Toastin Heros (10) wins the Dee Raper Sooner State Stakes at Remington Park on April 18. The 4-year-old gelding has been made the morning-line favorite for the $250,000 Debbie Schauf.

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By Richard Linihan

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–MAY 23, 2026–The Grade 1, $250,000 Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship on the season’s final night, Saturday, May 30, drew such a fantastic field of 12 horses that two past All American Futurity winners are included and neither one of them got a sniff as the race’s morning-line favorite.

KJ Desperado, who won the Grade 1, $3 million All American Futurity in 2021 is the 6-1 third favorite in the morning line while Cowboys Gun Z, who won the richest race in the Quarter Horse genre in 2023 has been installed as a 20-1 longshot.

The morning line favorite for this championship is Toastin Heros at 5-2 odds, a winner of  8-of-17 career races and a multiple graded stakes winner for trainer Clint Crawford and owner Gene Cox of Chester, S.C. Toastin Heros gets into this race off a win in the $100,000 Dee Raper Sooner State Stakes at Remington Park on April 18 at 400 yards.

The Debbie Schauf is a 440-yard event for 3-year-olds-and-older who were invited to compete. Toastin Heros has won $402,247 in his career. He is a 4-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelding who was bred by his owner. His regular rider, Jacob Enriquez, once again gets the call for this race.

The top earner in this field is KJ Desparado at $3,395,137 for owners John and Kathy Lee and Ruben Mares. Trainer Jason T. Giles conditions him and Noe Garcia, Jr., will be in the saddle. There are two other millionaire horses in the race as well – Cowboys Gun Z ($1,676,445) and Empressum ($2,556,948).

Here is the field for this edition of the Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship by post position and program order with jockey, trainer and morning-line odds:

1) Ultimate Battle, Francisco Ramirez, Jr., Jason Olmstead, 20-1
2) Shakers No Secret, Bryan Candanosa, Marc Jungers, 15-1
3) Church Spire, Jonathan Dominguez, Marco Gutierrez, 8-1
4) Bigg Picture, Christian Cardenas, Jason T. Giles, 10-1
5) Stetsonn, James Flores, Dean Frey, 15-1
6) Toastin Heros, Jacob Enriquez, Clinton Crawford, 5-2
7) Cowboys Gun Z, Francisco Calderon, Justin Joiner, 20-1
8) Lethal Cowboy 123, Edwin Escobedo, Marc Jungers, 15-1
9) KJ Desparado, Noe Garcia, Jr., Jason T. Giles, 6-1
10) Empressum, Rodrigo Vallejo, Fernando Manriquez, 7-2
11) Hooked N Gone, Jesus Ayala, Victor Ibarra, 10-1
12) Holy Pete, Gilberto Linares, John Stinebaugh, 20-1

The Championship is the 11th race on the final night of the season, featuring a dozen stakes events, with total purse money of $2,788,140.

Remington Park racing continues Saturday and Sunday, May 23 & 24 with the first race at 6pm Saturday with Sunday action underway at 4pm. All times are Central.

ABOUT REMINGTON PARK
Remington Park has provided more than $411 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District. The $1,000,000 Heritage Place Futurity takes place on the final night of the spring season on Saturday, May 30. Remington Park presents year-round simulcast racing and casino gaming. Guests must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or to enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.

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