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Andrew Caulfield, March 16, 2010-Sidney’s Candy

PEDIGREE INSIGHTS BY ANDREW CAULFIELD

SAN FELIPE S.-GII, $150,000, SAX, 3-13, 3yo, 1 1/16m (AWT), 1:42 1/5, ft. 1--SIDNEY'S CANDY, 117, c, 3, by (Arg) 1st Dam: Fair Exchange, by 2nd Dam: Exchange, by Explodent 3rd Dam: Wooly Willow, by Irish Stronghold O-Sid & Jenny Craig Trust; B-Jenny & Sidney H Craig (KY); T-John W Sadler; J-Joseph Talamo; $90,000. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, $223,560. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. Breeders have made quite a few attempts over the years to establish stallions from a South American background in the North American industry, but most of these stallions have enjoyed only patchy success at best. The most notable exception has to be , who left an indelible mark on the breed by siring the aptly named Special--plus Swale=s dam Tuerta--during his years at Claiborne. Those years also yielded a fistful of American Grade I performers, headed by the incomparable , and Europe also witnessed high-class performances from the likes of , Formidable, , Home Guard, Gay Fandango and . Perhaps Forli succeeded where others failed simply because he was the most talented racehorse among them, a winner of his first nine starts, and we mustn=t underestimate the advantage he enjoyed from being supported by Claiborne and its clients. The last two weekends have raised the tantalising possibility that Candy Ride, another import from Argentina, could eventually make a similar impact. With taking the GI Santa Anita H. and Sidney=s Candy the GII San Felipe S., Candy Ride now ranks fourth on the leading sires= table, behind stallions standing the 2010 season at fees of $100,000, $75,000 and $100,000. Candy Ride=s fee this year, in his first season at Lane=s End, is a much more modest $25,000, which makes him the lowest-priced stallion in the top 10. What=s more, he owes his position to progeny sired at fees of $10,000 and $12,500, as his fee never rose higher than $12,500 in his first five seasons. Hill >n= Dale Farm clearly did a fine job with him in those early years, as Candy Ride now had six graded winners to his credit from the 202 named foals in his first two crops, including three Grade I winners (the others being Capt. Candyman Can and Evita Argentina).

Caulfield cont. www.coolmore.com Perhaps it isn=t too fanciful to mention Candy Ride in Storm Cat line. A bit of research showed that this the same breath as Forli, as this unbeaten horse also wasn=t the case in his first two seasons, but three proved himself one of the most talented horses graded winners will surely have changed all that. produced by Argentina. Indeed, he was talented enough to rank alongside Mineshaft and Johar as the leading SIDNEY’S CANDY, c, 2007 American-trained older horses on the 2003 International Classifications. That rating reflected the excellence of Naval Orange Ride the Rails his performance in the GI Pacific Classic, in which he (Fr) Herbalesian lowered the track record in defeating Medaglia d=Oro. It Alanesian Candy Ride (Arg) was a great shame that he never again made it to the (Fr) races, despite being kept in training in 2004. Bubble Co. (Fr) Candy Girl (Arg) Although his opening fee of $10,000 was no doubt Farnesio (Arg) City Girl (Arg) influenced by this lengthy period out of the limelight, Cithara (Arg) his modest price was surely more a reflection of the Storm Bird fact that Candy Ride is a son of Ride the Rails. While South Ocean Storm Cat Ride the Rails (Cryptoclearance) was good enough to Secretariat Terlingua finish second to Holy Bull in the Florida Derby, he didn=t Fair Exchange Crimson Saint Placed manage a graded victory. Arguably the most interesting 4Fls, 1GSW Explodent thing about him was his 4x3 inbreeding to Alablue, an Exchange Venomous influential broodmare who numbers the likes of MGISW 1Fl Wooly Willow Irish Stronghold Revidere, Proper Reality and Harlan=s Holiday among her 11Fls, 1GSW Crelita many successful descendants. Ride the Rails is clearly proving no handicap to Candy Ride=s stallion career, though I wonder whether a greater influence in Candy Ride=s pedigree is his broodmare sire Candy Stripes, who also gave us and . Invasor was every bit as talented as Candy Ride, to the extent that he was rated two pounds higher on the International Classifications, so it is going to be interesting to see whether he too can fly the flag for Argentina as a stallion. Sidney=s Candy--as his name suggests--was bred by Sidney and Jenny Craig, who also bred the Grade III winner Chocolate Candy from Candy Ride, who carried the Craigs= colors in the States. Sidney=s Candy is out of Fair Exchange, who managed nothing better than a third in five appearances. On the other hand, Misremembered=s dam Beyond Perfection was good enough to win the GII Del Mar Debutante and GIII Bay Meadows Oaks, and the dams of Capt. Candyman Can and Chocolate Candy were also stakes winners. Although Fair Exchange didn=t show a great deal of ability, there is no faulting her pedigree, as she is by Storm Cat out of the Grade I turf winner Exchange. Unlike her daughter, Exchange had a long and successful career on the track. Her record of 15 wins from 30 starts featured Grade I wins for Sidney Craig in the Santa Barbara H. over 1 1/4 miles at five and in the Matriarch S. over 1 1/8 miles at six. Unfortunately, Fair Exchange was her only named foal. With a sire and a second dam who both scored over 1 1/4 miles, there is no reason why 1 1/16 miles should prove the limit of Sidney=s Candy=s stamina. The fact that Fair Exchange is by Storm Cat is significant, as Capt. Candyman Can is out of a Storm Creek mare and Evita Argentina is out of a daughter of Forest Wildcat. My immediate reaction to this was that Candy Ride, as a member of the Fappiano male line, had probably been inundated with mares from the