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RACING NEWS
Rainbow Derby-G1
A POLLITICAL CANDY V
by Tracy Gantz
Sammy Valeriano and Randy and Stacy Hill have produced several good racehorses through various foal-sharing deals and purchases. A Pollitical Candy V, bred by the Hills, is one of the most recent to come out of their programs, as he won the July 23 Rainbow Derby-G1 at Ruidoso Downs for Valeriano Racing Stables LLC.
A Pollitical Candy V spent the first part of his career at Los Alamitos, where he ran second in
the 2021 Evening Snow Handicap and 2022 Los Alamitos Winter Derby-G1 when trained by Jaime Gomez for Valeriano. Santos Carrizales Jr., the leading trainer at the Remington Park meet, trains A Pollitical Candy V at Ruidoso, and jockey Juan Pulido began riding the gelding. That combination is now three for four at the track.
A Pollitical Candy V faced a field in
the Derby that included 3-5 favorite KJ Desparado, who was coming off a smart victory in the Ruidoso Futurity-G1 and his Rainbow trial win, in which he qualified the fastest. A Pollitical Candy V qualified the
Ruidoso Downs
$645,329 • 440 yards :21.137 • si 99
APOLLITICAL JESS
si 107
Bred by: Juan Alberto Tirado Lizarraga
Raced to 3 • $1,399,831 14-8(2)-4(2)-0
1,139 f., 112 SW • $51,285,667
MR JESS PERRY si 113
Bred by: Jesse Perry
Raced to 4 • $687,184 21-12(5)-2(1)-0
1,969 f., 159 SW • $59,990,496
Bred by: Randy & Stacy Hill
Raced to 3 $386,923 16-7(2)-4(2)-2
APOLLITICAL TIME si 104 Bred by: Vessels Stallion Farm LLC
Raced to 6 • $904,242 35-14(10)-7(2)-5(4)
12 f., 1 SW • $1,527,555
ROCK CANDY SA
si 96
Bred by: Womack/Cavender Farms Raced to 4 • $28,978
15-2-2-1
9 f., 3 SW • $581,450
GOOD REASON SA si 102
Bred by: Gianni Franco Samaja Raced to 4 • $1,446,727 15-7(4)-2(1)-0
184 f., 10 SW • $5,311,505
SEND ME THE CANDY si 97 Bred by: Carl C. Pevehouse Raced to 3 • $135,976 6-3(1)-1-0
37 f., 4 SW • $1,276,772
148 SPEEDHORSE August 2022
A Pollitical Candy V and jockey Juan Pulido winning the $645,329 Rainbow Derby-G1 at Ruidoso Downs.
Bailey Ivey, Ruidoso Downs
A POLLITICAL CANDY V, ‘19-g.