TRAINER EDDIE WILLIS WINS 12TH TRAINING TITLE, JOCKEY JUAN PULIDO, OWNER DUNN RANCH ALSO TAKE HOME REMINGTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – June 1, 2021 – Trainer Eddie Willis won the Remington Park training title for an unprecedented 12th time this American Quarter Horse/Paint and Appaloosa meet that ended Sunday and his recipe for winning is a simple one.
“I find you do better if you work harder,” Willis said, who has now won three in a row. “To win a title you have to have a lot of help and my kids have helped me my whole life. It’s a family business.”
In the jockeys’ race for a title, Juan Pulido won his first trophy, ending a streak of three championships in a row for James Flores. Among owners, Dunn Ranch of Wynnewood, Okla., finished on top.
The late Rodney Reed had the second most training titles in his Remington Park career with 10.
Willis, of Caney, Okla., and living in Ada now, knew when he was a little boy that something like this was what he wanted to do all his life. His dad trained a few horses and that is when it got into his blood.
“You love to win races,” Willis said. “But you get in it to make a living and make money. That will happen when you do things right. My horses have won more than $1 million at Remington Park several times.”
They did it again this meet, earning more than $1.2 million.
Willis had starters 253 times and won with 45 of them, ran second 35 times, and third 33 more. He won with 18 percent of his starters, while his athletes ran first, second or third 45 percent of the time. They earned $1,234,045 on the track. He finished $218,858 ahead of Clint Crawford’s barn who earned $1,015,187. Willis and Crawford were the only two trainers to finish with total earning of $1 million or more.
Willis’ horses won three races on the final day Sunday, with Apollitical J Streak in the second, Witten 82 in the fourth and Teller Ill Return in the ninth.
Willis’ two biggest wins came on March 20 when JS Dashin Capi won the $50,000 Oklahoma Juvenile Stakes with Jimmy Brooks in the saddle for owners James Sills and Able Flores. On April 17, he saddled for the win in the Grade 3 Mr Master Bug Stakes with Jose Alvarez riding Bran Nu Dae for owner Alona James.
Willis’ first training title at Remington Park came in 2004. From 2010-2014, he had a five-year string of titles here. He had a drought from 2015-2018 here, and now has won the past three. He received the Jack Brooks Award for being the top trainer at Remington Park, named after the legendary conditioner and AQHA Hall of Famer who won the All American Futurity a record eight times in his career. Brooks and his wife Wynona present the award every spring season.
Juan Pulido – Leading Jockey, Jacky Martin Award
Pulido cruised to the jockey championship with 47 wins, 12 ahead of runner-up Francisco Calderon’s 35 victories. Jorge Torres finished third with 31, followed by Brooks, who moved into fourth with three wins Sunday, giving him 29. Flores, who had a three-year win streak going into this meet, finished fifth with 27 wins.
“It is a dream come true,” said Pulido as he accepted his trophy. “This whole thing, I’ve been working things out and to finish winning the (Heritage Place) Futurity last night. That was the biggest win of my career.”
Pulido won the Grade 1, $1,314,980 Heritage Place Futurity aboard Jet Black Grace for owners Zitro Racing Corp and trainer Fidencio Jimenez on Saturday. He also won the $128,000 Heritage Place Juvenile Stakes on Saturday with Rockin Red Rhythm, the $25,000 Victoria Ennis Memorial Stakes with Shez Wired Up on April 24, the same night he won the Grade 1, $164,200 American Paint Classic with RF Livies Livewire. He started the five stakes wins with Card One Starter on March 20 in the Grade 3, $251,600 Oklahoma Derby.
Pulido led all jockeys in earnings with $1,669,822. Calderon, riding the bulk of the Remington Park season for the first time in his career, finished second in mount earnings with $1,085,580, joining Pulido as the only pair of riders topping $1 million for the season.
The leading jockey award is named in honor of the late Jacky Martin, a riding legend in Quarter Horse racing, who passed away in 2015.
