Springboard Mile

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Remington Springboard Mile Race Facts

Location: Remington Park, Oklahoma City
Inaugural Race: 1999
Distance: One mile
Track Type: Left-handed, Dirt
Age Qualifications: Two-year-olds
2023 Purse: $400,000
2023 Race Date: Friday, December 15th

The Springboard Mile at Remington Park is worth a Kentucky Derby point spread of 10-5-3-2-1 to the winners in addition to a purse of up to $400,000. The prominent listed stakes race will feature 2-year-old talents as the final Road to the Kentucky Derby prep of the calendar year.

2022 Springboard Mile Race Results

POST	HORSE	JOCKEY / TRAINER	WIN / PLACE / SHOW

9	Wildatlanticstorm	Leandro D. Goncalves / H. Ray Ashford, Jr.	$32.00 / $7.40 / $4.00
5	Giant Mischief	Florent Geroux / Brad H. Cox	$2.40 / $2.10
1	Echo Again	Ricardo Santana, Jr. / Steven M. Asmussen	$2.60
2	Gunflash	Cristian A. Torres / Karl Broberg
3	Campfire Creed	Gerardo Mora / Danny Pish
8	Money Run	Stewart Elliott / Steven M. Asmussen
4	Lil Sweet Thang	Luis S. Quinonez / Donnie K. Von Hemel
7	Ghost Hero	Floyd Wethey Jr. / Jayde J. Gelner
6	American Outlaw	Jose L. Alvarez / Todd W. Fincher

Exotic Payoffs:

$2 Exacta (9-5) Paid: $81.60
$0.50 Trifecta (9-5-1) Paid: $75.95
$0.10 Superfecta (9-5-1-2): Paid: $101.39

Watch the 2022 Springboard Mile

History of the Springboard Mile

The most important 2-year-old race at Remington Park in Oklahoma City, the Remington Springboard Mile has become an attraction for trainers of improving juveniles with an eye on the Kentucky Derby.

That importance was recognized when the 2017 race was made a part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series. As with most juvenile races in the series, the first five finishers gain points on a 10-4-3-2-1 basis.

Interestingly, some of the best horses to contest the race did not win the race. Caleb’s Posse, seventh in the 2010 renewal, went on the next year to win four graded stakes races, including the King’s Bishop Stakes (G1) and the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1). Two years later, the runner-up to the 128-1 winner Texas Bling was Will Take Charge, who was named Champion 3-Year-Old Male the following year after winning the Travers Stakes (G1) and finishing a close second in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1).

In 2022, 15-1 underdog Wildatlanticstorm scored the biggest win of his young career, giving trainer Ray Ashford and jockey Leandro Goncalves wins in both of their first appearances. Goncalves became the 10th jockey in history to win the Springboard in his first try, while Ashford joins a group of only seven other trainers to do the same.