Grade I-Placed Chewing Gum to Stand at Rockridge Stud

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A winner of the GII Joe Hernandez Stakes, GISP Chewing Gum (Candy Ride {Arg}–Shared Heart, by Forestry) will take up residence at Rockridge Stud for the 2025 season and will stand for a partnership including Wachtel and Pantofel Stables, the farm announced via presser Friday.

The five-time winner claimed the aforementioned graded contest at Santa Anita in 2022 but had made an appearance at the highest level the year prior, finishing two-lengths second to Casa Creed (Jimmy Creed) in the GI Jackpocket Jaipur Stakes the summer of 2021. He'd run third in the GII Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational Stakes and the Listed Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship Stakes that year. His first black-type appearance had been in that Turf Sprint the year prior, where he'd run second.

The only son of Candy Ride (Arg) standing in New York, Chewing Gum is a half-brother to GIII Aristocrat Ladies Marathon Stakes-placed Sinfiltre (Uncle Mo). Their dam Shared Heart was herself stakes-placed and is a half-sister to the dam of GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf runner-up SW & GISP Billy Batts (City Zip). This is the extended female family of GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf victress Hard to Justify (Justify).

“We are planning to purchase mares to support Chewing Gum and help him get started. Chewing Gum is a big, beautiful horse that was able to win sprinting and middle distances on turf and on dirt against top competition.  I think that NY breeders will love him,” says Adam Wachtel of Wachtel Stable.

His 2025 stud fee will be private, and a limited number of shares will be offered to approved breeders. He will be available for inspection in a few weeks.

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