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Originally Posted by cakes44
Candy Ride vs MDO?!
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It was a track record performance, but it was a very short field (4 horses) and Candy Ride was basically unheralded at the time (though considerably hyped in CA) and then never started again. No Mineshaft, no Congaree, no Perfect Drift.
The odds-on Medaglia D'Oro had been bouncing around all year, cherry picking spots and taking 2-4 months between starts and failed yet again to see out a classic distance.
On top of that, it wasn't much of a confrontation. Candy Ride won by open lengths.