Thoroughbred season opens Friday

The 2018 thoroughbred horse racing season opens Friday at Remington Park in Oklahoma City. Post time is 7 p.m.

Key racing dates during the season include the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby on Sept. 30; the Oklahoma Classics on Oct. 19; and the Springboard Mile on Dec. 19.

On Saturday, Remington Park will hold its fourth annual Remington Bark charity dog event. The plaza will be open to dogs and their owners at 6 p.m., with live racing beginning at 7 p.m.

Regular weekly racing during the thoroughbred season will be 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. Live racing also is set for 3 p.m. on Labor Day, Sept. 3.

Remington Park is celebrating its 30th birthday this season. The first horse race was held Sept. 1, 1988.

OU announces women's basketball schedule

Oklahoma women's basketball non-conference schedule includes a Dec. 19 home matchup against national power Connecticut among its five home games, OU announced Thursday.

The matchup against the Huskies is one of potentially five non-conference games against teams that made the NCAA Tournament a year ago — UConn, DePaul, South Florida, Western Kentucky, and a potential matchup against Tennessee in the Bahamas.

The Sooners will host an exhibition Nov. 5 against Northeastern State at Lloyd Noble Center before opening the regular season Nov. 9 against Western Kentucky.

Other highlights of the schedule include a trip to the Bahamas to open the Junkanoo Jam against University of Alabama-Birmingham on Nov. 22 before playing either Clemson or Tennessee in the following game.

OU also will travel to Auburn on Dec. 2 for the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.

After that, the Sooners will return home for three games, including a Dec. 9 matchup with DePaul, which beat Oklahoma in the first round of last season's NCAA Tournament.