Dunn Ranch – Leading Owner
Dunn Ranch, using Monty Arrossa as its primary trainer, easily won the owners’ championship with 14 victories. Regina Laymon and Bella Vista Farms were tied for second with eight wins each going into the final day. Laymon had a horse in the 10th race while Bella Vista had two entered, in the ninth and the 12th. None of those horses won Sunday. Whiting Ranch and Zitro Racing were tied for fourth and fifth with six wins each.
“We had a great year,” said Bendi Dunn, owner of Dunn Ranch with husband Matt. “We are very appreciative of Monty Arrossa and his assistant Drew Hall and all the office workers at Dunn Ranch. We love Oklahoma. We bought this ranch three years ago and moved the operations here.”
Dunn Ranch relocated their business from Missouri.
Dunn Ranch’s biggest wins this meet came March 9 with Apollitical Pence in the Grade 2, $68,000 Mighty Deck Three Stakes and the Grade 3, $57,000 Easy Jet Stakes on Saturday with Whizkey Glasses. Calderon rode Apollitical Pence and Flores was up on Whizkey Glasses.
Zitro Racing Corp., by virtue of their win in the Heritage Place Futurity with Jet Black Grace, led all owners with total season earnings of $664,810. Dunn Ranch was second with $602,493.
Claiming Record
It was also a record year for Remington Park at the claim box. Every racing season, horsemen claim (buy) horses out of claiming races when a horse is entered for a tag. Claiming prices for the Quarter Horse/Paints/Appaloosa meet ranged from $5,000 to $100,000 in optional races this meet. When all was said and done on the final day on Sunday, horsemen finished by dishing out a record for any season, regardless of breed, at Remington Park with $2,490,000 in claims. Going into the final day, these horsemen trailed the thoroughbred record – $2,395,000 to $2,320,00, but there were eight claims on Sunday for a total of $170,000 to give the Quarter Horses/Paints/Appaloosa season the record. The $2.49 million nearly doubled the previous record for this meet of $1.25 million spent in 2020.
It was the first time over $2 million for this season and was accumulated with a record number of 228 claims. If you go back to 2017, the horsemen didn’t even reach $1 million with $950,000 in claims.
The thoroughbred horsemen still hold the record with 236 claims in 2018, but their record $2,395,000 in money accumulated in claims was passed. The thoroughbred horsemen have gone past $2.3 million in claims three times, in 2018, 2017 ($2,377,000) and 2014 ($2,388,750).
Remington Park live racing is now on hiatus until the beginning of the 2021 Thoroughbred Season on Aug. 20.
Tracked by more than 167,000 fans on Facebook and 10,400 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $261 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 live and simulcast horse racing, and the casino is always open! Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
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The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission has discontinued processing award deductions for the transfer of ownership on OK Bred registered horses. You will need to submit your Transfer of Ownership application, W-9 (these are required annually), with a check, money order, or completed credit card authorization form, as well as a copy of the horse’s breed registration certificate, to update our records and have the award released.
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In partnership with the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association (OQHRA), all Oklahoma racetracks—Remington Park, Fair Meadows at Tulsa, and Will Rogers Downs—have announced expanded hair testing measures for the 2026 Quarter Horse, Paint, and Appaloosa race meets. While pre-entry hair testing has been a condition of entry since 2018, the updated policy builds on that foundation by introducing new layers of accountability and a unified approach across all tracks.
“We are expanding our integrity efforts and working to hold everyone accountable for the horses in their care,” said Krissy Bamberg, Executive Director of OQHRA. “This is a collective effort among all Oklahoma tracks to protect the integrity of the sport and the welfare of the horse.”
The 2026 updates include a new provision that will exclude any trainer from participating at Oklahoma tracks for the remainder of a meet if three or more horses in their care test positive through official pre-entry hair tests for any prohibited substance. In addition, any owner with three or more positive tests during the meet will also be deemed ineligible to participate for the remainder of that meet.
