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PURE D SPIT CONTINUES STREAK,
SETS NEW REMINGTON PARK TRACK RECORD
Pure D Spit (#10), under jockey Jesus Salazar, catches Novas Gold (#8) at the wire to set a new track record for 330 yards at Remington Park.
© Dustin Orona PhotographyOKLAHOMA CITY, OK—APRIL 10, 2014—Pure D Spit has become a dynamo in starter allowance racing, racking up four straight wins with three of them this season at Remington Park. Thursday night, he continued his dominance of the $10,000-level starter category while setting a 330-yard track record in the process.
A 6-year-old Oklahoma-bred who is owned and trained by Rodrigo Covarrubias of Wichita, Kan., Pure D Spit had to work for the score Thursday. Under jockey Jesus Salazar, Pure D Spit rallied outside of early leader Novas Gold to just get up for victory by a nose at the finish, stopping the clock in :16.323 seconds over the fast track.
This Candys Awesome on March 16 had set the old 330-yard record with a clocking of :16.344. Pure D Spit lowered the mark by .021 of a second.
Bred in Oklahoma by Ray Enlow, Pure D Spit was the heavy 1-5 wagering favorite, paying $2.60 to win, $2.20 to place and $2.10 to show. Novas Gold paid $4 to place and $3 to show. DM Shannel was third and paid $5.40 to show.
The purse for the Thursday starter allowance won by Pure D Spit was $27,800 of which he gains $15,718. A gelded son of Spit Curl Jess from the Pure D Dash mare Pure Princess, Pure D Spit now boasts total career earnings of $153,676. He has won 12 of 33 career starts with five victories at Remington Park.
A starter allowance is a race that allows horses who have started for a determined claiming race price to compete in an allowance event without the possibility of being claimed away by another owner.