Time Trials to the Remington Park Futurity - By Scott Wells; President & General Manager

The Inside Track

Unless you know a lot about horse racing you probably don’t know the level of excitement that’ll be happening at Remington Park this weekend. Friday and Saturday nights 200 of the fastest horses on the planet will compete for just ten spots in the lineup for the $1-million Remington Park Futurity. The winner of that race will receive a cool $600,000 for about 17 seconds of all-out sprint. The best of those horses can go from 0 to 55 miles per hour in less than three seconds. If you don’t think that’s flying, stick your head out the window of a car going 55 sometime (when someone else is driving, of course!).

The futurity season is a lot like the scouting combines before the annual NFL Draft: We get to see the top rookie athletes’ show off their best talents. In this case though, the athletes aren’t running 40 yards, they’re running 330 yards—and there’s a lot of money at stake.

Already a certain colt is being touted as the “Number One Draft Pick.” His name is JB James and he has scorched the track here every time he’s had the chance. He looks like a superstar in the making and already the rumors are swirling about some rich Texans who are trying to buy him. If he runs like expected to on Saturday night, his price will likely soar into the millions.

There’s a lot of money to be made for bettors on trial nights, too. Our professional handicappers take a lot of pride in their tip sheets and they’ve been studying these rookie colts in their workouts and training races all year. I personally recommend Marilyn Toney’s yellow tip sheet. No one does a better job of picking winners and suggesting good money plays than Marilyn.

The races start at 6pm Friday and Saturday nights and the top qualifiers to the big race won’t be known until around 10:30. You can watch from trackside, from Henry Hudson’s, from the Silks dining room, or the Bricktown Brewery in the casino or even from the balconies outside our luxury suites! We never charge admission and we always provide free valet parking and a guaranteed good time.