Chocolate Candy, Pioneerof The Nile highlight 12-horse CashCall Futurity

Chocolate Candy, Pioneerof the Nile highlight 12-horse

CashCall Futurity

Real Quiet S. winner CHOCOLATE CANDY (Candy Ride [Arg]) and Breeders' Cup

Juvenile (G1) fifth-placer PIONEEROF THE NILE (Empire Maker) are top draws in

Saturday's $750,000

CashCall Futurity (G1) at Hollywood Park. An exciting field of 12 juveniles

will square off in the 1 1/16-mile event over the Cushion Track.

Chocolate Candy will bring a two-race winning into his graded debut, and the

Jerry Hollendorfer-trained colt will pick up a new rider in Rafael Bejarano.

Garrett Gomez, who was up for Chocolate Candy's 1 1/2-length score in the

November 8 Real Quiet, will take over the reins aboard Pioneerof the Nile. Now

trained by Bob Baffert, Pioneerof the Nile finished third in the Breeders'

Futurity (G1) before recording a troubled third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

The Zayat Stables colorbearer has been training forwardly over the Pro Ride at

Santa Anita in preparation.

MR. ROD (Scrimshaw) and BITTEL ROAD (Stormy Atlantic), a pair of Grade 3 turf

winners, will both switch to the main track for the CashCall. Mr. Rod exits a

gate-to-wire victory in the November 29 Generous S. (G3), and Bittel Road, who

finished a fast-closing second in the Generous, captured the Bourbon S. (G3) at

Keeneland for Todd Pletcher.

Other contenders include AZUL LEON (Lion Heart) and VENTANA (Toccet), the

second- and third-place finishers in the Hollywood Prevue S. (G3), and Northern

California shipper FRUMINOUS (Grindstone), who will bring a three-race winning

streak into his graded debut.