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“He didn’t get out of the gate the very best,” she said. “But when he got out, he was bumped on both sides really hard.”
Jess Good Candy was shuffled back to fifth in his trial.
“Then he started running, and he just came on,” said Rozella. “When you have 150-160 horses in one day and choosing just five from those, it’s a miracle. I would love to take credit for that, but I can’t. God is in charge. There was a reason behind this.”
The colt was able to win by a nose in :21.642, the trial being fast enough that the second-place horse, McClintock B, also quali- fied. Jess Good Candy was the third-fastest qualifier from the second day of trials.
Crawford first unveiled Jess Good Candy at Remington Park in Oklahoma City, where the colt won a maiden race. Shipped to New Mexico, Jess Good Candy won his trial for the Ruidoso Futurity.
“The second day, he was the number five
to qualify until it came to the 17th race,” said Rozella. “He had a headwind, and then the wind died. In the 17th race, he was beaten out.”
Crawford decided it would be best to skip the Ruidoso Juvenile and the Rainbow Futurity-G1 trials and final. That way, Jess Good Candy would be fresh for the All American.
“I can’t say enough about Clint Crawford,” said Rozella. “He is the most honest trainer I have ever met in my life. He does what’s best for our horses.”
Those horses numbered 67 registered Quarter Horses when Carl died. Rozella downsized to what she could handle, often with the help of daughter Cheryl. Rozella noted that they have 17 foals coming for next spring.
“Carl kept great mares,” said Rozella.
Many of those mares trace back to Send Me Candy, the stakes-placed third dam of Jess Good Candy. Crawford has noted that the entire line of horses is sensible and almost always produces runners.
The foals from Jess Send Candy, the dam of Jess Good Candy, are particularly meaningful to Cheryl. She and her father nursed the mare back to health after Jess Send Candy ran a stick into a back foot. The injury curtailed her racing career to only four starts.
“We brought her home,” said Cheryl. “Dad and I worked and worked to save her. We tried to get it healed up and keep her from getting laminitis in the other back foot. I remember changing that bandage and soaking that foot.”
Carl, Rozella, and Cheryl didn’t allow Jess Send Candy to carry a foal, all are via embryo transfer. That hasn’t stopped her from being an excellent broodmare. Jess Send Candy
has produced five winners from seven start- ers, including multiple stakes winners This Candys Awesome ($319,823) and Send Me This Wagon, plus stakes-placed Honeymoon Candy.
The second dam, Send Me The Candy, is
another good one from the family. She won the 1996 Remington Park Futurity-G1 and pro- duced stakes winners Send Me A Candy Tree, This Candys Special, Gotta Have The Candy, and This Candys Royal.
Cheryl said that Jess Send Candy has 2016 foals coming by First Moon Flash and One Dashing Eagle.
One Dashing Eagle is a son of One Famous Eagle, as is All American second-placed
One Fabulous Eagle (One Famous Eagle- Ladys Heart Of Gold). Cesar Gomez rode One Fabulous Eagle for trainer Kasey Willis and owner Darling Farms. Previously, One Fabulous Eagle had qualified for the Ruidoso Futurity-G1 and finished fourth in that final.
TF Im That Guy (First Down Dash-TF Ms Special Perry) finished third with Joe Badilla Jr. in the irons. Juan Gonzalez trains the colt for owner Victor Diaz. TF Im That Guy won two trials in his five previous starts.
First Valiant Sign (Valiant Hero-First Painted Sign) finished fourth, followed by Sky Bo Dash (Bodacious Dash-Sky Chicks), Crooked Path (Favorite Cartel-Tahma Hawk), and Hatefulist (Separatist-Hardly Hateful). Lethal Volcom (Volcom-Lethal Delight) finished eighth, but was disqualified to ninth, moving McClintock B (FDD Dynasty-First Class Lacy B) to ninth. Giving It All (Walk Thru Fire-Sizzling) bucked after his saddle slipped and lost the rider.
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The connections of the Estate of Carl C. Pevehouse, trainer Clinton Crawford & jockey Ivan Carnero in the winner’s circle after the All American Futurity
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