Twirling Candy wins Californian at Hollywood Park
June 4, 2011INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Trainer John Sadler's overwhelming favorite Twirling Candy used a huge rally from fifth at the top of the stretch to win the $150,000 Californian Stakes on Saturday at Hollywood Park.
Ridden by Joel Rosario and running for the first time without blinkers, Twirling Candy was tentative at first and nearly dropped to last, but found his footing in the stretch and took the lead in the final sixteenth to beat Setsuko by 1 1/4 lengths, covering 1 1-8 miles in 1:50.
The winner paid $2.80, $2.20 and $2.10. Setsuko paid $2.80 and $2.60. Aggie Engineer paid $3.60 to show.