In the Navy targets Remington Green

In the Navy ran the race of his career earlier this month when he stepped outside the Louisiana-bred ranks and powered to a 3 1/2-length win in the $60,000 Frank L. Brothers on the undercard of the Super Derby at Louisiana Downs. Now, he’s headed to Oklahoma.

Trainer Scott Gelner said In the Navy is being pointed to the $100,000 Remington Green, a 1 1/8-mile turf race for 3-year-olds and up on Sept. 29. It will be run on the undercard of the Oklahoma Derby.

“The first place he ever won on the turf was Remington,” Gelner said.

Since the score on Sept. 21, 2017, the horse has become a multiple stakes winner. In the Navy registered his first stakes win against statebreds in the $60,000 Louisiana Cup Turf Classic in 2018 at Louisiana Downs. Earlier this month, he set the pace and increased his advantage to the wire in the Brothers, covering the 1 1/16 miles on firm turf in a blazing 1:40.51 and earning a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 90.

“He ran a bang up race,” Gelner said.

The score came after three near misses in three stakes in Louisiana. In those races, he was beaten a total of a length.

“He was just kind of unlucky three outs in a row,” Gelner said.

Floyd Wethey Jr. rode In the Navy for the first time in the Brothers and will have the mount in the Remington Green, Gelner said. Wethey is based at Remington.

In the Navy is a 5-year-old by Midshipman who races for his breeder, Ken Standlee.

Gelner could have an additional starter at Remington on Oklahoma Derby Day. He said She’s Our Fastest is possible for the $50,000 Flashy Lady Stakes. The race for fillies and mares will be run at the same six-furlong distance over which she won the $50,000 Valor Farm Stakes in July at Lone Star Park.

Tiz Plus to Remington Green

Tiz Plus, who has won his last four races, is being pointed to the $100,000 Remington Green on Sept. 29, according to his trainer, Mindy Willis.

Tiz Plus won the local allowance prep for the Green on Sept. 5. The 3-year-old was facing older horses and rallied for a 1 1/2-length win over two-time Green winner Turbo Street. For the effort, Tiz Plus earned a career-high Beyer of 86.

“We’re thrilled with the way he gets better every race – just seems to anyway,” Willis said. “Every time we take another step up the ladder, he steps up.”

Tiz Plus started his streak in May, when he won a conditioned allowance route on turf at Lone Star. He won another such race at the track in June before shipping to Santa Rosa in Northern California and capturing the off-the-turf Robert Dupret Derby in August. Tiz Plus’s owner, Bronte Marshall, lives in Santa Rosa.

“He asked if there was any chance to run him out there,” Willis said.

The $55,000 Dupret Derby was a fit, and for it Willis made arrangements to send the horse to her good friend, California-based trainer Manny Badilla. Tiz Plus then returned home to Willis and captured the local prep for the Green under Stewart Elliott – who was the regular rider of his dam’s sire, Kentucky Derby winner Smarty Jones.

Willis has one other turf runner pointing to a Sept. 29 stakes at Remington. She said Texas Belle is a candidate for the $75,000 Ricks Memorial for fillies and mares. Texas Belle was a stakes winner in March at Sam Houston.