington Park American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season continues Thursday-Sunday, March 16-19 with the first post time at 6 p.m. every day except Sunday when it’s 4 p.m.
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Tracked by more than 172,000 fans on Facebook and 10,700 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $316 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 the 2023 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa season through June 3. Remington Park presents simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — March 23, 2023 – Lawless Wallace did something in the Grade 3, $234,860 Oklahoma Derby trials two weeks ago that no one had ever done at Remington Park – beat Tres Crystals here.
Tres Crystals, the Horse of the Meeting last year off wins in the Oklahoma Futurity and the $1.1 million Heritage Place Futurity was 4-for-4 in Oklahoma City until the trials of Sunday, March 12 at Remington Park. Off that victory as the fastest 3-year-old American Quarter Horse qualifier, Lawless Wallace has been made the 5-2 favorite for the finals set for Saturday. That 3-year-old colt by Tres Seis, out of the Apollitical Jess mare Elicity, finished a neck in front of Tres Crystals. Lawless Wallace got a better break from the gate in the trials and it was the difference at the finish.
It won’t be hard for the two speedsters to find each other in the Derby finals. They will be eyeball to eyeball as they break from the two outside post positions, Lawless Wallace in the 9-hole and Tres Crystals in the No. 10 gate. Jockey Jimmy Brooks stays aboard the favorite for trainer Eddie Willis and Bryan Candanosa retains the mount with Tres Crystals for conditioner Dee Keener. Tres Crystals is the second favorite in the morning line at 7-2 odds.
Keener still has high hopes for Tres Crystals to rebound for 96-year-old owner Elizabeth Logan of Haskell, Okla.
“I got hooked up with Elizabeth through my vet, Jay Ross, in Coweta, Oklahoma,” said Keener. “Mrs. Logan is a really nice lady. She says her secret to longevity is cheeseburgers and Dr. Pepper. I think Tres Crystals really loves Remington Park.”
Logan had the secret to Quarter Horse racing at Remington Park last year, winning with Tres Crystals and last year’s Grade 2, $270,535 Remington Park Derby winner Dreamsville.
Lawless Wallace, owned by Ronald, Melany, and Brad Shalz of Colby, Kan., now is the horse that is undefeated at Remington Park with a win in his only effort here with the trials victory, stopping the timer for 350 yards in :17.557 for a 92 speed index. Tres Crystals raced in 17.600 for a 91.
Lawless Wallace had performed well at Los Alamitos in California and Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico prior to coming to Remington Park. He had won the $50,000 Los Al 2 Million Juvenile and won an All American Futurity trial without qualifying for the finals. His career record is seven starts, five wins and $52,150 in earnings. Tres Crystals has won four of eight tries and had two seconds for a gaudy bankroll of $662,077.
Lawless Wallace was bred in Colorado by Papas Place and was a $100,000 purchase in the 2021 Heritage Place September Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City. Tres Crystals was bred in Texas by Simmons Racing. He was bought for a measly $30,000 out of the 2021 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale.
The field for the Derby that goes as the 10th race (approximately 10:03 p.m.) Saturday on a 12-race card with post, horse, jockey, trainer and odds from the rail out is:
1) AP Scout: Ricky Ramirez, Trey Wood, 6-1
2) A Political Eye: Raul Valenzuela, Jose Huerta, 10-1
3) Teller Ima Eagle: Juan Pulido, Troy Carter, 5-1
4) Divas Perry: Daniel Torres, Xavier Alonzo III, 20-1
5) Water Or Corona: Edwin Escobedo, Jason Olmstead, 15-1
6) Proximity: Francisco Calderon, Monty Arrossa, 12-1
7) Apollitical Face: James Flores, Heath Taylor, 8-1
8) Pink Kiss: Mario Delgado, Jason Driver, 12-1
9) Lawless Wallace: Jimmy Brooks, Eddie Willis, 5-2
10) Tres Crystals: Bryan Candanosa, Dee Keener, 7-2
The 2023 Remington Park American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season continues Friday-Sunday, March 24-26. First post time is 6 p.m. nightly with the exception of Sunday when first post is 4 p.m.
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Tracked by more than 172,000 fans on Facebook and 10,700 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $316 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 the 2023 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa season through June 3. Remington Park presents simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐 𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: 𝑳𝒂𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 (𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍) 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒔 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒓𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒔 (𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍) 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒚 (𝟔) 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝟑 𝑶𝒌𝒍𝒂𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒂 𝑫𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍, 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝟐𝟓 𝒂𝒕 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌.
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