Hit Show is proving to be a 3-year-old for all seasons, with a winter win in the Withers, spring starts in two legs of the Triple Crown, and the role of favorite this first Sunday of fall in the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park. “Still going, still solid,” trainer Brad Cox said. The Oklahoma Derby at 1 1/8 miles anchors a card of eight stakes worth a total of more than $1 million. The program starts at 3 p.m. Central and also features the Grade 3, $200,000 Remington Park Oaks. Hit Show is part of a field of 13 that includes West Virginia Derby winner Red Route One, Ellis Park Derby winner Tumbarumba, Gotham winner Raise Cain, and Iowa Derby winner How Did He Do That. Hit Show won the Withers in February at Aqueduct and went on to run fifth in the Kentucky Derby and fourth in the Belmont Stakes. His most recent start came in the Jim Dandy on July 29 at Saratoga, where he finished fifth to champion Forte. “He’s faced the best 3-year-olds in the country,” said Cox, who has won three of the last four runnings of the Oklahoma Derby. “He ran a really respectable fifth in the Kentucky Derby, breaking from the one hole. He shows up. He always runs. We’re hoping to get back in the win column. We haven’t been there since the Withers.” Cox will add a set of blinkers to Hit Show, who drew post 13. “We were working him at Saratoga after the Jim Dandy and one of my riders – a very good rider I put a lot of trust in – said, ‘Let’s try some blinkers on him,’ and we did. He’s always a solid work horse – I really liked his works in them. We’re hoping he’ll focus a little more, get away a little better. “He acted up in the gate last time, didn’t get away well, and we didn’t get the position we wanted in the Jim Dandy.” Hit Show, who will be ridden by Flavien Prat, is a homebred for Gary and Mary West. His dam, Actress, won the Black-Eyed Susan and the Comely for earnings of more than $545,000. Red Route One is moving back to dirt after finishing an uncharacteristic eighth in the Dueling Grounds Derby at Kentucky Downs. The last time he ran on the main track, he was an authoritative winner of the West Virginia Derby, closing from well back for a three-length victory in August. :: Bet the races with a $250 First Deposit Match + $10 Free Bet and FREE Formulator PPs! Join DRF Bets. “I loved that he went over $1 million,” trainer Steve Asmussen said of the earnings milestone hit by Red Route One. “I thought it was his best race, as far as how he came to them and went on by them.” Joel Rosario has the mount from post 10. Asmussen, a two-time winner of the Oklahoma Derby, also saddles How Did He Do That, who comes off a third-place finish in the Super Derby. Tumbarumba is a winner of three of his last four starts, his most recent a three-quarter-length victory in the Ellis Park Derby at a mile on Aug. 13. “I think he’s ready to take the next step, stretch him out a little bit further,” trainer Brian Lynch said. “I think he’s ready to take this next challenge.” Tumbarumba stalked the pace winning the Ellis Park Derby, one start after finishing sixth in the track’s Maxfield. “I thought it was a good effort,” Lynch said of the Ellis Park Derby. “He’s a horse I’ve always liked. The race before that was on a very sloppy track he clearly just hated. He never really picked up his feet. He had exited two very good races.” Tumbarumba had won back-to-back allowances ahead of the Maxfield, one at Keeneland and the other at Churchill Downs. Cagliostro comes off a runner-up finish in the Smarty Jones in August at Parx Racing, during which winner Il Miracolo came out sharply in front of him during the stretch run. Cristian Torres was aboard Cagliostro and has the mount Sunday. “He ran really well,” trainer Cherie DeVaux said. “I was proud of his effort. I think he’s still a little bit green. Cristian Torres commented when the horse bolted in front of him he lost the bit, stayed in idle, really didn’t have a target to run at.” Prior to the Smarty Jones, Cagliostro was third in the Indiana Derby and second in an allowance at Churchill. “He was doing a lot of growing through the spring,” DeVaux said. “He’s shipped around, run some pretty solid races.” Ghost Hero is looking for his fifth stakes win. The field also includes the stakes-placed Heroic Move and Groveland. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.