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GRADE ONE RACES DOMINATE HUGE STAKES PROGRAM SATURDAY AT REMINGTON PARK

OKLAHOMA CITY - May 29, 2019 – The 2019 Remington Park American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season concludes withChampions Night on Saturday, June 1, featuring nine stakes races on a 10-race program that starts at 5pm-Central.

The richest race in Oklahoma horse racing, the Grade 1, $963,100 Heritage Place Futurity and the Grade 1, $250,000 Remington Park Championship share the top billing for the stellar night of racing. Overall purses for the evening will approach $2.2 million.

The Heritage Place Futurity, a program valued at $1,073,100 when purse money paid out in trials is included, will feature a field of 10 that qualified over two nights on May 10 & 11. Jesses Dashair led the five who qualified on Friday, May 10 while Jay Number 7 topped the quintet from Saturday, May 11.

Jesses Dashair handled her 350-yard trial in :17.392 over a track labeled wet-fast with mild tailwinds at 8mph. Jay Number 7 managed his 350 yards the next night in :17.362 over a track that was labeled muddy with tailwinds at 5mph. 

Owned by Dustin Cox of Duncan, Okla. and trained by Sammy Valdivia, Jay Number 7 has been pegged as the morning-line favorite by Remington Park odds-maker Jerry Shottenkirk, at 5-2 odds. Jockey James Flores has been named to ride the gelded son of Im A Fancy PYC from the My First Moon mare First Ginlark. He was bred in Oklahoma by his owner. Jay Number 7 has won three of his four races this season at Remington Park.

The field for the Grade 1, Heritage Place Futurity, by program and post-position order, with trainer, jockey and morning-line odds:

  1. 1.   Favorit Shake: Jimmy Padgett, Rodrigo Vallejo, 12-1
  2. 2.   Jay Number 7: Sammy Valdivia, James Flores, 5-2 (morning-line favorite)
  3. 3.   Hey Lookee Here: Pedro Hernandez-Pulido, Armando Ramirez, 20-1
  4. 4.   Jesses Dashair: Trey Wood, Ricky Ramirez, 4-1
  5. 5.   Jess B One: Eddie Willis, Justine Klaiber, 20-1
  6. 6.   Jesse D: Eddie Willis, Jimmy Brooks, 10-1
  7. 7.   Apollitical J Twin 1: Sammy Valdivia, Jose Vega, 10-1
  8. 8.   Uncle D: Clint Crawford, Cody Smith, 9-2
  9. 9.   Pepper Ryan: Heath Taylor, Cody Jensen, 8-1
  10. 10. Uptowne Babe: Pedro Hernandez-Pulido, Rolando Raudales, 6-1

The Heritage Place Futurity is race eight on Saturday night with a scheduled post time of 8:50pm.

Remington Park Championship

The Grade 1, $250,000 Remington Park Championship always draws a quality field seeking to establish early dominance for top older horse awards for the year. Jessies First Down, a two-time American Quarter Horse Association World Champion in 2016 & 2017, will make his first start of 2019. The 8-year-old gelding seeks to defend his win in last year’s Remington Park Championship.

Owned by Ted Abrams of Houston and trained by Jimmy Padgett, Jessies First Down is the morning-line favorite at even-money. Regular jockey Rodrigo Vallejo will be up for Jessies First Down’s 39th career start. He has won 19 races with 12 seconds and one more finish in third for total earnings of $1,624,002.

An invitational event, the 440-yard Remington Park Championship will test a field of 10, many with stakes wins already this season including LD Is Back in the Grade 1, $100,000 Leo Stakes here on May 4. Admiral Sting has a pair of victories in Oklahoma-bred stakes company, winning the Mighty Deck Three Stakes (March 8) and the Mr Jet Moore Stakes (April 4).

The complete field for the Remington Park Championship, by program and post-position order, with trainer, jockey and morning-line odds:

  1. 1.   Political Attraction: Rick Robinson, James Flores, 6-1
  2. 2.   LD Is Back: Josue Ponce, Jesse Levario, 9-2
  3. 3.   Cartel Cupid: Trey Wood, Tanner Thedford, 20-1
  4. 4.   Jessies First Down: Jimmy Padgett, Rodrigo Vallejo, 1-1 (morning-line favorite)
  5. 5.   Admiral Sting: Eddie Willis, Jimmy Brooks, 15-1
  6. 6.   Hes Limitless: John Stinebaugh, Agustin Silva, 15-1
  7. 7.   Papaws Paint: Rolando Almanza, Esgar Ramirez, 30-1
  8. 8.   Rock About It: Tammy Johnson, Randy Wilson, 20-1
  9. 9.   Mi Amor Secreto: Marcos Carrizales, Jose Alvarez, 30-1
  10. 10. Tough To Bee: Trey Wood, Ricky Ramirez, 5-1

The Remington Park Championship is race 9 on Saturday at 9:26pm.

The other stakes races on the Champions Night program at Remington Park include:

Race 2: Grade 3, $50,000 Remington Park Distance Championship, 3 & older, 870yds

Race 3: Grade 2, $100,000 Junos Request Stakes, fillies & mares, 3 & older, 400yds

Race 4: Grade 1, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Stakes, Paints & Appaloosas, 3 & older, 440yds

Race 5: $50,000 Easy Jet Stakes, 2-year-old, Oklahoma-breds, 350yds

Race 6: Grade 1, $259,000 Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity, 2-year-olds, 350yds

Race 7: Grade 3, $367,750 Heritage Place Derby, 3-year-olds, 400yds

Race 10: $100,000 Heritage Place Juvenile, 2-year-olds, 350 yds

Remington Park racing resumes Thursday, May 30 at 6pm.

Remington Park is always open for casino gaming. Simulcast horse racing is offered daily. Admission, parking and valet parking are always free at Remington Park. Guests must be 18 or older in order to wager on horse racing or to enter the casino.

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Tracked by more than 154,000 fans on Facebook and more than 9,900 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $218 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 is home to the Grade 1 Heritage Place Futurity and the Grade 1 Remington Park Championship on Saturday, June 1, the final night of the 2019 spring season. For more information, reservations and group bookings please call 405-424-1000, 866-456-9880 or visit remingtonpark.com.