WAYNE, OK—OCTOBER 5, 2021—Don and Fran Cavenaugh have purchased James Ranch in Wayne, Oklahoma and will rename it Cavenaugh Quarter Horses. Longtime horseman Mike Turner has been named the farm manager.

"We are very excited to move our breeding operation to this outstanding facility," Fran Cavenaugh said in a Facebook post last week. "We want to thank David James for all this help in his adventure. We look forward to this new phase of our business. Thanks to everyone who has wished us well and congratulated us."

The Cavenaughs have brought three of their four stallions to the ranch for 2021, the royally bred A Sweet Jess, Ryder Rite and Good Candy P. All three stallions' first-crops will arrive in 2022. Their two-time AQHA Racing Champion 2-Year-Old Uncle D ($689,165) will remain at Lazy E Ranch in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

GOOD CANDY P

Good Candy P SI 92, a grade 1 three-quarter brother to two-time champion All American Futurity(G1) winner and leading second-crop sire Jess Good Candy, will stand for a 2022 fee of $1,000, with consideration. His first crop arrives in 2022.

Owned by Cavenaugh Quarter Horses, LLC, Good Candy P was the high-seller at the 2018 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale for $340,000. The sorrel stallion won or placed in two of seven career starts earning $58,891. He was a finalist in the Grade 1 $1 million Ruidoso QH Futurity and the Grade 3 $48,500 Mr Master Bug Stakes at Remington Park.

Good Candy P's sire, two-time AQHA Racing Champion Good Reason SA SI 102 ($1,446,727), won the Champion of Champions(G1) and the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity(G1). From limited foals in only five-crops to race, he has sired 9 stakes winners, 2 champions, earners of $4.7 million with average earnings per starter of over $44,400.

Good Reason SA's top performers include two-time AQHA Racing champion Jess Good Candy SI 96 (8 wins to 3, $2,014,703 All American Futurity-G1, Ruidoso Derby-G1, etc.), AQHA Racing champion Jess Good Reason SI 96 (9 wins to 5, $422,234 1Charger Bar H.-G1, etc.), Woop Dee Doo SI 107 (9 wins to 5, $264,573 Heartland Futurity, etc.), Send Me Good Candy SI 95 (3 wins to 4, $175,720 Miss Ellen S., etc.), Reason To Fly Me SI 92 (4 wins to 3, $172,904, Mildred N Vessels Memorial H.-G1, etc.), A Lucky Ladies Man SI 91 (4 wins to 3, $149,872 3rd Golden State Million Futurity-G1, etc.), Senor Gianni SI 94 (4 wins to 3, $139,852 3rd-Los Alamitos Winter Derby-G1, etc.), Love To Reason BR SI 106 (7 wins to 7, $100,771 Las Damas H.-G3, etc.), etc.

Good Candy P is the only foal out of stakes winner and Grade 1-placed Send Me This Wagon SI 110 by Pyc Paint Your Wagon. Send Me The Wagon won 10 of 20 starts, earned $179,310 and set a 400 yard track record at Canterbury Park in :19.583 seconds. She is a sister to stakes winner This Candys Awesome SI 105 and Honeymoon Candy SI 98. See her only foal, Grade1 finalist Good Candy P above.

The second dam Jess Send Candy SI 95 by Mr Jess Perry is a half-sister to stakes winners Send Me A Candy Tree SI 105 ($410,384-G1, etc.), Faster Then U SI 92 ($146,631), This Candys Special SI 104 ($100,361-G3 twice, etc.), This Candys Royal SI 102 ($55,0460, stakes-placed Eyesa Candy Maker SI 109 ($106,494-G1, etc.), Send the Candy Wagon SI 96 ($61,332-RG2), Eye On This Candy SI 94 ($56,916-G2), and Eyesa Candy Horse SI 95 ($56,554-G3), etc.

Jess Send Candy is the dam of 10 ROM, 7 winners, 4 black type including two-time AQHA Racing Champion Jess Good Candy SI 95 ($2,014,703, All American Futurity-G1, etc.), This Candys Awesome SI 105 ($434,265, Junos Request S.-G2, etc.), Sed Me This Wagon SI 110 (see above), Honeymoon Candy SI 98 ($115,962, Prairie Meadows Distaff Challenge, etc.), etc.

A SWEET JESS

A Sweet Jess SI 90, a half-brother to multiple stakes sires One Dashing Eagle and One Sweet Jess will stand for a 2022 fee of $1,000, with considerations. His first crop arrives in 2022.

The second high-selling yearling at the 2018 Ruidoso Select Sale for $300,000, A Sweet Jess is a son of leading sire Apollitical Jess from the "blue hen" mare One Sweet Dash by First Down Dash. He won or placed in three of eight career starts.

A Sweet Jess' sire, world champion Apollitical Jess SI 107 ($1,399,831), won the Los Alamitos Super Derby(G1), Champion of Champions(G1) and was second in the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity(G1) and All American Derby(G1).

Apollitical Jess is a leading sire from only eight crops to race with 486 winners (68%) 169 black type (24%), 9 champions, earners in excess of $44.7 million with average earnings per start over $62,300 to date.

He is the sire of three All American Futurity(G1) winners Apocalyptical Jess SI 96 (8 wins to 4, $2,210,505), Mr Jess Jenkins SI 104 (4 wins to 3, $1,631,033) and 2021 winner KJ Desparado SI 98 (4 wins at 2, $1,602,868).

