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Warrant Tabbed As Morning-Line Favorite In Oklahoma Derby
The Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby has collected a quality field for the Sept. 26 renewal at Remington Park. A cast of previous derby winners are featured in a field of eight to contest the 1-1/8 miles.
The Oklahoma Derby headlines a stellar stakes-laden program on Sept. 26, including the Grade 3, $200,000 Remington Park Oaks.
Warrant, from the strong barn of trainer Brad Cox, winner of the $300,000 Texas Derby in May at Lone Star Park, has been made the morning-line favorite at 5-2 odds. The Oklahoma Derby came up tough to determine a morning-line favorite with three past derby winners all extremely close in the equation. Joel Rosario will come into Remington Park to ride Warrant. He was also the pilot in the colt's score in the Texas Derby, over the slop on May 31.
Mr. Wireless, a two-time derby winner, has entered the Oklahoma Derby from the barn of trainer Bret Calhoun. Triumphant in the Grade 3, $500,000 West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Park on Aug. 7 and before that, the Grade 3, $300,000 Indiana Derby at Indiana Grand on July 7, Mr. Wireless will be ridden by Ramon Vazquez. Remington Park odds-maker Jerry Shottenkirk has set Mr. Wireless at 3-1 odds.
Super Stock, winner of the Grade 1, $1,000,000 Arkansas Derby in April at Oaklawn Park has been tabbed the third morning-line favorite at 7-2 odds. Recently victorious in the $200,000 Ellis Park Derby in Kentucky on Aug. 15, Super Stock is trained by Steve Asmussen, racing's all-time winningest trainer, and will be ridden by Ricardo Santana, the hottest jockey on Remington Park's biggest day since the mid-2010s.
Super Stock's Arkansas Derby win punched his ticket to the Grade 1, $3,000,000 Kentucky Derby in May, where he finished 16th in a field of 19.
Trainer Karl Broberg has entered Flash Of Mischief, fresh off his score in the $250,000 St. Louis Derby at Fanduel Fairmount Park. Joe Talamo handled the colt in his last derby and will be in for the mount again in the Oklahoma Derby. Flash Of Mischief is at 8-1 in the morning-line.
The field for the Oklahoma Derby, by post position and program number order, with trainer, jockey and morning-line odds:
- Super Stock: Steve Asmussen, Ricardo Santana, 7-2
- Flash Of Mischief: Karl Broberg, Joe Talamo, 8-1
- Warrant: Brad Cox, Joel Rosario, 5-2 (morning-line favorite)
- Parrot Head: Ronnie Cravens, David Cabrera, 20-1
- Team Merchants: Doug O'Neill, Mario Gutierrez, 6-1
- Defeater: Tom Amoss, James Graham,12-1
- Mr. Wireless: Bret Calhoun, Ramon Vazquez, 3-1
- Dial In For Lute: C.R. Trout, Jose Alvarez, 15-1
The Oklahoma Derby will go as the 11th race of 12 at 8:11pm.
Pauline's Pearl, winner of the Grade 3, $600,000 Fantasy Stakes at Oaklawn Park in April, has been made the morning-line favorite at 5-2 odds for the Grade 3, $200,000 Remington Park Oaks. The oaks is the top supporting stakes on the Oklahoma Derby Day undercard.
Trained by Asmussen, Santana will ride Pauline's Pearl. She finished eighth in the Grade 1, $1,250,000 Kentucky Oaks following her Fantasy score. Most recently she was second in the Grade 3, $400,000 Charles Town Oaks on Aug. 27.
