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Ollie’s Candy to be Offered at Keeneland November

Paul and Karen Eggert’s versatile Grade I winner Ollie’s Candy (Candy Ride {Arg}) will be offered for sale during Book 1 of the Keeneland November sale on Nov. 9–two days after she competes in the GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff.

“Ollie’s Candy’s Grade I talent combined with her pedigree and conformation make her a tremendous prospect to offer this November,” said Mark Taylor of Taylor Made Sales, which will consign the 5-year-old. “I also love the fact that she is an open book to breed to many of the top stallions from around the globe.”

Two-for-two on synthetic to kick off her career, the homebred annexed the GII Summertime Oaks as a sophomore on the dirt and was a narrow second in the GI American Oaks on turf. She got her Grade I last year in Del Mar’s Clement L. Hirsch S. on the main track, and has been on the board despite tough trips in all four of her tries this term–all at the highest level–including a second in defense of her Hirsch title last time Aug. 2.

The John Sadler pupil is scheduled to prep for the Breeders’ Cup in the GI Juddmonte Spinster S. at Keeneland Oct. 4. She currently has earnings in excess of $830,000 and has been on thee board in 12 of 14 career starts. Ollie’s Candy is out of the Grade III winner Afternoon Stroll (Stroll).

“Ollie’s Candy exemplifies the finest in Thoroughbred racing and has a global appeal that makes her an invaluable addition to any broodmare band,” Keeneland President-Elect and Interim Head of Sales Shannon Arvin said. “Keeneland is pleased to offer a broodmare prospect of her class, talent and promise.”

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Noble Mission’s Spanish Mission On Top In the Doncaster Cup

Tackling near two and a quarter miles for the first time, Team Valor and Gary Barber’s Spanish Mission (Noble Mission {GB}) excelled at the trip to win Friday’s G2 bet365 Doncaster Cup and stake his claim as a major player in the staying category. Always travelling easily in fifth for William Buick, the 6-4 favourite who had won the Aug. 20 Listed Chester S. after his move to Andrew Balding loomed alongside Selino (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) with purpose having already travelled two miles. Sent into the clear from there, he surged to a three-length success from that rival, with the long-time leader The Grand Visir (GB) (Frankel {GB}) four lengths adrift in third. “He was over-racing at stages, but he was never really doing too much,” Buick said. “He was always going to come into the race easily, it was just whether he’d see it out and he did see it out very well. He’s got that bit of class against these stayers, that turn of foot. That together with his stamina is a good combination. I’m sure all those races will be on his radar. Who knows, potentially next year he might even make up into a Gold Cup horse.”

Coming to the fore when beating that solid yardstick Nayef Road (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) by four lengths in Newmarket’s 13-furlong G3 Bahrain Trophy in July, Spanish Mission was third behind him in Goodwood’s G3 Gordon S. before annexing the Jockey Club Derby Invitational at Belmont in September. Second to this stable’s Dashing Willoughby (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) in Sandown’s G3 Henry II S. over two miles July 5, the bay was sixth on his final start for David Simcock in the July 28 G1 Goodwood Cup before his confidence-restoring three-length defeat of Selino on his bow for Kingsclere at Chester. Repeating that form to the exact margin here, he entered into the picture for the G2 QIPCO Long Distance Cup at Ascot. “That is really the only race for him if he is going to run again this year, but the ground might have gone too soft for him by then, so we’ll see,” Balding said.

The first foal out of the listed-winning dam Limonar (Ire) (Street Cry {Ire}) was the Listed Rose Bowl S. winner and G2 Gimcrack S. runner-up Mokarris (More Than Ready). She is a half-sister to the GI Shoemaker Mile winner Talco (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) from the family of the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas hero Bachelor Duke (Miswaki) and the G1 National S.-winning sire Fatherland (Ire). Her 3-year-old filly Dame Iris (Medaglia d’Oro) is unraced, while her yearling colt by Mastery is due to sell on Thursday at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. She has been bred to Uncle Mo this year.