Another upgrade to the policy is the expansion of unofficial testing. This informational hair-testing option will be available beginning with the fall yearling sales. These test kits can be requested through OQHRA. The hair samples can be collected by the owner or trainer and submitted to the lab for testing; results of these unofficial tests will not be considered official for entry purposes, but they will allow owners or trainers who have acquired horses from other barns to voluntarily test them in advance of entry to ensure they are clear of prohibited substances. It offers peace of mind, particularly before making financial commitments such as nomination fees, training investments, or early race preparations. It is important to note that many Sale Companies offer hair testing as a buyer protection within 24 hours of the sale; buyers are encouraged to contact the sales companies about the options available.
“Integrity is the backbone of everything we do,” said Matt Vance, Executive Vice President at Remington Park. “These policies help preserve the integrity of the sport by holding those who choose not to play by the rules accountable. We are proud to work with other Oklahoma tracks and OQHRA to lead the way in promoting fair competition in Quarter Horse racing.”
The core hair testing requirement remains in place: every Quarter Horse, Paint, or Appaloosa must submit to a one-time, pre-entry hair test before starting at any Oklahoma track. Official test results are sent directly to the racetrack, and positive results will lead to exclusion for the duration of that meet. These exclusions are track-specific only and do not constitute regulatory suspensions; participants remain eligible at other tracks unless a separate jurisdiction elects to take action. All horses with official positive tests will be listed publicly at www.OQHRA.com, and test results may be shared with other jurisdictions upon request.
To make the process easier for horsemen, farm visits for hair testing will be available in January and early February for Oklahoma-based trainers with 40 or more horses.
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Won't matter Justin is so far ahead of the tracks, everyone knows you can't win a big race without the JRJ.
Thank you,
However we have got to get the results back presale from these yearlings sales at the Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino select sale and the New Mexico bred.
The Texas Quarter Horse sale needs it as well.
Oklahoma QHRA should at least mandate that the horse that are breeders and fitters are marketing for it be tested pre sale date with the horse .
Think of how Heritage Place would not want any part of a horse owner wanting his money back on a horse he bought from similar to large sale horse provider like the Flag Ranches size.
He would have to choose to do the right thing and force the return of the large ranch for illegal substances.
If we could get one sale barn to step up and require this
, we would owe it to them to get the others to follow suit to with the presale testing.
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TRAINER EDDIE WILLIS WINS 12TH TRAINING TITLE, JOCKEY JUAN PULIDO, OWNER DUNN RANCH ALSO TAKE HOME REMINGTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – June 1, 2021 – Trainer Eddie Willis won the Remington Park training title for an unprecedented 12th time this American Quarter Horse/Paint and Appaloosa meet that ended Sunday and his recipe for winning is a simple one.
“I find you do better if you work harder,” Willis said, who has now won three in a row. “To win a title you have to have a lot of help and my kids have helped me my whole life. It’s a family business.”
In the jockeys’ race for a title, Juan Pulido won his first trophy, ending a streak of three championships in a row for James Flores. Among owners, Dunn Ranch of Wynnewood, Okla., finished on top.
The late Rodney Reed had the second most training titles in his Remington Park career with 10.
Willis, of Caney, Okla., and living in Ada now, knew when he was a little boy that something like this was what he wanted to do all his life. His dad trained a few horses and that is when it got into his blood.
“You love to win races,” Willis said. “But you get in it to make a living and make money. That will happen when you do things right. My horses have won more than $1 million at Remington Park several times.”
They did it again this meet, earning more than $1.2 million.
Willis had starters 253 times and won with 45 of them, ran second 35 times, and third 33 more. He won with 18 percent of his starters, while his athletes ran first, second or third 45 percent of the time. They earned $1,234,045 on the track. He finished $218,858 ahead of Clint Crawford’s barn who earned $1,015,187. Willis and Crawford were the only two trainers to finish with total earning of $1 million or more.
Willis’ horses won three races on the final day Sunday, with Apollitical J Streak in the second, Witten 82 in the fourth and Teller Ill Return in the ninth.
Willis’ two biggest wins came on March 20 when JS Dashin Capi won the $50,000 Oklahoma Juvenile Stakes with Jimmy Brooks in the saddle for owners James Sills and Able Flores. On April 17, he saddled for the win in the Grade 3 Mr Master Bug Stakes with Jose Alvarez riding Bran Nu Dae for owner Alona James.
