Tides Favor Speed Boat Beach in Cecil B. DeMille

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Photo: Chad B. Harmon
Speed Boat Beach trains at Keeneland

After experiencing his first defeat when ninth after pressing a furious pace in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1T) at Keeneland, Speed Boat Beach  will look to get back on track in the $100,000 Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (G3T) Dec. 4 at Del Mar.

Though the fractions don't figure to be as demanding as in the 5 1/2-furlong, Nov. 4 Juvenile Turf Sprint, when the first quarter went in :21.65, the Cecil B. DeMille offers another obstacle—the one-mile distance. Speed Boat Beach has only sprinted in his three-race career.

He won his debut by racing 5 1/2 furlongs on the Del Mar main track in a track record 1:01.86 and then took the Speakeasy Stakes, going five-eighths on the Santa Anita Park turf course in :55.25.

The 2-year-old son of Bayern , out of the unraced Pioneerof the Nile mare Sophia Mia, is trained by Bob Baffert for owners Mike Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman. Flavien Prat rides.

If Speed Boat Beach proves unable to stay the mile distance of the Cecil B. DeMille—which drew an above-average amount of speed for a two-turn grass race—Ransomware , Game Time , and Ze'bul  could prove off-the-pace threats.

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Ransomware was a maiden winner over the course and distance Nov. 12 after a half-length defeat behind Ze'bul in a six-furlong turf race when they both debuted Oct. 21 at Santa Anita. Ze'bul has not raced since.


Entries: Cecil B. DeMille S. (G3T)

Del Mar, Sunday, December 04, 2022, Race 5

  • Grade IIIT
  • 1m
  • Turf
  • $100,000
  • 2 yo
  • 2:30 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Kolomio (NY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joe Bravo 120 Vladimir Cerin 20/1
2 2Ransomware (KY) Ramon A. Vazquez 120 Philip D'Amato 6/1
3 3First Peace (KY) Mike E. Smith 120 Mark Glatt 5/1
4 4Ah Jeez (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Juan J. Hernandez 120 Leandro Mora 3/1
5 5Game Time (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Umberto Rispoli 120 John W. Sadler 6/1
6 6Ze'bul (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Abel Cedillo 120 Ryan Hanson 5/1
7 7Speed Boat Beach (FL) Flavien Prat 122 Bob Baffert 5/2
8 8Fleet Feet (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Drayden Van Dyke 120 George Papaprodromou 12/1
9 9Lloyds Logic (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Edwin A. Maldonado 120 Jerry Hollendorfer 20/1