Chewing Gum and Umberto Rispoli (outside) outgame Beer Can Man in the Grade 2, $250,000 Joe Hernandez Stakes January 1, 2022 at Santa Anita Park. The son of Candy Ride will stand his first season in 2025 at Rockridge Stud in Hudson. Benoit Photo
Chewing Gum, winner of the Grade 2 Joe Hernandez Stakes in 2022 at Santa Anita Park, will stand his first season in 2025 at Rockridge Stud in Hudson.
The 9-year-old son of Candy Ride out of the stakes-placed Forestry mare Shared Heart will stand privately for a partnership that includes prominent New York owners Wachtel Stable and Pantofel Stable.
Chewing Gum is the only son of successful sire of sires Candy Ride standing in New York. A limited number of shares will be offered to approved breeders and Chewing Gum will be available for inspection in a few weeks.
“We are planning to purchase mares to support Chewing Gum and help him get started,” said Wachtel Stable’s Adam Wachtel. “Chewing Gum is a big, beautiful horse that was able to win sprinting and at middle distances on turf and on dirt against top competition. I think that New York breeders will love him.”
Chewing Cup, a Grade 2 winner who competed in 12 graded stakes events during his career, heads to Rockridge Stud for the 2025 season. Susie Raisher/NYRA Photo.
Chewing Gum broke his maiden at Kentucky Downs for his breeders Gerard and Alain Wertheimer. Fourth in the Grade 3 Fred W. Hooper Stakes on dirt at Gulfstream Park early the following year, he followed that up with a second-place finish in the Grade 3 Belmont Invitational Turf Stakes later that fall. The following season, he finished second to Casa Creed in the Grade 1 Jaipur Stakes at Belmont Park, running a career high 99 Beyer Speed Figure. In early 2022, he won the Joe Hernandez Stakes over Beer Can Man.
Chewing Gum posted a record of 5-5-9 in 35 starts with earnings of $662,426.
Chewing Gum joins the Rockridge stallion roster for 2025 that also includes Americanrevolution, Disco Partner, Mind Control, Slumber, Tourist and War Dancer.
