Chismosa, Candy Azteca to Meet Once more in Nice Girl M

Hardly ever does the primary horse somebody claims produce a graded stakes winner, however that is simply what occurred to Jaime Renella. His homebred 4-year-old Chismosa , a product of that first declare, You Can Dream , goes into the July 6 Nice Girl M Stakes (G2) at Los Alamitos Race Course as a grade 3 stakes winner who additionally has three different added-money victories. She is going to face a buzz noticed within the type of grade 1 winner Candy Azteca , however Chismosa is one among solely two who’ve ever completed forward of Candy Azteca.

Candy Azteca, a 4-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Sharp Azteca  skilled by Michael McCarthy, will seemingly be a robust favourite within the 6 1/2-furlong Nice Girl M, which drew a subject of 10. She is coming off a wonderful win within the March 9 Beholder Mile Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park, when she defeated Adare Manor , later winner of the Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) at Oaklawn Park and Santa Margarita Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita.

Following her debut win final fall at Churchill Downs, Candy Azteca ran third to Chismosa and Scorching Peppers  within the Jan. 1 Las Flores Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita. Since then, she has been sensational, taking a Feb. 2 allowance/optionally available claimer by 12 lengths and triumphing over Adare Manor by three-quarters of a size.

Chismosa, skilled by Rafael DeLeon, is one among a number of winners Renella has bred from You Can Dream, a $20,000 declare in 2010. A California-bred daughter of Clubhouse Experience , Chismosa has earned greater than $500,000, the many of the Nice Girl M subject. She is coming off a win within the June 2 Desert Stormer Stakes at Santa Anita. In 2023, Chismosa completed second within the Nice Girl M, dropping by only a neck to Eda . Tiago Pereira is about to experience from put up 3.

McCarthy additionally trains Three Witches , a a number of graded stakes winner to be ridden by Abel Cedillo from put up 2. A 5-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Into Mischief  , Three Witches gained the Feb. 3 Santa Monica Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita. Her first graded win got here within the 2023 Princess Rooney Invitational Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park.

Peter Miller trains Daddysruby , a 4-year-old Cal-bred daughter of Frac Daddy  who gained the Dec. 26 La Brea Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita. To be ridden for the primary time by Reylu Gutierrez and drawn into put up 9, Daddysruby has a report of 5 wins, one second, one third, and one fourth in eight begins. Because the La Brea, she completed third within the Feb. 18 Spring Fever Stakes at Santa Anita and second within the March 30 Matron Stakes at Oaklawn.