Super Derby winner Limation targets Oklahoma Derby

Limation won the richest race at Louisiana Downs on Sunday when he captured the Grade 3, $300,000 Super Derby.

Now, he’s being pointed for the marquee race at Remington Park.

“I expect the Oklahoma Derby to be next for him,” trainer Steve Asmussen said Tuesday.

The Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby will be run Sept. 30. Asmussen and Mike Langford – who owns Limation – teamed to win the race last year with Untrapped.

Limation was always prominent in the Super Derby under Diego Saenz, and won the 1 1/16-mile race by 5 3/4 lengths over favorite Lone Sailor. Limation earned a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 97.

“He’s always been a fast horse and Diego had him in a position that worked out really well,” Asmussen said.

Asmussen said Limation appeared to have emerged from the Super Derby in good order and remains based at Remington.

“Knock on wood he’s always been a perfectly sound horse, a really healthy horse,” he said.

Limation is a son of Alternation, a multiple Grade 2 winner of $1,064,727 who in 2012 captured the $200,000 Governor’s Cup at Remington. Limation’s dam, Lime Lady, is a half-sister to millionaire Moonshine Mullin, the winner of the Grade 1 Stephen Foster in 2014.