REMINGTON PARK 2026 SPRING STAKES BOAST ESTIMATED PURSES OF $5 MILLION-PLUS, HEADLINED BY $1,000,000 HERITAGE PLACE FUTURITY
OKLAHOMA CITY – The 2026 Remington Park American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa Season begins March 5 and continues to May 30. The schedule of 41 stakes events carries $5.6 million in estimated purses.
The cornerstone race for the meeting is the Grade 1, $1,000,000 (estimated) Heritage Place Futurity for 2-year-old Quarter Horses, running 350 yards on the final night of the season, Saturday, May 30. The Heritage Place Futurity leads a powerful concluding evening to the season known as Champions Night.
Champions Night will offer a dozen stakes events. In addition to the Heritage Place Futurity, there are four other stakes races that boast more than six-figure purses. They are the Grade 2, $275,000-estimated Heritage Place Oaks, the Grade 1, $250,000 Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship, the Grade 2, $225,000-estimated Heritage Place Derby, the Grade 1, $100,000 Junos Request Stakes and the Grade 1, $200,000-estimated Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity.
Last year’s leaders of the meet were jockey Juan Pulido, trainer Dee Keener and owner 918 Bloodstock of Inola, Okla. Pulido won the riders’ race handily with his 67 wins. He was 24 victories ahead of runner-up Francisco Calderon, who finished with 43 wins.
Keener was the top trainer for the third year in a row with 54 wins. The Inola resident also was a runaway winner with a 26-victory margin over runner-up Matt Whitekiller, who made 28 trips to the winner’s circle.
The owners’ race was a much tighter battle as it came down to 918 Bloodstock and the Alcala Ranch of Jones, Okla. The entity of 918 Bloodstock outlasted Alcala Ranch with a photo finish 16-15 margin. When Vesper Martini won the opening race of the 2025 Champions Night for 918 Bloodstock, it gave them the title. That win gave 918 Bloodstock a two-win lead. While Alcala Ranch won the fifth race of that night – the FL Lady Bug Stakes with Relentless Knockout – to pull within one, they had three more chances to win in the seventh, ninth and 12th races. However, the best Alcala Ranch could do was a third in the Heritage Place Futurity.
The meet will run for 50 days with first post time of 6pm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The first race on Sundays will go off at 4pm. There are three race dates with special start times including Saturday, May 2 and Saturday, May 16 – the Saturdays of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, both cards start at Noon. The Champions Night program will begin at 5pm. All times are Central.
The initial training races of the pre-season are set for Wednesday, Feb. 11. The training races are utilized by many trainers in order to ready 2-year-olds for their career pari-mutuel debuts.
2026 Remington Park Quarter Horse / Paints / Apps Stakes Schedule
Quarter Horse races unless otherwise specified:
MARCH
Sunday, March 8 – $75,000 Mighty Deck Three, 3 and older, 250 yards (OK)
Saturday, March 14 – Grade 2, $50,000 Eastex, 3 and older, 350 yards.
Saturday, March 14 – Grade 2, $50,000 Decketta, Fillies & Mares, 3 and older, 350 yards
Saturday, March 21 – Grade 3, $200,000 (est.) Oklahoma Derby, 3-year-olds, 350 yards
Saturday, March 21 – Grade 2, $400,000 (est.) Oklahoma Futurity, 2-year-olds, 300 yards
Saturday, March 21 – $50,000 Oklahoma Juvenile, 2-year-olds, 300 yards
Saturday, March 21 – $200,000 (est.) Oklahoma Paint & Appaloosa Futurity, 2-year-olds, 300 yards
Saturday, March 21 – Grade 2, $20,000 Paul Harber Memorial, Paints & Appaloosas, 3 and older, 300 yards
Saturday, March 21 – $35,0000 Oklahoma Paint & Appaloosa Juvenile, 2-year-olds, 300yds.
