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OKLAHOMA CITY -- April 20, 2018 – Top Oklahoma-bred 3-year-olds compete over 400 yards Saturday night in the $317,400 Remington Park Derby. Political Attraction was the top qualifier in trials held on April 8 and will put his five-race winning streak on the line in the derby final.

Owned by the Claremore, Okla. partnership Rogelio Marquez Jr., and Kathy Robinson, Political Attraction is trained by Amanda Tongay and will be ridden by James Flores. Political Attraction is the morning-line favorite at 5-2 odds for the Remington Park Derby.

A gelded son of Apollitical Jess from the Separatist mare Gunsight Peak, Political Attraction has not lost a race since June 2017, when he finished third in the Easy Jet Stakes at Remington Park. Since that effort, he has won five straight races including the finals of the $214,000 Speedhorse Futurity at Fair Meadows in Tulsa, Okla. and also the 350-yard $283,000 Black Gold Futurity at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla. He easily won his Remington Park Derby trial by 1-3/4 lengths. 

Political Attraction is the top earner in the Remington Park Derby field with $281,801 in lifetime money. Cloud Ridge has the most career victories of derby qualifiers with six.

The field for the Remington Park Derby, a restricted Grade 3 race for Oklahoma-breds, by post position and program number order, with trainer, jockey and morning-line odds:

1. Olivias Jett: Pat Swan, Larry Payne, 10-1
2. Political Attraction: Amanda Tongay, James Flores, 5-2 (morning-line favorite)
3. She Eat Fire: Trey Wood, Ricky Ramirez, 6-1
4. DF AJ Green Leaves: James Padgett, Omar Reyes, 15-1
5. EOS A Political Win: Rolando Almanza, Jesse Levario, 4-1
6. Express Train No 9: Pedro Martinez, Cody Smith, 8-1
7. Hot Dam Bam A Lam: Donnie Strickland, Andrew Samaniego, 10-1
8. VF Zeus: Kasey Willis, Benito Baca, 15-1
9. First Of 15: Jason Olmstead, Cristian Esqueda, 20-1
10. Cloud Ridge: Randy Davis, Berkley Packer, 5-1

The first race on Saturday night is at 6pm with the Remington Park Derby in Race 11, scheduled for 10:29pm. All times are Central.

Surrounding the Remington Park Derby on Saturday night are the following stakes events:

Race 7: $65,500 Laico Bird Stakes, Oklahoma-bred, 2-year-olds, 330 yards

Race 8: Grade 2, $50,000 Bob Moore Memorial, 3 and older, 300 yards

Race 9: $100,000 Remington Park Juvenile, Oklahoma-bred, 2-year-olds, 330 yards

Race 10: $864,500 Remington Park Futurity, Oklahoma-bred, 2-year-olds, 330 yards

Race 12: $65,500 Mr Master Bug Stakes, Oklahoma-bred, 3-year-olds, 350 yards

Remington Park racing continues Friday thru Sunday, April 19-22 this week. The first race nightly is at 6pm with Sunday afternoon racing at 1:30pm.

Sunday, April 22 is Extreme Racing Day 2018 at Remington Park as the exotic animals compete throughout the afternoon, in between the regular American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa races. The exhibition races will begin the day at 1pm with the Express Ranch Clydesdales’ Match Race.

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Tracked by over 139,000 fans on Facebook and more than 9,600 Twitter followers, Remington Park has provided over $190 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Remington Park, Oklahoma City’s only Racetrack & Casino, is home to the $864,500 Remington Park Futurity on Saturday, April 21. Located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, Remington Park is 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.