The unbeaten Senor Buscador (Mineshaft) put himself on the map with an ultra-impressive, last-to-first victory in Friday evening's Remington Springboard Mile.
Off a beat slow from his rail draw, Senor Buscador caboosed the field in 10th–some 17 lengths behind–through contested fractions of :23.52 and :47.22. He began to wind up entering the far turn, caught the eye with a visually impressive sweeping move approaching the quarter pole and kept on motoring from there to inhale the field in the stretch and win going away.
Cowan, runner-up in the GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint and one of only two contestants racing free of Lasix, completed the exacta.
“He broke bad, but that was good because he settled down on the backstretch,” winning jockey Luis Quinonez said. “On the turn for home, I thought, 'Oh my God, what a horse I have.' It feels like he can go farther.”
Senor Buscador also passed them all on debut for a good-looking tally going 5 1/2 furlongs at Remington Nov. 6.
“We'll see how he comes back and then take him to Houston and possibly on to the Fair Grounds for their stakes schedule,” winning trainer Todd Fincher said. “We do what's best for the horse. That's my responsibility. So we'll see.”
He continued, “The first time he won, he really didn't know what he was doing or what was going on. He was really ornery in the post parade. But he was impressive in that race even though he sure doesn't like breaking from the gate.”
Favored Outadore (Outwork), third in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, tired to fifth after pressing the early leader in his dirt debut here.
The winner's dam Rose's Desert, also represented by GIII Sunland Derby hero Runaway Ghost (Ghostzapper), was bred to Candy Ride (Arg) for 2021.
In 2017, the Springboard Mile was added to the Road to the Kentucky Derby prep race schedule, offering points to the top four finishers on a 10-4-2-1 basis. Points, however, are awarded only to horses who compete on race day without Lasix in the series leading up to the First Saturday in May.
REMINGTON SPRINGBOARD MILE S., $200,000, Remington, 12-18, 2yo, 1m, 1:37.87, ft.
1–SENOR BUSCADOR, 121, c, 2, by Mineshaft
1st Dam: Rose's Desert (MSW, $626,035), by Desert God
2nd Dam: Miss Glen Rose, by Peaks and Valleys
3rd Dam: Snippet, by Alysheba
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Joe R. Peacock, Jr.; B-Joe R Peacock
Sr. & Joe R Peacock Jr. (KY); T-Todd W. Fincher; J-Luis S.
Quinonez. $120,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $137,247. *1/2
to Sheriff Brown (Curlin), SW, $136,671; Runaway Ghost
(Ghostzapper), GSW, $783,509.
2–Cowan, 121, c, 2, Kantharos–Tempers Flair, by Smart Strike.
($185,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP; $385,000 RNA 2yo '20 OBSMAR).
O-William & Corinne Heiligbrodt, Madaket Stables LLC &
Spendthrift Farm LLC; B-Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc (KY);
T-Steven M. Asmussen. $40,000.
3–Red N Wild, 121, c, 2, Bayern–Contrasting, by Distorted
Humor. ($9,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP). O/T-Terry Eoff; B-Lunsford &
Sikura Racing, LLC (KY); $22,000.
Margins: 5 3/4, 3 3/4, NO. Odds: 3.90, 3.70, 30.20.
Also Ran: Saffa's Day, Outadore, Joe Frazier, Vim and Vigor, Number One Dude, Flash of Mischief, Gushing Oil. Scratched: Game Day Play.
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