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The Candy Kid
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Trained by Paul Tapper at Kalgoorlie, The Candy Kid is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Sessions, out of the dam Canndiyara.

He has won one race from 28 starts. His career earnings are $48k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Kalgoorlie on June 9th in 2024 when he won $11,360 in the The Shoe Bar Athol & Gerry Higgins Memorial Mdn (a set weight race over 1,603 metres).

The Candy Kid has started 1 time at group race level.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-1800.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $3k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$48k
Starts
28
Wins
1
Second
3
Third
0
Win %
4
Place %
14
Profit
-18.0
Conditions
Good
21
0-3-0
$1k
Soft
7
1-0-0
$3k
Heavy
0
0-0-0
$0k
Race Standard
All
1
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1600m
9
0-0-0
-9
1612m
1
0-1-0
-1
1400m
3
0-0-0
-3
1720m
1
0-0-0
-1
1940m
1
0-0-0
-1
2000m
1
0-0-0
-1
1300m
2
0-0-0
-2
2100m
2
0-1-0
-2
2200m
2
0-0-0
-2
1603m
1
1-0-0
+9
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
1920m
1
0-0-0
-1
1900m
1
0-1-0
-1
1500m
1
0-0-0
-1
1420m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Kalgoorlie
8
1-1-0
+2
Narrogin
2
0-1-0
-2
Esperance
8
0-0-0
-8
Albany
1
0-0-0
-1
Belmont Park
2
0-0-0
-2
Northam
3
0-0-0
-3
York
1
0-0-0
-1
Ascot
1
0-1-0
-1
Pinjarra
1
0-0-0
-1
Bunbury
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
WA
28
1-3-0
-18

Race History

May-25 25
6/10
3.3
$11
Kalgoorlie
4
1600
Gala Tavern - Wilma McLeod Memorial Hcp (C2)
$0k
$24k
A Hayes
54
97.99
-
7
7,7
+1
May-3 25
2/8
0.8
$8.5
Kalgoorlie
4
1612
Regal Engineering Bronte Stewart Memorial Hcp (C2)
$4k
$24k
A Hayes
52½
99.42
38.38
5
5,5
+3
Apr-25 25
8/12
4.2
$12
Kalgoorlie
5
1400
Kalgoorlie Masters Football Club Hcp (C1)
$0k
$24k
N Riordan
52
84.65
-
3
3,3
-5
Mar-30 25
6/10
7.2
$4
Narrogin
5
1720
Great Southern Waste Cash For Cans (Bm52+)
$0k
$17k
C Nicoll
55
109.00
39.62
10
10,8
+2
Mar-21 25
5/9
2.2
$5.5
Esperance
4
1600
Plus Fitness 24/7 Esperance (Bm58+)
$1k
$24k
K Dhurun
54
98.51
36.20
6
8,7
+2
Feb-28 25
5/8
2.0
$17
Albany
4
1940
Monty’s Leap (Bm64+)
$1k
$24k
M Derrick
54
125.80
-
3
3,5
Feb-14 25
4/11
2.3
$7.5
Esperance
4
2000
You’ve Got The TABtouch Hcp (C2)
$1k
$22k
K Dhurun
55½
124.68
37.50
11
11,11
+7
Feb-1 25
7/12
3.5
$26
Esperance
4
1600
Cleanaway 131339 Hcp (C2)
$0k
$22k
S Gittos
55½
97.69
36.12
8
8,11
+4
Jan-18 25
6/12
4.3
$51
Esperance
4
1600
Kia Seltos GT Hcp (C2)
$0k
$22k
S Gittos
56
97.79
36.32
1
1,1
-5
Jan-3 25
11/11
12.0
$21
Esperance
4
1600
Kalgoorlie Boulder Racing Club Hcp (C5)
$0k
$22k
C Nicoll
55
97.50
37.43
6
9,10
-1
Dec-14 24
6/11
3.6
$26
Esperance
4
1600
Le Grande Plumbing Hcp (C2)
$0k
$22k
K Bennett
57½
99.87
37.39
1
1,1
-5
Dec-6 24
11/14
3.5
$41
Esperance
4
1400
Skippers Aviation Hcp (C2)
$0k
$22k
J Noske
58
85.02
37.00
6
7,5
-6
Nov-23 24
10/13
6.5
$31
Esperance
4
1300
Snapper Enterprises Pty Ltd Hcp (C2)
$0k
$22k
J Noske
58
78.45
36.93
9
9,10
Spell of 104 Days
Aug-11 24
11/11
11.8
$19
Kalgoorlie
4
2100
Pryce Mining Services (Bm64+)
$0k
$24k
K Bennett
55
130.83
37.72
1
1,5
-6
Jul-20 24
7/9
8.7
$61
Belmont Park
7
2200
Belmont Classic 
$2k
$125k
K Bennett
56½
144.52
36.55
1
1,1
-6
Jul-14 24
4/11
2.0
$21
Kalgoorlie
5
1600
2yo+ Hcp C2)
$1k
$24k
V Corver
59½
98.77
35.91
1
1,1
-3
Jul-7 24
9/12
5.9
$19
Kalgoorlie
4
1400
Madjec Constructions Hcp (C2)
$0k
$24k
K Bennett
60
85.51
36.68
1
1,1
-8
Jun-9 24
1/9
3.0
$10
Kalgoorlie
7
1603
The Shoe Bar Athol & Gerry Higgins Memorial Mdn
$12k
$20k
K Bennett
58
101.20
-
1
1,1
Jun-3 24
4/8
4.8
$19
Northam
6
1600
Dunnings Mdn
$1k
$25k
K Bennett
57
97.29
36.81
1
1,1
-3
May-19 24
5/8
6.2
$14
Kalgoorlie
4
1200
Coolgardie Rodeo 16th-18th August 2024 Mdn
$1k
$20k
A Galati
57½
71.56
34.89
8
8,7
+2
Spell of 76 Days
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