For Immediate Release – Oklahoma City, OK – A couple of stakes winners – Chasin Jason and Flat Hanby – were dominant on the clocker’s work tab on Monday and Tuesday as they prepared for the upcoming race meet at Remington Park that begins Friday. First post is 6:30 p.m. CDT.
Clocker Cristina Soto caught them each with bullet workouts on those days, respectively. Chasin Jason is an Oklahoma-bred 3-year-old gelding that is owned, trained and was bredby Patrick Swan. He worked a half mile Monday in a swift :47.88 handily over a track labeled good. It was the fastest of 13 horses that worked four furlongs. No other horse broke the 49-second that morning.
Chasin Jason was the winner of the $50,000 Don McNeill Stakes last year here on Nov. 10, drawing off by 1-3/4 lengths against 2-year-old Oklahoma-breds going one mile. He was the 3-1 second betting favorite in the McNeill with jockey Harry Hernandez in the irons. The heavy 4-5 favorite, Boom Baby Flats, was badly beaten in last in the Don McNeill.
Since leaving Remington Park last fall, Chasin Jason has had three races this spring at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla. He had two runner-up finishes there in an allowancerace and a handicap. In the $50,000 handicap, Okie Smoke came out on top in the one-mile race, winning by 1-1/2 lengths as the 2-5 odds-on choice. Chasin Jason, with Elvin Gonzalez up, was the 2-1 second favorite. Chasin Jason has now raced five times in hiscareer, winning twice and running second twice for earnings of $70,517 for Swan.
Chasin Jason is by Mister Lucky Cat from the Surf Cat broodmare Frieda Zamba.
Today, Flat Hanby, a 3-year-old gelding and possibility for this meet’s Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby, got the bullet work of the morning when he covered five furlongs in a blazing :58.91 handily over a fast track. That was the fastest of 18 horses that tried five-eighths of a mile.
Flat Hanby worked along with stablemate Devious Diva. According to Soto, Flat Hanby started behind Devious Diva, then caught and passed her in getting the bullet. Both horsesare trained by Boyd “Jobe” Caster and owned by JT Stables (Joe and Theresa Moore) of Tontitown, Ark. Devious Diva managed her five furlongs in a nifty :59.66 handily.
Flat Hanby already has won the Canterbury Derby in Minnesota and the Iowa Stallion Stakes at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa. Flat Hanby has won four of six starts for earnings of $101,722.
The bullet worker for the half-mile on Tuesday morning was a 5-year-old gelding named Storms Last who was timed in :48.56 handily from a standing start in the gate for trainerTristan Ashford and owner Ismael Quijada. Storms Last prepped for this Remington Park upcoming meet with an allowance win at Fair Meadows in Tulsa, Okla., on June 5. Jockey Roman Cruz was in the saddle for the victory, winning by 3-3/4 lengths as a 7-1 outsider.He beat 2-1 favorite Ponza in second. Storms Last has now started nine times, winning twice, running second once and third two more times for a bankroll of $27,636.
A total of 61 horses worked Tuesday morning under partly sunny skies with temperatures in the mid-70s. Monday had 15 official works under similar weather conditions.
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Remington Park has provided more than $357 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District, Remington Park presents simulcast racing daily and non-stop casino gaming. The 2024 Thoroughbred Season will begin on August 16. Must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
