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Sm Country Snowman Dominates Again With Graham Paint Futurity
SM Country Snowman and G.R. Carter easily
take the Graham Paint Futurity.
— JUNE 2, 2007—The last Saturday of the American Quarter Horse/Mixed Breed Season at Remington Park featured three stakes races with no winner more impressive than SM Country Snowman in the $214,338 Graham Paint Futurity.
The talented 2-year-old red roan Paint won his fifth straight race and second futurity of the season, roaring home by 1-3/4 lengths to win the Graham Paint Futurity. Owned by the Rafter SM Ranch of Wagoner, Okla. and trained by Sparky Mullins, leading jockey G.R. Carter was aboard for the score which took just :17.565 over 350 yards on a fast track.
The time is a new Paint horse record for 350 yards at Remington Park as SM Country Snowman shaved .019 seconds off the mark set in 2005 by Got Country Grip, another undefeated Paint racing star and the sport’s two-time World Champion.
SM Country Snowman was his usual impressive self despite finding a less than perfect start under Carter.
“He was good in the (starting) gate but he broke in just a little bit. He bumped off the horse (Step Aside Fellas) to the inside of him,” Carter noted. “I had him gathered up and then he just ran away from them like he is capable of doing. He is a special horse to run as fast as he did after not having a perfect start.”
The heavy 1-9 wagering favorite, SM Country Snowman came thru for his backers and paid $2.20 to win, $2.40 to place and $2.10 to show. Biker Chick managed the runner-up position and paid $7.40 to place and $4.80 to show. Solid Cowboy was third and paid $12.40 to show.
In winning his fifth race from as many starts this season, SM Country Snomwan picked up a check for $81,452. An Oklahoma-bred colt by Country Quick Dash from the Judys Lineage mare Western Lineage, SM Country Snowman adds the Graham Paint Futurity to his win earlier this season in the American Paint Classic. Overall he has earned $131,805.
$36,000 Junos Request Stakes
Sizzling came through with a late rush to win the $36,000 Junos Request Stakes for older fillies and mares. Guided by jockey Tad Leggett, Sizzling came on at the end of the 400-yard event to win by a head over Eye Caughtcha Peekin.
Owned by Bill & Mary Eiland and Harris Racing Stables of Bandera, Texas, Sizzling is trained by Russell Harris. The 5-year-old mare won her seventh career race in the Junos Request which just happened to be her first ever win at Remington Park.
“This mare has been solid all along. She trained up to this race just like she had the two previous races this season,” Harris said. “She just wasn’t getting away very good. She got away from the gates clean tonight and I knew half way down when she was close to them, it was over.”
Handling 400 yards in :19.77, Sizzling left the starting gates at 10-1 and paid $22.40 to win, $9 to place and $6 to show. Eye Caughtcha Peekin surged into second from the outside post position and paid $4 to place and $2.60 to show. Eyesa Country Miss was the heavy 3-5 beaten favorite but settled for third, paying $2.40 to show.
A Texas-bred by Corona Cartel from the Dash For Cash mare Tiny Dash Of Cash, Sizzling won her seventh lifetime race from 17 tries and earned $21,000. She has now made $135,831.
$36,000 Remington Park Distance Handicap
The final stakes race around the 870-yard Remington Park turn this season, the Distance Handicap went to First To Ramble who overcame the outside post position in a field of six to win by a length.
Owned by Pat & Walt Fletcher of Lakin, Kan, First To Ramble is trained by Charley Hunt. The 6-year-old gelding has now strung together a five-race winning streak in 870-yard races dating back to November 2006.
With jockey Randy Wilson up, First To Ramble has won all four his Remington Park races this season and figures to be a heavy favorite for the champion distance runner honor locally.
The 6-5 favorite, First To Ramble covered 870 yards in :45.019 and paid $4.60 to win, $2.20 to place and $2.10 to show. GHF Kool Kotton held second after a duel with First To Ramble earlier in the race and paid $2.80 to place and $2.60 to show. Streakin EG was along for third and paid $4 to show.
The victory was the 14th from 38 career starts for First To Ramble, a California-bred gelding by First Down Dash from the Kiptys Charger mare Kiptys Kisses. The winner’s share of $21,000 boosts First To Ramble’s career earnings to $179,144.
The win on First To Ramble was the third on the night for Wilson. He also triumphed in the night’s opener with Cavasso Creek ($4.60 to win) and Sheza Dashing Rascal ($16.20).
Wilson’s riding triple gives him 36 wins on the season, good for fourth in the standings behind Carter (92 wins), Roy Brooks (47) and Larry Payne (45).
There were no perfect tickets in the Pick Six on Saturday at Remington Park, forcing a carryover to Sunday of $4,284. The Remington Park Pick Six is a 50-cent minimum wager.
Sunday’s Pick Six is under a mandatory payout rule on the last night of the season, which guarantees all carryover money and that wagered during the final Pick Six on Sunday will be paid back to horseplayers as it can not be carried to the next season.
Sunday’s big 11-race program at Remington Park on the final night of the season, featuring seven stakes races, gets started at 6:25 p.m.
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