Horse Racing

Horse Racing News: Chocolate Candy to run in 2009 Belmont Stakes‏: After running a very respectable fifth in the 135th Kentucky Derby, Chocolate Candy appears headed to the Belmont Stakes and will skip the second leg of the Triple Crown, as he has already bedded down at Belmont Park.

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer opted to skip the Preakness Stakes in order to give the Candy Ride colt some much needed rest after a grueling spring campaign. With stamina on both sides of his pedigree, also being out of Triple Crown winning Seattle Slew mare ,Chocolate Candy is well suited to the mile and a half distance of the Belmont. He came out of the Derby in excellent shape, unlike some of the other runners, and will definitely be heard from in New York.