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Originally Posted by Spalding No!
Candy Ride is no doubt a top sire but he has yet to produce a classic winner and most of his offspring seem to bottom out at 9 furlongs.
Shared Belief, who I'd label a "preternatural" talent (e.g., Holy Bull, Skip Away) whose pedigree was moot for the most part, is his only 10 furlong winner at 3 years of age (Pacific Classic on an all-weather surface).
Gun Runner was finally able to see out 10 furlongs (by out-footing a City Zip colt) in his penultimate start after several failed attempts earlier in his career. He, along with Shared Belief (Santa Anita Handicap), are his only 10 furlong Grade 1 winners on conventional dirt.
Misremembered, who failed miserably in the Pacific Classic at 3, was able to win a terrible rendition of the Santa Anita Handicap (favorite was St. Trinians, who should have been tackling Zenyatta in the Santa Margarita) on an all-weather surface at 4 and Ascend won the Manhattan on turf as a 5yo last year are his only other 10 furlong winners at the highest level.
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There aren't a lot of G1 races at 1 1/4 miles! Gun Runner's previous tries included the Dubai World Cup where he got beat by a freakish performance by Arrogate.
And Candy Ride himself was a G1 winner at 1 1/4 miles.
Game Winner should do fine if he is good enough.
