Shotgun Kowboy to be freshened for Remington meet

Lone Star Park Handicap winner Shotgun Kowboy had been under consideration for Friday night’s Grade 3 Cornhusker at Prairie Meadows, but is bypassing the race to freshen for the Remington Park meet, according to his trainer, C.R. Trout.

Trout said Shotgun Kowboy is a candidate for Remington’s $175,000 Governor’s Cup on Sept. 30 and the $175,000 Oklahoma Classics Cup on Oct. 19. Shotgun Kowboy is a two-time winner of the Classics Cup, which is restricted to horses bred in Oklahoma.

Shotgun Kowboy won the Grade 3, $200,000 Lone Star Park Handicap in his most recent start May 27.

Owner-breeder Beard dead at 82

David Beard, who bred and raced the multiple graded stakes winner Mystery Storm, died June 22, according to an obituary from Reeder-Davis Funeral Home in Ore City, Texas. He was 82.

Beard was a prominent breeder and owner who regularly raced in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Mystery Storm won the Southwest and Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn in 1995. Beard also campaigned 1990 Essex Handicap and Hot Springs Stakes winner Forli Light.

Beard founded the Catfish King franchise of restaurants and his survivors include his wife, Margie.

◗ Kelly O’Hara, a former jockey who works as racing development manager for Remington Park, has been named Remington’s main television host and paddock handicapper. O’Hara had been a guest host alongside Chris Kotulak, who has taken a position as chief operating officer of Fonner Park.

◗ Horses nearing retirement can be paraded before prospective new owners Saturday at Lone Star. Owners and trainers can negotiate sales privately in the event, which will start at 10 a.m. in the paddock area. There also will be vendors featuring tack, artwork, and concessions. The event is free and open to the public.