2010 Del Mar Derby (G2)

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Date/Track:
9/5/2010, Del Mar
Distance:
1 1/8 m (Turf)
Age/Sex:
3 M
Time:
1:46.96

What the Nation is saying about the 2010 Del Mar Derby (G2)...

The Craig Family Trust's brilliant Twirling Candy, sent postward the prohibitive 1-5 favorite on the basis of his perfect three-for-three racing record, came through as expected Sunday in the $300,000 Del Mar Derby  but only after a stewards' inquiry pertaining to an incident leaving the clubho...Read More
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  • otbhawaiian · I was impressed at how strong that horse was but the reason the stewards gave was lame" because summer movie finished last they didnt feel a dq was necesary" · 631 days ago ·
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  • agclarkey · The Best Horse won the race Twirling Candy is some horse to loose his stride & run off the track & then his jock gets his mind back on the job & then donkey licks the field.Summer Movie was never going to beat the winner he copped a bump along the back straight & finished a mile back.The stewards got it right as far as I could see. · 629 days ago ·
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Jenny Craig's Candy Ride colt Twirling Candy wired the Del Mar Derby field as the 1-5 favorite to run his record to 4-for-4 for trainer John Sadler, but this victory was not without incident. Early in the run down the backstretch, Twirling Candy ducked out sharply under Joel ...Read More
Jockey Patrick Valenzuela wasn’t even involved in the nearly catastrophic incident on the backstretch, but he was as upset as anyone near the winner’s circle after the Del Mar Fiasco, make that Derby, finished on Sunday.Valenzuela was aboard the 33-1 long-shot Jairzihno, who finished second to the 1...Read More
Sunday’s pick six from Del Mar includes a trio of Stakes races and features the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby for 3-year-olds traveling nine furlongs on the turf course. Overwhelming favorite Twirling Candy has yet to be tested in his brief career and exits a sharp win in the grassy Oceanside Stakes... Read More
The undefeated Twirling Candy, another in the line of Candy Ride-sired stakes winners, leads a small but competitive group of 3-year-olds in Sunday's 66th running of the Grade II, $300,000 Del Mar Derby at 1 1/8 miles on the Jimmy Durante Turf Course.   Twirling Candy, trained by John Sadler f...Read More
"It's unlikely that he'll run at Del Mar again this meet," trainer John Sadler said this morning of Sidney's Candy, his spectacular winner of Saturday's La Jolla Handicap, the major prep for the Grade II, $300,000 Del Mar Derby on Sunday, September 5.   "That race was pretty fast, so I don't e...Read More
Trainer John Sadler reported his undefeated Oceanside Stakes winner Twirling Candy in good shape Thursday morning following the 3-year-old colt's impressive victory in Del Mar's opening-day feature.   "We'll be looking at a number of races for him," Sadler said. "If we go the traditional route...Read More

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