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Dec 3 15 3:44 PM

Shared Belief Dies After Colic Surgery
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Claire Novak contributed to this story.

Shared Belief, the champion 2-year-old male of 2013, died Dec. 3 after a colic episode. The Candy Ride gelding, who had resumed training after suffering a fractured pelvis while racing in the April 18 Charles Town Classic Stakes (gr. II), was in trainer Jerry Hollendorfer's barn at Golden Gate Fields in California.

According to co-owner Alex Solis II, Shared Belief trained well the morning of Dec. 3, but after being returned to his stall, broke out in a sweat and was unresponsive to initial medical treatment.

He was quickly transferred to the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, where tests were run, and he was diagnosed as having a possible rupture. Surgery was attempted, but doctors could not save him.

"This is really a tough one," said Solis. "Very tough to take. He was so good, he never seemed real. He wasn't a big horse but he turned out to be bigger than life, the kind of special horse you dream about."

Bred in Kentucky by Pam and Marty Wygod out of the Storm Cat mare Common Hope, Shared Belief won 10 of 12 starts and $2,932,200. His victories included this year's Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I), the 2014 TVG Pacific Classic (gr. I), and the 2013 CashCall Futurity (gr. I), along with two other grade I events. In a much-anticipated showdown, Shared Belief soundly defeated California Chrome in this year's San Antonio Invitational Stakes (gr. II).

Solis and his partner Jason Litt purchased Shared Belief privately from the Wygods, bringing in partners Kevin Nish, George Todaro, Hollendorfer, and sports broadcasting personality Jim Rome to the ownership group.

Said Rome, "Today we have suffered a devastating loss. He was a champion, a fighter, and an unbelievable talent who impacted and changed all our lives. He loved to compete and run, and as heartbreaking as today is, we consider ourselves so fortunate to have been a part of this amazing animal's life."

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Dec 3 15 6:41 PM

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RIP SB. The way he blew by an almost TC winner in late Winter [February,March] made him the best race horse in America. Naturally, this cruel sport would never have let us have Chrome, SB, Beholder, and AP in the BC Classic.  smiley: mad  I guess our higher power needed some new competition for Barbaro, 8 Belles, Go For Wand, Ruffian, and a few others.smiley: ohwell

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Dec 4 15 12:53 AM

Just got wind of this on sirus on my ride home from work this evening.
What a hard hit to racing fans,heads above many of his breathren.I will miss seeing him in the winners circle.


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Dec 8 15 12:01 AM

Despite the accomplishments he was getting would he be good enough to be in the Hall of Fame in the future?

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