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Custom Paint Powers To Thursday Feature Win At Remington Park
Custom Paint, under jockey G.R. Carter, Jr., scores in the $27,500 Remington Park allowance feature Thursday night.

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Custom Paint Powers To Thursday Feature Win At Remington Park

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MAY 21, 2015—Remington Park began a special five-day holiday weekend of racing on a cool Thursday evening. Custom Paint scored in the $27,500 allowance feature under leading jockey G.R. Carter.

Breaking from the extreme outside post position in a field of nine, Custom Paint took advantage of the clean sailing to win by a half-length. The 3-year-old gelding handled 350 yards in :17.619 seconds over a fast track. Owned by Anna Cullum of Fort Gibson, Okla. and trained by Joe Neff, Custom Paint defeated even-money wagering favorite Best On The Planet with Azelie finishing third.

Custom Paint was at 5-2 odds in the betting and paid $7.80 to win, $3.60 to place and $2.60 to show. Best On The Planet returned $3 to place and $2.40 to show as the beaten favorite. Azelie returned $5.80 to show.

The win was the second career triumph for Custom Paint, with both taking place this season at Remington Park. The Oklahoma-bred gelding by Pyc Paint Your Wagon from the Okey Dokey Dale mare Okie Dokey Annie, made $16,444 for the effort to run his career earnings to $39,273.

Custom Paint was the second winner of the night for broodmare Okie Dokey Annie. She produced Sudden Separation, the winner in race eight, as well. Both Custom Paint and Sudden Separation were bred in Oklahoma by Duane Murphy.

Remington Park live racing continues Friday through Memorial Day Monday. The first race on Friday and Saturday is at 6pm with Sunday and Memorial Day racing at 1:30pm.

Featured Saturday, May 23 is the Grade 1, $30,000 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Stakes with the top older Paints and Appaloosas facing off over 440 yards. Major Tom (Ap), the Horse of the Meeting in 2014 at Remington Park will face Texas Silk (Pt) the 2014 World Champion Paint along with Cant Get Caught (Ap) a budding superstar who is in the midst of a seven-race winning streak.

Sunday afternoon, top Oklahoma-breds will compete in four stakes races.

  • The $70,000 East Date Stakes is for older fillies and mares at 350 yards in race six.
  • The $70,000 FL Lady Bug Stakes is for 2-year-olds at 330 yards
  • The $70,000 Boyd Morris Memorial is for those 3-years-old and older at 400 yards.
  • The $50,000 Jack Brooks Stakes is for 3-year-olds going 350 yards.

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 at Remington Park, home of the $1,170,000 Heritage Place Futurity on Saturday, May 30.

Tracked by over 78,000 fans on Facebook and 6,100 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.