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Candy Ride’s Candied Stays Perfect in Darley Alcibiades

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' Candied (f, 2, Candy Ride {Arg}–Toni Tools, by Roaring Fever), a 3/4-length, come-from-behind debut winner sprinting at Saratoga Aug. 20, stayed perfect while stretching to two turns in Friday's 'Win and You're In' GI Darley Alcibiades at Keeneland.

The 4-1 chance raced in between horses rounding the clubhouse turn in fifth. She advanced into fourth approaching the quarter pole, made a flashy, sweeping move at the top of the stretch, and, despite hanging on her left lead down the stretch, went on to defeat favored runaway GIII Pocahontas S. heroine and 'TDN Rising Star' V V's Dream (Mitole) by a length. Alys Beach (Omaha Beach) was third.

Previously unbeaten GI Spinaway S. heroine Brightwork (Outwork), off as the 9-5 second choice, tired to finish a well-beaten fifth after pressing the pace while making her two-turn debut here.

“That was my biggest concern,” winning trainer Todd Pletcher said of Candied diving into the deep end at just second asking here. “I thought the filly had the talent to do it. I was just concerned about the seasoning. Several of the fillies in here that we had to beat today had good, solid campaigns and she was just making her second start.”

Pletcher continued, “But I'll tell you, she trained impressively before her debut and she then just kept getting better afterwards. She was finishing her works and galloping out like she wanted more ground. Luis (Saez) has been pretty high on her since he first worked her at Saratoga, so we're happy to see her meet expectations.”

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Pletcher will also be well-represented by 'TDN Rising Star' Locked (Gun Runner) in Saturday's GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity S. at Keeneland.

Pedigree Notes:

Candied becomes the 115th stakes winner/56th graded stakes/19th Grade I winner worldwide for Candy Ride. The stakes-winning New York-bred Toni Tools, a $15,000 purchase by McMahon & Hill Bloodstock at the 2022 KEEJAN sale, produced a colt by Solomini this year and was bred back to Mind Control.

 

Friday, Keeneland
DARLEY ALCIBIADES S.-GI, $600,000, Keeneland, 10-6, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:44.17, ft.
1–CANDIED, 122, f, 2, by Candy Ride (Arg)
                1st Dam: Toni Tools (SW, $193,339),
                                by Roaring Fever
                2nd Dam: Patine, by Smart Strike
                3rd Dam: Burnish, by Menifee
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE
I WIN. ($165,000 Ylg '22 FTKJUL). O-Eclipse Thoroughbred
Partners; B-Buck Pond Farm, Inc. (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher;
J-Luis Saez. $358,050. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $415,800.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–V V's Dream, 122, f, 2, by Mitole
                1st Dam: Quay, by Tapit
                2nd Dam: Skipper Tale, by Tale of the Cat
                3rd Dam: Pretty 'n Smart, by Beau Genius
1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. 'TDN Rising Star'. ($130,000 Wlg '21
KEENOV; $190,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-MJM Racing and
Magdalena Racing (Sherri McPeek); B-Mark Stansell (KY);
T-Kenneth G. McPeek. $115,500.
3–Alys Beach, 122, f, 2, by Omaha Beach
                1st Dam: Pray for Leslie, by Bernardini
                2nd Dam: C J's Leelee, by Mizzen Mast
                3rd Dam: Fight to Love, by Fit to Fight
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE, 1ST G1 BLACK
TYPE. ($120,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-Greg Tramontin; B-Jeff
Kerber (KY); T-Thomas M. Amoss. $57,750.
Margins: 1, 5 3/4, HD. Odds: 4.08, 1.48, 16.30.
Also Ran: Shimmering Allure, Brightwork, Crazy Cami, Alpine Princess, Wine On Tap. Scratched: Emery.
Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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Despite Wide Trip, Candy Ride Filly Captures Spa Maiden For Pletcher

Candied (Candy Ride {Arg}) had all the momentum as the field turned into the stretch for Sunday's fifth at Saratoga, a six-furlong maiden for 2-year-old fillies. The only question was whether or not she could get up in time after racing seven wide on the turn. It took some doing, but she got the job done, winning a race despite showing signs that she's still on the immature side.

Ridden by Luis Saez, Candied was in mid-pack early as Ella Elizabeth (Take Charge Indy) set the pace. On the far turn, Irad Ortiz Jr. darted to the rail aboard Chad Brown first-time-starter Catherine Wheel (Into Mischief). It appeared to be the winning move as the Into Mischief filly opened up by 1 1/2 lengths at the eighth pole. Meanwhile, with a wall of horses in front of him, Saez took the widest route, but it didn't matter as his filly won by three-quarters of a length.

“She had to lose some ground, but she had her face clean and picked up some momentum. I thought it was a quality effort,” winning trainer Todd Pletcher said.

Pletcher continued: “We expected her to be a little closer. She had been pretty quick getting away from the gate. She's also been a little bit green. We actually put some blinkers on her a few times to test them out. We felt like she was still learning. She was one of those who was still looking around with the blinkers. So we decided to take them off.”

Pletcher also noted that Candied was having problems changing leads in the stretch.

“That's something we've been working on a lot with her, her lead changes,” the trainer said.  “She's been kind of slow to get totally professional about that. I think there is big room for improvement for her.”

Candied is owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and was a $165,000 purchase at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale. The breeder is Buck Pond Farm Inc.

She paid $12.60 and ran the six furlongs in 1:10.89.

The priciest filly in the race was Munny Rockette (Munnings). She sold for $1 million at the OBS March Sale. Trained by Bill Mott, she finished third, beaten 4 1/4 lengths.

 

5th-Saratoga, $105,000, Msw, 8-20, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:10.89, ft, 3/4 length.
CANDIED (f, 2, Candy Ride {Arg}–Toni Tools {SW, $193,339}, by Roaring Fever), a 5-1 shot, took her time getting into stride and was in chase mode early from several paths off the rail. She began to inch up into contention into the turn and jockey Luis Saez steered her outside to position her widest of the bunch coming into the lane. With plenty of late run despite drifting towards the rail, Candied got up alongside leader Catherine Wheel (Into Mischief) with a sixteenth to run and turned that rival away to prevail on the wire by three-quarters of a length with favorite Munny Rockette (Munnings) back in third. Toni Tools is responsible for a Solomini colt this year and was bred back to Mind Control. Sales History: $165,000 Ylg '22 FTKJUL. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $57,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners; B-Buck Pond Farm, Inc. (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.

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