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The Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby headlines the stakes schedule for the upcoming 2023 Remington Park Thoroughbred Season. The 67-date schedule starts Aug. 18 and continues through Dec. 15.

The Oklahoma Derby is one of two graded stakes events featured on Sunday, Sept. 24. The Grade 3, $200,000 Remington Park Oaks bolsters the only Sunday of racing during the season as part of a program with eight stakes races worth $1,025,000.

The season will come to a close on Friday, Dec. 15 with the $300,000 Springboard Mile as the main event. Remington Park's richest race for 2-year-olds also serves as a points-qualifying race for the 2024 Kentucky Derby. The Springboard night has five other stakes races, including the $75,000 Trapeze Stakes at one mile for 2-year-old fillies.

The top Oklahoma-breds will have their annual night to shine as the Oklahoma Classics takes place Friday, Oct. 20. The 10-race card of divisional events is worth $1,120,000 with the $175,000 Classics Cup leading the way.

The stakes schedule includes seven races over the turf course with the $75,000 Remington Green and the $75,000 Ricks Memorial sharing the top spot as the richest, and only, open-company turf stakes races.

Oklahoma-breds will have 18 stakes opportunities throughout the season with five of them over the turf.

The schedule of 34 stakes races has total purses of $3,345,000 and begins with the $100,000 Governor's Cup on the opening night of the season, Friday, Aug. 18.

Aug. 18: $100,000 Governor's Cup, 3 & older, 1-1/8 miles

Sept. 8: $50,000 Oklahoma Stallion Stakes, 3-year-old colts/geldings, 7 furlongs

Sept. 8: $50,000 Oklahoma Stallion Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 7 furlongs

Sept. 22: $50,000 Red Earth Stakes, 3 & older, 7-1/2 furlongs, turf (OK)

Sept. 22: $50,000 Bob Barry Memorial, 3 & older, fillies/mares, 7-1/2 furlongs, turf (OK)

Sept. 22: $50,000 Remington Park Turf Sprint, 3 & older, 5 furlongs, turf (OK)

Sept. 24: G3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby, 3-year-olds, 1-1/8 miles

Sept. 24: G3, $200,000 Remington Park Oaks, 3-year-old fillies, 1-1/16 miles

Sept. 24: $100,000 David M. Vance Sprint, 3 & older, 6 furlongs

Sept. 24: $75,000 Remington Green, 3 & older, 1-1/8 miles, turf

Sept. 24: $75,000 Ricks Memorial, 3 & older, fillies/mares, 1-1/16 miles, turf

Sept. 24: $75,000 Kip Deville Stakes, 2-year-olds, 6 furlongs

Sept. 24: $50,000 E.L. Gaylord Memorial, 2-year-old fillies, 6-1/2 furlongs

Sept. 24: $50,000 Flashy Lady Stakes, 3 & older, fillies/mares, 6 furlongs

Oct. 20: $175,000 Oklahoma Classics Cup, 3 & older, 1-1/16 miles (OK)

Oct. 20: $145,000 Oklahoma Classics Distaff, 3 & older, fillies/mares, 1 mile-70yds (OK)

Oct. 20: $130,000 Oklahoma Classics Sprint, 3 & older, 6 furlongs (OK)

Oct. 20: $130,000 Oklahoma Classics Distaff Sprint, 3 & older, fillies/mares, 6 furlongs

Oct. 20: $130,000 OKC Turf Classic, 3 & older, 1-1/16 miles, turf (OK)

Oct. 20: $130,000 Oklahoma Classics Distaff Turf, 3 & older, fillies/mares, 1-1/16 miles, turf (OK)

Oct. 20: $100,000 Oklahoma Classics Juvenile, 2-year-olds, 6 furlongs (OK)

Oct. 20: $100,000 Oklahoma Classics Lassie, 2-year-old fillies, 6 furlongs (OK)

Oct. 20: $40,000 Oklahoma Classics Starter Stakes, 3 & older, 7 furlongs (OK)

Oct. 20: $40,000 Oklahoma Classics Distaff Starter Stakes, 3 & older, fillies/mares, 7 furlongs (OK)

Oct. 27: $75,000 Clever Trevor Stakes, 2-year-olds, 7 furlongs

Nov. 10: $50,000 Don C. McNeill Stakes, 2-year-olds, 1 mile (OK)

Nov. 10: $50,000 Slide Show Stakes, 2-year-old fillies, 1 mile (OK)

Nov. 10: $50,000 Silver Goblin Stakes, 3 & older, 6-1/2 furlongs (OK)

Dec. 15: $300,000 Springboard Mile, 2-year-olds, 1 mile

Dec. 15: $75,000 Trapeze Stakes, 2-year-old fillies, 1 mile

Dec. 15: $75,000 She's All In Stakes, 3 & older, fillies/mares, 1 mile-70yds

Dec. 15: $75,000 Jeffrey A. Hawk Memorial, 3 & older, 1 mile-70yds

Dec. 15: $50,000 Jim Thorpe Stakes, 3-year-olds, 1 mile (OK)

Dec. 15: $50,000 Useeit Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 1 mile (OK)
(OK) denotes stakes races for Oklahoma-breds

Tracked by more than 175,000 fans on Facebook and 10,700 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided more than $320 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 will begin the 2023 Thoroughbred Season on Aug. 18. Remington Park presents simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.

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On Tuesday, June 13, OwnerView hosted the fifth panel, Preparing for Race Day, in its Virtual Thoroughbred Owner Conference series with trainers Jena Antonucci, who just became the first female trainer to win the Belmont Stakes, with Arcangelo; Ken McPeek, who won the 2020 Preakness Stakes with Swiss Skydiver; and multiple-stakes winner Joe Sharp and owner Ramiro Restrepo, who won the 2023 Kentucky Derby with Mage.

