Hyper Drive Runs Away with Jim Thorpe Win

The $50,000 Jim Thorpe Stakes was the final race of the Thoroughbred Season at Remington Park. The event for Oklahoma-bred 3-year-olds on Sunday night went to Hyper Drive who ran away from his competition to win by four-lengths.

Owned by Henry Thilmony of Minneapolis, Minn. and trained by Randy Oberlander, Hyper Drive was ridden by Lindey Wade. Near the back of the 12-horse field as the group moved along the backstretch, Hyper Drive was 10th with a half-mile left in the one-mile race and was still eighth as the field left the final turn to the stretch.

Hyper Drive rolled wide into the stretch and pulled clear easily over the final furlong, crossing the finish line in 1:38.65 over the fast track. Tuff Kid, the wagering favorite at 5-2 odds, was second while Pacific Typhoon finished third, 5-3/4 lengths behind the winner.

Away at 4-1 odds in the betting, Hyper Drive paid $10.20 to win, $4.60 to place and $4 to show. Tuff Kid returned $3.60 to place and $3 to show. Pacific Typhoon paid $23.80 to show.

The win in the Jim Thorpe Stakes, named after the great Oklahoma Olympian and multi-professional sports star of the early 1900s, was the second stakes win of the season for Hyper Drive. The gelding won the Oklahoma Stallion Stakes for colts and geldings on Sept. 16. A son of Don’t Get Mad from the Blushing John mare Plenty Sweet, Hyper Drive has now won four races from 13 lifetime attempts.

Bred in Oklahoma by Tracy Strachan, Hyper Drive made $30,000 for the Jim Thorpe Stakes triumph to run his overall money to $110,502.

Source: Remington Park