Oklahoma City, OK, July 29, 2025 – Magic Grant, the 2023 surprise winner of the Clever Trevor Stakes at Remington Park and third-place finisher in the Springboard Mile later that same year, was among several stakes winners on the work tab here Tuesday morning.
Magic Grant was sent off at 23-1 odds in the Clever Trever on Oct. 27, 2023. The 2-year-old Kentucky-bred had raced only once going into that stakes race and was soundly defeated by nine lengths in a maiden race, finishing sixth. Jockey Richard Eramia was in the saddle for owner Willis Horton Racing of Marshall, Ark., and trainer Eddie Milligan, Jr., for the horse’s first stakes win and first win ever. His third-place finish in the cornerstone 2-year-old race of the meet came to Springboard winner Otto the Conqueror.
Magic Grant worked the bullet four-furlongs, handily, in :47.45 on Tuesday over a fast track and under sunny skies with temperatures in the low 80s. The drill was the fastest half-mile of the day among 31 horses at the distance. The now 4-year-old son of Good Magic, from the Harlan’s Holiday mare Holiday Bertie, was purchased for $300,000 out of the 2023 Ocala Breeders’ March Sale for 2-year-olds in training. His current record is 10 starts, 1 win and one third for earnings of $137,795.
Magic Grant has been moved from one Milligan barn to another and will race for Cameron Milligan this meet, Eddie’s son. He did not race at Remington Park in 2024 and, despite his strong half-mile here Tuesday, he never showed that kind of ability away from Oklahoma City after racing in the Springboard. He has had seven starts since that 2023 attempt and never run better than seventh. His efforts elsewhere including a run on the Kentucky Derby trail at Oaklawn in 2024, beaten in the Grade 3 Southwest Stakes and Grade 2 Rebel Stakes. He also raced at Churchill Downs in Louisville and Horseshoe Indianapolis. Magic Grant has not been out since not finishing a claiming race at Indianapolis on Sept. 3 last year. If the bullet work this morning is any indication, it’s possible Magic Grant may finally be back on form and ready to roll this meet at Remington Park.
Among other stakes winners that came out of their stalls to stretch their legs for morning exercise Tuesday were multiple stakes-winning filly Letta’s Legacy for trainer C.R. Trout, and CW Prize and Breakable Code for conditioner Joe Offolter. Both trainers are in the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
Letta’s Legacy, the namesake for Trout’s late wife Arletta, worked in :48.59, handily, the seventh-quickest of the day. The 4-year-old Oklahoma-bred daughter of Practical Joke, from the Sunday Break (JPN) mare Sundayville Break, has not broken through with black-type runners at Remington Park, but she got a couple under her belt on the minor Oklahoma track circuit of Will Rogers Downs in Claremore and Fair Meadows at Tulsa. She won the Miranda Diane Stakes at WRD on March 24 this year and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Stakes on July 16 in Tulsa, her last race since shipping to Remington Park for this upcoming meet. She was bred and is owned by Trout of Edmond, Okla. Her career record is 13 starts, five wins, six seconds and one third for $189,646. Despite not winning a stakes at Remington, she has run second in the Oklahoma Classics Lassie (2023), the Oklahoma Classics Distaff Handicap and in the Useeit Stakes, the latter two last year here.
Offolter has to be expecting big things from CW Prize, who is as battleworthy of any in his group that has raced at Remington Park. He worked a half mile Tuesday in :49.26, handily.
CW Prize, a 5-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelded son of Code West, out of the Pure Prize mare M B Prize, is owned by last year’s top owner at Remington Park during the thoroughbred meet, Bryan Hawk, who also bred this one. This gelding is another runner who loves his job, winning 9-of-19 starts for $315,264 with five seconds and four thirds along the way. He is the winner of last year’s Jeffrey A. Hawk Memorial Stakes, named for Bryan’s late brother. That was CW Prize’s first black-type trip to the winner’s circle at Remington Park, but he is a multiple stakes winner at WRD. He captured the TRAO Classic Sprint Stakes and the Highland Ice Stakes there this year.
Offolter also sent out Breakable Code this morning and he was set down for four furlongs in :49.41, handily. This 5-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelded son of Code West, out of the Broken Vow mare Honorable Break, has never finished worse than second in seven of eight lifetime starts. He won the Silver Goblin Stakes last year here on Nov. 8. As the 7-5 favorite in that spot, he beat stablemate CW Prize by two lengths under the guidance of jockey Harry Hernandez. He also is owned and was bred by Hawk, of Shawnee, Okla. Breakable Code ran second in the Oklahoma Classics Sprint in 2024 to Lake Bee.
Breakable Code, in his career, has won five-of-eight starts and has had two seconds for a bankroll of $143,652. The Silver Goblin is his only stakes breakthrough, but like in the Oklahoma Classics Sprint, he showed his versatility as the runner-up in the Remington Park Turf Sprint Stakes here on Sept. 20, 2024.
Earlier Training Hours Through August
Due to extreme dry and hot weather conditions in central Oklahoma, Remington Park is adjusting morning training hours. Beginning Wednesday, July 30, 2025, training will start at 5am and continue until 10am.
There will be two track renovation breaks at 6:30am and 8:30am.
These hours will remain through August.
The 2025 Remington Park Thoroughbred Season begins Aug. 8. The new regular post time is 6pm-Central.
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Remington Park has provided more than $380 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 year-round simulcast racing and casino gaming. The 2025 Thoroughbred Season begins August 8. Must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
