We’ve been involved with this colt since he was born at Lane’s End Farm in April of 2021. And we were tickled to buy out a breeding partnership to get him into the racing stable for Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey.

Shug trains the colt’s half-brother Battle of Normandy. That City of Light colt broke his maiden at first asking at Saratoga, then was second by a narrow margin in the With Anticipation Stakes (G3T). He’s now bound for a Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf prep race.

It’s a deep pedigree — his dam is a stakes winner, and two of the three dams under her are stakes fillies as well.

Twirling Candy has steadily risen to prominence as a sire, finishing 2021 as the 10th leading sire in the country. His top runners include Concrete Rose, Gift Box, Preakness winner Rombauer, and Pinehurst.

Terry on the Twirling Candy colt: “We know the colt’s half brother is talented — he was a neck away from being City of Light’s first graded stakes winner. The market is crazy hot, and at that price point, it made a lot of sense for us to add him to the racing stable. He’s a racy, well-balanced horse.”

Price includes all acquisition costs and all training, veterinary, and insurance expenses until January 1, 2024.