Daddy D T Out, Conquest Typhoon Favored in DeMille
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Conquest Typhoon, the fourth-place finisher in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf on October 31 at Santa Anita, was elevated to favorite’s status for Sunday’s $150,000 Grade III Cecil B. DeMille Stakes by the scratch of Daddy D T, who was third, a head in front of Conquest Typhoon in the Breeders’ Cup race. Guilty was also a late scratch from the DeMille, which goes as the sixth race on a nine-race program.
The DeMille, like the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, is at a mile for 2-year-olds.
“Conquest Typhoon is a good horse,” trainer Mark Casse said. “He had a rough trip in the Breeders’ Cup and he only got beat three lengths. With a good trip, he’ll be tough today.”
The field for the DeMille, from the rail out, with oddsmaker Russ Hudak’s new morning line: St. Joe Bay (Elvis Trujillo, 4-1), Soul Driver (Tyler Baze, 10-1), Sebastian’s Heart (Kent Desormeaux, 15-1), Diamond Majesty (Martin Pedroza, 6-1), Rock Shandy (Gary Stevens, 8-1), Stormy Liberal (William Antongeorgi III, 6-1), Papacoolpapacool (Joe Talamo, 3-1) and Conquest Typhoon (Mike Smith, 5-2).
Source: Hank Wesch/Del Mar Barn Notes
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