Remington Park Stakes Purses Rebound for 2021 Meet
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Shared Sense (blue silks) wins the 2020 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park
Remington Park's 2021 Thoroughbred season stakes schedule is punctuated by the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) Sept. 26 and the $400,000 Springboard Mile Dec. 19, the final day of the 67-day meet. The season is set to begin Aug. 20.
The Oklahoma Derby will headline a massive program of stakes races on the final Sunday of September. Among the eight stakes events on that date is the $200,000 Remington Park Oaks (G3) for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles. The Derby and the Oaks are the only graded stakes races on the schedule.
The top 2-year-old race of the season, the Springboard Mile, is the main event as the season ends Dec. 19. The $100,000 Trapeze Stakes, for 2-year-old fillies, also at a mile, shares the final program that includes six stakes races.
The stakes schedule has 34 races with purses reaching beyond $3.8 million, up from the the 2020 season affected by COVID-19 with 32 stakes races worth $2.88 million. This year's Oklahoma Derby, Remington Oaks, and Springboard Mile purses are double last year's amount and back up to their 2019 levels.
The first stakes race takes place on the season's opening night when the $175,000 Governor's Cup Stakes for 3-year-olds-and-up going 1 1/8 miles, is the main event.
The schedule also includes the annual Oklahoma Classics Night Oct. 15, featuring races in divisional categories for the top Oklahoma-bred horses. Purses for that night of state-bred competition soar past $1 million.
It is likely that fans will get to see Welder , the three-time Champion Horse of the Meeting, on Oklahoma Classics Night. Welder, a millionaire 8-year-old gray gelding, owned by Ra-Max Farms (Clayton and Toni Rash of Claremore, Okla.) and trained by Teri Luneack, is expected to try to break an all-time record at Remington Park when he races this meet. Only three horses of more than 25,000 Thoroughbreds that have raced at Remington since the track opened in 1988 have won as many as 15 races at the track. Highland Ice and Elegant Exxactsy were joined by Welder when he tied them with his last win at Remington Dec. 19.
For the entirety of the meet, there are 18 stakes races worth $100,000 or more. There are seven stakes races set for the turf, and 18 stakes races restricted to accredited Oklahoma-breds.
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Remington Park 2021 Stakes Schedule
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| Date | Purse | Race | Grade | Conditions | Distance | Surface |
| Aug. 20 | $175,000 | Governor’s Cup | 3&UP | 1 1/8 M | Dirt | |
| Sept. 10 | $50,000 | Oklahoma Stallion | 3YO, C&G | 7 F | Dirt | |
| Sept. 10 | $50,000 | Oklahoma Stallion | 3YO F | 7 F | Dirt | |
| Sept. 24 | $70,000 | Red Earth | 3&UP (OK) | 7 1/2 F | Turf | |
| Sept. 24 | $70,000 | Bob Barry Memorial | 3&UP, F&M (OK) | 7 1/2 F | Turf | |
| Sept. 24 | $70,000 | Remington Park Turf Sprint | 3&UP (OK) | 5 F | Turf | |
| Sept. 26 | $400,000 | Oklahoma Derby | 3 | 3YO | 1 1/8 M | Dirt |
| Sept. 26 | $200,000 | Remington Park Oaks | 3 | 3YO F | 1 1/16 M | Dirt |
| Sept. 26 | $150,000 | David M. Vance | 3&UP | 6 F | Dirt | |
| Sept. 26 | $100,000 | Remington Green | 3&UP | 1 1/8 M | Turf | |
| Sept. 26 | $75,000 | Kip Deville | 2YO | 6 F | Dirt | |
| Sept. 26 | $75,000 | Ricks Memorial | 3&UP, F&M | 1 1/16 M | Turf | |
| Sept. 26 | $50,000 | Flashy Lady | 3&UP, F&M | 6 F | Dirt | |
| Sept. 26 | $50,000 | E.L. Gaylord Memorial | 2YO F | 6 1/2 F | Dirt | |
| Oct. 15 | $175,000 | Oklahoma Classics Cup | 3&UP (OK) | 1 1/16 M | Dirt | |
| Oct. 15 | $145,000 | Oklahoma Classics Distaff | 3&UP, F&M (OK) | 1 M & 70 Y | Dirt | |
| Oct. 15 | $130,000 | Oklahoma Classics Sprint | 3&UP (OK) | 6 F | Dirt | |
| Oct. 15 | $130,000 | Oklahoma Classics Distaff Sprint | 3&UP, F&M (OK) | 6 F | Dirt | |
| Oct. 15 | $130,000 | Oklahoma Classics Turf | 3&UP (OK) | 1 1/16 M | Turf | |
| Oct. 15 | $130,000 | Oklahoma Classics Distaff Turf | 3&UP, F&M (OK) | 1 1/16 M | Turf | |
| Oct. 15 | $100,000 | Oklahoma Classics Juvenile | 2YO, C&G (OK) | 6 F | Dirt | |
| Oct. 15 | $100,000 | Oklahoma Classics Lassie | 2YO F (OK) | 6 F | Dirt | |
| Oct. 15 | $40,000 | Oklahoma Classics Starter | 3&UP (OK) | 7 F | Dirt | |
| Oct. 15 | $40,000 | Oklahoma Classics Filly & Mare Starter | 3&UP, F&M (OK) | 7 F | Dirt | |
| Oct. 29 | $100,000 | Clever Trevor | 2YO | 7 F | Dirt | |
| Nov. 12 | $75,000 | Don McNeill | 2YO (OK) | 1 M | Dirt | |
| Nov. 12 | $75,000 | Slide Show | 2YO F (OK) | 1 M | Dirt | |
| Nov. 12 | $70,000 | Silver Goblin | 3&UP (OK) | 6 1/2 F | Dirt | |
| Dec. 19 | $400,000 | Springboard Mile | 2YO | 1 M | Dirt | |
| Dec. 19 | $100,000 | Trapeze | 2YO F | 1 M | Dirt | |
| Dec. 19 | $100,000 | She’s All In | 3&UP, F&M | 1 M & 70 Y | Dirt | |
| Dec. 19 | $100,000 | Jeffrey A. Hawk Memorial | 3&UP | 1 M & 70 Y | Dirt | |
| Dec. 19 | $70,000 | Jim Thorpe | 3YO (OK) | 1 M | Dirt | |
| Dec. 19 | $70,000 | Useeit | 3YO F (OK) | 1 M | Dirt | |