2003 Pacific Classic - Candy Ride -vs- Medaglia d'Oro

Reduced to four starters, Sunday's $1-million Pacific Classic was hyped as a match race between Medaglia d'Oro and the unbeaten Candy Ride.
It didn't turn out to be much of a contest.
Playing the part of Seabiscuit, Candy Ride, the underdog, dusted War Admiral, er, Medaglia d'Oro, the 3-5 favorite, and put himself squarely in the horse-of-the-year race.
With Julie Krone filling in as jockey for the injured Gary Stevens, Candy Ride tracked Medaglia d'Oro for most of the 1 1/4-mile race, then kicked away in the stretch to win by 3 1/4 lengths.
He was timed in 1:59.11, bettering the Del Mar record for the distance of 1:59.40 set by Bertrando in the Pacific Classic 10 years earlier.
Candy Ride is a 4-year-old Argentine-bred owned by Sid and Jenny Craig, who live in nearby Rancho Santa Fe and dreamed for years of winning Del Mar's signature race, and trained by Ron McAnally, who had lost with his previous eight starters in the Pacific Classic.
"This is the most exciting moment in my horse racing career," said Sid Craig, who has won Breeders' Cup races and the Epsom Derby. "It doesn't get any better than this in your own back yard."
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[@redbrian3655]

I remember watching this on TV. I still think that Medaglia D'Oro was one of the gutsiest horses that I have ever seen. I was saddened that Candy Ride injured himself after this race because he probably could have won an Eclipse Award had he stayed sound. BRIAN

[@danielcardenas3377]

Emocionante carrera CANDY RIDE, y seguís deslumbrando ahora como padrillo.

[@SchachtStudio]

Switches to the right lead in the stretch and its all over. Incredible horse, and an a great sire.

[@igmaciogomez3946]

Orgullo argentino.

[@darnellwebb7609]

The great female jockey Julie Krone fits this Champion candy ride like a glove great horse also has become one of the leading sire

[@michaelmiller9376]

He passed that ability on to many of his offspring.....Sidney's Candy, Twirling Candy, Shared Belief etc.

[@francoarrua011]

Gun runner

[@HesTiaFuLL]

Señor Candy

[@hadrianmarcus2475]

Game Winner, Mastery

[@erinjames5776]

Vekoma

[@JoeKoOhNo]

Great sire.

[@ynot7119]

Was there at the top of the stretch when Julie shookem,scary good,breathtaking a thing of beauty.Trevors call was icing on the cake.

[@Juan-xn2nt]

Lo increible es la línea sanguinea de Candy Stripes. Candy Stripes era abuelo de Candy Ride y fue tambien el padre de Invasor, además fue el padre de incontables grandes padrillos como por ejemplo Equal Stripes.

[@errante4554]

CANDY STRIPES ES HIJO DEL FRANCES BLUSHING GROOM... CREO QUE ES DE LOS MEJORES HIJOS REPRODUCTORES DE ESTE FRANCES

[@alexmerel9924]

Really nice finesse rein work by Julie krone

[@JoeKoOhNo]

Should have used a left-handed whip.

[@ynot7119]

I was there.It doesn't get any better.

[@evanwilliams6406]

Three great race horses and great sires too.

[@davidhughes6189]

Julie easing in a HAND RIDE. A HAND RIDE. Waving the stick front and rear. Stopped riding at top of stretch to get away from the tired MDO. Anything to the contrary defies what is seen. Candy Ride broke the WORLD RECORD for 1600M in 1:31.01 - any questions? Flightline didn't do anything special in winning every race in slower than track record. Lengths of victory is just a commentary on the poor level on competition!

[@BarryReinitz]

I have to agree. I liked watching FLightline but he was never challenged and I wonder how good he was in comparison to some of these record holders. I dont think we ever saw the bottom of Candy Ride either but he had to be near his best here

[@joehawk9839]

Three terrific sires from this race.

[@RodolfoSuarez-r7j]

Un çŕack de veŕdad verdad. Orgullo aŕgentíno.

[@nickyd.4695]

Candy was honed to a fine edge. Easiest purse Julie ever won.

[@patrickhagan9382]

She won much easier races at the Meadowlands (when she rode the day/night circuit).

[@DanielSong39]

Perfect!

[@THEBIGFZ]

que barbaro , tambien lo supero como padrillo a medalla de oro

[@Jean0987654321]

Track announcer: Trevor Denman

[@tombrady7616]

One of the best riders ever. She could get any horse to relax 😂

[@ynot7119]

Great rider

[@vilmabello4300]

😎👍