Twirling Candy’s Twirling Aces Remains Perfect with Impressive Win at Ellis

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Picking up where she left off in her latest start in Louisville, Twirling Aces (Twirling Candy) went to the front and never looked back, winning by 4 1/4 lengths at Ellis Park on Thursday afternoon.A 2 3/4-length winner in a sales restricted race over six furlongs at Churchill Downs on June 3, she was installed the 6-5 favorite here. Taken to the lead straight away by Ben Curtis, she led throughout and proved best, scoring by 4 1/4 lengths over Bet the Gray (Essential Quality).The victory gave trainer Brendan Walsh his fourth consecutive victory on the card.The winner's dam, Kidoro, is a half-sister to a pair of stakes winners and graded placed runners. She has a juvenile filly by Nyquist and a yearling colt by Oscar Performance also in the pipeline. This season, she produced a filly by Arabian Knight. 8th-Ellis, $102,000, Alw, 7-9, (NW2L), 3yo, f, 7f, 1:22.91, ft, 4 1/4 lengths.TWIRLING ACES (f, 3, Twirling Candy–Kidoro, by Medaglia d'Oro)Sales history: $50,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $113,560. Click for the Equibase.com chart.O-Pocket Aces Racing LLC; B-Dell Ridge Farm, LLC (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh.The post Twirling Candy’s Twirling Aces Remains Perfect with Impressive Win at Ellis appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.