Sam Houston Race Park · Sunday, February 1, 2026 · Race 4 of 8

Maiden Claiming

dirt, fastFive And One Half FurlongsPurse $11,0008 ranPost 2026-02-01 14:23:00Final time 1:05.13Pool $8,849

Good for all except 6

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/43/8stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
13Oklahoma Flame
clear, held safe late
Ernesto Valdez-Jiminez31111—3.5014A
E1 104 · LP 118
25Major Ortiz
stlk,closed late,missd
Stewart Elliott22222¼1.2040A
E1 101 · LP 117
32One Deal
trk2w,gd fnsh,clr 3rd
Rodolfo Guerra433334¾13.0020A
E1 99 · LP 109
46Gus Cause
shffld,trailed,improvd
Iram Diego8774410½2.3016A
E1 80 · LP 99
51Ranger Town
track inside,retreated
Deshawn Parker5455518½14.8010A
E1 96 · LP 87
67Hank Ridge
no factor
Weston Hamilton7887621¾47.506A
E1 79 · LP 82
78Preacherman
trkd5-3w,weaknd3/16
Rene Diaz1546723½16.705A
E1 96 · LP 80
84Texas Tough
chsd4w,lacked finish
Santos Rivera666882825.502A
E1 92 · LP 74

How the race unfolded (position at each call; hover a line to follow one runner)

12345678start1/43/8stretchfinish5Major Ortiz2One Deal6Gus Cause1Ranger Town7Hank Ridge8Preacherman4Texas Tough3Oklahoma Flame

Fractional times

Call 122.74
Call 246.16
Call 358.53
Final1:05.13

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)3$9—
place ($2)3$3.40—
show ($2)3$3—
daily double ($1)5-3$91.20$465
place ($2)5$3.80—
show ($2)5$3—
exacta ($1)3-5$14.80$6,568
show ($2)2$4.40—
trifecta ($0.50)3-5-2$28.20$4,915
superfecta ($0.10)3-5-2-6$7.66$3,983
Pick 3 ($1)8-5-3$68.60$424

Chart notes

OKLAHOMA FLAME was sent from the break and went a length clear early, shook off a challenge from MAJOR ORTIZ near the quarter pole, opened up, and held clear under steady handling and urging as that rival came back on in the final yards. MAJOR ORTIZ stalked OKLAHOMA FLAME through the early stages, then moved up to challenge approaching the quarter pole, was turned back at that point, but kept trying, came back in the stretch to lose the margin late, but ran out of time. ONE DEAL raced two-wide with the tracking group, moved up to chase the top two to the stretch, came under pressure leaving the quarter pole, and chased those rivals to the wire a mile clear of the next finisher. GUS CAUSE broke a step slow, then was far back in the early going, started to run on from the three-furlong pole and improved. RANGER TOWN raced inside with the tracking group down the backstretch, then dropped out of contention on the turn and had little to offer in the stretch. HANK RIDGE trailed, saved ground to the stretch, then passed a couple of tired rivals in the late stages. PREACHERMAN broke well tracked widest of all down the backstretch, then, launched a bid three-wide through the turn, but flattened out and weakened in upper stretch. TEXAS TOUGH chased in the four-path mid-pack, then lacked a finish.