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2024 Remington Park Springboard Mile, Coal Battle

Coal Battle Rallies to Win Remington Park Springboard Mile

Coal Battle won the war against 2-1 favorite Speed King down the stretch by a half-length to win the $300,000 Springboard Mile Stakes, the marquee race for 2-year-olds at Remington Park on the track's final night of the 2024 season.

Regret: The Filly Who Made the Kentucky Derby

Martin J. “Matt” Winn rarely took no for an answer.

In 1902, the Churchill Downs racing facility was in serious financial trouble and in danger of closing. Winn assembled a group of local investors, bought the track, and the right to the name the Kentucky Derby.

Myriad Love, Atsuya Nishimura, 2024 Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun, Kawasaki Racecourse, Katsumi Saito

Filly Myriad Love Strikes in Japan’s Second Qualifying Race for 2025 Kentucky Derby

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby took a sideways turn Dec. 11 as a filly, Myriad Love, scored her third win without loss in the series’ second leg, the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun, at Kawasaki Racecourse.

Myriad Love earned 20 points to jump to the top of the leaderboard. Natural Rise, winner of the first race, finished fourth in the Zen-Nippon, adding four points to his previous 10 to stand in second place.

Mister Omaha, 2024 Don C. McNeill Stakes, Remington Park, $300,000 Remington Springboard Mile Stakes, Dustin Orona Photography

2024 Remington Springboard Mile at a Glance

Horsemen wondering if their 2-year-old can hold his own around two turns in stakes company can have their questions answered Friday night in the Remington Springboard Mile.

Flavien Prat, Poster, Remsen Stakes, Aqueduct, 80th stakes win, Eclipse Sportswire

Equibase Standings: Prat Sets Single-Season Stakes Record, Locked Returns to Top Form

Flavien Prat set the single-season stakes record on Dec. 7, breaking the previous record of 79 set by Irad Ortiz Jr. in 2022, and tied Jerry Bailey for the single-season graded stakes record with 55.

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