OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—APRIL 19, 2014—The 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred stakes event went to This Candys Awesome as she rallied from a slight deficit to win the 400-yard Remington Park Derby, also a restricted Grade 3.

Owned and bred by Carl Pevehouse of Ratliff City, Okla. and trained by Clint Crawford, This Candys Awesome overcame an early deficit under jockey G.R. Carter.

“The horse right on the inside of me with Jimmy Brooks (Shades Of Blues Girl) just left the gates just getting it on,” Carter noted. “It gave this mare a target to kind of run to and she just gained up and pinned her ears and ran by her. She put in a really gutty performance tonight.”

This Candys Awesome covered the 400 yards in :19.416 seconds, finishing a head in front of BP Southern Dynasty while Shades Of Blues Girl, part of a coupled wagering entry with VH Won that went off as the 3-5 favorites, held on for third.

A slight underdog at 6-1 odds, This Candys Awesome paid $15.60 to win, $8 to place and $3.80 to show. BP Southern Dynasty paid $9.80 to place and $4.80 to show. Shades Of Blues Girl paid $2.20 to show.

The win is the fourth from seven career starts for This Candys Awesome, a filly by PYC Paint Your Wagon from the Mr Jess Perry mare Jess Send Candy. The first-place check of $119,200 moves her total bankroll to $170,819. She has now won three races at Remington Park.

The win was the fourth in the Remington Park Derby for GR Carter and the first for the other connections.

Bill Price, who was also second in the rich Remington Park Futurity(RG2) owns the Remington Park Derby(RG3) runner-up Bp Southern Dynasty. Saddled by Eddie D. Willis and ridden by Steven Gore the homebred son of FDD Dynasty picked up $50,660 to nearly double his earning total of $114,323. His out of the Southern Cartel mare Southern Fling.

Willis also saddled Reliance Ranches, LLC's royally bred Shades Of Blues Girl to the show finish. Jimmy D. Brooks rode the Corona Cartel full sister to world champion Blues Girls Too. Bred in Oklahoma by Lucky Seven Ranch, the bay miss is from the Sixarun mare Run The Dash. She earned $32,780.

Completing the field were Copper Oaks, Just After Me, Ym Rapid, Vh Won, Midnight Cartel, Bp Hit The Bigtime and Quick Shooter.

More stakes racing awaits fans on an Easter Sunday afternoon program that starts at 1:30pm. The $100,000 Remington Park Juvenile and the $70,000 Mr Master Bug Stakes, both for Oklahoma-breds, lead the card.

Open daily at 10:30am for casino gaming and simulcast racing, Remington Park features the Bricktown Brewery on the casino floor. Admission, general parking and valet parking are always free atRemington Park, home of the $1,000,000 Heritage Place Futurity and $250,000 Remington Park Championship on Saturday, May 31, 2014.

Tracked by over 51,000 fans on Facebook and 5,000 Twitter followers, Remington Park is Oklahoma City’s only Racetrack & Casino and is located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District. For more information, reservations and group bookings please call 405-424-1000, 866-456-9880 or visit remingtonpark.com.