Honor A. P. tops field of six entered in Shared Belief

DEL MAR, Calif. – Led by Santa Anita Derby winner Honor A. P., a field of six was entered on Sunday in the Shared Belief Stakes, which is part of Del Mar's Saturday card headed by the Bing Crosby and is the last local prep for the Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5.

Regular rider Mike Smith has the mount on Honor A. P. for trainer John Shirreffs.

Bob Baffert entered three horses in the 1 1/16-mile race – Cezanne, Thousand Words, and Uncle Chuck – but is not expected to run all three. Cezanne (Flavien Prat named to ride) and Thousand Words (Abel Cedillo) are the two who had been intended for this race in recent weeks. Entering all three is a way to keep options open for several more days in case anything unforeseen develops.

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Uncle Chuck continued his impressive local training with a six-furlong work in 1:12.20 Sunday morning under exercise rider Juan Ochoa.

"I wanted a nice three-quarters, out seven-eighths,” Baffert said. “He’s getting more focused as we go along.”

If Uncle Chuck doesn’t go in the Shared Belief, he will head to Saratoga for the Aug. 8 Travers, which has been his intended next start. Drayden Van Dyke was named on Uncle Chuck for the Shared Belief. Luis Saez rode him to victory in the Los Alamitos Derby on July 4 and is expected to ride him in the Travers if he goes there.

Anneau d’Or was also entered in the Shared Belief by trainer Blaine Wright, and the longshot Kiss Today Goodbye by Eric Kruljac.