Friday, Doncaster, Britain
BET365 DONCASTER CUP S.-G2, £80,000, Doncaster, 9-11, 3yo/up, 17f 197yT, 3:55.84, gd.
1–SPANISH MISSION, 131, c, 4, by Noble Mission (GB)
1st Dam: Limonar (Ire) (SW-Fr, $124,447), by Street Cry (Ire)
2nd Dam: Trylko, by Diesis (GB)
3rd Dam: Gossamer, by Seattle Slew
($125,000 Ylg ’17 KEESEP; 60,000gns RNA 2yo ’18 TATBRE). O-Team Valor LLC & Gary Barber; B-St Elias Stables LLC (KY); T-Andrew Balding; J-William Buick. £45,368. Lifetime Record: GISW-US, 12-5-2-2, $814,535. *1/2 to Mokarris (More Than Ready), SW & GSP-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Selino (GB), 131, g, 4, Champs Elysees (GB)–Air Kiss (GB), by Red Ransom. O-Qatar Racing Ltd; B-St Clare Hall Stud (GB); T-James Fanshawe. £17,200.
3–The Grand Visir (GB), 131, g, 6, Frankel (GB)–Piping (Ire), by Montjeu (Ire). (€750,000 Ylg ’15 ARAUG; 170,000gns 4yo ’18 TATAHI; £40,000 6yo ’20 GOFJAN). O-Andy Bell & Fergus Lyons; B-Qatar Bloodstock, Ecurie des Monceaux & Ecurie Skymarc Farm (GB); T-Ian Williams. £8,608.
Margins: 3, 4, HF. Odds: 1.50, 12.00, 10.00.
Also Ran: Revolver (Ire), Eagles By Day (Ire), Island Brave (Ire), Red Verdon. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Grade 1 Winner, Breeders’ Cup Hopeful Ollie’s Candy To Be Offered At Keeneland November Sale

The ultra-consistent Ollie's Candy, a Grade 1 winner on dirt who is Grade 1-placed on turf, is scheduled to compete in the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Keeneland on Nov. 7 and two days later be offered as a racing or broodmare prospect during the premier Book 1 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.

Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, will consign the 5-year-old daughter of leading sire Candy Ride, who has been first, second or third in 12 of 14 starts from coast to coast while defeating 24 graded winners and nine Grade 1 winners. She has earned $830,151.

“Ollie's Candy's Grade 1 talent combined with her pedigree and conformation make her a tremendous prospect to offer this November,” said Mark Taylor, Taylor Made's vice president of marketing and public sales operations. “I also love the fact that she is an open book to breed to many of the top stallions from around the globe.”

Ollie's Candy, an alumnus of Keeneland's 2016 September Yearling Sale, is out of Afternoon Stroll, a daughter of Stroll who won Keeneland's Grade 3 Appalachian and is the dam of three winners from three foals.

Based in Southern California, Ollie's Candy has competed at the highest level of her division while traveling across the U.S. She won the 2019 G1 Clement L. Hirsch at Del Mar and was second in the race this year. Her 2020 campaign also includes a second in the G1 Apple Blossom at Oaklawn and third-place finishes in the G1 Beholder Mile at Santa Anita and G1 Ogden Phipps at Belmont.

The mare is pointed to the Oct. 4 G1 Juddmonte Spinster at Keeneland during the prestigious Fall Stars Weekend on the opening three days of the Fall Meet. The stakes is a “Win and You're In” race for the Breeders' Cup Distaff.

Ollie's Candy has been an outstanding performer since she began her career at three and won her first three races, including the G2 Summertime Oaks at Santa Anita. On turf at Del Mar, she was second in both the G1 Del Mar Oaks Presented by The Jockey Club and G2 San Clemente.

Last year, Ollie's Candy won the Clement L. Hirsch after finishing second in the G3 Wilshire on turf at Santa Anita. She also was third in the G2 Zenyatta and fourth in the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita.

“Ollie's Candy exemplifies the finest in Thoroughbred racing and has a global appeal that makes her an invaluable addition to any broodmare band,” Keeneland President-Elect and Interim Head of Sales Shannon Arvin said. “Keeneland is pleased to offer a broodmare prospect of her class, talent and promise.”

