2M Remington Park thrillers - SureBet Racing News
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fourth career race and third<br />
locally while making $120,013<br />
in the process to move his lifetime<br />
earnings to $203,470.<br />
The Heritage Place Derby<br />
win was the third for Willis who<br />
also won with A Real Man (2002)<br />
and Streakin Down (2010). It<br />
was the fi rst Heritage Place<br />
Derby win for owner James Sills<br />
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and jockey Roy Brooks.<br />
Grade 1, 246,242 Graham<br />
Paint & Appaloosa Futurity<br />
Flashthechicks won his<br />
second major futurity of the<br />
season Saturday, scoring the<br />
Graham Paint & Appaloosa<br />
Futurity by a head over 7-5 wagering<br />
favorite Runaway Argus.<br />
The winner added the Graham<br />
to his score in the American<br />
Paint Classic last month.<br />
Owned by Shirley<br />
Wheeler of Boynton, Okla.,<br />
and trained by Luis Villafranco,<br />
Flashthechicks was ridden by<br />
Ricky Ramirez, covering the<br />
350 yards in :17.785 seconds.<br />
At 3-1 in the wagering,<br />
Flashthechicks paid $8.40 to<br />
win, $3.60 to place and $3.80<br />
to show. Runaway Argus<br />
returned $3 to place and $2.40<br />
to show. Fly Shari Fly was third<br />
and paid $5.60 to show.<br />
Bred in Oklahoma by<br />
Wheeler, Flashthechicks won his<br />
third race from six this season<br />
and for his early career. He was<br />
second in his other attempts.<br />
A 2-year-old Paint gelding by<br />
SF Royal Quick Flash from the<br />
Game Patriot (qh) mare Game<br />
Chicken, Flashthechicks earned<br />
$93,576 to run his overall<br />
money to $147,089.<br />
The Graham victory was<br />
the fi rst in the race for all the<br />
connections of Flashthechicks.<br />
Grade 3, $77,400 <strong>Remington</strong><br />
<strong>Park</strong> Distance Handicap<br />
The 2009 AQHA Distance<br />
Champion did not disappoint<br />
in the feature race of the<br />
C O V E R S T O R Y<br />
season for the 870-yard turn<br />
runners. De Passem Okey had<br />
to work to take the richest<br />
distance race in track history,<br />
holding on to win by a head<br />
after enjoying a lead by nearly<br />
two lengths in mid-stretch.<br />
Owned by Steve Holt of<br />
Guthrie, Okla. and trained by<br />
Rodney Reed, De Passem Okey<br />
was ridden by G.R. Carter. He<br />
grabbed the lead immediately<br />
at the start, opened up a clear<br />
advantage in the stretch and<br />
then dug in over the fi nal<br />
strides to hold off a charge<br />
from Docs Dusty Okie. Skyline<br />
Lover was third.<br />
De Passem Okey fi nished<br />
in :44.433 seconds for 870<br />
yards, easily the top time of the<br />
season at the measure. Away<br />
as the 6-5 wagering favorite,<br />
De Passem Okey paid $4.60 to<br />
win, $2.40 to place and $2.40<br />
to show. Docs Dusty Okie paid<br />
$3.80 to place and $3.60 to<br />
show. Skyline Lover paid $3.80<br />
to show.<br />
Winning for the 12th time<br />
from 26 attempts, De Passem<br />
Okey won his third overall race<br />
at <strong>Remington</strong> <strong>Park</strong>. A 5-year-old<br />
gelding by Okey Dokey Dale<br />
from the Sir Richard Lewis (tb)<br />
mare Impassable Gal (tb), De Pas-<br />
Above left, Flashthechicks, Ricky Ramirez up; above right, De Passem<br />
Okey, G.R. Carter up<br />
Photos by Dustin Orona Photography
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