OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—APRIL 19, 2014---Remington Park also hosted the Laico Bird Stakes, Bob Moore Memorial Stakes and Mister Lewie Memorial Stakes on Saturday's race program.

PYB Place Your Bet Wins Laico Bird Stakes

PYB Place Your Bet outclassed her competition with a convincing win in the Laico Bird Stakes for 2-year-old Oklahoma-breds at 330 yards, winning by three-quarters of a length.

After having recently finished second in the Grade 3 Oklahoma Futurity at Remington Park in March, the 3-5 wagering favorite covered the 330 yards in a final time of :16.643 seconds.

Owned by Georgina Chavira and Rita Sosa of Purcell, Okla. and trained by Luz Chavira, PYB Place Your Bet was ridden by Ivan Carnero. She took over midway through the race, finishing in front of Pymp Your Wagon with Awesome Ashley another neck back in third.

PYB Place Your Bet paid $3.40 to win, $2.80 to place and $2.20 to show. Pump Your Wagon paid $4.60 to place and $3.20 to show. Awesome Ashley returned $4.40 to show.

Bred in Oklahoma by Connie Nobles, the 2-year-old filly by Pyc Paint Your Wagon is from the Runaway Winner mare Fashion Dashin. The win is her second in three attempts overall, all this season at Remington Park. She made $44,634 to run her total money to $113,508.

Sheri Lynn Andrew's Oklahoma homebred Pump You Wagon earned $14,878 for second. Brent Clay conditions the Pyc Paint Your Wagon colt out of Yawls Spreadn Rumors, by Serious Rumors. Stormy Smith rode the brown colt.

Awesome Ashley, a daughter of second crop sire Inseperable finished a neck back in the show position. Saddled by Tana Pace, the Edward Leslie homebred picked up $8,182 for her effort. She is out of the Rolls Of Romance mare Romancin Ashley.

Completing the Laico Bird field were Sheachewchew, Really A Corona, Nash Wagon, Paint Candy Okay, First Prize Leena and Coronas Miss Perry. American Ivory scratched.

The Laico Bird Stakes is named in honor of the winner of the 1967 All American Futurity and American Quarter Horse Association World Champion who was an Oklahoma-bred.

Rock You Scores In Bob Moore Memorial Stakes

Rock You left the gate at 6-1 odds in the wagering and immediately was bumped hard by the 6-5 betting favorite One Valiant Hero, in what resulted in a thrilling renewal of the Grade 2 Bob Moore Memorial Stakes.

Despite the early disadvantage, Rock You rushed back into contention and at the end of the 300-yard contest prevailed by a neck in a fast winning time of 15.062 seconds. He earned $30,000 for his owners Reliance Ranches of Llano, Texas and is trained by Eddie Willis while ridden by Omar Reyes.

Rock You paid $15.40 to win, $4.60 to place and $3.40 to show. One Valiant Hero gamely finished second a neck behind the winner, paying $3.40 to place and $2.40 to show. Joker On Jack finished third to pay $4.

A 3-year-old gelded son of Foose from the Strawfly Special mare Babe On The Fly, Rock You was bred in California by Steve Burns.

The Bob Moore was his fourth career win from eight starts and his second in a row this season at Remington Park. He now boasts $171,072 in earnings.

Valeriano Racing Stables, LLC's One Valiant Hero earned $10,000 for his second place effort. Eddie E. Willis conditions the Valiant Hero colt from the Feature Mr Jess mare Smiles All Around. Jimmy Brooks was aboard. One Valiant Hero who won the Oklahoma Derby in his last start has earned more than $209,000.

Wade Helton's Pyc Paint Your Wagon gelding Joker On Jack added $6,490 to boost his bankroll to nearly $365,000. Alfredo Gomez trains the Corner K Quarter Horses, Inc. Oklahoma-bred from the Six Fortunes mare Miss Six Fortunes. Raul Gutierrez had the riding call.

Completing the field were Black Rosalita, Jodys Pops Zoomer, Jj Hitman, Eye On Corona, Eyesa Romantic, Kuhl Wave and The August Heat.

The race is named in honor of the late Bob Moore who based his prominent breeding and racing operation out of Norman, Okla. where Bob Moore Farms still exists today. Moore was a major part of the movement to legalize pari-mutuel racing in Oklahoma in the early 1980s.

Major Tom Rolls On Mister Lewie Memorial Stakes

For the second occasion this season, Major Tom rolled over his competition in Remington Park stakes action while posting a new track record for 400 yards in Paint & Appaloosa competition at Remington Park.

Major Tom, the lone Appaloosa in the Grade 1 Mister Lewie against six Paint foes, covered the distance in :19.414 under a complete hand-ride by jockey Jimmy Brooks. Trained by Eddie D Willis, Major Tom has now won seven of eight lifetime races.

The 3-year-old gelded son of Red Storm Cat (QH) from the Mr Eye Opener (QH) mare Eyesa Knockout is owned by Mary Hainline of Noble, Okla. The winning 2-5 favorite paid $2.80 to win, $2.20 to place and $2.10 to show. Power Possum finished second and paid $3.60 to place and $3 to show. Judys Miss Banks ran third and paid $2.60 to show.

Major Tom has won six straight races dating to May last year when he won his trial for the Speedhorse/Graham Farms Paint & Appaloosa Futurity. Only a 3-year-old, facing older runners for the first time in the Mister Lewie, Major Tom’s 400-yard time was actually .002 faster than the clocking of This Candys Awesome in the Remington Park Derby for American Quarter Horses. Major Tom broke the 2006 Remington Park mark for Paint/Appaloosa of racing of :19.552 set by all-time Paint leader Got Country Grip.

The Mister Lewie win is worth another $24,492 to Major Tom, making his new total $191,323. He was bred in Oklahoma by Gary Vaughn.

The Mister Lewie is named in honor of the late Lewis Wartchow, and Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame member who was known as the ‘King of Paints’ for his dominance with the breed in his career.

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.

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