“I thought he'd be a little more forwardly placed,” admitted winning trainer Peter Eurton. “As it turned out that nine hole was a little bit of a detriment, but it also helped him get outside, which is probably more comfortable.”

Of his charge's wide rally into the stretch, Eurton said, “That was hard to take, but he seemed like he had something left and it was a fight to the wire. I'm exhausted.”

Stay Hot opened his career with two six-furlong efforts over the main track at Del Mar, finishing third Aug. 5 and sixth Sept. 2. He moved to the lawn for a stylish maiden win over one mile at Santa Anita Oct. 7 and was thrown into the deep end when beaten 5 1/2 lengths a month ago on Breeders' Cup weekend in Arcadia.

Pedigree Notes:

Stay Hot is the fifth graded winner for Airdrie stallion Summer Front (War Front). His half-sister Prerequisite (Upstart) won this year's GII Wonder Again S. and was second in the GI Fasig-Tipton Belmont Oaks Invitational. Etsu has a yearling colt by Complexity who sold to Greg Foley for $95,000 at this year's Fasig-Tipton October sale. The mare produced a colt by Upstart this year and was not bred back. The winner's third dam, Fly North, produced champion Farda Amiga (Broad Brush).

From the back of the pack.

Stay Hot charges down the turf course to claim the Grade III Cecil B DeMille Stakes under @Antonio1Fresu. pic.twitter.com/jAyQOZY7Zo

— Del Mar Racetrack (@DelMarRacing) December 3, 2023

Sunday, Del Mar
CECIL B. DEMILLE S.-GIII, $102,000, Del Mar, 12-3, 2yo, 1mT, 1:35.89, fm.
1–STAY HOT, 120, r, 2, by Summer Front
       1st Dam: Etsu, by Smart Strike
       2nd Dam: Forever Beautiful, by Giant's Causeway
       3rd Dam: Fly North, by Pleasant Colony
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($130,000
Ylg '22 FTKJUL). O-Burns Racing LLC, Exline-Border Racing LLC,
SAF Racing, The Estate of Brereton C. Jones and William Dan
Hudock; B-Brereton C. Jones (KY); T-Peter Eurton; J-Antonio
Fresu. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-1, $116,940. *1/2 to
Prerequisite (Upstart), GSW & GISP, $271,000. Werk Nick
Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Rothschild, 120, c, 2, Uncle Mo–Still There, by Union Rags.
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($700,000 Ylg '22
KEESEP). O-SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables
LLC, Dianne Bashor, Robert E. Masterson, Waves Edge Capital
LLC, Catherine Donovan and Tom Ryan; B-PTK, LLC (KY); T-Tim
Yakteen. $20,000.
3–Miracle Mark, 120, c, 2, Constitution–Melody's Spirit, by Scat
Daddy. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O-Old
Bones Racing Stable, LLC and Slam Dunk Racing; B-Nick Cosato
(KY); T-Philip D'Amato. $12,000.
Margins: NK, HD, 1HF. Odds: 2.30, 23.30, 6.40.
Also Ran: Lord Bullingdon, Charge for Gold, Deadpan, Always On Cay, Invincible, Just a Guess.
Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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The chestnut has yet to strike in three tries at the top level, though she was runner-up in the 2021 Del Mar Oaks while finishing just ahead of one of the Brown representatives she'll be facing here. Closing Remarks is, however, a three-time graded winner over the one-mile distance of the Matriarch and has recorded two of her four victories at the graded level over the Jimmy Durante turf course, including this year's GII Yellow Ribbon S. and GII John C. Mabee S. going slightly farther. Fourth in the GII Rodeo Drive S. over a 10-furlong journey that likely finds her out, she bounced back to defeat Queen Goddess (Empire Maker) and Hamwood Flier (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) in Santa Anita's one-mile GII Goldikiova S. Nov. 5. Juan Hernandez will need to work out a trip from the widest gate, but there is plenty of speed on paper and she should be coming at them late.

The Brown-trained Fluffy Socks (Slumber {GB}) was third in that aforementioned Del Mar Oaks, having won the local GIII Jimmy Durante S. at two. The Head of Plains homebred won the GII Distaff Turf Mile at Churchill on seasonal debut May 6, but has since dropped three straight, including a third in the Listed Athenia S. at Aqueduct Oct. 27.

Whitebeam (GB) (Caravaggio) is the likely Matriarch favorite after downing stablemate In Italian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the GI Diana S. going nine furlongs July 15. The Juddmonte homebred has revenge on her mind, having finished an alibi-free fourth to stable companion Gina Romantica (Into Mischief) in the GI First Lady S. at Keeneland Oct. 7.

Sunday's co-featured GIII Cecil B. DeMille S. lacks a marquee horse, and its winner could also come from a high draw. Unplaced behind Mission Beach (Curlin) and Wine Me Up (Vino Rosso) in a pair of main-track sprints, Stay Hot (Summer Front) looked like a new horse when graduating first time turf and first time long at Santa Anita Oct. 7 and exits a 10th in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. Lord Bullingdon (Lord Nelson) maps to have a sweet run behind what should be a generous tempo as he looks to add to his victory in the Qatar Gold Mile Nov. 4, while D J Stable's Deadpan (Distorted Humor) looks to build on a neck maiden victory over the Keeneland turf course Oct. 28.

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