La Tia, Daddy D T Favored on Del Mar's Closing Day

Hronis Racing LLC’s Daddy D T, trained by John Sadler, is the 5-2 morning line favorite in a field of 10 for the $150,000 Grade III Cecil B. DeMille Stakes and La Tia was tabbed the 5-2 choice against five other entrants in the $300,000 Grade I Matriarch on Sunday, closing day of the Bing Crosby Season.

 

Daddy D T was third in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf on October 31 at Santa Anita, beating Conquest Typhoon, the 3-1 second choice in the DeMille, by a head.

 

The field for the DeMille, which goes as the sixth race, from the rail out: St. Joe Bay (Elvis Trujillo, 6-1), Soul Driver (Tyler Baze, 15-1), Guilty (Victor Espinoza, 8-1), Sebastian’s Heart (Kent Desormeaux, 20-1), Diamond Majesty (Martin Pedroza, 12-1), Daddy D T (Corey Nakaani, 5-2), Rock Shandy (Gary Stevens, 15-1), Stormy Liberal (William Antongeorgi III, 12-1), Papacoolpapacool (Joe Talamo, 4-1), Conquest Tycoon (Mike Smith, 3-1).

 

La Tia, owned by Salvador Hernandez and trained by Armando De la cerda, won the Grade III Athenia Stakes at Belmont Park in her last start on October 14. A serious contender is Discreet Marq, who has shipped in from Belmont Park by trainer Christophe Clement. Discreet Marq, a daughter of Discreet Cat, shipped in to  win the Grade I Del Mar Oaks in 2013.

 

The field for the Matriarch, which goes as the eighth race, from the rail out: Queen of The Sand (Mike Smith, 9-2), Strathnaver (Rafael Bejarano, 4-1), La Tia (Joel Rosario, 5-2), Kadaya (Kent Desormeaux, 20-1), Discreet Marq (Irad Ortiz, Jr., 7-2) and Lexie Lou (Corey Nakatani, 3-1).

 

Lexie Lou is cross-entered in Saturday’s Hollywood Derby and is expected to go in that race.

 

Source: Hank Wesch/Del Mar Communications