Sidney's Candy or Candy Ride

I don't know about the rest of the racing world, but I was left wondering who I had just watched run away and hide in the Santa Anita Derby. That horse drawing off to win by over 4 looked a heck of a lot like Candy Ride. It really is nice to see a son of Candy Ride on his way to the Kentucky Derby.

A lot can be said for the horrible trip Lookin at Lucky and Caracortado had in the SA Derby but based on how impressive SC was it would be hard to believe either would have challenged that one for the victory. Lucky is a horse who does only enough to win even on his best day, it would have been hard for him to get past SC even with a clean trip. Lucky is begining to look a lot more like Pioneer of the Nile in that he does not put fields away. So assuming no one runs a freakish race and they finish in a pack at the wire Lucky could redeem himself on Derby Day, but that does not seem likely. So IMO the top west coast horse is now Sidney's Candy.

On a side note it is nice to see Joe Talamo get back into the derby with a legitimate shot. The loss of Revenge last year on Derby morning had to be tough. His chance to win that first Derby, may only be a year late.

In the East it was no suprise to see Eskendereya draw off and win for fun. The only interesting part of that race was the trouble filled race and horrific ride sufferred through by Awesome Act. Much like Lucky and Coracortado above, this one likely had no chance of getting to the winner, but still look for a better race in Kentucky.