REMINGTON PARK HORSE RACING

OKLAHOMA CITY – Veteran trainer John Stinebaugh scored his 1,000th career American Quarter Horse victory when LS Jacks Back crossed the finish line first in the featured allowance race at Remington Park on Sunday.

According to the American Quarter Horse Association, that put Stinebaugh at 1,000 in wins in a career that has spanned several decades. He began with the best – legendary trainer Blane Schvaneveldt, who was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association Hall of Fame in 2001. He was the nation’s top Quarter Horse trainer in the country 10 times and won 38 training titles at Los Alamitos in California. So, Stinebaugh, who makes his home in San Antonio, soaked in everything he could learn from his time with the master and it has paid off.

In 2012, Stinebaugh saddled three horses in the biggest race for Quarter Horses annually, the Grade 1 All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico and then had a chance to win the 2-year-old Triple Crown in 2021 with Jess Savin Candy. That son of 2015 All American Futurity winner Jess Good Candy had won the $1 million Ruidoso Futurity, the $1 million Rainbow Futurity and his All American Futurity trial, qualifying him for that opportunity. As the even-money favorite, he could only manage a fourth-place finish behind KJ Desperado. His horses, over the years, have earned more than $21 million.

Stinebaugh said he had never seen any horse Jess Savin Candy, going into that race, the way he had matured and stayed sound through the hardships of racing. Remington Park’s leading rider in 2022, Francisco Calderon, was the winning jockey aboard Jess Savin Candy for his win streak as a 2-yearold. Jess Savin Candy’s