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Ollie's Candy zips a half-mile for Breeders' Cup Distaff

Brad Free|Oct 12, 2019

Ollie's Candy beats Secret Spice in the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar

Benoit Photo Ollie’s Candy (right) and Secret Spice, 1-2 finishers in the Clement L. Hirsch at Del Mar in July, will square off again Sunday with a Breeders’ Cup Distaff berth on the line in the Zenyatta.

ARCADIA, Calif. – A busy morning for John Sadler-trained Breeders’ Cup candidates continued Saturday at 7:50 a.m., when Distaff-bound Ollie’s Candy worked a sharp half-mile at Santa Anita under exercise rider and assistant trainer Juan Leyva. Sadler earlier worked Higher Power (Classic) and Catalina Cruiser (Dirt Mile or Sprint).

Ollie’s Candy worked by herself in 47.20 seconds, a snappy drill that was her first since a better-than-looked third behind Paradise Woods and Secret Spice in the Grade 1 Zenyatta Stakes on Sept. 29.

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Sadler said Ollie’s Candy “looked very sharp, very good.”

“My horses are in good shape,” he said. “Whether they’re the best horses, that’s up to the handicappers and pundits, but they’re coming into it good.”

Ollie’s Candy is 15-1 on the Daily Racing Form preliminary odds line for the Distaff. Joel Rosario will ride Ollie’s Candy, who won the Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes this summer at Del Mar.

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