Hawk looks loaded for another stakes-filled card

Bryan Hawk is in the midst of an unforgettable meet at Remington Park and can add to his success as a breeder and owner in Friday night’s three stakes for Oklahoma-breds.

Hawk is the breeder and owner of both C W Prize and Breakfast Code, who are two of the top contenders in the $50,000 Silver Goblin, as well as Mister Omaha, who moves to two turns for the $50,000 Don McNeill. Hawk also is the breeder of Street Verse, one of the contenders in the $50,000 Slide Show.

Hawk bred four winners on the Oklahoma Classics Night card last month at Remington, led by half-siblings Inca Empire in the $175,000 Classic and Miss Code West in the $145,000 Distaff. He stands a number of stallions, including Code West, at his showplace WestWin Farms facility in Purcell, Okla.

“He’s really invested in the breeding industry in Oklahoma,” trainer Joe Offolter said. “He’s put in a lot of money, went out and got a lot of good mares for his studs.”

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C W Prize goes back to one turn for the Silver Goblin for 3-year-olds and up at 6 1/2 furlongs. He was second last out in the Oklahoma Classics Classic.

“He ran good,” Offolter said. “He’d been sprinting and maybe the mile and a sixteenth might have been a little farther than he really wanted to go. That, or he just kind of put everybody away and might have got a little tired, just didn’t finish as strong as I’d have wanted.” Breakable Code comes in off a runner-up finish in the Oklahoma Classics Sprint won by Lake Bee, who is also entered in the Silver Goblin. Breakable Code has won two allowances this meet at Remington and like C W Prize, is by Code West.

“Both horses have speed,” Offolter said. “I think Breakable Code has probably got a little bit more speed, so as long as they both get away good from the gates and everything, I could see C W Prize being maybe just right behind Breakable Code.”

Offolter likes the durability he’s seeing from the offspring of Code West.

“Most of them have really good minds,” he said. “They’ve got a lot bone underneath them where you can train on them and they just stay together.”

Mister Omaha, who is by Omaha Beach, is stretching out to a mile in the McNeill for 2-year-olds following his win in the Oklahoma Classics Juvenile. Luis Quinonez has the mount from post 4.

“We’re kind of anxious to see how he does going a route of ground,” Offolter said. “Just his stride, the way he trains, I would think he carries his speed on out. He’s a smart horse. I think he’ll relax good for Luis.”

Mister Omaha won his maiden in his second start Sept. 27 before his front-running win in the Juvenile. Mister Omaha won by 5 1/2 lengths.

“Luis said he broke awfully sharp,” Offolter said. “He let him get up in the race and said when he pushed the button, he had plenty left.”

◗ Secret Verse, who is by Code West, enters the Slide Show for 2-year-old fillies at a mile following a maiden special weight win at Remington.

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