Sent off as the 8-5 second choice here, Conclude made the front with the 1-1 chalk First Peace (Funtastic) tracking him closely from second. Setting some stiff fractions of :21.25 for the first quarter and :42.50 at the half mile, the Phil D'Amato trainee traversed the dirt and clinging to the fence began to duel with his adversary. Squaring up, they went back and forth all the way to the wire, but it was Conclude who owned the well-timed bob to secure the victory.

“Hat's off to Billy Koch and Gary Fenton [of Little Red Feather Racing], they have been really good supporters of mine,” said trainer Phil D'Amato. “It was good to have a nice weekend with them, especially getting this horse back on track. We had high expectations for him when he broke his maiden and he had a legitimate excuse last time, but you still never know until they [prove it]. I thought he [came with] a top effort today.

When asked where Conclude might land next, D'Amato said, “We will see, maybe a mile with this horse. I've got to get him to relax a little bit more. Like Juan said, he's just a little rambunctious in the gate. I think if we can get him to relax and settle down, a mile is within his scope and we'll see from there.”

Out of GI Kentucky Oaks heroine Believe You Can, the winner is a half-brother to SW Believe In Royalty (Tapit) and his full-sister Birdy Num, who sold for $1 million at the Keeneland September Yearling sale in 2017 to the Don Alberto Corp. and who produced Montastical (Uncle Mo), who went for $425,000 last year at the OBS Spring auction to Grace Diamond. Believe You Can's last produce is a yearling filly by Nyquist.

DESERT CODE S., $100,500, Santa Anita, 5-21, 3yo, 6 1/2fT, 1:11.25, fm.
1–CONCLUDE, 120, c, 3, by Collected
1st Dam: Believe You Can (GISW, $1,280,324), by Proud Citizen
                2nd Dam: El Fasto, by El Prado (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Taegu, by Halo
($140,000 RNA Ylg '21 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Little Red Feather Racing, Madaket Stables LLC and Brereton C. Jones; B-Brereton C. Jones (KY); T-Philip D'Amato; J-Juan J. Hernandez. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, $119,600. *1/2 to Believe in Royalty (Tapit), SW & GSP, $194,385.
2–First Peace, 124, c, 3, Funtastic–Peace Opportunity, by Point of Entry. ($15,000 Ylg '21 FTKFEB; $65,000 Ylg '21 FTKOCT; $75,000 2yo '22 OBSOPN). O-Rancho Temescal LLC, Red Baron's Barn LLC and Rodney E. Orr; B-Christopher L. Baker & Mullikin Thoroughbreds (KY); T-Mark Glatt. $20,000.
3–Ransomware, 120, c, 3, Ransom the Moon–Thalias Fire, by Philanthropist. ($1,500 Ylg '21 FTKFEB; $32,000 Ylg '21 OBSOCT; $19,000 2yo '22 OBSAPR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Agave Racing Stable, Kevin Knuckley and Steven A. Lehman; B-Snipe Racing LLC, Steve Lehman & Or Wilke (KY); T-Philip D'Amato. $12,000.
Margins: NO, 1HF, 2 1/4. Odds: 1.70, 1.10, 17.50.
Also Ran: Mas Rapido (GB), Valiancer, Acquired Class.
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“I had Nagirroc to my outside and obviously he was the horse to beat,” said winning jockey Umberto Rispoli. “I was praying that Mike Smith (aboard First Peace) would go a little bit ahead of me at the quarter pole, which would give me a chance to find room between them. The horse helped me. I had a ton of horse underneath and when you have gas, you can go wherever you want. I think he won easily today.”

The second black-type winner for his freshman sire (by Scat Daddy), Classical Cat hails back to dual Eclipse champion and perennial leading sire Curlin (Smart Strike). Conquest Strate Up produced a yearling filly, H M Legacy (Hard Spun), and a weanling colt by Tiz the Law before going back to Tiz the Law for a 2023 foal. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

EDDIE LOGAN S., $100,500, Santa Anita, 12-30, 2yo, 1mT, 1:34.38, gd.
1–CLASSICAL CAT, 120, c, 2, by Mendelssohn
                1st Dam: Conquest Strate Up (SW, $192,984), by Not Bourbon
                2nd Dam: Deputy, by Hadif
                3rd Dam: Sherriff's Deputy, by Deputy Minister
($65,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Michael
House; B-Pippa's Hurricane LLC (KY); T-Philip D'Amato;
J-Umberto Rispoli. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0,
$146,300.
2–First Peace, 120, c, 2, Funtastic–Peace Opportunity, by
Point of Entry. ($15,000 Ylg '21 FTKFEB; $65,000 Ylg '21
FTKOCT; $75,000 2yo '22 OBSOPN). O-Rancho Temescal LLC,
Red Baron's Barn LLC & Rodney E. Orr; B-Christopher L. Baker
& Mullikin Thoroughbreds (KY); T-Mark Glatt. $20,000.
3–Nagirroc, 118, c, 2, Lea–Emma Spencer (Ire), by Zamindar.
O-Little Red Feather Racing, Madaket Stables LLC & William
Strauss; B-Chervenell Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); T-H. Graham
Motion. $12,000.
Margins: HF, HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 2.30, 5.60, 1.10.
Also Ran: Game Time, Malibu Coast, Ah Jeez. Scratched: Speed Boat Beach, Tostado (Ire).

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