Cool Arrow right on target in Kip Deville

If you haven’t heard much about the stallion Into Mischief, you might want to start paying attention. His 2-year-old progeny Practical Joke won the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes this summer at Saratoga in upstate New York and now he has thrown another easy winner in a stakes race at Remington Park – the $75,000 Kip Deville Stakes – as Cool Arrow left his rivals behind like they were stuck in mud.

Cool Arrow gave jockey Joel Rosario his second stakes win of the night on Oklahoma Derby Day. The 2-year-old bay son of Into Mischief from the Mr Purple mare Phoenicia has now won two races in a row by daylight measure, effortlessly. He broke his maiden at Laurel on July 15 for trainer Joe Sharp, who said his wife and formerly the top female rider in the country Rosie Napravnak who is doing great in retirement as she enjoys time with her infant child.

Brad Grady of Covington, Texas, is the owner of Cool Arrow, he wouldn’t say where Cool Arrow’s next start would be.

“I just want to thank Joe Sharp for doing wonders with this horse for me,” said Rosario, who earlier won the Remington Green on the undercard. “Joe made it easy for me.”

Sharp said there were no doubts in their minds about this horse even though Cool Arrow took three tries to break his maiden and finally had to drop to maiden claimers to do it.

“We liked him from Day 1,” said Sharp. “He had a bit of a breathing issue, so we took him in for the surgery and now we’ve been rewarded with this fantastic horse.”

Running time for the 2-year-olds was 1:10.76 for the 6 furlongs and Cool Arrow paid $5.80, $3.60 and $3.20 across the board. Mannford was the runner-up and Cu Rahy, at 36-1 odds was your third place finisher.

Cool Arrow improved to two wins from four starts with his first stakes victory. He earned $45,000 for the win and now has earned $74,935. Cool Arrow was bred in Kentucky by Allen Poindexter.

The Kip Deville Stakes is named in honor of the top earning Oklahoma-bred of all time. Kip Deville broke his maiden at first asking at Remington Park in November 2005. He went on to win multiple stakes races including the Breeders’ Cup Mile in 2007.

The Kip Deville Stakes is the first of three main stakes races for 2-year-olds at Remington Park. The $100,000 Clever Trevor Stakes is next in November, followed by the $300,000 Springboard Mile in December.

IBAKA REMAINS UNDEFEATED OVER TURF, WINNING RED EARTH STAKES AT REMINGTON PARK
 

Ibaka, the former Oklahoma City Thunder basketball player had to go to Orlando as he was traded during the NBA off-season. However, Ibaka the horse manages to stay and win, taking the $50,000 Red Earth Stakes under leading rider at Remington Park, C.J. McMahon.

As they came running up to the 2-5 favorite down the lane, Ibaka left the field behind like kid brothers at a family picnic in a footrace, shaking them off to win going away in the 7-1/2 furlongs on the grass for Oklahoma-breds, 3-year-olds and up.

It was the fifth time Ibaka had taken to the turf and the fifth time he has come out victorious, winning four of those at Remington Park. Running time for the winner was 1:28.86.

Ibaka, a 5-year-old gelded son of Uncle Abbie from the With Approval mare Synersis, is trained by Bret Calhoun who conditions this runner for owner and breeder Doug Wall of Norman, Okla.

It was McMahon’s second win of the night at Remington.

The winning margin was just over two lengths. Belen Quinonez, a master of hitting the board with longshot horses, ran second aboard 33-1 horse Runandyrun. That exacta was worth $40.20. The trifecta with Tenspeed third at 5-1 odds returned $70.70 on a $1 play. The $1 superfecta with Royal Lion in the fourth spot was $241.90 for $1.

Ibaka earned $30,000, added to his bankroll, giving him $446,000 for lifetime. That was earned with 12 wins in 22 starts.

Ibaka withstood an early speed duel, shaking off longshot Valentine Party after a half mile and then gave it everything he had to hold off his followers the other half of the race.

Source: Remington Park