Shared Belief

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Shared Belief
San Antonio Stakes (2015)
Santa Anita Handicap (2015)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse (2013)
Honours
Shared Belief Stakes
Last updated on March 28, 2015

Shared Belief (February 15, 2011 – December 3, 2015) was an American

Eclipse Awards
.

As a three-year-old, an injury kept Shared Belief out of the

Pacific Classic, and Awesome Again Stakes. He broke his undefeated record in the Breeders' Cup Classic by finishing fourth, but then returned to win the Malibu Stakes
.

In 2015 he defeated champion

San Antonio Stakes and then won the Santa Anita Handicap
, before being sidelined for the rest season with a hip injury.

Returning to the track in late 2015, he had promising workouts and was being prepared for a return to racing in 2016. He died unexpectedly on December 3, 2015, due to complications of

University of California-Davis
School of Veterinary medicine, but surgeons were unable to save him.

Background

Shared Belief was a

Mastery, Game Winner, Vekoma, and Misremembered.[4] Shared Belief's dam, Common Hope, won one race and has also produced Iowa Oaks
winner Little Miss Holly.

Shared Belief was trained by Jerry Hollendorfer and owned by a partnership which included Solis/Litt Bloodstock (Alex Solis II and Jason Litt), Jungle Racing (sports commentator Jim Rome and Janet Rome), KMN Racing (Kevin Nish and Kim Nish), trainer Hollendorfer, and Dr. George Todaro.[5]

Racing career

2013: two-year-old season

Shared Belief made his racecourse debut in a

2.8/1 against eight opponents. The gelding was outsprinted in the early stages before moving up on the outside to take the lead in the straight. He drew away from the field to win by seven lengths in a time of 1:09.53.[6] On November 10, Shared Belief was moved up in class to contest the Grade III Hollywood Prevue Stakes on the cushion track at Hollywood Park Racetrack
.

Ridden by Corey Nakatani, he started 6/4 second favorite behind Kobe's Back in a five-runner field. He disputed the lead from the start before pulling clear in the straight to win by seven and three-quarter lengths.[7] Over the same course on December 14, Shared Belief was moved up to Grade I class for the CashCall Futurity over a mile and a sixteenth and started favorite against eleven opponents.

Nakatani placed the gelding just behind the leaders before taking the lead in the straight and accelerating clear in the closing stages to win by five and three quarter lengths.[8]

In January 2014, Shared Belief was named

Eclipse Awards, beating Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner New Year's Day by 115 votes to 99.[9] He became only the fourth 2-year-old male champion to have bypassed the Juvenile since that race was created in 1984.[10]

2014: three-year-old season

In January, Shared Belief developed an abscess on his right front foot. In March, it was announced that the gelding would miss his engagement in the Blue Grass Stakes and would not be aimed at the Kentucky Derby. "We'll get him ready to run later on, if he stays good", said Hollendorfer.[11] After recovering from his abscess, Shared Belief came back to win an allowance race against older horses at Golden Gate Fields on May 26.

On July 7, the horse, ridden by Mike E. Smith for the first time, won the inaugural running of the Grade II Los Alamitos Derby, beating a Kentucky Derby participant, Candy Boy, by four and a quarter lengths. On August 24, Shared Belief contested the $1,000,000 TVG Pacific Classic Stakes at Del Mar Racetrack against older horses, going a mile and a quarter for the first time and attempting to emulate his sire Candy Ride, who won the race in 2003. He was ridden again by Smith, who chose Shared Belief as his mount over Game On Dude. The gelding raced in midfield before moving up on the outside, taking the lead a furlong and a half out and drawing away to win by almost three lengths from the British challenger Toast of New York. Game On Dude finished fourth.

Shared Belief appeared to hamper the runner-up when hanging in towards the rail at the top of the stretch, but after a stewards' inquiry the result was allowed to stand. After the race, Smith stated, "He's a special horse. I heard someone say this might be the coming out of a superstar. I think now this horse deserves that accolade. I'll tell you what: he's as good a young horse as I've sat on in a while."[12]

In his narrowest victory to date, Shared Belief took on older horses and won the September 27

Kaleem Shah's Fed Biz, trained by Bob Baffert. Shared Belief was forced wide for nearly the entire race, notably by a second Baffert entry, the longshot Sky Kingdom, a riding tactic viewed negatively as "gamesmanship" in post-race press analysis. Smith said, "They just kept taking me wide... if you want to press the pace or take me out a little bit, OK. But doing it at all costs just to get me beat isn't the way it should be done."[13] As a result, the rider of Sky Kingdom, Victor Espinoza, received a suspension of seven racing days and was also denied the usual exemption for riding in designated stakes races.[14]
Sam Walker, writing in Britain's Racing Post described Shared Belief's win as "the best performance in the US this year".[15]

