King Ptolemy, Macho Gabacho take on stakes winners on solid card

Remington Park in Oklahoma City has two high-end races and two interesting maiden special weight races on Wednesday night’s card.

An optional $25,000 claiming race over a mile on the grass goes as race 8 and drew the stakes winners Z Rockstar, Holiday Mischief, Sky Flight, and Phantom Trip. However, a pair of horses who have yet to win stakes, King Ptolemy and Macho Gabacho, could vie for favoritism off third-place finishes in optional $40,000 claiming races at Lone Star Park.

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Karl Broberg, the nation’s leading trainer in wins who won the first race of the Remington meet last Friday night, will see action in the seventh race, a first-level allowance sprint, with the promising 3-year-old Blabimir. The horse was third last out in a quick first-level allowance at Prairie Meadows.

Broberg finished seventh in the trainer standings at last year’s Remington meet.

“We’re hoping to have a much-improved meet at Remington Park this year,” said Broberg.

Minefield, a half-brother to Arkansas Derby winner Gayego who was second in the race that Blabimir exits, is a leading contender for trainer Ron Moquett.

Also on the card, a maiden special weight race for Oklahoma-breds (race 9) drew Shotgun’s Star, a 3-year-old half-brother to Grade 3 winner Shotgun Kowboy. Earlier on the card, a maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies will mark the debut of Tic Three, a half-sister to multiple stakes winner Okie Ride.