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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MAY 24, 2015—Despite driving rain for much of the card, the entire nine-race program was completed on Sunday at Remington Park. The weather was kind over the final four races, all stakes events for Oklahoma-breds.
Easy Date Stakes
This Candys Awesome added the $70,000 Easy Date Stakes to her win column Sunday after taking the Deceketta Stakes earlier this season. Owned by the Estate of Carl C. Pevehouse of Ratliff City, Okla. and trained by Clint Crawford, Ivan Carnero handled This Candys Awesome to a one-length win, covering 350 yards in :17.361 seconds over a sloppy track. Painted Laico Bird was second while Nanny McFeebe was two lengths behind the winner in third.
The 1-2 wagering favorite, This Candys Awesome paid $3 to win, $2.60 to place and $2.20 to show. Painted Laico Bird returned $5 to place and $4.60 to show. Nanny McFeebe paid $6.20 to show.
The Easy Date win is the eighth from 14 career starts for This Candys Awesome. A 4-year-old mare by Pyc Paint Your Wagon is from the Mr Jess Perry broodmare Jess Send Candy. This Candys Awesome was bred in Oklahoma by the late Carl Pevehouse. She earned $41,982 for the win, pushing her lifetime total to $306,623.
Nanny McFeebe, a 3-year-old daughter of multiple stakes sire Furyofthewind, races for owner Mary Passmore Kirby and is trained by Jackie Kirby. Cody Wainscott rode the Debbie Freeman bred filly from the Streakin La Jolla mare Sexy N Saucy. Nanny McFeebe earned $7,680.
Pyc Pick Your Pocket, Corona Jasmine, Redneck Sis and Madresita completed the field.
The Easy Date is named after the 1974 All American Futurity winner and 1975 American Quarter Horse Association World Champion who was campaigned by the late Walter Merrick of Sayre, Okla.
Boyd Morris Memorial Stakes
Rocketair used a wide run to get up to win by a neck in the $70,000 Boyd Morris Memorial Stakes at 400 yards.
Away at 7-2 odds in the wagering, Rocketair paid $9.80 to win, $4 to place and $3 to show. Load Your Guns, was the betting favorite at 7-5, paying $3 to place and $2.40 to show. Novas Gold paid $2.40 to show.
Trainer Kenny Laymon conditions Load Your Guns for owner JK Running Horses, LLC. The Corona Cartel 5-year-old was bred by Henry Brown from the First Down Dash mare Dashing Little Reba. Ridden by Cesar Gomez, Load Your Guns earned $13,982.
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A Toss Up, Wagon Tales and Walking Perry completed the field. Nash Wagon was scratched.
The Boyd Morris Memorial is named in honor of the late Blanchard, Okla. horseman who was an extremely successful jockey in Quarter Horse racing, winning the 1964 All American Futurity aboard Decketta, among other famous races. After his career in the saddle, Morris trained for many years and was a fixture from the outset at Remington Park.
FL Lady Bug Stakes
Oklahoma-bred 2-year-olds were featured in the $70,000 FL Lady Bug Stakes at 330 yards with Cashshae coming through to win by a nose over JS Abel Dasher.
Cashshae was 9-1 in the betting and paid $11.40 to win, $6.60 to place and $7.60 to show. JS Abel Dasher paid $6.40 to place and $4.40 to show. The Serge Protector was three-quarters of a length behind the winner, paying $7.20 to show.
Cashshae is by Spit Curl Jess from the Cash Treat mare Your Cash Treat. She earned $41,730 to boost her total earnings to $94,224.
Js Abel Dasher is a homebred daughter of first crop sire The Louisiana Cartel racing for James Sills and Abel Flores. Eddie D. Willis trains with Jose Vega getting the riding call. Out of the Dashin Is Easy mare Shaken Easy Dash, Js Abel Dasher earned 13,910 for her effort.
Also by a first crop sire, The Serge Protector is a homebred son of Copa de Capi racing for owner/breeder Penny Zynda. Also trained by Eddie D. Willis, the sorrel gelding was ridden by Stormy Smith. Out of the Walk Thru Fire mare Directors Cut, The Serge Protector earned $7,650.
Completing the field were Streakin Pr, Vf Floosie, Finnick, Shanondoah, Dash To Separate, A Bee C and Lets Get On Board.
FL Lady Bug was a foundation broodmare for the racing operation of Marvin and Lela Barnes of Ada, Oklahoma. She was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 1999.
Jack Brooks Stakes
Boozin And Cruzin scored her second career win in the $50,000 Jack Brooks Stakes, winning the 350-yard event by a head in :17.571 seconds over a sloppy track.
Part of a same-owner entry with Paint Me Perry, going off at 1-2 odds with favored status, Boozin And Cruzin paid $3 to win, $2.20 to place and $2.10 to show. Specials Jamie returned $6 to place and $3 to show. Smart Money First paid $2.40 to show.
Winning the race for Oklahoma-bred 3-year-olds, Boozin And Cruzin is a filly by Tempting Dash from the Okey Dokey Dale mare Penelope Cruzin. She earned $29,892 to increase her career earnings to $55,605.
Brian Muse conditions Smart Money First for owner Victory Farms. Joe and Judith O Chappell Trust bred the First Smart Money gelding from the Rock Em Smooth mare Beduinos Chick Jet. Ridden by Jose Vega, the multiple stakes-placed gelding eared $5,480.
Sm Miss Joy Rose and Cartel Rosie dead-heated for fourth. Bp Run Cartel Run and Paint Me Perry completed the order-of-finish. Big Kids Birthday, Bv Travelin Solider and Wl Mr Goodtime were all scratched.
The race is named in honor of Jack Brooks, the longtime Blanchard, Okla. trainer who won eight All American Futurities and was a mainstay at Remington Park until his retirement in 2007.
The two victories by trainer Clint Crawford on Sunday gives him 20 wins for the season, putting him into a first-place tie in the trainer standings with Eddie Willis. There are five race dates remaining in the 2015 American Quarter Horse Season at Remington Park, which ends Sunday, May 31.
A special Memorial Day program of racing at Remington Park begins at 1:30pm.
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.