Willis’ first training title at Remington Park came in 2004. From 2010-2014, he had a five-year string of titles here. He had a drought from 2015-2018 here, and now has won the past three. He received the Jack Brooks Award for being the top trainer at Remington Park, named after the legendary conditioner and AQHA Hall of Famer who won the All American Futurity a record eight times in his career. Brooks and his wife Wynona present the award every spring season.
Juan Pulido – Leading Jockey, Jacky Martin Award
Pulido cruised to the jockey championship with 47 wins, 12 ahead of runner-up Francisco Calderon’s 35 victories. Jorge Torres finished third with 31, followed by Brooks, who moved into fourth with three wins Sunday, giving him 29. Flores, who had a three-year win streak going into this meet, finished fifth with 27 wins.
“It is a dream come true,” said Pulido as he accepted his trophy. “This whole thing, I’ve been working things out and to finish winning the (Heritage Place) Futurity last night. That was the biggest win of my career.”
Pulido won the Grade 1, $1,314,980 Heritage Place Futurity aboard Jet Black Grace for owners Zitro Racing Corp and trainer Fidencio Jimenez on Saturday. He also won the $128,000 Heritage Place Juvenile Stakes on Saturday with Rockin Red Rhythm, the $25,000 Victoria Ennis Memorial Stakes with Shez Wired Up on April 24, the same night he won the Grade 1, $164,200 American Paint Classic with RF Livies Livewire. He started the five stakes wins with Card One Starter on March 20 in the Grade 3, $251,600 Oklahoma Derby.
Pulido led all jockeys in earnings with $1,669,822. Calderon, riding the bulk of the Remington Park season for the first time in his career, finished second in mount earnings with $1,085,580, joining Pulido as the only pair of riders topping $1 million for the season.
The leading jockey award is named in honor of the late Jacky Martin, a riding legend in Quarter Horse racing, who passed away in 2015.
Dunn Ranch – Leading Owner
Dunn Ranch, using Monty Arrossa as its primary trainer, easily won the owners’ championship with 14 victories. Regina Laymon and Bella Vista Farms were tied for second with eight wins each going into the final day. Laymon had a horse in the 10th race while Bella Vista had two entered, in the ninth and the 12th. None of those horses won Sunday. Whiting Ranch and Zitro Racing were tied for fourth and fifth with six wins each.
“We had a great year,” said Bendi Dunn, owner of Dunn Ranch with husband Matt. “We are very appreciative of Monty Arrossa and his assistant Drew Hall and all the office workers at Dunn Ranch. We love Oklahoma. We bought this ranch three years ago and moved the operations here.”
Dunn Ranch relocated their business from Missouri.
Dunn Ranch’s biggest wins this meet came March 9 with Apollitical Pence in the Grade 2, $68,000 Mighty Deck Three Stakes and the Grade 3, $57,000 Easy Jet Stakes on Saturday with Whizkey Glasses. Calderon rode Apollitical Pence and Flores was up on Whizkey Glasses.
Zitro Racing Corp., by virtue of their win in the Heritage Place Futurity with Jet Black Grace, led all owners with total season earnings of $664,810. Dunn Ranch was second with $602,493.
Claiming Record
It was also a record year for Remington Park at the claim box. Every racing season, horsemen claim (buy) horses out of claiming races when a horse is entered for a tag. Claiming prices for the Quarter Horse/Paints/Appaloosa meet ranged from $5,000 to $100,000 in optional races this meet. When all was said and done on the final day on Sunday, horsemen finished by dishing out a record for any season, regardless of breed, at Remington Park with $2,490,000 in claims. Going into the final day, these horsemen trailed the thoroughbred record – $2,395,000 to $2,320,00, but there were eight claims on Sunday for a total of $170,000 to give the Quarter Horses/Paints/Appaloosa season the record. The $2.49 million nearly doubled the previous record for this meet of $1.25 million spent in 2020.
It was the first time over $2 million for this season and was accumulated with a record number of 228 claims. If you go back to 2017, the horsemen didn’t even reach $1 million with $950,000 in claims.