The Remington Park Oaks will go as the eighth race on Sept. 26 at 6:33pm. Here is the lineup for the oaks by post position and program order, with trainer, jockey and morning-line odds:
- Pauline's Pearl: Steve Asmussen, Ricardo Santana, 5-2 (morning-line favorite)
- Bobbin Tail: Kenny Smith, David Cabrera, 10-1
- Amendment Nineteen: Brad Cox, Joel Rosario, 7-2
- My Girl Red: Steve Asmussen, Stewart Elliott, 15-1
- Lovely Ride: Bret Calhoun, Reylu Gutierrez, 3-1
- Hailey's Melody: Joe Offolter, Luis Quinonez, 15-1
- Lady Mystify: Peter Eurton, Flavien Prat, 4-1
The other six stakes races on Oklahoma Derby Day include:
Race 4 – $75,000 Kip Deville Stakes, 2yo, six furlongs
Race 6 – $50,000 E.L. Gaylord Memorial, 2-year-old fillies, 6-1/2 furlongs
Race 7 – $50,000 Flashy Lady Stakes, fillies and mares, 3 and older, six furlongs
Race 9 – $75,000 Ricks Memorial, fillies and mares, 3 and older, 1-1/16 miles (turf)
Race 10 – $150,000 David Vance Stakes, 3 and older, six furlongs
Race 12 – $100,000 Remington Green, 3 and older, 1-1/8 miles (turf)
The big Oklahoma Derby Day program begins at 3pm on Sept. 26. Remington Park racing goes with its longest week of the season, Wednesday through Sunday, Sept. 22-26. The nightly post time is 7:07pm, prior to the special derby day card. All times are Central.
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Post Position Leads Baffert To Scratch Medina Spirit From Pennsylvania Derby
Medina Spirit has been withdrawn from Saturday's Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing, owing to his outside post position, trainer Bob Baffert told the Albany Times Union's Tim Wilkin on Tuesday.
The son of Protonico drew the ninth post in a 10-horse field.
Baffert will also scratch Grade 3 winner Private Mission from the G1 Cotillion Stakes on the same card, and point her toward the G2 Zenyatta Stakes at Santa Anita Park on Oct. 3.
“I don't like to put them on a plane unless I feel real good about it,” Baffert told Wilkin. “Medina looks good, I just don't like the way the race was setting up. I feel part of my success is knowing when to run and doing what's right for the horse.”
The Pennsylvania Derby would have been Medina Spirit's second race back from a summer layoff, following a win in the Shared Belief Stakes at Del Mar on Aug. 29. Prior to his three-month break, Medina Spirit won the Kentucky Derby from the #8 post, then finished third in the Preakness Stakes.
Baffert said Medina Spirit would be redirected to face older competition in the G1 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita on Oct. 2. If he performs well in the prep race, he will be pointed toward the Breeders' Cup.
Medina Spirit was installed as the 2-to-1 morning line favorite for the Pennsylvania Derby. In his absence, favoritism will likely fall on Hot Rod Charlie, a multiple classic-placed Grade 2 winner who most recently finished first in the Grade 1 Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park, but was disqualified to last for his role in unseating the rider from Midnight Bourbon, who he will face again on Saturday at Parx.
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert is not going to ship Medina Spirit to @parxracing for Pennsylvania Derby. “I don't like the way he drew,” Baffert said about the No. 9 post
— Tim Wilkin (@tjwilkin) September 21, 2021
Baffert also said Private Mission, who was going to run in the Cotillion at @parxracing, is also staying in California
— Tim Wilkin (@tjwilkin) September 21, 2021
Baffert said Medina Spirit will be pointed to the Grade I, $300,000 Awesome Again at Santa Anita on Oct. 2 Private Mission to the Grade III, $200,000 Zenyatta on Oct. 3. “If they run well, they will go the Breeders' Cup,” Baffert said.
— Tim Wilkin (@tjwilkin) September 21, 2021
Bob Baffert on pulling Medina Spirit from Pa Derby: “I don't like to put them on a plane unless I feel real good about it. Medina looks good, I just don't like the way the race was setting up. I feel part of my success is knowing when to run and doing what's right for the horse.”
— Tim Wilkin (@tjwilkin) September 21, 2021
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Delaware Park To Celebrate Owners’ Day With Six Stakes, Tribute To Rich Glazier
The 29th Owners' Day will showcase the best in Delaware racing and pay tribute to the late Delaware Park icon Rich Glazier this Saturday. The eleven-race card with total purses of $796,000 will have a special first race post time of 12:45 p.m. The card has six stakes, four for Delaware-bred or certified Thoroughbreds and two restricted to horses that have started at Delaware Park this year.
