Holy Candy resting at Sadler barn

Holy Candy, who was pulled up in the stretch as the even-money favorite in

Wednesday's second division of the Oceanside Stakes at Del Mar, was being given

a routine bath outside trainer John Sadler's barn Thursday morning.

"He'll be OK," Sadler said. "We're going to do some diagnostics, some

testing, X-rays and stuff like that. We don't have a complete diagnosis yet, but

we'll have that in a couple of days. We did X-ray him last night and everything

was clean."

Without a full diagnosis, Sadler declined to speculate on the specifics of

the injury to the gray son of Candy Ride, but said the general area could be in

the "high suspensory" ligament area of the left foreleg.

"The good news is he's going to be fine. He'll be given some time off. How

much is yet to be determined."

Owned by Craig Stables and Donkey Island LLC, Holy Candy was making his turf

debut in the Oceanside following a third in the Grade 3 Affirmed and a fourth in

the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes. He trailed from the start and

was vanned off the course after being pulled up in the final furlong.

 The high point of the opening-day card for Sadler was a one-two finish by

his trainees Ballard Ruler and Life a Riley in the fifth race, a five-furlong

sprint for California-bred two-year-olds. It was the first race for both colts.

"They were both trained 10 minutes inland from here at Rancho Paseana by

Cliff Sise," Sadler said. "They went from Paseana to Hollywood Park together,

trained up there together, came down here together and then ran together.

"And they look alike. So that was fun."

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