Gulfstream Park: Conquest Titan to go in Fountain of Youth Stakes

Trainer Mark Casse confirmed Conquest Titan, a late-running second behind Cairo Prince in the Grade 2 Holy Bull Stakes last month, as a definite starter Feb. 22 in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth.

“I was very pleased with his effort in the Holy Bull,” said Casse, who was at Oaklawn Park on Wednesday but planned to be in town to watch Conquest Titan work at Palm Meadows over the weekend. “I wasn’t expecting him to win, I just wanted to see if he belonged in that company, and he made a nice run after getting back a little farther than I’d have liked.

“With his pedigree, the further he goes, the better, and we already know he likes Churchill Downs. In the end, the pluses outweighed the minuses when it came to the decision of whether to stay here for the Fountain of Youth or ship elsewhere for one of the other Derby preps.”

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