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Otto the Conqueror, proven successful a Churchill Downs allowance race Oct. 29
Steve Asmussen, horse racing’s all-time winningest coach, despatched out Three Chimneys Farm’s Otto the Conqueror to win Friday night time’s $300,000 Remington Springboard Mile Stakes at Remington Park in Oklahoma Metropolis, Okla. It was Asmussen’s seventh victory within the Springboard Mile, a Kentucky Derby qualifying factors race awarding 10-5-3-2-1 factors to the highest 5 finishers.
Beforehand unbeaten Glengarry, making an attempt to turn into the second consecutive Iowa-bred to win the Springboard Mile, completed second, with Magic Grant third, Third Road fourth, My Buddy Mel fifth, and Raging Torrent sixth. There have been three scratches.
Ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, Otto the Conqueror – a Road Sense colt out of G3 Schuylerville Stakes winner Dream It Is, by Shackleford – attached on the entrance finish with Glengarry within the early going, with the 2 racing as a staff many of the approach by fractions of :23.48, :46.35, 1:11.40, and 1:25.26. Otto the Conqueror edged away from a cussed Glengarry to his inside within the ultimate sixteenth to win by three-quarters of a size in a ultimate time of 1:39.91 on a muddy observe. It was 1 1/4 lengths again to Magic Grant.
Otto the Conqueror, who Asmussen stated was named for the eldest son of Three Chimneys Farm proprietor Goncalo Borges Torrealba, paid $4.80 for the win, his third in 4 profession begins. The Springboard Mile was Otto the Conqueror’s stakes debut and first attempt round two turns.
In his earlier begin, Otto the Conqueror defeated Honor Marie and Simply Metal in an allowance race at Churchill Downs. Honor Marie got here out of that race to win the G2 Kentucky Jockey Membership Stakes whereas Simply Metal would win the Ed Brown Stakes subsequent out – each races at Churchill Downs. Asmussen stated Otto the Conqueror would return to Oaklawn, the place he had been stabled, and level for future Derby path races.
Otto the Conqueror was bred by Hoolie Racing Secure and bought by Three Chimneys for $450,000 on the Keeneland September Yearling Sale from the Claiborne Farm consignment.
Two entries from the Brad Cox steady – Calumet Farm’s Fidget and Siena Farm and WinStar Farm’s Gettsyburg Tackle – had been entered and scratched from the Springboard Mile. Cox shipped a complete of 4 horses to Oklahoma Metropolis to race on Friday night time, however revealed studies stated they left the observe on Friday morning. The coach didn’t reply to messages searching for remark.
Randy Howg’s Rhino Runner additionally was scratched. He was entered by coach Sean Williams, substituting for Robertino Diodoro, who’s serving a suspension for a TCO2 overage at Oaklawn Park earlier this 12 months.
The Remington Park meet concludes on Saturday with a 12-race card that begins at 2:30 p.m. CT. The day was added as a make-up for the 9 races misplaced on Dec. 6 when the observe’s lighting system didn’t operate correctly.
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