TRAINER JOHNSON STARTS NEW STREAK AS FIRST TO ARRIVE AT REMINGTON PARK
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – February 3, 2025 – Trainer Tammy Johnson had nine horses in tow when she pulled up to the Remington Park gates around 1:30 a.m. Monday morning, the first to unload at the racetrack for the upcoming 2025 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa race season.
Her load included Quarter Horse stakes winners Rock Ya Later and Uncle Eds Idea. Johnson had been the first to come through the gates six years in a row until two-time top trainer of the 2024 meet Dee Keener ended that streak in 2023. He had been the first to arrive as it was his modus operandi to make several trips to his home in Inola in Northeastern Oklahoma on this day. Johnson said her streak was not really a desire to be first, but also one of necessity like Keener’s.
“My home in Gatesville, Texas, is about a six-hour trip to Remington Park, hauling; more than 300 miles,” she said. “If we’re going to make it more than once, we really need to get here a little after midnight, go back home for four or five hours of sleep and then hit the road again. We are only doing one trip this year.”
There is a good reason for that. Johnson said she had two trailers with nine horses on board, but one of the trailers lost a hub on a wheel in Jacksboro, Texas, about halfway to Oklahoma City.
“We had to borrow a smaller trailer from a friend there, but we made it,” she said. “And we will have to have the trailer repaired before we can haul the rest. We should have 24 horses at Remington by Wednesday.”
Among Johnson’s stable are Rock Ya Later and Uncle Eds Idea, both have black-type wins on their resumes. In fact, Rock Ya Later comes to Remington Park off two victories at Zia Park in Hobbs, New Mexico. His last win came in the Grade 2 King Rick Rack Stakes at Zia. The other trip to the winner’s circle there came in allowance company. Rock Ya Later’s lifetime record is 25 starts, five wins, two seconds and seven thirds for $174,192 earned. His is a 5-year-old gelded Texas-bred son of Rock Solid Jess, out of the Separatist mare Dosvedanya.
Uncle Eds Idea has won 12-of-40 career races lifetime, including the Grade 3 King William Stakes at Retama Park near San Antonio in 2023 and the Black Gold Championship Futurity at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla., in 2019. Uncle Eds Idea is an 8-year-old gelded son of Dominyun, out of the Mr Eye Opener mare Mystical Eye. His career earnings of $346,256 make him the top active earner in Johnson’s barn. She had Viva Le Don, but that 9-year-old who banked $516,937, has been retired.
Johnson is a multiple graded stakes-winning trainer, having successful runs in 14 of those events, including nine at Remington Park. She has won graded stakes in Oklahoma City with the following, according to Equibase statistics:
Viva Le Don, 2021 (G2) Remington Park Distance Challenge
Madewell, 2019 (G2) Remington Park Distance Championship
Rock About It, 2018-2019 (G3) SLM Big Daddy Stakes
Jess a Hilbily Bone, 2018 (G3) Pauls Valley Stakes
Jess a Hilbily Bone, 2017 (G2) Remington Park Distance Championship
Rockin Disco, 2015 (G2) Remington Park Championship Challenge Stakes
Many of those stakes win came at 870 yards, around the hook as they call it in Quarter Horse racing. Johnson has been the Queen of the Hook at Remington Park. The reason?
“We work at it,” she said. “We never quit. Just like (President Donald) Trump says, ‘If you want to win, you never quit, no matter what kind of beating you take along the way.’
Johnson has been training since 1991, some 34 years, but still loves getting up early with the roosters crowing to do her job.
“As long as we keep raising good babies,” she said. “It’s like opening new Christmas presents. What else would I do? I mean we do have Charolais cows, but nothing beats watching the racehorses at the track.”
Johnson’s lifetime numbers are 1,798 starters, 235 wins, 209 places and 218 shows for horses’ earnings of $4,851,237.
