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OKLAHOMA CITY – December 22, 2016 – The 2017 Remington Park racing year will begin with the American Quarter Horse Season on March 10. The stakes schedule of 40 races is worth more than $5.6 million, led by the Grade 1, $1,000,000 Heritage Place Futurity on June 3.
The Heritage Place Futurity is the richest event on the lucrative final night of the season, Saturday, June 3. A “Mega-Card” of racing consists of eight stakes events worth a total of $2,125,000 which also includes: the Grade 1, $250,000 Remington Park Championship; the Grade 2, $350,000 Heritage Place Derby; the Grade 1, $225,000 Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity; the Grade 2, $100,000 Junos Request Stakes; and the Grade 2, $50,000 Remington Park Distance Championship, among others.
While the Heritage Place Futurity is the richest on the futurity schedule at Remington Park, the other futurities do not lack in purse-value or prestige. The historic Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Futurity will be contested for the 76th time on March 25, 2017. The oldest futurity in the sport, the Oklahoma Futurity tops the program on March 25 that includes the Grade 3, $275,000 Oklahoma Derby and the Grade 1, $100,000 Oklahoma Paint & Appaloosa Futurity.
The restricted Grade 2, $950,000 Remington Park Futurity headlines the April 22, 2017 program with stakes worth more than $1.3 million and also includes the restricted Grade 3, $325,000 Remington Park Derby and the Grade 2, $50,000 Bob Moore Memorial. Both the Remington Park Futurity and Derby are restricted to eligible Oklahoma-breds.
The Grade 1, $100,000 Leo Stakes on April 1, 2017 is the lone remaining Grade 1 event on the schedule for Quarter Horses. Other big-money events for older Quarter Horses include the restricted Grade 1, $100,000 Sooner State Stakes (OK-breds) on May 6, 2017 and the Grade 2, $100,000 Bank of America Oklahoma Championship. The Oklahoma Championship leads the AQHA Challenge Championship card on May 14, 2017 and includes the Grade 3, $50,000 Oklahoma Distance Challenge and the Grade 3, $40,000 Merial Oklahoma Distaff Challenge.
The Grade 1, $100,000 Paint Stallion Breeders’ Association American Paint Classic Futurity will be contested on April 29, 2017 along with the Grade 1, $25,000 American Paint Derby.
Oklahoma-breds will have plenty of stakes opportunities away from the futurity and derby schedule with races worth $61,800. Those events are spread throughout the entire season with Memorial Day Monday, May 29, 2017 featuring a slew of state-bred stakes. The holiday card will feature: the FL Lady Bug Stakes, the Easy Date Stakes, the Boyd Morris Memorial Stakes and the $50,000 Jack Brooks Stakes, all for eligible OK-breds.
- All futurity and derby purse totals are estimated based on recent editions of those races. The entire 40-race stakes schedule for Remington Park in 2017 is:
- March 12: Grade 2, $50,000 Eastex Stakes, 3 & older, 350-yds
March 12: $61,800 Mighty Deck Three Stakes (OK-breds), 3 & older, 250-yds
March 18: $50,000 SLM Big Daddy Stakes, 3 & older, 550-yds
March 25: Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Futurity, 2yos, 300-yds
March 25: Grade 3, $275,000 Oklahoma Derby, 3yos, 350-yds
March 25: Grade 1, $100,000 Oklahoma Paint/Appaloosa Futurity, 2yos, 300-yds
March 25: $100,000 Oklahoma Juvenile, 2yos, 300-yds
March 25: Grade 1, Speedhorse Graham Paint/Appaloosa Derby, 3yos, 350-yds
April 1: Grade 1, $100,000 Leo Stakes, 3 & older, 400-yds
April 1: Grade 3, $50,000 Decketta Stakes, fillies/mares, 3 & older, 350-yds
April 6: Grade 3, $50,000 Pauls Valley Stakes, 3 and older, 870-yds
April 6: Grade 2, $61,800 Mr. Jet Moore Stakes (OK-breds), 3 & older, 350-yds
April 14: $20,000 Paul Harber Memorial, Paints/Appaloosas, 3 & older, 350-yds
April 22: Grade 2, $950,000 Remington Park Futurity (OK-breds), 2yos, 330-yds
April 22: Grade 3, $325,000 Remington Park Derby (OK-breds), 3yos, 400-yds
April 22: Grade 2, $50,000 Bob Moore Memorial, 3 & older, 300-yds
April 22: $61,800 Laico Bird Stake (OK-breds), 2yos, 330-yds
April 23: $100,000 Remington Park Juvenile (OK-breds), 2yos, 330-yds
April 23: $61,800 Mr. Master Bug Stakes (OK-breds), 3yos, 350-yds
April 29: Grade 1, $100,000 American Paint Classic Futurity, 2yos, 350-yds
April 29: Grade 1, $25,000 American Paint Derby, 3yos, 400-yds
April 29: $20,000 Victoria Ennis Memorial, Paints/Appaloosas, 2yos, 350-yds
May 6: Grade 1, $100,000 Sooner State Stakes (OK-breds), 3 & older, 400-yds
May 14: Grade 2, $100,000 Bank of America Okla. Challenge, 3 & older, 440-yds
May 14: Grade 3, $50,000 Oklahoma Distance Challenge, 3 & older, 870-yds
May 14: Grade 3, $40,000 Merial Okla. Distaff, fillies/mares, 3 & older, 400-yds
May 19: Grade 1, $30,000 Mr. Lewie Memorial, Paints/Appaloosas, 3 & older, 400-yds
May 29: $61,800 FL Lady Bug Stakes (OK-breds), 2yos, 330-yds
May 29: $61,800 Easy Date Stakes (OK-breds), fillies/mares, 3 & older, 350-yds
May 29: $61,800 Boyd Morris Memorial (OK-breds), 3 and older, 400-yds
May 29: $50,000 Jack Brooks Stakes (OK-breds), 3yos, 350-yds
June 2: Grade 1, $30,000 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Stakes, Paints/Appaloosas, 3 and older, 440-yds
June 3: Grade 1, $1,000,000 Heritage Place Futurity, 2yos, 350-yds
June 3: Grade 2, $350,000 Heritage Place Derby, 3yos, 400-yds
June 3: Grade 1, $250,000 Remington Park Championship, 3 & older, 440-yds
June 3: Grade 1, $225,000 Speedhorse Graham Paint/Appaloosa Fut., 2yos, 350-yds
June 3: Grade 2, $100,000 Junos Request Stakes, fillies/mares, 3 & older, 400-yds
June 3: Grade 2, $50,000 Remington Park Distance Championship, 3 & older, 870-yds
June 3: $100,000 Heritage Place Juvenile, 2yos, 350-yds
June 3: Grade 3, $50,000 Easy Jet Stakes (OK-breds), 2yos, 350-yds
Remington Park racing will begin again in 2017 with the start of the American Quarter Horse Season on Friday, March 10 with a 50-date season that concludes on June 3. The 2017 Thoroughbred Season will begin on Friday, Aug. 25 with the 67-date season finishing on Sunday, Dec. 17.
Tracked by over 112,000 fans on Facebook and 7,800 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided over $162 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Oklahoma City’s only Racetrack & Casino and is located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District. For more information, reservations and group bookings please call 405-424-1000, 866-456-9880 or visit remingtonpark.com.