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A 2 1/2-length debut winner, Classical Cat jumped straight into deep waters, contesting the GI Del Mar Futurity and finishing seventh behind 'TDN Rising Star' Cave Rock (Arrogate). Back in the winner's circle last time out at Santa Anita Oct. 23 in his first try over grass, Classical Cat kept to the grass Friday and broke as the 2-1 second wagering choice behind favored Nagirroc. Off the pace in fourth as Game Time (Not This Time) led the field of six, he hung against the rail before tipping out for a three-wide move into upper stretch. First Peace refused to let him go by and the pair dueled into the sixteenth before Classical Cat dealt the final blow and got ahead for the narrow win.

“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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Stretching out on the grass for the first time, Pegram, Watson and Weitman's Speed Boat Beach (Bayern) gave the Bob Baffert barn a rare graded stakes victory on turf in Sunday's GIII Cecil B. DeMille S. at Del Mar.

Off at 17-10 after touching 6-5 late in the wagering, Speed Boat Beach showed good early speed, but Game Time (Not This Time) speared through at the fence to take up the running into the first turn. Speed Boat Beach settled nicely for this first go at a route of ground and was content to track from second through fractions of :22.82 and a more controlled :47.30 to the half-mile point. Held together into the final three furlongs by Flavien Prat, Speed Boat Beach was asked to quicken past the five-sixteenths and was narrowly in front at the head of the lane. Game Time counterpunched gamely down inside and refused to go down without a fight, but Speed Boat was always doing the better work and went on to an ultimately comfortable victory.

“He broke well and I thought I was going to be on the lead,” said winning jockey Flavien Prat. “But Umberto [Rispoli on Game Time] wanted to go, so we were fine running second. My horse was relaxed and that's what I wanted. When it came time, he went about his business. Two turns, no problem today. Good race for him.”

The $12,000 OBSOCT yearling turned $200,000 OBS April breezer defeated stablemate Hejazi (Bernardini), this year's $3.55-million Fasig-Tipton Midlantic topper, on his 5 1/2-furlong debut over this main track Sept. 10, earning a towering 104 Beyer Speed Figure, and earned his way into the Nov. 4. GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint with a 1 1/4-length success in the Speakeasy S. at Santa Anita Oct. 2. Drawn awkwardly in 11 at Keeneland, he argued a fast early pace, but gave way through the lane to finish 10 1/2 lengths behind Mischief Magic (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}).

Pedigree Notes:

Speed Boat Beach is the fourth graded winner for GI Breeders' Cup Classic hero Bayern, who stood his first year in South Korea in 2022, having previously served mares at Hill 'n' Dale Farm. One of his 11 stakes winners is KRA Classic and Busan Owners Cup hero Raon the Fighter (Kor).

Speed Boat Beach is out of a daughter of MSW & MGSP Amie's Dini and the female family also includes MSW/GSP Kid Kate (Lemon Drop Kid). Sophia Mia is the dam of a 2-year-old filly by Distorted Humor and a weanling filly by Volatile. She was bought back on a bid of $390,000 in foal to Army Mule at this year's Fasig-Tipton November Sale.

Sunday, Del Mar
CECIL B. DEMILLE S.-GIII, $101,500, Del Mar, 12-4, 2yo, 1mT, 1:35.38, fm.
1–SPEED BOAT BEACH, 122, c, 2, by Bayern
                1st Dam: Sophia Mia, by Pioneerof the Nile
                2nd Dam: Amie's Dini, by Bandini
                3rd Dam: Run Kate Run, by Cherokee Run
1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($12,000 Ylg '21 OBSOCT; $200,000
2yo '22 OBSMAR). O-Michael E. Pegram, Karl Watson & Paul
Weitman; B-Caperlane Farm (FL); T-Bob Baffert; J-Flavien Prat.
$60,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $178,000. Werk Nick
Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Game Time, 120, c, 2, Not This Time–Confession, by Broken
Vow. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($290,000
Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Hronis Racing LLC; B-Dermot Joyce (KY);
T-John W. Sadler. $20,000.
3–First Peace, 120, c, 2, Funtastic–Peace Opportunity, by Point
of Entry. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($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. $12,000.
Margins: HF, 1 3/4, 1. Odds: 1.70, 9.00, 2.10.
Also Ran: Ah Jeez, Ransomware, Ze'bul, Fleet Feet, Kolomio. Scratched: Lloyds Logic. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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