Deep Blue wins $296,940 Heritage Place Oaks for Fillies - 3 Year Olds – 400 Yards

HERITAGE PLACE - OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – June 1, 2024 – Deep Blue won her third race in a row and fourth in her past five starts, but it was the first time she would go to the winner’s circle as a stakes winner. She scored in the third running of the Grade 2, $296,940 Heritage Place Oaks on Saturday at Remington Park.

The 3-year-old American Quarter Horse filly was the fastest qualifier in the trials for the Oaks on May 12, and even though she had never won a stakes race before, her second-place finish in last year’s $1.2 million Heritage Place Futurity was as impressive as any race from these filly competitors.

Deep Blue, a daughter of A Revenant, out of the Corona Cartel mare Blues Girl Too, was only beaten by three-quarters of a length in the 2023 Heritage Place Futurity by San Lencho in the biggest race of the meet for juveniles. So, it was no surprise when she came up the fastest qualifier for the Oaks trials. She doubled down on her trial run with an extremely fast win at 400 yards in the final. Her time in the trials was :19.829 and she followed that up Saturday, covering the distance in :19.558 for a 97 speed-index under jockey Ali Rivera over a fast track.