Shared Belief Recovering at Golden Gate
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Shared Belief is back at his Golden Gate Fields base after suffering a non-displaced fracture to his right hip in the April 18 Charles Town Classic (gr. II).
The 4-year-old Candy Ride gelding is expected to be sidelined 60 to 90 days according to Dan Ward, assistant to trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.
NOVAK: Shared Belief Diagnosed With Hip Fracture
Shared Belief will ultimately move from Golden Gate to the Pegasus Training and Equine Rehabilitation Center in Seattle for further recovery.
The champion 2-year-old male of 2013 and a winner of 10 of 12 starts, including his past three straight in graded stakes, Shared Belief was making his first start outside of California in the Charles Town Classic in West Virginia. He was eased by jockey Mike Smith after running less than six furlongs in the 1 1/8-mile test.
Bred in Kentucky by Pam and Martin Wygod out of the Storm Cat mare Common Hope, Shared Belief has earnings of $2,932,200. In his start before the Charles Town Classic, won by Moreno, he beat that rival by 4 1/4 lengths when he captured the March 7 Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I).
One start prior, he put away Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old of 2014 California Chrome by 1 1/2 lengths in the Feb. 7 San Antonio Invitational Stakes (gr. II). Heading into the Charles Town Classic he shared a place atop the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings with Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (HK-I) winner Able Friend.