The seventh race will be the Rich Glazier Turf Classic which will be a time of reflection on the contributions and accomplishments the long-time television handicap analyst made to racing in Delaware. Glazier passed away on June 22nd at the age of 73.
Leading trainer Jamie Ness, who is well on his way to his seventh straight and record tying title, has entered a total of nine on the card. The 47-year-old native of Heron, South Dakota, has entered five in stakes. He has Troy Johnson and Jagger's Cashing Big Checks and Runnymoore Racing's What's Cookin in the Small Wonder Stakes, Gap View Stables and Jagger's Indian Lake in the New Castle, Michael Cox's Madam Meena in the Tax Free Shopping Distaff and Jagger's Shane's Jewel in the mile and seventy-yard DTHA Governors Day Handicap.
“We always look forward to Owner's Day,” said trainer Jamie Ness, who has 33-win lead in the race for leading trainer with a record of 47 wins, 30 seconds, and 20 thirds from 168 starts, through racing Monday, September 20. “It has always been a fun and special day and as our operation has grown and we have invested into the Delaware Certified program so too has the significance and importance of the day for us. It is just a great way to celebrate and be thankful for everything good about Delaware racing.”
The five and a half furlong $100,000 Small Wonder Stakes for Delaware bred or certified 2-year-old fillies has attracted a field of seven.
“We got two in the Small Wonder,” Ness said, who has been the leading trainer at Delaware Park every year since 2012 with the exception of 2014 when he was third in the standings. “We entered Cashing Big Checks and What's Cookin. Cashing Big Checks won the prep for this race and she seems like a really talented filly that we really like. What's Cookin is an up and comer who won really nicely in her last for Runnymoore Racing who is getting into the breeding business and will be getting most of those horses Delaware certified. Cashing Big Checks has been training really well after her gutsy performance and What's Cookin could be peaking just at that right time, so I feel really good about my two in the Small Wonder.”
The six-furlong $100,000 New Castle for Delaware bred or certified horses 3-year-olds and upward has attracted a field of ten.
“Indian Lake will run in the New Castle,” Ness said. “Obviously, he is a 3-year-old going against older horses and that is a concern, but he is Delaware Certified, so there is not a better spot to take a chance. He is a stakes winner at a mile and a half and now we are cutting back to six furlongs, which is another question all good handicappers are going to ask. But he is one of those kind of horses where he runs well going long, he runs well going short, he runs well on the dirt and he runs well on the turf. We are up against it a little bit in this spot going against older seasoned veterans, but you never know and this is as good a spot to take a shot as any.”
The six-furlong $100,000 Tax Free Shopping Distaff for Delaware bred or certified fillies and mares has attracted a field of nine.
“We entered the defending champ, Madam Meena in the Tax Free Shopping Distaff,” Ness said. “She is ready to go and ready to defend her title. She had an injury this year and we gave her some time off. We brought her back slow and we had been pointing for this race for six months. She had a good workout on Sunday, so all systems are on go. In her last race, she got into a lot of trouble and almost went down. It could have been worse and we are just thankful she came out of it okay. A horse bolted into the turn going four furlongs and took us out. It was just one of those bad luck race days, but we will overcome it. The important thing is mentally I wanted to give her a race. We got that accomplished and she came out of it fine, so we live to fight another day.”
The mile and seventy yards $75,000 DTHA Governor's Day Handicap restricted to 3-year-olds and upward who have started in a non-stake race at Delaware Park in 2021 has attracted a field of seven.
“I got Shane's Jewel in the (DTHA) Governor's Day,” Ness said. “He is going really good. He ran second in the prep for this race and he will be facing a tough group. Speed is his thing and we are going to use it, so it is going to be just like the rest of his races where it will be catch me if you can.”
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