In Argentina, he won the Gran Premio San Isidro and the Joaquin S. de Anchorena, setting a world record of 1:31.01 for 1,600 meters on the turf in the latter.
Retired to stud in Kentucky, he developed into a top 10 sire whose notable offspring include American Horse of the Year Gun Runner.
Candy Ride is a bay stallion standing 16 1⁄2 hands (64.5 inches, 164 cm) high who was bred in Argentina by Haras Abolengo.
[5][6] For his next start on October 12, Candy Ride was stepped up to the Group One level in the Gran Premio San Isidro at a distance of 1,600 meters (roughly one mile) on the turf.
[5][6] Candy Ride made the final start of the year in the Gran Premio Joaquin S de Anchorena, another Group 1 event at a distance of a 1,600 meters on the turf.
[3][4] On June 7, 2003, Candy Ride made his American debut in an allowance race at Hollywood Park over 1+1⁄16 miles on the dirt.
His next start was on July 4 as the even money favorite in the Grade II American Handicap at Hollywood Park at a distance of 1+1⁄8 on the turf.
"[7] In what turned out to be his last race, Candy Ride was entered in the Grade I Pacific Classic Stakes at Del Mar over a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles on the dirt.
In beating the highly regarded (2nd), Candy Ride earned a Beyer speed figure of 123, the highest of any horse in the United States in 2003.
[3][5] After inheriting the ride from an injured Gary Stevens, Julie Krone became the first female jockey to win a million dollar race.
[4] Candy Ride's first crop, foaled in 2006, produced Grade 1 winners Evita Argentina, El Brujo, Capt.
From his 2007 crop, Sidney's Candy won the Santa Anita Derby and also set a track record for 1+1⁄16 miles on turf at Del Mar.
In addition, Twirling Candy became a star on the West Coast in 2010 and 2011, winning multiple Grade I races on turf and dirt.
[14] More recently, Candy Ride has sired Gun Runner, who finished third in the 2016 Kentucky Derby and went on to win the Clark Handicap later that year.