Saturday, March 28 – Grade 2, $30,000 AQHA Distance Challenge, 3 and older, 870 yards
Saturday, March 28 – Grade 2, $60,000 AQHA Championship Challenge, 3 and older, 440 yards
APRIL
Saturday, April 4 – $75,000 Mr Jet Moore, 3 and older, 350 yards, (OK)
Friday, April 17 – Grade 2, $50,000 SLM Big Daddy Stakes, 3 and older, 550 yards
Saturday, April 18 – $850,000 (est.) Remington Park Futurity, 2-year-olds, 330 yards (OK)
Saturday, April 18 – $175,000 (est.) Remington Park Derby, 3-year-olds, 400 yards (OK)
Saturday, April 18 – Grade 2, $50,000 Bob Moore Memorial, 3 and older, 300 yards
Saturday, April 18 – Grade 2, $75,000 Easy Date, Fillies & Mares, 3 and older, 350 yards
Saturday, April 18 – $100,000 Remington Park Juvenile, 2-year-olds, 330 yards (OK)
Saturday, April 18 – $75,000 Laico Bird Stakes, 2-year-olds, 330 yards, (OK)
Saturday, April 18 – $75,000 Mr Master Bug Stakes, 3 and older, 350 yards (OK)
Saturday, April 18 – $100,000 Dee Raper Sooner State Stakes, 3 and older, 400 yards (OK)
Saturday, April 18 – $150,000 (est.) Remington Park Oaks, 3-year-old fillies, 400 yards (OK)
Friday, April 24 – $100,000 (est.) American Paint Classic Futurity, 2-year-old Paints, 330 yards
Friday, April 24 – Grade 3, $20,000 Remington Park Appaloosa Futurity, 2-year-old Appaloosas, 250 yards
Friday, April 24 – Grade 2, $20,000 Victoria Ennis Memorial, 2-year-old Paints & Appaloosas, 350 yards
MAY
Saturday, May 2 – Grade 2, $50,000 Pauls Valley Stakes, 3 and older, 870 yards
Saturday, May 2 – Grade 1, $100,000 Leo Stakes, 3 and older, 400 yards
Friday, May 9 – Grade 1, Mister Lewie Memorial, 3 and older, Paints & Appaloosas, 400 yards
Friday, May 29 – $100,000 Heritage Place Juvenile, 2-year-olds, 350 yards
Saturday, May 30 – Grade 1, $1,000,00 (est.) Heritage Place Futurity, 2-year-olds, 350 yards
Saturday, May 30 – Grade 2, $225,000 (est.) Heritage Place Derby, 3-year-olds, 400 yards
Saturday, May 30 – Grade 1, $50,000 Remington Park Distance Championship, 3 and older, 870 yards
Saturday, May 30 – Grade 1, $100,000 Junos Request Stakes, 3 and older, Fillies & Mares, 400 yards
Saturday, May 30 – Grade 2, $275,000 (est.) Heritage Place Oaks, 3-year-old fillies, 400 yards
Saturday, May 30 – Grade 1, $250,000 Debbie Schauf Remington Park Championship, 3 and older, 440 yards
Saturday, May 30 – $75,000 Easy Jet Stakes, 2-year-olds, 350 yards (OK)
Saturday, May 30 – $50,000 Jack Brooks Stakes, 3-year-olds, 350 yards (OK)
Saturday, May 30 – $75,000 FL Lady Bug Stakes, 2-year-olds fillies, 350 yards (OK)
Saturday, May 30 – $75,000 Boyd Morris Memorial, 3 and older, 400 yards (OK)
Saturday, May 30 – Grade 1, $200,000 (est.) Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity, 2-year-olds, 350 yards
Saturday, May 30 – Grade 1, $20,000 Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Stakes, 3 and older, 350 yards
Estimated (est.), Oklahoma-breds (OK).
Remington Park has provided more than $402 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. Guests must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or to enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.
by Richard Linihan, Remington Park
