OPENING NIGHT TURF DISTAFF TO AN ALL OUT SHE’S ALL IN

For Immediate Release
Friday, August 10, 2012

OKLAHOMA CITY – The 2012 Remington Park Season opened on a pleasant Friday for early August in Oklahoma City. Those in attendance witnessed a great stretch run in the featured $44,500 Redbud Distaff allowance as graded stakes winner She’s All In battled for a neck victory over longshot Guanabara Gal.

Owned by Robert Zoellner of Tulsa, Okla. and trained by Donnie Von Hemel, She’s All In made her move for the front around the final turn of the 7-1/2 furlong turf event. Jockey Luis Quinonez had the 5-year-old Oklahoma-bred mare in position at the top of the lane but Guanabara Gal had other ideas.

Under Benny Landeros, Guanabara Gal had taken control of the race before leaving the backstretch. When challenged in the final furlong by 3-5 wagering favorite She’s All In, Guanabara Gal dug in to hold her position. The game effort was not enough as She’s All In had a little more, getting up in the final strides while crossing the finish in 1:30.20 over a firm turf course.

She’s All In paid $3.40 to win, $2.40 to place and $2.20 to show. Guanabara Gal returned $12.60 to place and $5.80 to show. Patty’s Pride was third and paid $4.40 to show.

The victory for She’s All In was her 12th from 26 career starts and her seventh in just nine attempts at Remington Park. A mare by Include from the Hickory Ridge mare Georgia OK, She’s All In has been the top Oklahoma-bred female in racing for the past two years, winning multiple stakes races in open company as well as scoring in her home state. She cruised to an easy win in the Grade 3, $200,000 Sixty Sails Handicap at Hawthorne Racecourse in Chicago in April. The winner’s share on Friday night, $28,245, moved her career earnings to $640,867.

A pair of stakes races will head the program for the second night of the season on Saturday, Aug. 11 as the $200,000 Governor’s Cup and the $100,000 David M. Vance Stakes are contested. Remington Park’s first race on Saturday is at 6:30pm.

Open daily at 10am for casino gaming and simulcast racing, Remington Park features the Bricktown Brewery on the casino floor. Admission, general parking and valet parking are always free at Remington Park.

Remington Park, with over 18,000 fans on Facebook and 3,000 Twitter followers, is Oklahoma City’s only Racetrack & Casino and is located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District. For more information, reservations and group bookings please call 405-424-1000, 866-456-9880 or visit remingtonpark.com.

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OKLAHOMA CITY – The 2012 Remington Park Season opened on a pleasant Friday for early August in Oklahoma City. Those in attendance witnessed a great stretch run in the featured $44,500 Redbud Distaff allowance as graded stakes winner She’s All In battled for a neck victory over longshot Guanabara Gal.

Owned by Robert Zoellner of Tulsa, Okla. and trained by Donnie Von Hemel, She’s All In made her move for the front around the final turn of the 7-1/2 furlong turf event. Jockey Luis Quinonez had the 5-year-old Oklahoma-bred mare in position at the top of the lane but Guanabara Gal had other ideas.

Under Benny Landeros, Guanabara Gal had taken control of the race before leaving the backstretch. When challenged in the final furlong by 3-5 wagering favorite She’s All In, Guanabara Gal dug in to hold her position. The game effort was not enough as She’s All In had a little more, getting up in the final strides while crossing the finish in 1:30.20 over a firm turf course.

She’s All In paid $3.40 to win, $2.40 to place and $2.20 to show. Guanabara Gal returned $12.60 to place and $5.80 to show. Patty’s Pride was third and paid $4.40 to show.

The victory for She’s All In was her 12th from 26 career starts and her seventh in just nine attempts at Remington Park. A mare by Include from the Hickory Ridge mare Georgia OK, She’s All In has been the top Oklahoma-bred female in racing for the past two years, winning multiple stakes races in open company as well as scoring in her home state. She cruised to an easy win in the Grade 3, $200,000 Sixty Sails Handicap at Hawthorne Racecourse in Chicago in April. The winner’s share on Friday night, $28,245, moved her career earnings to $640,867.

A pair of stakes races will head the program for the second night of the season on Saturday, Aug. 11 as the $200,000 Governor’s Cup and the $100,000 David M. Vance Stakes are contested. Remington Park’s first race on Saturday is at 6:30pm.

Open daily at 10am for casino gaming and simulcast racing, Remington Park features the Bricktown Brewery on the casino floor. Admission, general parking and valet parking are always free at Remington Park.

Remington Park, with over 18,000 fans on Facebook and 3,000 Twitter followers, is Oklahoma City’s only Racetrack & Casino and is located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District. For more information, reservations and group bookings please call 405-424-1000, 866-456-9880 or visit remingtonpark.com.

