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Pixelate is up in time to win the Del Mar Derby under Umberto Rispoli
Even though Godolphin LLC s homebred Pixelate is be the class of the field in Saturday s $75,000 Woodchopper, he s going to have to earn the victory as he leads the way over a strong field of 3-year-olds. The Woodchopper, run at about one bodemile on the Stall-Wilson Turf Course at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans, La., drew a baker s dozen, including a quintet of stakes winners.
Pixelate (post 5 at 4-1 with Angel Suarez) has been a top-level performer from the start for trainer Mike Stidham. He won the Central Park at Aqueduct as a 2-year-old to conclude a 2-for-4 freshman campaign, and the son of City Zip has only progressed from there. It took him a bit to get over a class hump this year, but Pixelate picked the right time to break through, winning the Del Mar Derby (G2) in September. He followed up with a close fifth in the Belmont Derby (G1) in October, and enters off a closing fourth
Welder Attempts To Tie All-Time Win Record At Remington Park Sponsored by:
Welder cruises to a 5-1/2 length win in the $70,000 Silver Goblin Stakes on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020 under jockey David Cabrera. The win was the millionaire gray’s fourth straight in the race and his 11th Remington Park stakes win in his career, a new local record.
Two-time Oklahoma Horse of the Year Welder is costing Remington Park a lot of money in ink. Virtually every time he steps on the track here, Remington has to re-write its history book.
Such is the case on Saturday, Dec. 19, when this 7-year-old Oklahoma-bred millionaire gelding will be trying to tie the track record for most career wins at Remington Park – 15. If he wins the $34,000 Guthrie Sprint allowance race on the next-to-last night of racing this meet, he would move into a three-way tie with Highland Ice and Elegant Exxactsy. Each of those horses won 15 times at Remington Park. The Guthrie goes as the eighth race and is schedule
Welder Gets Chance To Break More Remington Park Records Dec. 19 Sponsored by:
Welder cruises to a 5-1/2 length win in the $70,000 Silver Goblin Stakes on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020 under jockey David Cabrera. The win was the millionaire gray’s fourth straight in the race and his 11th Remington Park stakes win in his career, a new local record.
Two-time Oklahoma Horse of the Year Welder is costing Remington Park a lot of money in ink. Virtually every time he steps on the track at the Oklahoma City, Okla., racetrack, Remington has to re-write its history book.
Such may be the case on Saturday, Dec. 19, when the 7-year-old Oklahoma-bred millionaire gelding will be trying to tie the track record for most career wins at Remington Park – 15. If he wins the $34,000 Guthrie Sprint allowance race on the next-to-last night of racing this meet, he would move into a three-way tie with Highland Ice and Elegant Exxactsy. Each of those horses won 15 times at Remington Park. The Guthrie
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Outadore and Irad Ortiz Jr. give trainer Wesley Ward his third consecutive victory in the Juvenile Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs
The $200,000 Springboard Mile, Remington Park s top stakes race for 2-year-olds, drew a field of 11 this morning. The contest will headline a program of 13 races on Friday night, Dec. 18, going as race 12 at approximately 10:28pm. The first race of the evening is at 5pm. All times are Central.
A pair of horses coming out of Breeders Cup races last month at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. have entered the Springboard. They are the top two in the morning-line odds for the co-richest race of the Remington Park season.