On November 1 at Santa Anita Park, Shared Belief started the 5/2 favorite for the 2014 Breeders' Cup Classic. He was allegedly hampered at the start when Bayern veered to the left exiting the gate. After racing in fifth for most of the way, Shared Belief finished fourth of the fourteen runners behind Bayern, Toast of New York, and California Chrome. Smith commented, "I was never able to get comfortable after getting hit at the break. I kept getting bounced around all the way... Even so, he ran a dynamite race."[16]

On his final appearance of the year, Shared Belief was brought back in distance for the Grade I Malibu Stakes over seven furlongs at Santa Anita on December 26. Carrying top weight of 123 pounds, he started the 1/2 favorite and won by a neck from Conquest Two Step after taking the lead inside the final furlong. After the race, Smith said, "This race proved what a great horse he is, just by doing what he did... that puts a big feather in his cap and puts him in front for Horse of the Year. I think this put him ahead of the rest."[17]

On the Eclipse Award balloting, however, Shared Belief failed to make the shortlist for Horse of the Year award and finished third to California Chrome and Bayern in the poll for American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse.[18]

2015: four-year-old season

Shared Belief began his third season in the

Clark Handicap winner Hoppertunity in third place. Smith said, "He ranks right up there with the top five horses I have ever been on, with room to grow. It really was so impressive. There's no telling what this horse can do or the potential that he can reach."[20]

Four weeks later, Shared Belief carried 125 pounds in the mile and a quarter

Whitney Handicap winner Moreno. Smith settled the gelding in sixth place before moving forward on the final turn. Shared Belief overtook the leader, Moreno, entering the straight and drew away in the closing stages to win by four and a quarter lengths. Commenting on the fact that the horse needed no urging to win the race, Mike Smith said, "[you] don't squeeze a lemon if you don't have to."[21]

On April 18, Shared Belief raced outside California for the first time when he was sent to West Virginia to contest the Charles Town Classic. However, he slipped leaving the starting gate and Smith eased him at six furlongs because he wasn't moving properly and thus he failed to finish. After the race, swelling was detected in his right stifle. The track veterinarian declared it a soft tissue injury and said that it was neither life-threatening nor career-ending, but it was the second serious injury on the Charles Town track that day.[22] The following Monday, test results revealed that Shared Belief had a non-displaced fracture at the point of his right hip and he was placed on stall rest.

Jim Rome tweeted that Shared Belief's "prognosis is excellent!" and thanked Smith for his quick action that saved the horse from greater injury.[23] The horse was flown back to the west coast and as of 22 April 2015 was to be shipped to the Pegasus Training Center in Renton, Washington for 45 to 60 days of rehabilitation.[24]

Returning to the track in late 2015, Shared Belief was being conditioned to return to racing and appeared to be the picture of health. But on the morning of December 3, 2015, Shared Belief began to show signs of colic. He was rushed to UC Davis for surgery, but could not be saved.[2][25] Shared Belief is the most accomplished Champion 2 year-old male since Spectacular Bid.

In 2016, the El Cajon Stakes at Del Mar Racetrack was renamed in his honor.

Racing statistics

Date Race Racecourse Grade Distance Finish Margin Time Weight Odds Jockey Ref
Oct 19, 2013 Maiden Golden Gate Fields 6 Furlongs 1 7 lengths 1:09.53 120 lbs 2.80 Juan Hernandez
Nov 10, 2013
Hollywood Prevue Stakes
 Hollywood Park Racetrack ||| 7 Furlongs 1 7+3⁄4 lengths 1:22.17 118 lbs 1.50 Corey Nakatani
Dec 14, 2013
CashCall Futurity
 Hollywood Park Racetrack | 1+1⁄16 miles 1 5+3⁄4 lengths 1:42.16 121 lbs 1.00* Corey Nakatani
May 26, 2014 Allowance Golden Gate Fields 6 Furlongs 1 4+1⁄4 lengths 1:09.78 116 lbs 0.20* Russell Baze
Jul 5, 2014 Los Alamitos Derby Los Alamitos Race Course || 1+1⁄8 miles 1 4+1⁄4 lengths 1:47.01 122 lbs 0.70* Mike E. Smith
Aug 24, 2014 Pacific Classic Stakes
Del Mar Racetrack
 | 1+1⁄4 miles 1 2+3⁄4 lengths 2:00.28 118 lbs 1.20* Mike E. Smith
Sep 27, 2014 Awesome Again Stakes Santa Anita Park | 1+1⁄8 miles 1 neck 1:48.58 121 lbs 0.20* Mike E. Smith
Nov 1, 2014 Breeders' Cup Classic Santa Anita Park | 1+1⁄4 miles 4 (3+3⁄4 lengths)

