Race of the Week at LinesMaker

Race of the Week

Our “Race of the Week” will be the Okla­homa Derby, race # 10, at Rem­ing­ton Park on Sun­day, Octo­ber 16th, esti­mated post time is 6:49 pm EST.

Purse: $400.000
3 Year Olds
Dis­tance: 1 1/8 Miles

The Okla­homa Derby is an Amer­i­can Thor­ough­bred horse race run annu­ally in mid-October at Rem­ing­ton Park located in Okla­homa City, Okla­homa. Open to three-year-olds, the ungraded stakes is set at a dis­tance of 1⅛ miles (9 fur­longs) on the dirt. The Derby offers a purse of $400,000.

From 1989 through 1996, it was raced at a dis­tance of 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs).

Orig­i­nally named the Rem­ing­ton Park Derby, in 2001 the race was renamed the Okla­homa Derby. It is the track’s flag­ship event and the most lucra­tive Thor­ough­bred race at Rem­ing­ton Park.

Speed record: 1:48.00 — Clas­sic Cat (1998) (new stakes and track record)

Most wins by a trainer: 3 — Don­nie Von Hemel (1989, 1991, 2007).

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