Horsemen can send their athletes to the track tomorrow as training begins Tuesday morning at Remington Park. The meet begins Thursday, March 6.
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Remington Park has provided more than $374 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 will begin on March 6. 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 JOHNSON STARTS NEW STREAK AS FIRST TO ARRIVE AT REMINGTON PARK
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – February 3, 2025 – Trainer Tammy Johnson had nine horses in tow when she pulled up to the Remington Park gates around 1:30 a.m. Monday morning, the first to unload at the racetrack for the upcoming 2025 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa race season.
Her load included Quarter Horse stakes winners Rock Ya Later and Uncle Eds Idea. Johnson had been the first to come through the gates six years in a row until two-time top trainer of the 2024 meet Dee Keener ended that streak in 2023. He had been the first to arrive as it was his modus operandi to make several trips to his home in Inola in Northeastern Oklahoma on this day. Johnson said her streak was not really a desire to be first, but also one of necessity like Keener’s.
“My home in Gatesville, Texas, is about a six-hour trip to Remington Park, hauling; more than 300 miles,” she said. “If we’re going to make it more than once, we really need to get here a little after midnight, go back home for four or five hours of sleep and then hit the road again. We are only doing one trip this year.”
There is a good reason for that. Johnson said she had two trailers with nine horses on board, but one of the trailers lost a hub on a wheel in Jacksboro, Texas, about halfway to Oklahoma City.
“We had to borrow a smaller trailer from a friend there, but we made it,” she said. “And we will have to have the trailer repaired before we can haul the rest. We should have 24 horses at Remington by Wednesday.”
Among Johnson’s stable are Rock Ya Later and Uncle Eds Idea, both have black-type wins on their resumes. In fact, Rock Ya Later comes to Remington Park off two victories at Zia Park in Hobbs, New Mexico. His last win came in the Grade 2 King Rick Rack Stakes at Zia. The other trip to the winner’s circle there came in allowance company. Rock Ya Later’s lifetime record is 25 starts, five wins, two seconds and seven thirds for $174,192 earned. His is a 5-year-old gelded Texas-bred son of Rock Solid Jess, out of the Separatist mare Dosvedanya.
Uncle Eds Idea has won 12-of-40 career races lifetime, including the Grade 3 King William Stakes at Retama Park near San Antonio in 2023 and the Black Gold Championship Futurity at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla., in 2019. Uncle Eds Idea is an 8-year-old gelded son of Dominyun, out of the Mr Eye Opener mare Mystical Eye. His career earnings of $346,256 make him the top active earner in Johnson’s barn. She had Viva Le Don, but that 9-year-old who banked $516,937, has been retired.
Johnson is a multiple graded stakes-winning trainer, having successful runs in 14 of those events, including nine at Remington Park. She has won graded stakes in Oklahoma City with the following, according to Equibase statistics:
Many of those stakes win came at 870 yards, around the hook as they call it in Quarter Horse racing. Johnson has been the Queen of the Hook at Remington Park. The reason?
“We work at it,” she said. “We never quit. Just like (President Donald) Trump says, ‘If you want to win, you never quit, no matter what kind of beating you take along the way.’
Johnson has been training since 1991, some 34 years, but still loves getting up early with the roosters crowing to do her job.
“As long as we keep raising good babies,” she said. “It’s like opening new Christmas presents. What else would I do? I mean we do have Charolais cows, but nothing beats watching the racehorses at the track.”
Johnson’s lifetime numbers are 1,798 starters, 235 wins, 209 places and 218 shows for horses’ earnings of $4,851,237.
Horsemen can send their athletes to the track tomorrow as training begins Tuesday morning at Remington Park. The meet begins Thursday, March 6.
•••••
Remington Park has provided more than $374 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 will begin on March 6. 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.
All details of the 2026 hair testing policy, including the unofficial testing option, are available at www.OQHRA.com or by calling (405) 881-5120. ... ’Expand’See Less
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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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