Otto the Conqueror (Street Sense) picked up a black-type feather for his cap with this gutsy victory in the Remington Springboard Mile S., and picked up 10 points for the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
A dominating four-length winner last out over a Churchill allowance optional claiming group which included next out GII Kentucky Jockey Club winner Honor Marie (Honor Code) and SW Just Steel (Justify), he'd broken his maiden two back over that track by a neck and ran a length second on unveiling Aug. 13 at Ellis Park to eventual GIII Street Sense victor Liberal Arts (Arrogate).
Locking horns almost from the jump, Otto the Conqueror and Glengarry (Maximus Mischief) refused to give each other peace, their duel opening a sizeable gap between the pair and the field.
Taking the slimmest of margins coming into the straight, the eventual winner sustained his long drive best in the end, scoring his Derby points by a 3/4-length over his long-time rival as Magic Grant (Good Magic) closed from the rear to pick up third.
“It's off to Hot Springs [Arkansas and Oaklawn Park] and Derby trail, here we come,” said Steve Asmussen, who has won this contest seven times. “You just saw two nice horses hook up from start to finish.”
The first to the races for dam Dream It Is as 3-year-old eldest sister Petit Reve (Empire Maker) has yet to make a start, Otto the Conqueror sets a high bar for the siblings to follow for his young dam, a pair of half-sisters; a Blame yearling and a 2023 Curlin. Dream It Is was bred to Uncle Mo for 2024. This is the female line of European champion 3-year-old filly MG1SW Bosra Shame, who went on to produce GSW Rosberg (A.P. Indy) as well as Otto the Conqueror's branch of the family. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
OTTO THE CONQUEROR ($4.80) had to fight off Glengarry to earn the win in the $300,000 Springboard Mile at @RemingtonPark. @Tyler_Gaff scrubbed him home for trainer Steve Asmussen. The Street Sense (@DarleyAmerica) colt made it 3 wins in a row! pic.twitter.com/JPFWdQnhXQ
— TVG (@TVG) December 16, 2023
REMINGTON SPRINGBOARD MILE S., $300,000, Remington, 12-15, 2yo, 1m, 1:39.91, my.
1–OTTO THE CONQUEROR, 121, c, 2, by Street Sense
1st Dam: Dream It Is (GSW-USA, SW-Can, $175,544), by Shackleford
2nd Dam: Reve Enchante, by Medaglia d'Oro
3rd Dam: Reve de Fille, by Storm Cat
($450,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Three Chimneys Farm; B-Hoolie Racing Stable, LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $180,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, $337,360.
2–Glengarry, 121, c, 2, Maximus Mischief–L. A. Way, by Tizway. ($55,000 Ylg '22 FTKJUL; $150,000 2yo '23 EASMAY). O-Kennedy, Aaron, Joseph, Toby and Doug Anderson; B-Highpoint Bloodstock (IA); T-Doug L. Anderson. $60,000.
3–Magic Grant, 121, c, 2, Good Magic–Holiday Bertie, by Harlan's Holiday. ($120,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $300,000 2yo '23
OBSMAR). O-Willis Horton Racing LLC; B-Hill N Dale Equine Holdings, Inc (KY); T-Eddie Milligan, Jr.. $33,000.
Margins: 3/4, 1 1/4, 6HF. Odds: 1.40, 2.40, 13.80.
Also Ran: Third Street, My Buddy Mel, Raging Torrent. Scratched: Fidget, Gettysburg Address, Rhino Runner.
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