Okie Dokie M broke his maiden in fine style, taking down top prize in the $50,000 Don C. McNeill Stakes at Remington Park on Nov. 6.
Making just his third lifetime start and second in a stakes after finishing third in the Oklahoma Classics Juvenile Stakes on Oct. 16, Okie Dokie M pressed the early pace in the one-mile Don C. McNeill Stakes. He took command of the field in mid-stretch and proved best by 2 ¼ widening lengths at the finish, defeating stakes winner Drain the Shot, winner of the Oklahoma Classics Juvenile Stakes the last time the two met.
An Oklahoma homebred for Michael and Linda Mazoch, Okie Dokie M is trained by Allen Dupuy. With his victory, Okie Dokie M, who is out of the stakes-winning Imperialism mare Jan’s Perfect Star, has now banked $45,894 and has hit the board in all three starts at two.
“He got some experience in that six-furlong stakes (Oklahoma Classics Juvenile Stakes),” said Allen Dupuy following the impressive win. “I really expected this tonight. I think he went from a C to an A tonight if you were grading him. The favorite is a good horse, but we were green and not quite 100 percent when he beat us last time. I’m not saying he won’t beat us again, but I really thought we would step up tonight.”
Winning rider Lane Luzzi added, “That was a sneaky good third we ran with this horse when we lost to Drain the Shot. Today, we got the job done. You never know what’s going to happen when a horse goes a mile for the first time. You have to have the horse under you that’s good enough.”
