Connections eye Springboard Mile for Mind Control

Mind Control, the Grade 1 Hopeful winner who finished seventh in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs, could make his next start in the $400,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park, said Rick Sacco, racing manager for the colt’s owner, the Brunetti family’s Red Oak Stable.

Mind Control appeared to come out of the Juvenile in good order and was shipped back to Monmouth Park on Sunday, where he will remain for at least a week. Trainer Gregg Sacco is deciding whether to move the horse to Parx or New York after Monmouth’s stable area closes down.

As for the Juvenile, Gregg Sacco said Mind Control got bumped and was in tight at the break, losing all position under Irad Ortiz Jr.

“Irad said he didn’t really grab the track, but then the last quarter-mile he passed half the field,” Sacco said.

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Rick Sacco said the Springboard Mile interests in him in part because of the success the stable had with Unbridled Mo, who won the Remington Park Oaks in 2016.

“We’ve had success at Remington –good track, good surface,” he said. “I think he’ll like that track.”

The Springboard Mile will anchor a card of six stakes Dec. 16 at Remington. The race carries eligibility points for the Kentucky Derby.