Capt. Candyman Can sidelined with injury

Grade 1 hero CAPT. CANDYMAN CAN (Candy Ride [Arg]) is expected to miss most or all of the remainder

of the 2011 racing season after apparently suffering an injury during his

third-place run behind Noble's Promise (Cuvee) in last week's Aristides

S. (G3) at Churchill Downs.

Trainer Ian Wilkes said he's not

"100 percent" sure of the exact nature of the problem that has sent the

five-year-old gelding to the sidelines. However, he suspects

that Capt. Candyman Can fractured his humerus bone in his left shoulder. The

bay five-year-old is due for a bone scan in a few days that should identify the

exact injury.

Wilkes, who said the injury would knock

Capt. Candyman Can out of training for "at least 90 days," believes the injury could

have occurred at the start of the Aristides. Capt. Candyman Can got away

from the starting gate slowly after a slow loading process for the field of

eight when one of its members was reluctant to enter the gate.

"It's possible it happened at the

start -- he did stumble there, too," Wilkes said. "He didn't finish the way

he should -- the way he normally does. I have no doubt that he would have

won the race if he was right."