Creative Minister, the third-place finisher in the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes, is expected to come to Remington Park for the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby next Sunday.

Trainer Ken McPeek conditions this 3-year-old son of Creative Cause, out of the Tapit mare Tamboz, for owners Fern Circle Stables, Back Racing and Magdalena Racing. Creative Minister was beaten by Early Voting in the Preakness by 3 1/2 lengths. He was only 2 1/4 lengths behind Epicenter, the Preakness runner-up, who has since stamped himself as the top 3-year-old in the country with wins in the Jim Dandy (G2) and Travers Stakes (G1) this summer.

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The Oklahoma Derby, a race for 3-year-olds going 1 1/8 miles on dirt, is set for the only Sunday of racing this meet. A total of eight stakes races are scheduled for the richest afternoon of the season – the cornerstone Oklahoma Derby, the $200,000 Remington Park Oaks (G3), the $150,000 David Vance Stakes for sprinters, the Flashy Lady Stakes, the Ricks Memorial Stakes, the Remington Green Stakes on the turf, the Kip Deville Stakes for 2-year-olds, and the E.L. Gaylord Memorial Stakes for 2-year-old fillies.

Creative Minister has yet to win a stakes race in his seven tries, but he has been competitive with the best sophomore runners in the country. An indication of that is the $426,045 in his bankroll even though he is still eligible for non-winners of three races lifetime.

Another horse from the McPeek barn who is a possibility for the Oklahoma Derby is Rattle N Roll. This 3-year-old colt by Connect, out of the Johannesburg mare Jazz Tune, is coming off a win in the $250,000 St. Louis Derby at the old Fairmount Park Race Track, now FanDuel Sportsbook and Horse Racing. He won that race by 4 1/2 lengths. Earlier in the year, Rattle N Roll ran third to Cyberknife in the $225,000 Matt Winn Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs. Cyberknife, the Arkansas Derby (G1) winner, went on to be victorious in the $1 million Haskell Stakes (G1) and was runner-up in the Travers.

The country’s No. 4 trainer in horses’ earnings this year, Brad Cox, and winner of the Oklahoma Derby the past three years in a row, is expected to ship Home Brew in for this year’s edition. This son of Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense, out of the Tapit mare Omnitap, has won four of seven starts in his career with his top wins coming in the $150,000 Oaklawn Stakes and $153,000 Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park in New Jersey. He won the Oaklawn Stakes by 1 3/4 lengths on April 23 and scored by 6 1/4 lengths in the Pegasus on June 18. Cox trains this colt for owners Gary and Mary West.

Cox has won the last three Oklahoma Derbies with Owendale in 2019, Shared Sense in 2020 and Warrant last year.

Some of the other Derby prospects expected for the biggest race for 3-year-olds at Remington Park this year are:

A. P.’s Secret. A colt by Cupid, from the Uncle Mo mare Afleet Honey, is trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., the ninth leading trainer in the country. Joseph won the $400,000 Springboard Mile here last year with Make it Big. A.P.’s Secret ran fourth in the $750,000 Wood Memorial to Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal this spring while on the Triple Crown trail. He is owned by Anthony Gentry.

Great Escape. A colt by Midnight Storm, out of the Indian Charlie mare Chickasaw Gal, is coming off a win in the $200,000 Canadian Derby (G3) for trainer Robertino Diodoro at Century Mile. That was his first stakes triumph.

Red Knobs. Another colt whom Diodoro could send to the Oklahoma Derby. This son of Union Rags, from the Lonhro mare Hokey Okey, like his stablemate Great Escape, has had success in Canada. He won the $101,000 Manitoba Derby at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg, beating Great Escape. He then came back and ran second to him in the Canadian Derby the next out. The Manitoba Derby was at 1 1/8 miles, like the Oklahoma Derby, and the Canadian Derby was run at 1 1/4 miles.

Maximum Impact. A colt by New Year’s Day, out of the Pulpit mare Slow Gin, won an allowance race at Laurel Park in Maryland on Aug. 7 and is looking for his first stakes win for trainer Norman Cash and owner Built Wright Stables.

King Ottoman. A colt by Curlin from the Tapit mare Shook Up, the winner of the $300,000 Texas Derby at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie on May 30 is seeking his second stakes triumph for racing’s all-time winning trainer, Steve Asmussen. The Hall of Fame conditioner sent King Ottoman out to a third-place run in the $300,000 Indiana Derby (G3) at Horseshoe Indianapolis on July 9 before he finished fifth in the $500,000 West Virginia Derby (G3) at Mountaineer Park on Aug. 6.

The post-position draw for the Oklahoma Derby and the rest of Sunday's racing program will be conducted on Thursday morning in the Remington Park racing office.

The Oklahoma Derby program will cap the only five-date race week of the season. Remington Park action will take place Wednesday through Sunday. The first race nightly is at 8:07 p.m. EDT, with the derby card on Sunday at 4 p.m.

2022 Oklahoma Derby (G3) *Rating is based on HRN fan votes, which rank the Top Active Horses in training. RankSilksHorse / SireRatingTrainer / JockeyLast StartStatus  Rattle N Roll Connect5.95K. McPeek 1st, 2022 St. Louis Derby (LS) Possible  Rattle N Roll Connect5.95K. McPeek 1st, 2022 St. Louis Derby (LS) Probable  Rattle N Roll Connect5.95K. McPeek 1st, 2022 St. Louis Derby (LS) Possible  Rattle N Roll Connect5.95K. McPeek 1st, 2022 St. Louis Derby (LS) Probable  A. P.'s Secret Cupid5.67S. Joseph, Jr. 4th, 2022 Curlin (RS)  Probable  Creative Minister Creative Cause5.67K. McPeek 3rd, 2022 Smarty Jones (G3) Probable  Great Escape Midnight Storm5.23R. Diodoro 1st, 2022 Canadian Derby (G3) Probable  Home Brew Street Sense5.15B. Cox 4th, 2022 West Virginia Derby (G3) Probable  King Ottoman Curlin4.84S. Asmussen 5th, 2022 West Virginia Derby (G3) Probable  Red Knobs Union Rags3.87R. Diodoro 2nd, 2022 Canadian Derby (G3) Possible  Maximum Impact New Year's Day N. Cash 6th, Lrl AlwOC (3/25/2022-R8) Possible Race Video