Trainer Brian Lynch is hoping Ancient Peace will have a tactical advantage Sunday when she makes her Midwest debut in the Grade 3, $200,000 Remington Park Oaks. “I think she should be the speed of the race,” he said. “That’s what I’m seeing from here.” The Remington Park Oaks, which will be run over 1 1/16 miles, is one of eight stakes on a 10-race card that ends with the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby. First post for the lone Sunday card of the meet is 3 p.m. Central. Ancient Peace, who was previously based in Southern California, is making her first start for Lynch. She’s part of a field of eight that includes stakes winners Merlazza, Perfect Wish, and Honor D Lady. “I couldn’t be happier with the way she’s trained and her works leading up to the race,” Lynch said. Ancient Peace’s latest move was five furlongs in 59 seconds Sept. 16 at Churchill Downs. She is moving back to dirt, where in June she dueled and finished second in the Grade 2 Summertime Oaks at Santa Anita. “I thought she ran a good mile and a sixteenth in the Summertime Oaks,” said Lynch, adding he’s hopeful if she duplicates the race or improves a little bit she will be able to nail down her first stakes win. Rafael Bejarano has the mount from post 8. :: Bet the races with a $250 First Deposit Match + $10 Free Bet and FREE Formulator PPs! Join DRF Bets. “I think she wants to be forwardly placed,” Lynch said. “I think she’s sort of a free-running filly.” Merlazza, who won the Valley of the Vapors Stakes at a mile in April at Oaklawn Park, comes off a fourth-place finish in the Audubon Oaks at seven furlongs at Ellis Park. “She’s back at two turns,” said trainer Brad Cox. “We tried seven-eighths last time and she ran okay. It wasn’t a bad effort – back around two turns is probably what’s better for her.” Merlazza is a daughter of Medaglia d’Oro and a full sister to Gold Standard, a past runner-up in the Remington Park Oaks. Merlazza is from the female family of Dream Supreme and Majestic Warrior. “We’re hoping to break through and make her a graded winner,” Cox said. “She’s got a big pedigree. We hope to add to her value.” Prat has the mount from post 2. Perfect Wish is looking for her fourth straight win. She captured the Iowa Stallion Stakes at two turns in July at Prairie Meadows and after that race was stuck on the also-eligible list for the Charles Town Oaks. “She’s really blossoming,” said trainer Jayde Gelner. “She’s all dappled out. Training, she’s really focused on what she’s doing.” Perfect Wish will break from the rail under regular rider Floyd Wethey Jr. “She has early speed,” Gelner said. “She doesn’t have to go. She can use it if need be.” Flashy debut winner in Vance Amos Moses Hart brings an element of intrigue to the $100,000 David M. Vance for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs. He is making his second career start after a 16 1/2-length win in a maiden special weight last month at Remington Park. He earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 95. :: Get Daily Racing Form Past Performances – the exclusive home of Beyer Speed Figures The 4-year-old is part of a nine-horse field that includes stakes winners Dean’s List, It Makes Sense, and Empire of Gold. Amos Moses Hart debuted later in life due to some minor setbacks he had at 2 and 3, said trainer Scott Young. He led throughout in his debut, winning the 5 1/2-furlong race on a fast track in 1:03.74. “We always thought, ‘He’s fast and could be special,’ ” Young said of the Cimarron TTT Farms homebred. “And we’ll find out Sunday. After his maiden performance, we all were very impressed with him. “It’s not often we take a horse off a maiden win to a $100,000 stakes race. We feel like he’ll be very competitive and he is later, a 4-year-old. He’s been training a long time. He doesn’t have a lot of experience racing, but he has a lot of experience.” Amos Moses Hart, who is a half-brother to the multiple stakes-placed sprinter Mesa Moon, stands nearly 17 hands tall, said Young. “He’s huge,” he said. Amos Moses Hart also can be ornery and his attitude is reflected in his name, said Young. It’s a play off the song, “Amos Moses,” which tells the tale of an alligator hunter. Wethey has the mount from post 4. Young will saddle Paluxy, winner of the $100,000 Governor’s Cup last month at Remington, in the $75,000 Remington Green. The horse is moving back to turf for the 1 1/8-mile race – the same distance as the Governor’s Cup. “It’s not his preferred surface,” Young said. “It’s kind of the way the races lined up, kind of our next spot for him. We really liked the mile and an eighth. The farther the better for him. That’s what turned us on to the race, the added distance.” The Governor’s Cup is one of two major dirt route stakes for older horses each season at Remington, with the other offering not until December. Paluxy won the Governor’s Cup by a head and was flattered when the third- and sixth-place finishers, Holden the Lute and Presidential, both came back to win allowances at Remington. Paluxy is by Brody’s Cause, who gets 6 percent winners on turf. Paluxy’s dam, Miss Pippa, was a stakes winner on the grass. The field of seven also includes Sunlit Song, an 8-year-old who won the Remington Green at 5 and ran second in the race at 6 and 7. Ricks Memorial Juncture is looking for her second stateside stakes win in the $75,000 Ricks Memorial, a 1 1/16-mile turf race for fillies and mares. In May, the filly bred in Great Britain closed from next to last to win the Ouija Board Distaff at Lone Star Park. “It looks like there’s enough speed in there to set up well for her,” said Cox. :: Bet with the Best! Get Free DRF PPs and Cashback when you wager. Join DRF Bets. Prat has the mount from the rail. Cox and Prat will also team together in the $75,000 Kip Deville with Good Like Magic. The six-furlong race opens Remington’s 2-year-old series that leads to the Springboard Mile in December. Good Like Magic will attempt to turn the tables on the unbeaten General Shipman, who edged him by three-quarters of a length last out in the Prairie Meadows Freshman. Good Like Magic, a half-brother to 2-year-old stakes winner Red Lodge, breaks from post 4. General Shipman starts from post 8 under Ken Tohill. The $50,000 E.L. Gaylord Memorial is for 2-year-old fillies at 6 1/2 furlongs. The field of nine is led by Tx Women for Arts. The Steve Asmussen trainee won the Prairie Gold Lassie at Prairie Meadows and is the lone stakes winner in the field. Ima Discreet Lady seeks her 10th career stakes win in the $50,000 Flashy Lady. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.