Candy Stripes (April 12, 1982 – February 28, 2007) was an American

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and sire. A descendant of the great

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through his sire,

Blushing Groom Blushing Groom (8 April 1974 – 6 May 1992) was a French champion Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse and sire (horse), sire. Background He was bred by American businessman John McNamee Sullivan and was raced by Aga Khan IV, HH Aga Khan IV. A ...

, he was out of the mare Bubble Company, a granddaughter of the 20th Century's greatest sire of sires,

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. Candy Stripes is best known as the sire of 2007

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, Invasor, and the 2005

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. Candy Stripes was also the

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sire of the unbeaten,

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. Bred in Kentucky by Allen Cowen, Candy Stripes raced in

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, winning two of six races and running second in the

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(Fr-I). He was returned to North America in 1986, then was sent to Argentina two years later to stand at stud. Following a good deal of success south of the equator, he was imported to the U.S. in 1997 to stand at the Taylor family's

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near

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. He shuttled to

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during that time and later ended up back in that South American country. During his stallion career, Candy Stripes sired ten champions in the United States, Canada, Argentina, and

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. He sired 465 winners, 59 stakes race winners, and 43

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/ graded winners. Candy Stripes died from

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just over a month from his 25th birthday at Haras Carampangue in

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, Argentina.

References

Thoroughbred Times article about his deathCandy Stripes Pedigree
1982 racehorse births 2007 racehorse deaths Racehorses trained in France Racehorses bred in Kentucky Thoroughbred family 1-b {{racehorse-stub