1:59.88 122 lbs 2.50* Mike E. Smith
Dec 26, 2014 Malibu Stakes Santa Anita Park | 7 Furlongs 1 neck 1:20.69 123 lbs 0.50* Mike E. Smith
Feb 7, 2015
San Antonio Stakes
 Santa Anita Park || 1+1⁄8 miles 1 1+1⁄2 lengths 1:48.45 123 lbs 1.00* Mike E. Smith
Mar 7, 2015 Santa Anita Handicap Santa Anita Park | 1+1⁄4 miles 1 4+1⁄4 lengths 2:00.67 125 lbs 0.30* Mike E. Smith
Apr 18, 2015 Charles Town Classic Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races || 1+1⁄8 miles N/A N/A 1:48.81 123 lbs 0.30* Mike E. Smith

Pedigree

Pedigree of Shared Belief, bay or brown gelding, 2011[1]
Sire
Candy Ride (ARG)
1996 		Ride the Rails (USA)
1991 		Cryptoclearance Fappiano
Naval Orange
Herbalesian Herbager
Alanesian
Candy Girl (ARG)
1990 		Candy Stripes Blushing Groom
Bubble Company
City Girl (ARG) Farnesio
Cithara
Dam
Common Hope (USA)
1997 		Storm Cat (USA)
1983 		Storm Bird (CAN) Northern Dancer
South Ocean
Terlingua Secretariat
Crimson Saint
Sown (USA)
1983 		Grenfall Graustark
Primonetta
Bad Seed Stevward
Rich and Rare (Family: 19)

References

  1. ^ a b "Shared Belief pedigree". Equineline. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  2. ^ a b "Champion Thoroughbred Shared Belief euthanized due to complications from colic". foxsports.com. 2015-12-03. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  3. ^ "Horse Racing – Horse Racing Entries – Horse Racing Results – Past Performances – Mobile – Statistics". Equibase. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Candy Ride Stud Record". Racing Post. 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  5. ^ Ed Zieralksi (July 5, 2014). "Believe it, Shared Belief a top 3-year-old". U-T San Diego. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  6. ^ "Maiden Special Weight result". Equibase. October 19, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  7. ^ "Hollywood Prevue Stakes result". Equibase. November 10, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  8. ^ "CashCall Futurity result". Racing Post. December 15, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  9. ^ "2013 Eclipse Award Winners". Daily Racing Form. January 17, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  10. ^ "Spoiler Alert – By Eric Mitchell".
  11. ^ Claire Novak (13 March 2014). "Shared belief off Derby trail – ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  12. ^ Shinar, Jack (August 24, 2014). "Shared Belief Streaks to Pacific Classic Win". BloodHorse. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  13. ^ Shinar, Jack (September 27, 2014). "Shared Belief Goes Overland in Awesome Again". Blood-Horse. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  14. ^ Shinar, Jack (September 28, 2014). "Espinoza Suspended for Awesome Again Ride". Blood-Horse. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  15. ^ Sam Walker. "World Class Shared Belief looks a genuine superstar". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.
  16. ^ Shinar, Jack (November 1, 2014). "Bayern Wins Breeders' Cup Classic Slugfest". Blood-Horse. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  17. ^ Jack Shinar (26 December 2014). "Shared Belief Sprints to Game Malibu Triumph". BloodHorse.com.
  18. ^ Blood-Horse Staff (19 January 2015). "List of Eclipse Award Winners, Votes". BloodHorse.com.
  19. ^ Steve Haskin (3 February 2015). "'Chrome', Shared Belief Ready for Battle". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  20. ^ Jack Shinar (7 February 2015). "Shared Belief Finds Redemption in San Antonio". BloodHorse.com.
  21. ^ Jeremy Balan (7 March 2015). "Shared Belief Untouchable in Big 'Cap". BloodHorse.com.
  22. ^ Dunleavy, Jim (20 April 2015). "Shared Belief stumbles, pulled up, vanned off in Charles Town Classic". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  23. ^ Claire Novak (20 April 2015). "Shared Belief Diagnosed With Hip Fracture". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  24. ^ "Shared Belief Diagnosed with Hip Fracture". Thoroughbred Daily News. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  25. ^ Shulman, Larry (December 3, 2015). "Shared Belief Dies After Colic Surgery". Retrieved 6 December 2015.
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