Pinehurst

Pinehurst, a Twirling Candy colt trained by Bob Baffert, won his career debut in a five-furlong race at Del Mar on Aug. 1, 2021. Baffert then bumped him up to Grade 1 competition in the Runhappy Del Mar Futurity to close out Del Mar’s summer meet on Sept. 6, and the colt posted a mild upset win against a short field including odds-on stablemate Murray, taking command early to set the pace and pulling clear to take the seven-furlong race by 4 ½ lengths at odds of 4-1.

Co-owners SF Racing, Madaket Stables, and Starlight Racing paid $385,000 for Pinehurst at the 2020 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. They are part of a large ownership group that campaigns Pinehurst along with Robert Masterson, Stonestreet Stables, Jay Schoenfarber, Waves Edge Capital, Catherine Donovan, Golconda Stable, and Siena Farm.

Pinehurst is out of the Giant’s Causeway mare Giant Win and is from the family of Arkansas Derby winner and sire Graeme Hall, Arkansas Derby winner Magnum Moon, Grade 1 winner Harmony Lodge, and Grade 3 winners First Passage, Berned, and Win McCool, among several other notable horses.