Had to Be Fabulous, Embrace Your Fate Win Trials, Bell Grabs win 799

Exciting Stakes Races took place today across two racetracks! Here’s a sneak peek at the winners. Stay tuned for the full Stakes Results coming soon!

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OKLAHOMA CITY – It was Leo Alcala’s world Saturday night and everyone else was just paying him rent. The Remington Park trainer qualified three of the fastest five 2-year-old American Quarter Horses to the finals of the Grade 2, $435,395 final, including the swiftest in A Fortunate Cowboy.

A Fortunate Cowboy covered the 300 yards in his trial in a time of :15.475 seconds, earning a speed index of 90, over the fast track. The time held up from the second trial of the night. Jockey Nestor Duran, who won three races on the night, was aboard A Fortunate Cowboy for Alcala and hit the wire 3-1/4 lengths ahead of the runner-up, Bad N Bougie 123. Duran qualified all three of Alcala’s finalists on Saturday.

Alcala won five races on the card to dominate all trainers competing on the second night of Oklahoma Futurity trials. His other two qualifiers for the finals were Nena C and Ruse Man Crystal, who were victorious in their trials and came in with the fourth- and fifth-fastest times on the evening.

Jockey Juan Pulido also rode three winners on the card, two of those for Alcala, but none qualified for the finals.

A Fortunate Cowboy is a Texas-bred colt by Flying Cowboy 123, out of the mare A Fortunate Choice, who was sired by A Regal Choice. The fastest qualifier is owned by Rolando Resendez of Mission, Texas. The colt was bred by Rigby and Brumby Partnership. Resendez purchased his blazingly fast runner for $35,000 at the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale last year in New Mexico. The winner’s share of the final in the Quarter Horse game’s oldest futurity is $174,158.

Flying Cowboy 123 is the leading first crop sire of all time as a stallion and was quite the runner on the racetrack as well. He won 8-of-13 races, earning $965,811. He was named American Quarter Horse Association Racing Champion 2-year-old Colt and AQHA Racing Champion 3-year-old Colt.

A Fortunate Cowboy’s dam (mother), A Fortunate Choice was a graded stakes placed runner, winning 3-of-14 lifetime.

A light and diminishing tailwind gave slight aid to the runners on Saturday at Remington Park. The northerly tailwind started at 5mph in the first trial but was negated to an official reading of zero by the end of the trials.

The five fastest qualifiers Saturday night (jockey, trainer, trial number-race number, times and speed index):

A Fortunate Cowboy, Nestor Duran, Leo Alcala, trial two (race three), :15.475, 90
Crystal Boi, Bryan Candanosa, Jose U. Lopez, trial six (race seven), :15.509, 88
Chin Up Buttercup, Roman Cruz, Dee Keener, trial seven (race eight), :15.575, 86
Nena C, Nestor Duran, Leo Alcala, trial five (race six), :15.590, 86
Ruse Man Crystal, Nestor Duran, Leo Alcala, trial three (race four), :15.623, 85

The five fastest qualifiers from Friday over a fast track with a headwind in double digits (with jockey, trainer, trial number-race number, times and speed index) were:
Kiss Me Ina Flash, Juan Pulido, Jed Vane, trial five (race six), :15.472, 90
One Fancy Cowboy, Bryan Candanosa, Jose U. Lopez, trial seven (race eight), :15.698, 82
Scott Road, Edwin Escobedo, Sammy Mendoza, trial nine (race 10), :15.711, 82
Whiskey Doc, Cody Smith, Stacey Capps, trial eight (race nine), :15.728, 81
Valiant Sass, Roman Cruz, Dee Keener, trial nine (race 10), :15.746, 81

The nine trials on Friday, the first evening of trials, were conducted into a southerly headwind, ranging from 14-17mph.

The historic 85th Oklahoma Futurity will be the headliner on a night full of stakes events at Remington Park on Saturday, March 21.

Remington Park racing continues Sunday, March 8 with a first post time of 4pm-Central.

Remington Park has provided more than $408 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. The 2026 Remington Park American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season is underway. The 85th Oklahoma Futurity will be contested on Saturday, March 21. 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.

Courtesy Richard Linihan, Remington Park

OKLAHOMA CITY – Dunn Ranch purchased Kiss Me Ina Flash for $140,000 at the 2025 Heritage Place September Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City. After the performance Kiss Me Ina Flash put forth Friday night at Remington Park, that purchase is starting to look like the bargain of the year.

The 2-year-old Oklahoma-bred filly Quarter Horse challenged some of the lightning in the skies around Oklahoma on Friday night with her own lightning quick feet. She was easily the fastest qualifier on night one of the Oklahoma Futurity trials. The daughter of Kiss My Hocks, out of the First Moonflash mare Flashing My PJs, stopped the timer for 300 yards in a time of :15.472, earning a 90 speed index over the fast track. The next fastest time of the night from nine trials was :15.698, (82). The run by Kiss Me Ina Flash  was as visually impressive as any horse that has stepped foot on the Remington Park track this meet.,

There are two nights of Oklahoma Futurity trials to qualify 10 finalists for the race. The Grade 2, $435,395 Oklahoma Futurity final is scheduled to be run at Remington Park on Saturday, March 21. It will be the 85^th running of the oldest futurity in American Quarter Horse racing. The five fastest in the trials on Saturday night will join five from tonight in the finals.

Kiss Me Ina Flash is regally bred to be something special. Her sire (dad), Kiss My Hocks, was a two-time American Quarter Horse Association Racing Champion and his progeny earnings are more than $17 million on the racetrack. In his racing career, Kiss My Hocks won 9-of-12 starts for $1,199,385 in earnings. If that weren’t enough, Kiss Me Ina Flash’s dam (mother), Flashing My PJs can flash a few racing stats of her own. She only raced four times, but she won a Heritage Place Futurity trial and an All American Futurity trial as a 2-year-old and ran seventh in the Grade 1, $3 Million All American Futurity final. She banked $135,130. Flashing My PJs was sired by First Moonflash. 

Kiss Me Ina Flash looks to carry on the family talent if she can repeat Friday night’s effort. Under jockey Juan Pulido, she drew off to win by 3-1/4 lengths as the 4-5 favorite. She is trained by Jed Vane for owner Dunn Ranch of Wynnewood, Okla. Kiss Me Ina Flash was bred by Flashing My PJs Partnership.

Other than Kiss Me Ina Flash, the fastest qualifier, here are the rest of the five from Friday (with jockey, trainer, trial number (race number), times and speed index were:

• Kiss Me Ina Flash, Juan Pulido, Jed Vane, trial five (race six), :15.472, 90
• One Fancy Cowboy, Bryan Candanosa, Jose U. Lopez, trial seven (race eight), :15.698, 82
• Scott Road, Edwin Escobedo, Sammy Mendoza, trial nine (race 10), :15.711, 82
• Whiskey Doc, Cody Smith, Stacey Capps, trial eight (race nine), :15.728, 81
• Valiant Sass, Roman Cruz, Dee Keener, trial nine (race 10), :15.746, 81

The nine trials were conducted into a southerly headwind, ranging from 14-17mph.

Remington Park racing continues Saturday, March 7 night with nine more Oklahoma Futurity trials with horses looking for those last five spots in the finals. First post time is 6 p.m. Racing starts at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 8 with Oklahoma Derby trials on tap, along with the $75,000 Mighty Deck Three Stakes.

Remington Park has provided more than $408 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. The 2026 Remington Park American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season is underway. The 85^th Oklahoma Futurity will be contested on Saturday, March 21. 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.

Courtesy of Richard Linihan, Remington Park