B Squared getting blinkers for Oklahoma Derby

B Squared will add blinkers for the Oklahoma Derby on Sunday at Remington Park, trainer Doug O’Neill said.

B Squared, who ran third to eventual Travers winner West Coast in the Grade 3 Los Alamitos Derby, is coming off an eighth-place finish in the West Virginia Derby. B Squared found himself farther off the pace than usual in the Aug. 5 race at Mountaineer.

“We’re putting blinkers on for the first time, so I think that will put him in the race a little bit,” O’Neill said. “It’s sort of a new little wrinkle to him.”

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B Squared worked a bullet six furlongs in 1:12 on Aug. 27 at Del Mar as part of his preparation for the Oklahoma Derby. He is a full brother to Grade 1 winner Ralis. The horse races for his breeder, Reddam Racing.

Mario Gutierrez has the mount on B Squard on Sunday. The Oklahoma Derby shares a card with nine other stakes, including the $200,000 Remington Park Oaks, and Gutierrez has a mount in that race as well. He is to ride the champion Champagne Room, according to trainer Peter Eurton.

Remington will offer an all-stakes pick four on races 9-12 on Sunday, and it will have a minimum guaranteed pool of $100,000, according to track spokesperson Dale Day. The sequence will include the Oklahoma Derby. The pick four is a 50-cent wager at Remington.