Horse Profile

The Candy Kid
Stable

Trained by Paul Tapper at Kalgoorlie, The Candy Kid is a 3 year old gelding by the sire Sessions, out of the dam Canndiyara.

The Candy Kid is still a maiden as he is yet to win a race from 8 starts. His career earnings are $12k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Ascot on February 3rd in 2024 when he won $4,650 in the Reliable Asset Maintenance Mdn (a set weight race over 2,100 metres).

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $2k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$12k
Starts
8
Wins
0
Second
2
Third
0
Win %
0
Place %
25
Profit
-8.0
Conditions
Good
7
0-2-0
$2k
Soft
1
0-0-0
$1k
Heavy
0
0-0-0
$0k
Race Standard
All
0
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1920m
1
0-0-0
-1
2200m
1
0-0-0
-1
2100m
1
0-1-0
-1
1900m
1
0-1-0
-1
1500m
1
0-0-0
-1
1420m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
1
0-0-0
-1
1300m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
York
1
0-0-0
-1
Belmont Park
1
0-0-0
-1
Ascot
1
0-1-0
-1
Narrogin
1
0-1-0
-1
Pinjarra
1
0-0-0
-1
Bunbury
1
0-0-0
-1
Northam
2
0-0-0
-2
Race State
WA
8
0-2-0
-8

Declared to Run

Race History

Mar-4 24
6/11
5.1
$12
York
4
1920
Wittens Irrigation & Design (Bm46+)
$0k
$17k
Z Johnston-Porter
57
119.48
-
2
2,1
-5
Feb-14 24
4/7
5.6
$2.8
Belmont Park
4
2200
Studco Mdn
$1k
$25k
C Johnston-Porter
57
139.61
36.73
3
5,3
-1
Feb-3 24
2/12
0.5
$4.4
Ascot
4
2100
Reliable Asset Maintenance Mdn
$5k
$25k
C Johnston-Porter
57
135.88
37.00
2
2,2
Jan-18 24
2/11
0.2
$4.2
Narrogin
3
1900
Triple M's The Rush Hour Mdn
$3k
$17k
A Kennedy
57½
120.03
-
3
4,3
+1
Jan-11 24
5/12
4.4
$15
Pinjarra
4
1500
Friar Tuck Irish House Mdn
$1k
$25k
Z Johnston-Porter
53½
91.06
36.01
3
3,4
-1
Dec-31 23
4/10
4.3
$12
Bunbury
4
1420
Furphy Mdn
$1k
$25k
Z Johnston-Porter
53½
85.57
34.86
3
2,2
-2
Spell of 104 Days
Sep-18 23
4/9
2.9
$18
Northam
5
1600
Brennan Family Mdn
$1k
$25k
M Poy
55½
98.52
35.98
9
7,7
+3
Aug-31 23
7/11
6.1
$41
Northam
4
1300
1978 Cup Winner - Caduceus Mdn
$0k
$25k
Z Johnston-Porter
54
78.18
35.65
5
5,5
-2