Apollitical Jess' champions include Apocalyptical Jess SI 96 (champion 3 times, see above), Apollitical Blood SI 99 (champion, $1,519,800, All American Derby-G1, etc.), Hold Air Hostage SI 108 (champion twice, $1,415,551, All American Derby-G1, etc.), Apollitical Gold SI 96 (Champion, $995,665), Flying Cowboy 123 SI 101 (champion twice, $965,811, Texas Classic Futurity-G1, etc.), As And Js SI 106 (champion, $531,134, Junos Request S.-G2, etc.), Ratification SI 98 (Champion, $397,246), etc.

Bred by Allred Brothers, A Sweet Jess' dam is the multiple Grade 3 winning First Down Dash mare One Sweet Dash SI 94 ($81,937), a sister to leading sire Walk Thru Fire SI 92 ($94,280).

One Sweet Dash is the dam of 18 ROM, 13 winners, 6 black type including world champion and multiple stake sire One Dashing Eagle SI 98 ($2,079,065 at 2, All American Fut-G1, etc.), Grade 1 winner and multiple stakes sire One Sweet Jess SI 104 ($953,592, Golden State Million Fut-G1, etc.), stakes winner Hes A Standout SI 101 ($45,402), G3-placed Jess A Sweetie SI 97 ($71,948), Ruidoso Juvenile runner-up in 2020 Our Favorite Sweet SI 93 ($30,439), stakes-placed One For The Brothers SI 94 ($12,133), etc.

The second dam, Sweet Beduino SI 101 ($21,824), is a stakes-placed daughter of leading Thoroughbred sire Beduino. She is a half-sister to Grade 3 winner Sweeten The Pot SI 114 ($124,132), stakes winner Dash For Game SI 106 and stakes-placed Horseshoe Bend SI 110 and Easy Dashin Chick SI 88.

Sweet Beduino is the dam of 13 winners, 15 ROM, 7 black type including stakes winners A Dash Of Beduino SI 1010 ($103,934-G2), This Jet Is Royal SI 107 ($91,613-G3), One Sweet Dash SI 94 (above), Posting The Colors SI 106 ($36,776), Fly With Honor SI 108 ($16,305), and stakes-placed Shes Prime Time SI 90 ($27,228) and Sign It Sweet SI 95 ($15,572).

RYDER RITE

A $70,000 purchase at the Los Alamitos Equine Sale, Ryder Rite is an unraced son of 2020's leading sire of money earners Favorite Cartel. He was the first son of Favorite Carte to stand in Oklahoma. Ryder Rite's fee will remain $850 in 2020, with consideration and his first crop arrives next year.

Grade 1 winner Favorite Cartel SI 105 ($607,669) won or placed in 15 of 25 career starts with wins in the AQHA Challenge Championship(G1), Los Alamitos Championship Challenge(G2), Paul B Ford Memorial H. He was also third in the Rainbow Futurity(G1) and finalist in the All American Futurity(G1), All American Derby(G1), Rainbow Derby(G1) and Champion of Champions(G1).

From only seven-crops to race, Favorite Cartel has sired 480 winners (63%), 163 black type (21%), earners in excess of $22.4 million with average earnings per starter of over $36,000.

His top performers include Powerful Favorite SI 106 (15 wins to 5, 2021, $1,002,597, Los Alamitos Winter Derby-G1, etc.), Lotta Blues Man SI 94 (8 wins to 4, $935,399 Golden State Million Futurity-G1, etc.), Cartel Jess Rockin SI 96 s (4 wins to 3, $849,101 AQHA Racing Champion Two-year-old Filly, Los Alamitos 2 Million Futurity-G1, etc.), Tell Cartel SI 105 (8 wins to 3, $796,386 AQHA Racing Champion Three-year-old, AQHA Racing Champion Three-year-old Colt, 1st-Los Alamitos Super Derby-G1, etc.), Flokie SI 96 (5 wins to 3, $711,819 Ed Burke Million Futurity-G1, etc.), Runforyourlife SI 96 (6 wins to 4, $620,822 Golden State Million Futurity-G1, etc.), Little Talks SI 94 (8 wins to 4, $563,897 Golden State Million Futurity-G1, etc.), Fernweh SI 97 (6 wins to 3, $558,611 Ruidoso Quarter Horse Futurity-G1, etc.), Cyber Monday SI 93 (5 wins to 3, $528,428 Ruidoso Quarter Horse Futurity-G1, etc.), etc.

Bred by leading AQHA Breeder Steve D. Burns DVM, Ryder Rite is out of the unraced A Regal Choice mare A Regal Classic, dam of 5 winners, 2 black type, including Rite Regal SI 97 (13 wins, $415,123, Golden State Derby-G2, El Primero Del Ano Derby-G3, Z Wayne Griffin Director's Inv.-Div 2, California Breeders Sprint S., etc.), Magisterial SI 85 (placed at 2, 2021, 3rd Arizona Downs Stakes), Rite On Time SI 92 (3 wins to 3, 2021 $28,418, finalist PCQHRA Breeders' Futurity-G2), Departist SI 99 ($18,219) and Rite Favorite SI 89 ($9,750).

Ryder Rite is a full sibling to Grade 2 winner Rite Regal and Grade2 finalist Rite On Time.

The second dam is the A Classic Dash mare Classic Reach, dam of 7 winners including stakes-placed and G1 finalist First To Reach SI 101 ($77,321), etc.

The third dam, Jet Together SI 93, is a daughter of Jet Deck from the champion mare Go Together by Go Man Go. She is the dam of 9 ROM, 2 black type. This is the family of champions Separatist SI 101 ($889,044), Way Maker ($617,444) and Grade 1 winners Make It Anywhere SI 91 ($411,006), Kingman Kid SI 97 ($531,365), Forgive Him SI 96 ($205,576), etc.

For additional information or breeding contracts on these three young sires, contact Fran Cavenaugh at 870-761-3990 or Farm Manager Mike Turner at 405-449-3728.