The conference is hosted by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and sponsored by Bessemer Trust, Stoll Keenon Ogden, and The Green Group. This panel was sponsored by Centennial Farms.

Attendees were able to ask questions through Zoom's Q&A feature, sponsored by West Point Thoroughbreds, and questions were answered at end of the webinar.

The panel was hosted by OwnerView's project manager, Gary Falter, who started the panel by sharing videos created by America's Best Racing (ABR) showing each trainer leading up to or during a big race and then discussing topics such as starting first-time horses, 2-year-olds vs. older horses, gate training, and the importance of grooms, exercise riders, and farriers.

Regarding first-time starters, all three trainers agreed that winning is not the goal; it is more important to get the horse settled and confident.

“Long-term I think the horses that are able to settle and finish with energy the first few times and then, you know, go on to get there second or third time out are the ones that we seem to do better with down the road,” Sharp said.

Antonucci said that most trainers train “basically the same way,” but the difference is the details that go on inside the barn. “We make sure the horse, first, is thriving and happy,” she said.

Speaking of grooms and exercise riders, McPeek said, “Well, you want continuity. A groom that's had the same horse for an extended period I think is a really good idea. A rider that's on the same horse every day certainly can give you feedback.”

The panel also featured an ABR video that followed Restrepo leading up to Mage's Kentucky Derby win and a discussion with Restrepo on what role owners play on race day.

Restrepo emphasized the importance for ownership groups to have everything organized before race day.

“There is already so much stress in preparation that the trainer has, that's the last thing you want them to worry about is to take on the responsibilities of the ownership group,” he said.

A replay of all the conference panels can be viewed here: bit.ly/OVVideos.

Six more Thoroughbred Owner Conference virtual panels are scheduled for 2023.

The next session will be held July 11 at 2 p.m. ET and will feature how jockeys prepare mentally and physically for race day. A full schedule can be found here: bit.ly/OVSchedule.

There is no registration fee for the virtual conference series, but registration is required. For more information about the owner conference, please visit ownerview.com/event/conference or contact Gary Falter at 859.224.2803 or gfalter@jockeyclub.com.

OwnerView is a joint effort spearheaded by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to encourage ownership of Thoroughbreds and provide accurate information on aspects of ownership such as trainers, public racing syndicates, the process of purchasing and owning a Thoroughbred, racehorse retirement, and owner licensing.

The need for a central resource to encourage Thoroughbred ownership was identified in the comprehensive economic study of the sport that was commissioned by The Jockey Club and conducted by McKinsey & Company in 2011. The OwnerView site was launched in May 2012.

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Monmouth Park and BetMakers Technology Group will partner for the fourth straight year as sponsors for the $1 million “BetMakers Bonanza” bonus for the connections of any horse that sweeps a series of three designated races, it was announced Friday.

To earn the seven-figure bonus, a horse has to the win the Grade 1 TVG.com Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on July 22, the Travers Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 26 and the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Nov. 4.

In 2020, Authentic was able to take down the $1 million bonus for winning all three designated races in the COVID-19 altered racing schedule that year.

“As part of our ongoing partnership with BetMakers we're pleased to be able to offer the BetMakers Bonanza bonus for a fourth straight year,” said Dennis Drazin, the chairman and CEO of Darby Development, LLC, the operators of Monmouth Park. “The commitment that BetMakers has made to racing in New Jersey has had a significant impact.”

Australia-based BetMakers previously teamed with Monmouth Park to make fixed odds wagering available at the Jersey Shore track, making it the only racetrack in the United States to offer such wagering. With fixed odds, which has been expanded this year to include a variety of racetracks in addition to Monmouth Park, bettors get the odds at the time of their bet.

Fixed odds wagering is available in New Jersey through the Monmouth Bets app.

The $1 million Haskell Stakes, the centerpiece of the Monmouth Park meet, will be contested for the 56^th time and offers the added inducement as a “Win and You're In Classic Division” reward for the Breeders' Cup Classic.

“With individual winners of the three Triple Crown races, champion 3-year-old is up for grabs — so what better way to make a claim for it now than to win the Haskell, grab the Travers and then line up in the Breeders Cup for not only the likelihood of that title, but an extra $1 million with the BetMakers Bonanza?” said Dallas Baker, Head of International Operations for BetMakers. “Monmouth Park, under the leadership of Dennis Drazin, continues to be one of the great innovators in the U.S. racing industry and we are proud to not only to support the concept of the Bonanza, but all the other projects we continue to work side by side with Monmouth Park on.”

Authentic won the Haskell Stakes, following that with victories in the Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic, on the way to Horse of the Year honors in 2020. The Kentucky Derby was rescheduled from its traditional spot the first Saturday in May to Sept. 5 that year.

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The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit published public notice of its first testing-related violation this week. Trainer Mario A. Dominguez was cited for violation of HISA's rule 3212 against the presence of banned substance and metabolites in a horse. The substance indicated was cobalt.

The violation is dated May 24 of this year for Dominguez trainee Petulant Delight, who finished first in a claiming race at Parx on May 24 for Dominguez and owner The Hakim's Stable LLC. Petulant Delight had made his prior start, a fifth-place effort in a Parx claiming race, for different connections, running there for trainer Angel Castillo Sanchez and owner Speed Genius Stables.

According to the HIWU website, Dominguez is provisionally suspended while the matter is pending. He has two entries scheduled for Parx on June 19 and has saddled a total of 51 runners so far this year.

Anti-doping violations carry a two-year suspension and a fine of as much as $25,000.

Read our previous reporting on the use of cobalt in racehorses here, here, and here.

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