The thoroughbred horsemen still hold the record with 236 claims in 2018, but their record $2,395,000 in money accumulated in claims was passed. The thoroughbred horsemen have gone past $2.3 million in claims three times, in 2018, 2017 ($2,377,000) and 2014 ($2,388,750).
Remington Park live racing is now on hiatus until the beginning of the 2021 Thoroughbred Season on Aug. 20.
Tracked by more than 167,000 fans on Facebook and 10,400 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $261 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 live and simulcast horse racing, and the casino is always open! Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
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The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission has discontinued processing award deductions for the transfer of ownership on OK Bred registered horses. You will need to submit your Transfer of Ownership application, W-9 (these are required annually), with a check, money order, or completed credit card authorization form, as well as a copy of the horse’s breed registration certificate, to update our records and have the award released.
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In partnership with the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association (OQHRA), all Oklahoma racetracks—Remington Park, Fair Meadows at Tulsa, and Will Rogers Downs—have announced expanded hair testing measures for the 2026 Quarter Horse, Paint, and Appaloosa race meets. While pre-entry hair testing has been a condition of entry since 2018, the updated policy builds on that foundation by introducing new layers of accountability and a unified approach across all tracks.
“We are expanding our integrity efforts and working to hold everyone accountable for the horses in their care,” said Krissy Bamberg, Executive Director of OQHRA. “This is a collective effort among all Oklahoma tracks to protect the integrity of the sport and the welfare of the horse.”
The 2026 updates include a new provision that will exclude any trainer from participating at Oklahoma tracks for the remainder of a meet if three or more horses in their care test positive through official pre-entry hair tests for any prohibited substance. In addition, any owner with three or more positive tests during the meet will also be deemed ineligible to participate for the remainder of that meet.
Another upgrade to the policy is the expansion of unofficial testing. This informational hair-testing option will be available beginning with the fall yearling sales. These test kits can be requested through OQHRA. The hair samples can be collected by the owner or trainer and submitted to the lab for testing; results of these unofficial tests will not be considered official for entry purposes, but they will allow owners or trainers who have acquired horses from other barns to voluntarily test them in advance of entry to ensure they are clear of prohibited substances. It offers peace of mind, particularly before making financial commitments such as nomination fees, training investments, or early race preparations. It is important to note that many Sale Companies offer hair testing as a buyer protection within 24 hours of the sale; buyers are encouraged to contact the sales companies about the options available.
“Integrity is the backbone of everything we do,” said Matt Vance, Executive Vice President at Remington Park. “These policies help preserve the integrity of the sport by holding those who choose not to play by the rules accountable. We are proud to work with other Oklahoma tracks and OQHRA to lead the way in promoting fair competition in Quarter Horse racing.”
The core hair testing requirement remains in place: every Quarter Horse, Paint, or Appaloosa must submit to a one-time, pre-entry hair test before starting at any Oklahoma track. Official test results are sent directly to the racetrack, and positive results will lead to exclusion for the duration of that meet. These exclusions are track-specific only and do not constitute regulatory suspensions; participants remain eligible at other tracks unless a separate jurisdiction elects to take action. All horses with official positive tests will be listed publicly at www.OQHRA.com, and test results may be shared with other jurisdictions upon request.
To make the process easier for horsemen, farm visits for hair testing will be available in January and early February for Oklahoma-based trainers with 40 or more horses.
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Won't matter Justin is so far ahead of the tracks, everyone knows you can't win a big race without the JRJ.
Thank you, However we have got to get the results back presale from these yearlings sales at the Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino select sale and the New Mexico bred. The Texas Quarter Horse sale needs it as well. Oklahoma QHRA should at least mandate that the horse that are breeders and fitters are marketing for it be tested pre sale date with the horse . Think of how Heritage Place would not want any part of a horse owner wanting his money back on a horse he bought from similar to large sale horse provider like the Flag Ranches size. He would have to choose to do the right thing and force the return of the large ranch for illegal substances. If we could get one sale barn to step up and require this , we would owe it to them to get the others to follow suit to with the presale testing.
Who get the samples from the horses and when
How actual fuck did we ever get to this point?
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