ARCADIA, Calif. – Twirling Candy will be pointed to the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Churchill Downs on Nov. 5, with only a “10 percent” chance that he will start in the BC Classic the same day, trainer John Sadler said.
“We think that’s the best spot for him right now,” Sadler said of the Dirt Mile.
Twirling Candy, the runner-up in the Pacific Classic on Aug. 28, will start in the $250,000 Goodwood Stakes over 1 1/8 miles on Oct. 1 as a prep to a Breeders’ Cup race to be determined later, trainer John Sadler said on Sunday.
Sadler said the Breeders’ Cup Classic or the Dirt Mile, which is run around one turn, would be considered for Twirling Candy. Owned by a partnership, Twirling Candy won the Grade 2 Californian Stakes at Hollywood Park in June and was third in the Hollywood Gold Cup in July earlier this summer.
DEL MAR, Calif. – Twirling Candy, expected to be one of the leading choices in next Sunday’s Pacific Classic, worked one mile in 1:37.80 on Sunday morning at Del Mar with jockey Joel Rosario aboard.
Twirling Candy is coming off a close, third-place finish to First Dude, who has subsequently been retired, and Game On Dude in last month’s Hollywood Gold Cup.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Twirling Candy, the five-time stakes winner, will make his next start in the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Aug. 28, trainer John Sadler said on Sunday.
The decision was made after Twirling Candy worked five furlongs in 59.60 seconds under jockey Joel Rosario at Del Mar on Sunday and following weekend conversations with the partnership that owns the 4-year-old colt – breeder Jenny Craig, Marty Wygod, and William S. Farish.
“He’s trained so well on this racetrack and he worked super on it today,” Sadler said.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. – A win by Twirling Candy in Saturday’s $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup would put him solidly on course for the Breeders’ Cup Classic and solidify his hold at the top of the California handicap division.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The five-time stakes winner Twirling Candy worked seven furlongs in 1:25.20 at Hollywood Park on Saturday, his final workout before he starts as the favorite in the $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup on July 9.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Five months into the year, the older male division in California lacks a leader, an issue that could be sorted to some extent after Saturday’s $150,000 Californian Stakes at Hollywood Park.