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American Pharoah’s Pista Best In the Park Hill

Proving her stamina for 14 furlongs when winning Leopardstown’s Listed Vinnie Roe S. Aug. 13, Scott Heider’s Pista (American Pharoah) overcame inexperience to follow up in a competitive renewal of Doncaster’s G2 bet365 Park Hill Fillies’ S. on Thursday. Anchored in last early by William Buick, the 6-1 shot was delivered towards the stand’s side to gain the lead in the final 100 yards and despite running away from the whip scored by 1 1/2 lengths from Vivionn (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), with the 11-8 favourite Believe In Love (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}) half a length away in third. “She had a lovely profile coming in and I thought she did it well–she’s a good, staying filly,” the winning rider said. “I thought the race was there for an improver to come through and she was that one horse. She was in a nice rhythm and is an uncomplicated filly.”

Pista was off the mark by 6 1/2 lengths over a mile and a half in soft ground at the Galway festival Aug. 2 before upstaging Saturday’s G1 St Leger protagonists Sunchart (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) and Dawn Patrol (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the Vinnie Roe. Trainer Joseph O’Brien could have a week to remember if Galileo Chrome (Ire) (Australia {GB}) can deliver in Saturday’s main event. “I thought William gave her a great ride,” he said. “I was a little worried, because she was a little bit further back than we’d planned for most of the way and she ran around a bit in the straight, but she’s got a big engine. She’s a tall filly, so hopefully she’ll progress next season. There’s a nice fillies’ race on Arc weekend [the G1 Prix de Royallieu] that might suit her now if she comes out of this well.”

Pista is the first foal out of the Niarchos-bred Mohini (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who is a daughter of the operation’s G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Denebola (Storm Cat). Also runner-up in the G1 Prix de la Foret, she is the second dam of the G1 Prix de Diane winner Senga (Blame) and is a granddaughter of the famed G1 Prix Morny and G1 Prix de la Salamandre heroine Coup De Genie (Mr. Prospector). That links the winner to the high-class half-siblings Bago (Fr) (Nashwan) and Maxios (GB) (Monsun {Ger}), with seven group 1 wins between them and the former the 2004 European champion 3-year-old colt courtesy of his exploits in the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, G1 Prix Jean Prat and G1 Grand Prix de Paris. Mohini’s 2-year-old full-sister to the winner is named Ishtar (Jpn), while she also has a yearling filly by Kitasan Black (Jpn).

Thursday, Doncaster, Britain
BET365 PARK HILL FILLIES’ S.-G2, £80,000, Doncaster, 9-10, 3yo/up, f/m, 14f 115yT, 3:05.91, gd.
1–PISTA, 121, f, 3, by American Pharoah
1st Dam: Mohini (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Denebola, by Storm Cat
3rd Dam: Coup de Genie, by Mr. Prospector
1ST GROUP WIN. ($675,000 Ylg ’18 KEESEP). O-Scott Heider; B-Lynch Bages Ltd (KY); T-Joseph O’Brien; J-William Buick. £45,368. Lifetime Record: SW-Ire, 4-3-0-0, $95,474. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Vivionn (GB), 131, f, 4, Dubawi (Ire)–Giants Play, by Giant’s Causeway. (500,000gns RNA Ylg ’17 TATOCT). O-Cheveley Park Stud; B-Newsells Park Stud (GB); T-Sir Michael Stoute. £17,200.
3–Believe In Love (Ire), 121, f, 3, Make Believe (GB)–Topka (Fr), by Kahyasi (Ire). (42,000gns Wlg ’17 TATFOA; 55,000gns Ylg ’18 TATOCT). O-Koji Maeda; B-Kenilworth House Stud (IRE); T-Roger Varian. £8,608.
Margins: 1HF, HF, 1. Odds: 6.00, 6.00, 1.38.
Also Ran: Dubious Affair (Ire), Makawee (Ire), Snow (Ire), Monica Sheriff (GB). Scratched: Alpinista (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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