TRAINER TREY WOOD REAPS BOUNTY OF WINNERS WITH FIVE IN FOURTEEN TRAINING RACES, DEE KEENER GETS FASTEST OF DAY WITH BELTANE

by Richard Linihan

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – February 25, 2025 – Something about the third week of February seems to agree with trainer Trey Wood and his racehorses when it comes to training races at Remington Park.

Wood had five winners in the 14 training races Tuesday, including the second-fastest runner of the day – A Streakin Sin Tacha.  Two-time defending champion trainer Dee Keener had the fastest American Quarter Horse winner of the day – Beltane – winning the 12^th race in a time of :13.599 at 250 yards. That was good enough for a speed index of 77.

Keener had three winners during the training races. Beltane is a 2-year-old Oklahoma-bred filly by Cyber Monday, out of the Tac It Like a Man mare Symbol of Faith. Keener trains her for owner-breeder Kelly Yother Equine of Culver City, Calif. Sire Cyber Monday won five-of-nine starts in his career for $528,428 in earnings. He won trials in all three Quarter Horse Triple Crown races – the Ruidoso Futurity, Rainbow Futurity and All American Futurity.

On the bottom side, broodmare sire Tac it Like a Man won 6-of-12 with a bankroll of $413,563. He won two Grade 1 races in his career – the PCQHRA Breeders’ Futurity at Los Alamitos and the Governor’s Cup Futurity, also at the same California track. Beltane’s win came with a temperature of 81 degrees and a headwind of 13 mph, the strongest of the day.

The 14 schooling events are preps for the horsemen getting their 2-year-olds ready for the upcoming race meet. The 2025 American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa race meet begins Thursday, March 6. A Streakin Sin Tacha’s victory was about as impressive as Beltane’s. He entered 19 horses for the day.

Asked if he owns this horse, Wood said, “I wish I did!” A Streakin Sin Tacha, a 2-year-old Oklahoma-bred Quarter Horse son of Dulce Sin Tacha, from the Corona Cartel mare Streakin Cash Corona is owned by his breeders Terry and Irene Stennett of Coleman, Texas. The colt’s time at 250 yards Tuesday was :13.649 as he earned a 75 speed index with veteran rider Ricky Ramirez in the irons. The headwind was 8 mph for his race.

Wood did not have a theory on why his horses fire fresh on this particular week of February.

“We won 8-of-10 last year?” he said. “I didn’t remember that. I guess they are just ready to run by this time of year.”

The 36-year-old trainer said he had a feeling A Streakin Sin Tacha might be a runner because of the colt’s family. The colt’s sire won eight-of-11 starts lifetime for earnings of $693,689. He won the Grade 1 Texas Classic Futurity in 2020 with a 103 speed index and also won an All American Futurity trial at Ruidoso Downs before finishing second in the All American Juvenile Stakes in New Mexico. On the bottom side of A Streakin Sin Tacha’s pedigree is Corona Cartel.

Corona Cartel was the No. 1 broodmare sire of 2023 in the Quarter Horse breeding industry and is the No. 2 all-time sire of money earners. His racing career was stellar as well. He won 6-of-14 lifetime for a bankroll of $557,142. He won the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Million Futurity in his racing career.

“A lot of these horses we sent out today we were pointing toward the (Grade 2) Oklahoma Futurity (scheduled for Saturday, March 23),” Wood said.

One of the more intriguing winners on the day for Wood was a filly in the 13^th race. He sent out Lareda, a $300,000 purchase at the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale in 2024 for owners Gene and Tod Bradley from Dimmitt, Texas.

“We really liked her at the sale even at that price because of her family as well,” Wood said.

Lareda, a 2-year-old Texas-bred daughter of Flying Cowboy 123, out of the First Down Dash mare Ms Kates Angel, was a winner, but whether she will run to her sale price in the future has yet to be determined. She wasn’t as close to her stablemate, A Streakin Sin Tacha’s time. With Ramirez up again, Lareda hit the wire first, under a strong hold late, in a time of :13.953 for a 62 speed index.

The other training race winners (Quarter Horses unless otherwise noted), their times (in order from fastest to slowest winners), speed index, trainers and race number were:

• First Corona Sunset, :13.699, (71), Rhonda Valdivia, race eight
• Sexy Ross (Paint), :13.752, 70, Dee Keener, race 1
• Livewires Friona (Paint), :13.792, 69, Matt Whitekiller, race 3
• The Milys Marfa, :13.805, 68, Raul Rodriguez, Jr., race 6
• First Seis Fancy, :13.900, 64, Raul Rodriguez, Jr., race 5
• Jac Knife, :13.907, 64, Jose Burciaga, race 14
• Famous Lady Train, :13.934, 63, Trey Wood, race 10
• IB Relentless, :13.958, 62, Trey Wood, race 9
• Nashville Ridge, :14.013, 60, Stacey Capps, (dead heat) race 11
• Send Me a Dynasty HG, :14.013, 60, Stacy Charette-Hill, (dead heat) race 11
• OG Sin City (Paint), :14.026, 60, Dee Keener, race 2
• Flying Joy 1, :14.068, 58, Trey Wood, race 4

Training races will continue on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 26 & 27 at Remington Park. The starting time for both sessions is 11am.

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Remington Park has provided more than $375 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.