Del Mar

Candy Boy headed to West Virginia Derby

Jay Privman|Jul 13, 2014

Barbara D. Livingston Candy Boy, most recently second in the Los Alamitos Derby, will point to the Aug. 2 West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer.

DEL MAR, Calif. -- Candy Boy, second to Shared Belief in the Los Alamitos Derby on July 5, is likely to head out of town for the Grade 2, $750,000 West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Racetrack on Aug. 2, trainer John Sadler said Sunday morning at Del Mar.

Candy Boy won the Robert Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita earlier this year, then was third to California Chrome in the Santa Anita Derby before finishing 13th in the Kentucky Derby after severe interference on the clubhouse turn. The Los Alamitos Derby was his first start since the Kentucky Derby.

Sadler said he preferred the West Virginia Derby because it comes a week after the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth. And he said leaving town helps him avoid Shared Belief.

“I won’t be running against Shared Belief anytime soon with anything,” Sadler said.

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