Does the path to the Breeders’ Cup run through Fairplex Park?
It might for Candrea, the 2-year-old filly expected to be heavily
favored Friday in the $50,000 Phil D. Shepherd Stakes at the Los Angeles
County Fair.
Bob Baffert trains Candrea, whose auspicious debut was a July 7
maiden race at Hollywood Park that she won by more than three lengths
while geared down, earning a 75 Beyer Speed Figure.
The race established Candrea as the favorite for the Grade 3 Sorrento
Aug. 5 at Del Mar, but she got sick and did not enter. The setback
essentially ruined her summer campaign. Del Mar did not card an
allowance race for 2-year-old fillies the entire meet; the only option
for Baffert was to train Candrea for a possible start Sept. 3 in the
Grade 1 Debutante.
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