Shared Belief blows out half-mile before trip to Charles Town

Shared Belief blows out half-mile before trip to Charles
Town

Shared Belief will be taking his show on the road for the first time this week (Benoit Photos) Shared Belief (Candy Ride) worked four furlongs in :51 4/5 at Golden Gate Fields on Tuesday morning in preparation for his run in Saturday’s $1.5 million Charles Town Classic (G2) at 1 1/8 miles. Under his regular exercise rider, Hall of Fame jockey Russell Baze, Shared Belief blew out a half-mile that was typical for the four-year-old, according to trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. “Baze worked him for me; he always works the horse,” said Hollendorfer, himself a member of racing’s Hall of Fame. “We ship (Wednesday). We’re flying directly out of Oakland and going to Newark and vanning down to Charles Town.”

Shared Belief has 10 wins in 11 career starts under Hollendorfer and most
recently won the Santa Anita H. (G1) by 4 1/4 lengths on March 7. It was the
fourth Grade 1 win of his career, which has only been blemished by a
fourth-place finish in the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) after a troubled
start.

Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith will retain the mount on Shared Belief for the
Charles Town Classic, the track’s marquee event and the race with the richest
purse in the country outside of the Breeders’ Cup and Triple Crown. Smith won
the 2013 Charles Town Classic aboard Game On Dude and is the all-time money
earner among jockeys in the six year history of the event.

Of the other expected Charles Town Classic starters, multiple Grade 2 winner
Vyjack (Into Mischief) and 2014 winner Imperative (Bernardini) have already
arrived and gotten settled in at Charles Town with 2013 Iowa Derby winner
Looking Cool (Candy Ride) expected in later on Tuesday. 2014 Whitney H. (G1)
champ Moreno (Ghostzapper) is expected to make his arrival at Charles Town on
Thursday with Mineshaft (G3) victor Street Babe (Street Sense), Todd Pletcher
trainee General a Rod (Roman Ruler) and the Maryland based Page McKenney
(Eavesdropper) due in on Saturday morning.

Post time for the first race on Charles Town Classic day is 12:45 p.m. (EDT)
with the Charles Town Classic itself slated to go off at 6:05 p.m.

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