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Dashin Brown Streak Flies To Impressive Grade 1 Leo Stakes Win
Dashin Brown Streak, under AQHA Racing Champion jockey G.R. Carter, Jr, winning the Grade 1 Leo Stakes at Remington Park Saturday.

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Dashin Brown Streak Flies To Impressive Grade 1 Leo Stakes Win

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MARCH 28, 2015—The initial Grade 1 stakes race of the Remington Park season went to Dashin Brown Streak as he came in from his Louisiana base to take the $101,120 Leo Stakes. The 5-year-old gelding was triumphant in easy fashion, winning by a half-length after holding a wide-open lead midway through the 400 yards.

Owned by the Keller, Texas partnership of the Estate of C.W. Navarre and Melvin Hatley, Dashin Brown Streak is trained by John Brasseaux and was ridden by a confident G.R. Carter.

“He broke phenomenal,” Carter explained from the winner’s circle. “When I called on him he just really responded powerfully. I think I was probably two lengths in front. The last half of the race I just let him coast. He actually pricked his ears and kind of let up on me but he had the race well in hand and was very impressive.”

The Leo Stakes was the fourth consecutive win for Dashin Brown Streak who has not lost in since beginning the streak in September 2014 at Will Rogers Downs. The Leo Stakes is the second straight stakes triumph in the win streak for Dashin Brown Streak who won the Sam’s Town Stakes at Evangeline Downs, in Louisiana in December.

Dashin Brown Streak held off Testing The Ice who settled for second and Wagon Tales, the 8-5 wagering favorite, who ran third. Dashin Brown Streak crossed the finish in :19.636 seconds over a fast track.

George Warren presents the Leo Stakes trophies to Mrs. Melvin Hatley, for owners Melvin Hatley and C.W. Navarre, trainer John Brasseaux, jockey G.R. Carter, Jr., family and friends Saturday at Remington Park.
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Away at 4-1 odds, Dashin Brown Streak paid $10.20 to win, $6 to place and $4.20 to show. Testing The Ice paid $35.80 to place and $19.60 to show. Wagon Tales returned $3 to show.

The Leo Stakes was the 10th career win from 17 attempts for Dashin Brown Streak, a 5-year-old gelding by Hotdoggin from the Streakin La Jolla mare Annas Streakin Dash. Bred in Louisiana by Flat Get It Farm, Inc., Dashin Brown Streak picked up $59,730 to move his overall earnings to $302,814.

Dashin Brown Streak drives past A Toss Up (left) in the Leo Stakes Saturday night at Remington Park. © Bee Silva
Graded stakes winner Testing The Ice races for owner Luis Rogelio Nava and trainer Mario Sanchez. Ridden by jockey Ricky Ramirez, the Stoli 6-year-old picked up $19,910 for his second place effort to boost his career earnings mark to nearly $375,000. Corner K Quarter Horses, LLC bred the gelding in Arkansas from the Tolltac mare Streakin La Tac.

Michael and Donalda Pohl's Wagon Tales, who shipped in earlier this month from the West Coast put in a gallant effort to finish a head back in third. Stacy Charette-Hill conditions the Pyc Paint Your Wagon 4-year-old out of Signs Zoomer, by Shazoom. The stakes winning and multiple Grade 1 placed colt earned $11,830 to bring his lifetime earnings to $422,453. Bred in Oklahoma by The Mixer Ranch, he was ridden by jockey Jorge Torres.

Completing the field were Charvet, River Wind, Bay Eagle Glory, The Ocean King, One Valiant Hero, A Toss Up and Jz Fast Boy.

The Leo Stakes is named in honor of the American Quarter Horse foundation sire who stood for Bud Warren in Perry, Okla. A statue honoring the great Leo still stands in his honor in Perry.

Remington Park hosts a 10-race program on Sunday afternoon with the first event at 1:30pm.

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 million-dollar Remington Park Futurity program on Saturday, April 18.

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