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The Oklahoma Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-October at Remington Park located in Oklahoma City Oklahoma. Open to three-year-olds the Grade III stakes is set at a distance of 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) on the dirt. The Derby offers a purse of $400000.From 1989 through 1996 it was raced at a distance of 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs).Originally named the Remington Park Derby in 2001 the race was renamed the Oklahoma Derby.