Remington Park article by Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – November 11, 2026 — On the springboard of a huge upset win in the Silver Goblin Handicap with Royalamerican, at 34-1 odds, David Cabrera and owner-trainer-breeder C.R. Trout have been named Lip Chip Jockey and Trainer of the Week for Nov. 4-7, 2026 at Remington Park.
On Friday night, Nov. 6, Royalamerican was coming off three poor races in a row and stepping up in class from allowance races to this stakes race. He ignored his odds and ran the race of his life, beating 2-5 heavy favorite, Mister Omaha, in the process. For Cabrera, it would be one of his five victories on the week, but easily his top one. He also had run second in six other starts, producing s stellar 11-of-20 firsts or seconds on the week.
Trout’s win in the Silver Goblin was his only victory, but it was of such magnitude that he still garnered the honor. He only sent out five horses for the week, but four of them ran first or second. His 80 percent in the money record was tied with Oscar Flores, but the Silver Goblin win gave Trout the edge.
Among Cabrera’s other wins last week included a win with another class dropper in Chad Allan for trainer Robert Young in allowance company. Chad Allan had been running in all stakes races this spring, some of them Grade 3s, before his allowance win on Wednesday. Cabrera, a four-time title-winning jockey at Remington Park, also won for Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer Donnie Von Hemel on Thursday night in an allowance where Bella Ella crossed the finish line first. He completed a riding double on Friday with Royalamerican, winning earlier in the card aboard Vivis in Front, breaking that horse’s maiden for trainer Pat Swan. The week concluded with Cabrera winning Saturday night in the saddle of Rev’s Tomb for trainer Jody Pruitt.
Trout ran second with three horses – Banchero on Wednesday in a maiden race, Moneymilitia on Friday with allowance horses, and with Silent Joker on Saturday in a maiden special weight race. Trout, also a member of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame at Remington Park, is an 82-year-old resident of Edmond, Okla. Among Trout’s top runners in his career are graded stakes winners Shotgun Gulch, Imahit, Maysville Slew and Shotgun Kowboy. The latter of that trio made history at Remington Park becoming the first and only Oklahoma-bred to win the Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby (2015) and an Oklahoma Classics Cup, the top event of the Oklahoma-bred series. Trout also was top owner at Remington Park in 2002. Trout’s lifetime record as a trainer is 2,235 starts, 410 wins, 334 seconds and 314 thirds for $13,573,452 in horses’ earnings.
Cabrera was the leading rider at Remington Park for the 2018-2021 meets, winning 95 races for his first riding title here in 2018, followed by 83 trips to the winner’s circle in 2019, 96 wins in 2020 and 90 victories in 2021. The Jones, Okla., resident rode Remington Park’s all-time winningest horse, Welder (16 wins), to most of those victories. He stands a strong second in the standings this year with 48 trips to the winner’s circle, behind the streaking top rider, Erik Asmussen, who has 71.
Lifetime, Cabrera, sits at 12,162 starts; 2,065 wins, 1,958 seconds and 1,873 thirds for $54,614,855 in horses’ earnings. Cabrera is No. 17 in the country among all jockeys in wins this year with 148.
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Remington Park has provided more than $432 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’s marquee event for 2-year-old Thoroughbreds is the Springboard Mile. A qualifying points race for the 2027 Kentucky Derby, the Springboard will be contested on Saturday, Dec. 19. Remington Park presents year-round simulcast racing and casino gaming. Guests must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or to enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
