Remington: Oklahoma Derby tops $3.5 million stakes package
The Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby tops a 33-race, $3.5 million stakes schedule for the upcoming Thoroughbred season at Remington Park, the track announced Wednesday. The meet opens Aug. 14 and runs through Dec. 13.
The Oklahoma Derby, at 1 1/8 miles, will be run Sept. 27. It will be part of a card of seven stakes worth $1 million. Other races on the card include the $200,000 Remington Park Oaks at 1 1/16 miles on the main track; the $150,000 Remington Park Sprint Cup for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs, and the $100,000 Remington Green for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/16 miles on turf.
Other notable races during the Remington season include the $250,000 Springboard Mile for 2-year-olds on Dec. 13. The same card will also include the $100,000 Trapeze for 2-year-old fillies that last year drew eventual Kentucky Oaks winner Lovely Maria.
The Oklahoma Classics program is Oct. 16. There will be eight stakes worth a total of $1 million.
Remington has added two new stakes to its calendar, both for 2-year-olds bred in Oklahoma on the Nov. 27 card. The $75,000 Don C. McNeill for colts and geldings at a mile honors the late owner and breeder who raced Clever Trevor, while the $75,000 Slide Show is for fillies. Slide Show was 11 for 12 at Remington.
Remington opens its stakes schedule with the $175,000 Governor’s Cup, a 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds and up Aug. 15.
| Date | Race | Conditions | Distance | Purse |
| Sat., Aug. 15 | David M. Vance Sprint | 3YO & UP Open | 6F | $75,000 |
| Sat., Aug. 15 | Governor's Cup | 3YO & UP Open | 1 1/8M | $175,000 |
| Fri., Aug. 21 | Red Earth Stakes | 3YO & UP Open* | 7 1/2F (T) | $50,000 |
| Sat., Aug. 22 | DeBartolo Memorial Handicap | 3YO & UP Open | 1 1/16M (T) | $75,000 |
| Fri., Aug. 28 | Ladies on the Lawn | 3YO & UP F&M* | 7 1/2F (T) | $50,000 |
| Fri., Sept. 11 | Remington Park Turf Sprint | 3YO & UP Open* | 5F (T) | $50,000 |
| Fri., Sept. 18 | Tishomingo Stakes | 3YO C&G* | 7F | $50,000 |
| Sun., Sept. 27 | Remington Park Oaks | 3YO Fillies | 1 1/16M | $200,000 |
| Sun., Sept. 27 | Kip Deville Stakes | 2YO Open | 6F | $75,000 |
| Sun., Sept. 27 | Remington Park Sprint Cup | 3YO & UP Open | 6F | $150,000 |
| Sun., Sept. 27 | Flashy Lady | 3YO & UP F&M | 6F | $50,000 |
| Sun., Sept. 27 | Oklahoma Derby (G3) | 3YO Open | 1 1/8M | $400,000 |
| Sun., Sept. 27 | Remington Green Stakes | 3YO & UP Open | 1 1/8M (T) | $100,000 |
| Sun., Sept. 27 | Ricks Memorial | 3YO & UP F&M | 1 1/16M (T) | $75,000 |
| Fri., Oct. 16 | Oklahoma Classics Distaff | 3YO & UP F&M* | 1M 70YDS | $145,000 |
| Fri., Oct. 16 | Oklahoma Classics Cup | 3YO & UP Open* | 1 1/16M | $175,000 |
| Fri., Oct. 16 | Oklahoma Classics Sprint | 3YO & UP Open* | 6F | $130,000 |
| Fri., Oct. 16 | Oklahoma Classics Juvenile | 2YO C&G* | 6F | $100,000 |
| Fri., Oct. 16 | Oklahoma Classics Distaff Sprint | 3YO & UP F&M* | 6F | $130,000 |
| Fri., Oct. 16 | Oklahoma Classics Lassie | 2YO Fillies* | 6F | $100,000 |
| Fri., Oct. 16 | Oklahoma Classics Turf Classic | 3YO & UP Open* | 1 1/16M (T) | $130,000 |
| Fri., Oct. 16 | Oklahoma Classics Distaff Turf | 3YO & UP F&M* | 1 1/16M (T) | $130,000 |
| Fri., Oct. 23 | E.L. Gaylord Memorial | 2YO Fillies | 6 1/2F | $50,000 |
| Fri., Nov. 6 | Clever Trevor | 2YO Open | 7F | $100,000 |
| Fri., Nov 20 | Silver Goblin Stakes | 3YO & UP Open* | 6 1/2F | $50,000 |
| Fri., Nov. 27 | Don C. McNeill Stakes | 2YO Open* | 1M | $75,000 |
| Fri., Nov. 27 | Slide Show Stakes | 2YO Fillies* | 1M | $75,000 |
| Sun., Dec. 13 | She's All In Stakes | 3YO & UP F&M | 1M 70YDS | $100,000 |
| Sun., Dec. 13 | Remington Springboard Mile | 2YO Open | 1M | $250,000 |
| Sun., Dec. 13 | The Trapeze | 2YO Fillies | 1M | $100,000 |
| Sun., Dec. 13 | Jim Thorpe Stakes | 3YO Open* | 1M | $50,000 |
| Sun., Dec. 13 | Useeit Stakes | 3YO Fillies* | 1M | $50,000 |