OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -Paint horse Got Country Grip’s bid for a record-setting 17th straight victory ended in defeat Saturday night with a narrow loss to Bust N Moves in the Mr. Lewie Memorial Handicap at Remington Park.

Got Country Grip went off at 1-9 odds in the four-horse field and led halfway through, but Bust N Moves, under jockey Adalberto Candanosa, kept coming, passed Got Country Grip and held off his rival by a head in the 400-yard race on a fast track.

The 5-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelding, ridden by G.R. Carter and trained by Brandon Parum, was seeking to set the modern North American record for consecutive wins by a racehorse with a saddled jockey.

Got Country Grip remained tied with four thoroughbreds - including racing greats Citation and Cigar - with 16 straight victories.

In his record-tying 16th straight win three weeks earlier, Got Country Grip beat Bust N Moves by three-quarters of a length.

Bust N Moves, off at 7-2 odds, finished the $29,250 race in 19.995 seconds. He carried 120 pounds, 10 less than Got Country Grip, who carried the most weight among the four-horse field.

Tisa Arrow C finished third, with Wheels Quick Flash fourth. A fifth horse that had been entered in the race, Blue Oyster Cult, was scratched.

Dee Keener trains Bust N Moves, an Oklahoma-bred 4-year-old gelding by Judys Lineage. An ownership group from Inola that calls itself Cowboys and Indians owns the horse and received the winning purse of $17,500. Bust N Moves has $160,913 in earnings and is 10-for-18 lifetime.

Got Country Grip, now 16-for-17 lifetime, won $6,500 for his owner, Jimmy Maddux of Weatherford, Texas, raising the horse’s career earnings to 264,078, tops among paint horses.
(Source: NBC Sports)