TRAINER GONZALEZ’S BURNING FOLLIES POSTS FIRST OFFICIAL WORKOUT OF REMINGTON PARK 2024 PRESEASON
OKLAHOMA CITY – A total of 16 horses earned official workouts Tuesday morning on the first day the Remington Park track surface was open for the upcoming American Quarter Horse, Paints and Appaloosas race meet. Burning Follies had the first official workout and recorded the fastest time of the day at 330 yards.
Sunny skies with temperatures in the low 40s greeted the first athletes to the track this morning as preparations are underway for the upcoming season opener on March 7.
The 5-year-old Quarter Horse trained by Jorge “Raymond” Gonzalez covered the distance in :18.30 handily at about 7:15 a.m. over a fast track. None of the workouts today were from a standing position in the gate. Burning Follies is a son of Dash to Follies, out of the Walk Thru Fire mare Burn the Kash. He is owned by Double A Ranch of Miami, Fla. Jockey L. Salvador Martinez, a multiple graded stakes winner, was in the irons for Gonzalez.
Burning Follies was one of six horses that tried 330 yards. Another 10 worked out at 220 yards with Jess Won’t Miss getting the bullet work of :11.62 handily at that measure.
Jess Wont Miss is trained by Pedro Martinez for owners Carlos H. Nieto and Mario Gutierrez, and has Gonzalo Gutierrez as a regular rider. The 3-year-old gelded son of Jess Lips, out of the First Down Dash mare Wontwannamissthis, has one win in nine career starts and $19,809 earned. His lone victory came in a maiden race at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla., on Halloween last year.
Burning Follies could be one of the stars of Gonzalez’s barn, having won three allowance races at Remington Park last year. He has raced 13 times in his career, winning five of those, finishing second once and third four other times. His bankroll for his career stands at $70,805.
The biggest horse Gonzalez has conditioned is Premier Ethics, who won the only two races in which she appeared at Remington Park. The Quarter Horse mare won a Heritage Place Derby trial here in 2015, but didn’t qualify for the finals and then went on to win the Grade 2 Junos Request Stakes that same year.
Gonzalez has had 852 starts in his Quarter Horse career as a trainer, winning 123 times with 114 seconds and 103 thirds for horses’ earnings of $2,446,046.
Martinez has had 5,762 mounts, making 748 trips to the winner’s circle, 731 seconds and 695 thirds with his horses earning $18,107,951. Among his biggest wins were the following Grade 1 races: the New Mexico Fillies and Mares Championship Stakes with Astica at Zia Park and Jess Burner Handicap at Sunland Park with Seeyalateralligator, both in 2016; Texas Classic Futurity with Kates Dynasty at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, and the Zia Park Championship with DM Streakn Thru Fire, both in 2013; the AQHA Distance Challenge Championship with All About Larry at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa, in 2012; the Texas Classic Futurity with Sure Shot B and the Zia Park Championship with Sir Seth, both in 2011, and the Ruidoso Derby with Double Down Special and the West Texas Futurity at Sunland Park with No Dice Special, both in 2010.
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Remington Park has provided more than $344 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 simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. The 2024 racing schedule begins Thursday, March 7, as the American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season starts its 50-date season. Parking and admission are always free. 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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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 GONZALEZ’S BURNING FOLLIES POSTS FIRST OFFICIAL WORKOUT OF REMINGTON PARK 2024 PRESEASON
OKLAHOMA CITY – A total of 16 horses earned official workouts Tuesday morning on the first day the Remington Park track surface was open for the upcoming American Quarter Horse, Paints and Appaloosas race meet. Burning Follies had the first official workout and recorded the fastest time of the day at 330 yards.
Sunny skies with temperatures in the low 40s greeted the first athletes to the track this morning as preparations are underway for the upcoming season opener on March 7.
The 5-year-old Quarter Horse trained by Jorge “Raymond” Gonzalez covered the distance in :18.30 handily at about 7:15 a.m. over a fast track. None of the workouts today were from a standing position in the gate. Burning Follies is a son of Dash to Follies, out of the Walk Thru Fire mare Burn the Kash. He is owned by Double A Ranch of Miami, Fla. Jockey L. Salvador Martinez, a multiple graded stakes winner, was in the irons for Gonzalez.
Burning Follies was one of six horses that tried 330 yards. Another 10 worked out at 220 yards with Jess Won’t Miss getting the bullet work of :11.62 handily at that measure.
Jess Wont Miss is trained by Pedro Martinez for owners Carlos H. Nieto and Mario Gutierrez, and has Gonzalo Gutierrez as a regular rider. The 3-year-old gelded son of Jess Lips, out of the First Down Dash mare Wontwannamissthis, has one win in nine career starts and $19,809 earned. His lone victory came in a maiden race at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla., on Halloween last year.
Burning Follies could be one of the stars of Gonzalez’s barn, having won three allowance races at Remington Park last year. He has raced 13 times in his career, winning five of those, finishing second once and third four other times. His bankroll for his career stands at $70,805.
The biggest horse Gonzalez has conditioned is Premier Ethics, who won the only two races in which she appeared at Remington Park. The Quarter Horse mare won a Heritage Place Derby trial here in 2015, but didn’t qualify for the finals and then went on to win the Grade 2 Junos Request Stakes that same year.
Gonzalez has had 852 starts in his Quarter Horse career as a trainer, winning 123 times with 114 seconds and 103 thirds for horses’ earnings of $2,446,046.
Martinez has had 5,762 mounts, making 748 trips to the winner’s circle, 731 seconds and 695 thirds with his horses earning $18,107,951. Among his biggest wins were the following Grade 1 races: the New Mexico Fillies and Mares Championship Stakes with Astica at Zia Park and Jess Burner Handicap at Sunland Park with Seeyalateralligator, both in 2016; Texas Classic Futurity with Kates Dynasty at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, and the Zia Park Championship with DM Streakn Thru Fire, both in 2013; the AQHA Distance Challenge Championship with All About Larry at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa, in 2012; the Texas Classic Futurity with Sure Shot B and the Zia Park Championship with Sir Seth, both in 2011, and the Ruidoso Derby with Double Down Special and the West Texas Futurity at Sunland Park with No Dice Special, both in 2010.
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Remington Park has provided more than $344 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 simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. The 2024 racing schedule begins Thursday, March 7, as the American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season starts its 50-date season. Parking and admission are always free. 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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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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