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Dr. Z and Z ROCKSTAR having a pep talk before Race number nine of the Illinois derby!

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Z Rockstar wins #8 Race at Oaklawn.

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She’s All In posted 8th and started five wide. On the far turn She’s All In stayed on the outside and carried to a strong third.

Oaklawn Park, January 21, $75,000, 4yo & up, f&m, 8.50f, ft, 1:45.27

Absinthe Minded 119, B. Quiet American — Rockford Peach, by Great Above. Owner, Briland Farm; breeder, Briland Farm, Robert Mitchell &Stacy Mitchell; trainer, D. Wayne Lukas; jockey, Terry J. Thompson. $45,000

Tiz Miz Sue 115, Dk. b. or br. Tiznow — Sue’s Good News, by Woodman. Owner, Cresran LLC; breeder, CresRan LLC; trainer, Steve Hobby; jockey, Carlos H. Marquez, Jr.. $15,000

She’s All In 119, Dk. b. or br. Include — Georgia Ok, by Hickory Ridge. Owner, Robert H. Zoellner; breeder, Robert H. Zoellner; trainer, Donnie K. Von Hemel; jockey, Channing Hill. $7,500

Margins: neck, 7, 2

Also ran: Bella Medaglia 119 ($3,750), Bryan’s Jewel 116 ($2,250), Spring Party 118 ($500), Karlie’s Holiday 119 ($500), Le Mi Geaux 115 ($500)

Sunday, April 12, 2009
Visionary Cowboy: Dr. Z Loves His Pretty Little Horse Ranch

“This is my lifelong dream, owning a horse ranch,” Zoellner said. “When I was growing up and people asked me what I wanted to be, I always said a cowboy.”About 15 years ago, he decided to pursue that dream and started researching how to make it possible. Then he made the jump and hired a trainer and started claiming horses. Claiming is when all the horses in a race are for sale and anyone with a license can buy one. It’s an easy way for a person to start owning horses.After several years of claiming, it was time to get into breeding. And for that, Zoellner needed a ranch.

“There was this ranch I’d see every time I drove on highway 75 and fell in love with it,” he said.And, on Valentine’s Day of 2006, he purchased the 200- acre ranch just south of Bixby. On average there are about 40 horses on the ranch at a time.
After a horse is born, the basic training starts right away. After about a year it’s sent off to a training center to be broken in for racing.

“It’s fun to win a race with a horse that you’ve bred,” Zoellner said. “It’s more fun to win a race with a horse that you’ve bred and raced its momma.”
’Good old horses’
No matter when a horse is born, it turns 1 year old on Jan. 1, hence the term “yearling.” Right now 12 yearlings are at the ranch — eight colts and four fillies.

“You hope you have a super star in the bunch,” said Joe Fleming, ranch manager. “That’s what we call the big horse.”
Thoroughbred horses begin racing at about 2 years and often hit their peak at 4. Some horses race up until 10 years of age, Zoellner said.

“A lot of thoroughbreds become hunter-jumpers, fox hunters or pleasure horses after they retire. They’re big athletes and, like a lot of people, they get away from the stress on the track and revert to being good old horses.”

In addition to the business aspects of running the ranch, there’s also the fun stuff, like naming your horses and playing with them. ”If you turn your back on a horse, it’s telling them you trust them,” Zoellner said. “They can’t stand it and they’ll come over to you.”

Fleming used to be Zoellner’s trainer at the race track but now he is enjoying life on the ranch.
“The babies falling out of the mares, that’s the most exciting part and the part I never got to see at the track,” he said. “At the track, you only see horses that are 2 years and older. It’s pretty exciting to be on this end of the business.”
Nothing like your own
Zoellner has four horses racing in Hot Springs and 10 at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore. Each horse races about once a month.

The first horse that he raised and raced was Dancing Bright and he said the feeling of watching your own is incomparable.
“Nothing on Earth can compete with watching your horse, carrying your silks, go down the track and win a race. There’s nothing like it, you have no idea,” he said. “It’s like watching your brother’s kid win a football game and watching your kid win a football game. There’s that extra something special when it’s yours.”

He said one of the reasons he decided to buy the ranch was the union of racetracks and casino gaming, or racinos.
“That injected some enthusiasm and money into the tracks,” he said. “Whether you like it or not gambling has always been the backbone of horse racing. The purses pay us money to buy land and horses, feed and hay.”
And racing horses made business sense.

“If I’m going to own a bunch of horses, how am I going to pay for it?” Zoellner said. “I love competition and I love to have fun in nature. It’s a perfect blend of the two.”Many people know Robert Zoellner as Dr. Z, the opto-metrist. What most people don’t know is that he raises thoroughbred racing horses at his Rockin’ Z Ranch.

Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspxsubjectid=38&articleid=20090412_38_D1_DRbrol547813&archive=yes