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DAVID CABRERA WINS THREE FRIDAY AT REMINGTON PARK, INCLUDING FEATURE ABOARD VIOLENTLY GONE

For Immediate Release
Friday, October 2, 2026
by Richard Linihan


OKLAHOMA CITY – David Cabrera moved back into a tie for first place with Erik Asmussen in the Remington Park jockeys’ standings Friday night with his hat trick, including a trip to the winner’s circle aboard featured allowance victor Violently Gone.

Cabrera’s three-bagger gave him 30 victories for the season, same as Asmussen, who won two races on Friday. Both of Erik’s wins came for his father, trainer Steve Asmussen, giving the elder a dominating 34 wins in the trainers’ standings. The closest anyone is to him is second-place Scott Young with 11 wins.

Cabrera’s other two winners came in the fourth race with St. Albans Raid ($4.60 to win) and in the sixth with Cucamonga ($6.60). Two of Cabrera’s winners hailed from the barn of owner-trainer-breeder C.R. Trout of Edmond, Okla. Trout, along with assistant Kassie Gladd, trains Violently Gone and Cucamonga. Robert Young is the conditioner for St. Albans Raid, who won for the second time this meet for owner Gentry Farms of Boerne, Texas. Trout owns Violently Gone while Cucamonga is owned by Cowboy Stables (Blake Sappington) of Clinton, Okla.

Violently Gone, a 3-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelding by Volatile, out of the Quality Road mare Call Me Kayla, moved onto the main track for a one-mile race after the allowance race was taken off the grass. All turf racing Friday was moved to the main track after early-morning rain.

It didn’t matter to Violently Gone. He was just happy to get a clean trip after steadying off heels in his only other try on the turf course at Remington Park last time out at about 7-1/2 furlongs. The best he could do in that troubled trip was a sixth-place finish, 4-1/4 lengths back. With no one in his way Friday, he went straight to the front and was never threatened. He won by 1-1/4 lengths, covering the mile in a time of 1:39.57 on the fast track. He paid $4.80 to win, $3.20 to place and $2.40 to show as the 7-5 post-time favorite.

The winner made every pole a winning one, setting interior fractions of :25.52 for the first quarter-mile, :50.34 for the half-mile, 1:14.92 for three-quarters of a mile and 1:27.14. It was only the fourth start for this gelding, who had had more trouble in his other three races than a long-tailed cat in a room of rocking chairs. In his career debut, he reared up and lost his jockey. The second time out, he hit the gate and still won, breaking his maiden on April 13 at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla. Then he got into a jam in that last turf try.

Expo City (5-1) was second to Violently Gone and another 1-1/4 lengths ahead of third-place finisher Eleven Bravo (5-2). There were four scratches in the race after it was taken off the turf – C. P. A. Jim, Dutton’s Song, Walkers Creek and Clearly Artemus.

Violently Gone was bred by Trout and Clint Gilchrist. He won $23,334 from the $39,000 purse and improved to four starts, two wins for a bankroll of $38,494.

At the end of the night, Cabrera and Asmussen had 30 wins apiece in the riders’ standings, followed by Ramon Vazquez in third with 20 victories.

Remington Park racing continues Saturday, Oct. 3 with nine races starting at 6:30pm-Central.

Remington Park has provided more than $426 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District. The 2026 edition of the Oklahoma Classics, the top night of stakes racing for Oklahoma-breds, is set for Friday, Oct. 16 at Remington Park. Remington Park presents year-round simulcast racing and casino gaming. Guests must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or to enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.

Caption: Violently Gone (6) wins in front-running style in the featured allowance on Friday, October 2, 2026 at Remington Park. The victory gave jockey David Cabrera his third win of the night.
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