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THREE-TIME HORSE OF MEET AT REMINGTON, MISS CODE WEST, UPSET IN REMINGTON ALLOWANCE FEATURE BY TIZAWIZ

For Immediate Release
Thursday, November 12, 2026
by Richard Linihan


OKLAHOMA CITY – Miss Code West has done everything asked of her at Remington Park with the exception of one thing. For the fourth time in a row the three-time Horse of the Meet here lost in allowance company, this time fading badly in the shadow of winner Tizawiz.

In fact, Miss Code West, who is tied for the record number of stakes wins with Welder at Remington Park at 11 and most Horse of the Meet awards, oddly enough, has never won an allowance race here. The only allowance race she has ever won is at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas on April 28, 2024.

On Thursday night, fillies and mares, 3-years-old and older, were racing at one mile on the turf. Tizawiz, a 4-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by Goldencents, out of the Tiznow mare Tizdaria, took advantage of the decent early pace set by Miss Code West and swallowed the front-runners down the stretch with her late kick to win. Jockey Jose Alvarez timed the move perfectly and Tizawiz (5-2) came home the winner as Miss Code West faded badly to beat only two horses in the seven-horse field.

Tizawiz, trained by Bret Calhoun, also defeated La Fantastica, who had never lost a race on the grass at one mile. She was four-for-four with that angle in her career. Jockey Luis Quinonez, who has brought in longshot bombs to finish second the past two nights, did it again as the journeyman rider finished as the runner-up in this race with Optimistic Cowgirl at 75-1 odds. Last night, he brought in Prince Rama second at 86-1 odds.

Miss Code West was sent off as the 3-2 wagering favorite and easily ran the second-worst race of her career, finishing fifth. She hadn’t run worse than fourth since May 27, 2024, when she could do no better than eighth in the Ouija Board Distaff Stakes at Lone Star. La Fantastica (8-5 second betting favorite) had a poor start and checked in fourth. Talkin Cadee (13-1) was up for third.

Tizawiz was sent off at 5-2 odds and paid $7.20 to win, $3.80 to place and $3 to show. Luis Q’s mount, Optimistic Cowgirl, returned $41 to place and $15.20 to show. Last night, Prince Rama paid a whopping $68 to place for Quinonez and $58.20 to show.

Tizawiz, owned by Wayne Sanders and Larry Hirsch of Dallas, Texas, earned $26,268 from the $40,000 purse for that duo and improved her lifetime record to 15 starts, six wins, three seconds and three thirds for a bankroll of $205,143. She was bred by her owners.

Tizawiz had a victory margin of three lengths over Optimistic Cowgirl, who was another three-quarters of a length ahead of Talkin Cadee. La Fantastica was another neck behind her in fourth.

The $2 exacta with Tizawiz and the huge longshot, Optimistic Cowgirl, was worth $292 and the 50-cent trifecta paid $377.25. The 10-cent superfecta returned $214.56.

Remington Park Wagers Top North American Stats on Veterans Day
The combination of longshots galore landing in the top four of race five on Wednesday, Nv. 11 at Remington Park resulted in top North American payouts in five different wagering categories for the day, according to Equibase.

The fifth race Wednesday finished with 11-1 longshot No Trouble winning, Prince Rama in second at 86-1, Jolly Samurai in third at 7-1, and Tyler’s Turn checking in fourth at 13-1. The five wagering category toppers were place and show on the second-place horse, the 10-cent superfecta, the 50-cent trifecta and the $2 exacta.

Remington Park’s second all-time winningest jockey, Luis Quinonez, picked up the mount of Prince Rama and brought him in second, losing by only a half-length. That horse paid a whopping $67 to place and $58.20 to show. Combined with the winner, No Trouble, their $2 exacta payout was $1,370; the 50-cent trifecta was worth $7,196, and the 10-cent superfecta paid $5,247.33.

Remington Park racing continues Friday and Saturday, Nov. 13 & 14, with the first race nightly at 6:30pm-Central.

Caption: Tizawiz comes home in front to win the featured turf allowance at Remington Park on Thursday, November 12, 2026. Jockey Jose Alvarez was up.
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