King Candy (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

20-Oct-23
Sex
colt

Colour

bay

Dam

Peppermint Patty

Prize Money

10475

Owners

Grenville Stud (Mgr: G J McCulloch)

About

King Candy, a 2yo bay colt from Australia, is trained by Graeme McCulloch at Whitemore. He is by Wild Ruler out of Peppermint Patty. The horse has not yet broken his maiden, having finished unplaced in three starts. In his latest outing at Hobart on 25 Jan 2026, jockey Lauryn Bingley rode him to a fifth‑place finish behind winner Aristopolos.

Raced At

Hobart Launceston

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Hobart 25-Jan-26 1100m GOOD 4 R5 LR 2Y-SW $3,125 (of $125,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:07.240, SP: 51.00 In-running: 800m 9th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.140 1st Aristopolos ( E B Burke 57 ) 2nd Momentslikethese ( H Grace 55 ) 1.25L 3rd Sovereign Dash ( S Ingelse 57 ) 4.00L 5th King Candy ( L Bingley 57 ) 8.00L See full resultsL Bingley 57kg 8.00L5 (9)
Launceston 09-Jan-26 1100m SOFT 5 R1 2YO HCP $350 (of $35,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:05.780, SP: 13.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.900 1st Aristopolos ( E L B Burke 59 ) 2nd Momentslikethese ( A Darmanin 55.5 ) 1.00L 3rd Too Poetic ( S Tsaikos 55 ) 5.00L 6th King Candy ( J Johnstone 57.5 , Cd 56 ) 6.60L See full resultsJ Johnstone 57.5kg, Cd 56kg 6.60L6 (6)
Launceston 10-Dec-25 1100m SOFT 5 R1 2YO MDN $7,000 (of $35,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:06.890, SP: 11.00 In-running: 800m 4th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.130 1st Aristopolos ( E L B Burke 57 ) 2nd King Candy ( J Johnstone 57 ) 2.00L 3rd Momentslikethese ( A Darmanin 55 ) 2.15L See full resultsJ Johnstone 57kg 2.00L2 (8)
Hobart 25-Nov-25 800m SOFT 5 R4 2Y-TRL Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:50.340 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.470 1st Too Poetic ( C V Munster ) 2nd Precious Illusion ( T Baker ) 0.06L 3rd Momentslikethese ( G Catania ) 0.81L 4th King Candy ( I Bowles ) 1.81LI Bowles 1.81L4 (6)