Candy Addiction (USA) Horse
About
Candy Addiction is a 3yo racehorse from the United States trained by Antonio Sano. He is out of the mare Merci Beaucoup and sired by Rock Your World. The horse has not yet broken its maiden, going winless in five starts. In the latest outing at Gulfstream on 4 January 2026, jockey John R. Velazquez guided Candy Addiction to a 10th-place finish, behind the winner Doctrine.
Raced At
GulfstreamRace Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Gulfstream 04-Jan-26 1609m FIRM R1 Md (of $84,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:34.070, SP: 41.00 was settled early and had outside pursuit down the backside and tired. 1st Doctrine ( E J Zayas 122 ) 2nd Mo Ladies ( J Bravo 122 ) 0.05L 3rd Blazing Tiger ( T Gaffalione 122 ) 1.30L 10th Candy Addiction ( J R Velazquez 122 ) 13.90L See full results | J R Velazquez 55.3kg 13.90L | 10 (10) |
| Gulfstream 07-Dec-25 1610m FIRM R1 Md $400 (of $70,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:34.310, SP: 26.00 had brief speed inside. 1st Thousandsticks ( M Gutierrez 120 ) 2nd Harry O ( M Vasquez 120 ) 0.00L 3rd Versailles Road ( R Maragh 120 ) 0.00L 7th Candy Addiction ( M Husbands 120 ) 12.00L See full results | M Husbands 54.4kg 12.00L | 7 (9) |
| Gulfstream 16-Nov-25 1410m R8 Md $4,900 (of $70,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:25.400, SP: 17.00 got bumped at the start and was off slowly, settled off of the decent early pace and saved ground into the turn, passed tiring rivals in the lane but did not threaten the leaders in the late stages. 1st Blame Yasself ( E Jaramillo 120 ) 2nd Ramajay ( E Zayas 120 ) 1.00L 3rd The Pulse ( M Husbands 120 ) 1.50L 4th Candy Addiction ( E Gonzalez 120 ) 38.25L See full results | E Gonzalez 54.4kg 38.25L | 4 (6) |
| Gulfstream 02-Nov-25 1610m FIRM R5 Md $400 (of $70,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:38.760, SP: 10.00 was prominent in the early stages, stalked the decent pace along the backstretch then gave chase two wide into the turn, was outkicked to the quarter marker, lacked the needed response to upper stretch and weakened in the drive. 1st Bull By The Horns ( M Husbands 120 ) 2nd Pax Mundi ( E Zayas 120 ) 6.50L 3rd Thousand Spirits ( M Vasquez 120 ) 0.75L 6th Candy Addiction ( E Gonzalez 120 ) 17.25L See full results | E Gonzalez 54.4kg 17.25L | 6 (8) |
| Gulfstream 24-Aug-25 1210m SOFT R8 Md $14,000 (of $70,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:11.990, SP: 8.50 took back in the early stages, saved ground to stretch, was no match late for the winner and was second best. 1st Strategic Reserve ( E Zayas 120 ) 2nd Candy Addiction ( E Gonzalez 120 ) 6.00L 3rd Running On Time ( Y Torres 120 ) 2.50L See full results | E Gonzalez 54.4kg 6.00L | 2 (6) |
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