All Equine All The Time

Departing was a Triple Crown runner who went on to run in the Oklahoma Derby One of the final chances 3-year-olds have to add a Derby win to their resume, the Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby has attracted a field of 10 or more in three of the five years since it was regraded in 2013. A $400,000 race, the Oklahoma Derby has been known to attract Triple Crown runners in past years with Kentucky Derby runners shipping in to Oklahoma City for the prize. Perhaps the most well-known of those horses was Breeders’ Cup winner and Kentucky Derby third Battle of Midway (Smart Strike), who finished second last year. Since it was regranted its Grade 3 status, the Oklahoma Derby has had a Triple Crown runner all but one year. Of the six Triple Crown runners to run, only one has been able to win the race with two hitting the board. Last year the Oklahoma Derby had the most runners of any year with three members of the Triple Crown coming to the race. The most exciting runner in the race at t...

While other tracks around the country are holding Super Saturdays this weekend, in Oklahoma City it’s all about Super Sunday. A 12-race card features 10 stakes race headlined by the Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby. From beginning to end, the races feature horses with some interesting sales and home-bred history from the son of a Kentucky Oaks winner to successful pinhooks. Read on to find out about a horse or two in each stakes race on the card whose past caught my eye. Kip Deville Stakes (2YOs, 6 Furlongs) - The fourth most expensive horse at the Texas Thoroughbred 2-Year-Old sale earlier this year with a $110,000 price tag, Stupify (Twirling Candy) will be making his fourth career start in this race. The colt has won two of his three starts with his last start being a win at this track. He can be put in the pinhook success category as a $20,000 yearling at the 2017 Keeneland before bringing that six figure 2-year-old price.   Stupify will be going off as the 6-5 choice in the ...